Nations fail to break deadlock on UN climate report timing

Many wealthy countries and developing nations exposed to climate impacts wanted an accelerated timetable, arguing the reports would allow countries to be guided by the most up-to-date science.
2 March 2025

Countries lock horns over cash for nature at rebooted UN talks

Negotiators meeting at the UN's Food and Agriculture Organization headquarters in Rome this week are tasked with breaking a deadlock on funding between rich and developing countries
25 February 2025

Carbon emissions, climate change, and the cacao tree

In conversation with Shams-il Arefin Islam where he talks about his work and sheds light on how the cacao tree acts as an early climate alarm bell.
20 February 2025

Scientists turn pollution into fuel in climate breakthrough

Scientists have developed a solar-powered device that can pull pollution from the air and convert it directly into fuel for cars and planes
15 February 2025

Most countries miss UN deadline for new climate targets

As of Monday morning, many of the world's biggest polluters - including China, India and the European Union - had not done so.
10 February 2025

Top climate scientist declares 2C climate goal 'dead'

Temperatures will stay at or above 1.5C in the coming years
5 February 2025

Mega-iceberg drifts towards Antarctic penguin island

The gigantic wall of ice is moving slowly from Antarctica on a potential collision course with South Georgia
28 January 2025

World Bank approves $1.16bn for three Bangladesh projects

The World Bank today approved three loans totalling $1.16 billion to help Bangladesh improve health services, boost water and sanitation services and achieve greener and climate-resilient development, it said in a statement.
20 December 2024

Canada unveils 2035 climate goal critics say is weak

The target for 2035 would see emissions slashed by 45 to 50 percent from 2005 levels, on its way to net-zero by mid-century.
13 December 2024

2024 'certain' to be hottest year on record: EU monitor

The new benchmark affirmed by the Copernicus Climate Change Service caps a year in which countries rich and poor were hammered by disasters that scientists have linked to humanity's role in Earth's rapid warming.
9 December 2024

World Court to open climate change hearings

The hearings begin a week after developing nations denounced as woefully inadequate an agreement reached at the COP29 summit for countries to provide $300 billion in annual climate finance by 2035 to help poorer nations cope with climate change.
2 December 2024

Australia protest forces ship to abort arrival at coal port, 170 arrested

New South Wales police said 170 protesters were arrested on Sunday for refusing to move from the shipping channel near the Port of Newcastle.
24 November 2024

World approves $300b for poor nations in climate deal

Nearly 200 nations approved Sunday a climate deal that raises to at least $300 billion a year the amount wealthy historic polluters pay poorer countries to take action against global warming
23 November 2024

‘Shockingly insufficient’

"The proposed decision to allocate USD 250 billion per year for all developing countries is shockingly insufficient," said the adviser
22 November 2024

Climate finance: COP29 draft proposes $250b a year

COP29 draft deal says rich nations should pay the amount to fight climate change
22 November 2024

‘Pooled fund mechanism’ can bring a paradigm shift

Says MFJ executive director at a meeting at the sideline of COP29 summit in Baku
20 November 2024

Climate finance can be hard sell, says aide to banks and PMs

Developing countries, excluding China, will need $1 trillion a year by 2030 in outside help to reduce their carbon footprint and adapt to a warming planet, according to UN-commissioned experts.
17 November 2024

Climate finance: Civil society groups demand $1.5 trillion

Says the fund is needed for the survival of the most vulnerable countries
16 November 2024

Bangladesh lags behind in rooftop solar race

Despite significant potential for rooftop solar energy, Bangladesh has lagged behind in development, while Vietnam has emerged as a regional leader in the sector
15 November 2024

Floods, education, and uncertainty

The impact of climate change on students in Bangladesh.
14 November 2024