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International: United Nations

UN pushes countries for new climate targets this month

9 Sep 2025

The United Nations urged countries on Wednesday to set more ambitious climate plans during this month, seeking to pressure major economies including the EU and China ahead of this year's U.N. climate summit.

Meet the UN-backed ‘green’ investors’ group that invested in fossil fuels

8 Sep 2025

Despite having pledged to reach net-zero emissions, major members of Net Zero Asset Managers hold billions of dollars’ worth of fossil-fuel stocks, including those in “carbon bomb” projects, while marketing their funds as green and sustainable.

Brazil issues last-ditch plea for countries to submit climate plans ahead of COP30

20 Aug 2025

Only 28 countries have submitted carbon-cutting proposals to the UN, with some of the biggest emitters yet to produce plans.

How could the UN climate talks be reformed?

13 Aug 2025

This year marks a decade since nations successfully negotiated the Paris Agreement, a landmark treaty that has been the guiding force for international climate politics ever since.

Momentum sagging at UN plastic pollution treaty talks

12 Aug 2025

Talks on forging a landmark treaty to combat the scourge of plastic pollution were stumbling Saturday, with progress slow and countries wildly at odds on how far the proposed agreement should go.

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Divided nations start 'final' talks on UN plastics treaty

6 Aug 2025

The key divide is whether the new treaty includes a target to limit plastic production or just focuses on recycling and waste management.

UN holds emergency talks over sky-high costs for COP30 climate summit

4 Aug 2025

The United Nations' climate bureau held an urgent meeting over concerns that sky-high accommodation prices for this year's COP30 climate summit could price poorer countries out of the negotiations.

‘Total infiltration’: How plastics industry swamped vital global treaty talks

28 Jul 2025

Petrostates and well-funded lobbyists at UN-hosted talks are derailing a deal to cut plastic production and protect people and the planet.

Top UN court singles out fossil fuels as part of states’ climate duty

24 Jul 2025

Landmark opinion says those that fail to prevent climate harm could be liable for compensation and restitution.

Switching to renewables is ‘smart economics’ - Guterres

24 Jul 2025

The global energy transition is now “unstoppable” due to “smart economics”, UN secretary-general António Guterres has said in an online speech titled: “A moment of opportunity.”

The tiny Pacific nation of Vanuatu turns to the world court as climate disasters mount

23 Jul 2025

The International Court of Justice will issue an advisory opinion on what legal obligations nations have to address climate change and what consequences they may face if they don’t.

UN Human Rights Council fails to call out fossil fuels after decision cuts mention

11 Jul 2025

A proposal by the Marshall Islands and Colombia calling for a transition away from fossil fuels at the UN Human Rights Council failed to make it into the council’s declaration on climate change and human rights issued on Tuesday.

UN development conference backs innovative ways to boost climate finance

7 Jul 2025

Leaders push for better financial systems at the Financing for Development summit to help poor nations cope with climate and economic shocks.

UN expert urges criminalising fossil fuel disinformation, banning lobbying

4 Jul 2025

Rapporteur calls for defossilisation of economies and urgent reparations to avert ‘catastrophic’ rights and climate harms.

Global climate science body roiled by controversies stoked by Saudis, US

3 Jul 2025

The proposed selection of a Saudi Aramco oil company staffer as one of the authors of a key science report has been denounced as “political capture.”

Bonn bulletin: Just transition talks find firmer footing

2 Jul 2025

After stalling at COP29, governments agree on how to frame a just transition that is fair to workers, protects nature and promotes clean energy access.

How UN climate negotiations can end fossil fuel-industry influence

1 Jul 2025

COMMENT: Climate COPs remain alarmingly exposed to lobbyists, unlike most global health and anti-corruption bodies that have safeguards to limit interference.

Nations wrap up Bonn talks with pledge to boost UN climate budget by 10%

30 Jun 2025

Countries have agreed to increase their funding to the United Nations climate body, but according to observers, progress on several other key issues at the Bonn intersessional talks was mixed and inconsistent.

UN talks delivered a drop in the ocean of finance and policy change needed to save the sea

27 Jun 2025

Never has the ocean been the focus of so much investor and political attention as it was in Nice earlier this month.

UN expects climate finance roadmap to offer “clear next steps”

25 Jun 2025

But governments, multilateral development banks and civil society are still far apart on how to raise $1.3 trillion a year by 2035.

World Bank and IMF climate snub worrying, says COP29 presidency

24 Jun 2025

The hosts of the most recent UN climate talks are worried international lenders are retreating from their commitments to help boost funding for developing countries' response to global warming.

UN University report warns against carbon credits from REDD, tree planting, and improved forest management

13 Jun 2025

But the report stops short of recommending banning the trade in carbon temporarily stored in trees.

Treaty to protect seas short on support ahead of UN ocean summit

9 Jun 2025

Once the High Seas Treaty enters into force, experts say it will boost the health of oceans and their role in tackling climate change.

From sovereignty to sustainability: United Nations Ocean Conference

5 Jun 2025

While ocean governance was once designed to protect the marine interests of states, nowadays it must also address the numerous climate and environmental challenges facing the oceans.

Nations agree on carbon-pricing system to steer shipping towards net-zero

14 Apr 2025

Nations have agreed to introduce a worldwide carbon-pricing system for international shipping to drive the sector towards net-zero emissions by 2050.

COP30 president vows to defend global climate fight

28 Mar 2025

Brazil's UN COP30 president on Tuesday said that this year's summit would aim to defend climate action by governments against "serious" geopolitical challenges, while also pushing the private sector to contribute more to the fight.

Glacier melt threatens water supplies for two billion people, UN warns

26 Mar 2025

Climate change and “unsustainable human activities” are driving “unprecedented changes” to mountains and glaciers, threatening access to fresh water for more than two billion people, a UN report warns.

COP29 chief exec filmed promoting fossil fuel deals

11 Nov 2024

A senior official at COP29 climate change conference in Azerbaijan appears to have used his role to arrange a meeting to discuss potential fossil fuel deals.

Azerbaijan is using COP29 to ‘peacewash’ its global image

3 Oct 2024

Azerbaijan is hosting the next UN climate summit, COP 29, in November. Their proposed agenda omits discussions on phasing out fossil fuels and excludes civil society participation.

COP28: Key outcomes for food, forests, land and nature at the UN climate talks in Dubai

19 Dec 2023

Agriculture and food were very much on the menu at COP28 in Dubai, with both voluntary pledges and negotiated texts beginning to reflect their central role in climate change.

COP28 president says his firm will keep investing in oil

18 Dec 2023

Sultan Al Jaber says Adnoc has to meet demand for fossil fuels, and hails ‘unprecedented’ Cop deal.

From ‘depressed’ to a milestone: How the climate deal came together

18 Dec 2023

“There were times in the last 48 hours where some of us thought this could fail,” US climate envoy John Kerry said later.

Examining COP28's potential impact on climate change

18 Dec 2023

Once the gavel came down in Dubai, the warm words flowed - but will it really have an impact on climate change?

How COP28 fell short

18 Dec 2023

Two weeks of talks aimed at securing an international consensus on a phase-out of fossil fuels have ended with a statement that critics say does little to advance the urgent work of averting a climate catastrophe.

COP28 “frustrating” but some significant breakthroughs - experts

15 Dec 2023

Small island states facing the existential threat of climate change were particularly effective negotiators at the latest UN climate summit, according to a Kiwi expert.

NZ government swimming against the tide of history: Oil Change International

15 Dec 2023

Oil Change International campaign manager David Tong says the COP28 call to move away from fossil fuels shows the New Zealand government is trying to swim against the tide of history.

Pacific Islands delegates leave COP28 climate summit disappointed and miss out on final say

15 Dec 2023

After COP28's central document was approved, Samoa's lead delegate delivered a critical assessment of the agreement's flaws — and pointed out the Pacific Islands delegates were not even in the room when the deal was done.

The COP28 climate agreement is a step backwards on fossil fuels

15 Dec 2023

The COP28 climate summit in Dubai has adjourned. The result is “The UAE consensus” on fossil fuels.

COP28, where is the dough?

15 Dec 2023

A transition away from fossil fuels seems as good as a commitment as you can expect from the 198 countries taking part in the United Nations climate conference.

Instagram influencers paid to boost UAE’s climate credentials over COP28

15 Dec 2023

The individuals who spoke to DeSmog said they were ‘deeply disappointed’ by the summit and had not fully understood the relationship between UAE and the organisers.

Nations strike deal at COP28 to transition away from fossil fuels

14 Dec 2023

Representatives from nearly 200 countries agreed at the COP28 climate summit to begin reducing global consumption of fossil fuels to avert the worst of climate change, signalling the eventual end of the oil age.

Key outcomes agreed at the UN climate talks in Dubai

14 Dec 2023

Nearly every country in the world has agreed to “transition away from fossil fuels” – the main driver of climate change – at the COP28 climate summit in Dubai.

COP28 climate summit signals the end of fossil fuels — but is it enough?

14 Dec 2023

Nations make historic pledge to 'transition' energy systems away from fossil fuels — some scientists are disappointed by the softened wording.

Carbon credits talks collapse at Cop28 over integrity concerns

14 Dec 2023

The EU and allies rejected proposed carbon trading rules that followed a “light-touch” approach favoured by the US.

COP28: Australia, US and UK say they won’t sign agreement that would be ‘death certificate’ for small islands

13 Dec 2023

Australian climate change minister, Chris Bowen, says umbrella group of countries is united in saying draft agreement is too weak.

Cop28 draft climate deal criticised as ‘grossly insufficient’ and ‘incoherent’

12 Dec 2023

Text now being considered by governments calls for ‘reducing both consumption and production of fossil fuels’.

Building wind power, canceling coal — it’s all drowning under borrowing costs

12 Dec 2023

Central banks’ efforts to tame inflation have made it harder for both wealthy and poor nations to shift away from fossil fuels.

UN climate chief slams opponents of fossil fuel phase-out at COP28

12 Dec 2023

Talks intensify over calls to phase out fossil fuels, as oil producers led by Saudi Arabia put up tough resistance.

Watts tells COP28 NZ is committed to "ambitious" NDC

11 Dec 2023

In his first major speech on climate change since becoming the minister, Simon Watts re-stated New Zealand’s commitment to meeting our “ambitious” Nationally Determined Contribution.

Kiwi nature-based solution at COP28

11 Dec 2023

A nature-based climate solution to strategically restore and enhance 2.1 million hectares of Indigenous forest across Aotearoa over the next decade took the stage at the UN’s global climate summit yesterday.

Australia
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Climate risk suburbs: The shocking truth about Aussie house prices

Today 10:30am

Australia’s property market is hurtling towards a climate reckoning, with billions of dollars in potential losses looming.

United States
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Al Gore on China’s climate rise: ‘I would not have seen this coming’

Today 10:30am

Twenty-five years ago, Al Gore was in the final stretch of his U.S. presidential campaign, just weeks away from an election that would ultimately slip through his fingers despite winning the popular vote.

China
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China aims to nearly double battery storage by 2027 in $35 billion plan

Tue 16 Sep 2025

China is looking to almost double its so-called new energy storage capacity to 180 gigawatts (GW) by 2027, according to an industry plan announced by authorities on Friday.

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One city’s race to ‘solarise everything we possibly can’

Today 10:30am

Bordeaux is quickly transforming itself into France’s top solar-powered city, banking on innovations like transparent panels that preserve its historic architecture.

United Kingdom
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Republican gala dinner in Windsor disrupted by climate protesters ahead of Trump’s UK visit

Today 10:30am

Climate protesters have interrupted a gala dinner for Republicans in Windsor celebrating Donald Trump’s second state visit to the UK.

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Carney government noncommittal about Canada meeting 2030 climate goals

9 Sep 2025

Prime Minister Mark Carney would not say Monday whether Canada will meet its climate goals under the Paris agreement by 2030, as his government faces criticism over his emission-reduction plans.

Asia
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Tax rebalancing in Indian energy sector: Renewables cheaper, coal costlier

Fri 12 Sep 2025

Industry experts and developers have hail GST cuts on clean energy equipment, saying it will be a major enabler for India’s ambitious climate goals.

Pacific
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China, climate crisis and COP31: Five takeaways from the Pacific Islands Forum

Tue 16 Sep 2025

A key climate crisis funding treaty struck as Pacific leaders backed Australia’s bid for Cop31 despite some criticism of its environmental credentials.

Antarctic/Arctic
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Iconic Antarctic species at risk amid 'regime shift', with 'rapid and self-perpetuating changes'

22 Aug 2025

Scientists say there is emerging evidence of abrupt and potentially unstoppable changes in the Antarctic environment.

Africa
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South African environmental groups push to block Shell’s new wells – how world court opinion might help

Wed 17 Sep 2025

The International Court of Justice’s landmark advisory opinion on climate change has come in handy for South African communities that are trying to stop global oil company Shell from drilling for oil and gas off the coast.

South America
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Brazil implores businesses to attend COP30 climate summit, despite 'second thoughts' amid Trump backlash

5 Sep 2025

November's COP30 summit comes at a precarious time for climate action, as companies back away from environmental initiatives, and attacks on green energy by President Trump.

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