The world lost the climate gamble. Now it faces a dangerous new reality
Today 11:30am
Ten years ago the world’s leaders placed a historic bet. The 2015 Paris agreement aimed to put humanity on a path to avert dangerous climate change. A decade on, with the latest climate conference ending in Belém, Brazil, without decisive action, we can definitively say humanity has lost this bet.
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UN warns world losing climate battle but fragile COP30 deal keeps up the fight
Today 11:30am
Reaching agreement in divisive political landscape shows ‘climate cooperation is alive and kicking’, says UN climate chief.
There can be no information integrity without scientific and political integrity
Today 11:30am
Opinion: I'm just back from COP30 in Belém and it is making me feel crazy to watch so many climate advocates and reporters declare the final text coming out of it a victory.
India, China step into leadership vacuum at climate meet as the West retreats
Today 11:30am
With the US withdrawing from the Paris Agreement and Europe distracted by war-driven pressures, India and China have emerged as anchors at the Brazil climate summit by shaping climate finance and trade negotiations through coordinated positions.
G20 summit declaration stresses seriousness of climate change in snub to Trump
Today 11:30am
The Leaders' Declaration from a Group of 20 summit in South Africa on Saturday stressed the seriousness of climate change, in a snub to U.S. President Donald Trump, who boycotted the gathering and doubts the scientific consensus that global warming is caused by human activities.
The strange and totally real plan to blot out the sun and reverse global warming
Today 11:30am
A 25-person startup is developing technology to block the sun and turn down the planet’s thermostat. The stakes are huge – and the company and its critics say regulations need to catch up.
COP30 fails to land deal on fossil fuel transition but triples finance for climate adaptation
Mon 24 Nov 2025
Instead of a global agreement to create roadmaps to shift away from fossil fuels and end deforestation, Brazil announces voluntary initiatives.
Article 6 wraps up with progress in hand and challenges ahead
Mon 24 Nov 2025
At COP30 in Belém, negotiators made a delicate balancing act in the evolving world of global carbon markets. Amid the buzz of side meetings and plenary sessions, key decisions on Articles 6.2 and 6.4 revealed both progress and caution.
Five key takeaways from a deeply divisive climate summit
Mon 24 Nov 2025
In three decades of these meetings aimed at forging global consensus on how to prevent and deal with global warming, this will go down as among the most divisive.
Ukraine to claim $44bn in climate damages from Russia: Why war is so bad for emissions
Mon 24 Nov 2025
Ukraine plans to seek nearly $44 billion in damages from Russia for emissions caused by the ongoing war, marking the first time a country will claim damages for an increase in emissions caused by conflict.
