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A welcome UN push to tighten corporate rules is sending shudders through some boardrooms
Simon Stiell says he intends to review the process for future summits to ensure transparency
Loss and damage funding is positive but priority is to stop the cause of the harm
Despite agreement to fund poorer nations, failure to phase out fossil fuels angers negotiators
Jubilation over set-up of loss and damage support tempered by row over emissions goals
Even many participants in these UN-sponsored events say that the meetings are no longer fit for purpose
US climate envoy John Kerry tests positive for Covid as COP27 final draft agreement shows little progress
Hill+Knowlton Strategies draws ire from scientists for ‘incompatible’ representations
Leading nations affirm ‘urgent’ need to keep to goal and resist backsliding at UN climate summit
Number of people aged over 65 expected to hit 1bn by 2030
Breakthrough welcomed at Sharm el-Sheikh after political divisions mar crucial talks
Campaigners question legitimacy of having oil and gas companies participate in official programme
Plus, what the US midterm elections mean for the planet
Financial institutions cannot claim to be net zero while investing in fossil fuels, says report
Plus, private equity will be a top source of energy transition financing
Disputes over profits of marine data have helped stall progress over ocean governance
Secretary-general António Guterres says humanity must ‘co-operate or perish’
Rich countries’ willingness to pay poorer nations to ditch fossil fuels is being put to the test
Chancellor Olaf Scholz considers support for new fossil fuel developments
Climate change risks may rapidly outstrip nations’ ability to cope, warns report
Challenges abound, but ahead of COP27, governments and regulators are finally getting serious
Countries have promised 1.2bn hectares in total of new forests and restored land to help curb climate change
Prime minister may U-turn on decision not to go to COP27 following criticism by Tory MPs
Countries’ targets far short of 45% fall in emissions needed by 2030 to limit global warming to 1.5C, says forecast
Cuts in donations pose threat to projects that curb spread of diseases
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