Deep divisions still remained about the future of fossil fuels. Leaders from nearly every country in the world have converged upon Glasgow, Scotland, for COP26, the United Nations Climate Change ...

COP26 President Alok Sharma attends the Closing Plenary of the COP26 Climate Summit in Glasgow, Scotland. (Jeff J Mitchell / Getty Images) This column is part of Covering Climate Now, a global ...

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The United States joined the India-led International Solar Alliance as its 101st member in November 2021, with the ...

Depending on whom you ask, the COP26 climate summit may seem like the best of times or the worst of times. On the one hand, reports proclaim boldly that limiting global warming to below 2C might ...

The COP26 international commitment to sell only zero-emission vehicles is a major turning point in transportation history, but policymakers must accelerate deployment through EV standards to to have a ...

Gladys Habu knows first-hand the devastation climate change is already visiting on the world. The 25-year-old has vivid memories of Kale Island, a tiny islet in the Solomon Islands archipelago where ...

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Not one country is on track to meet its goal heading into the summit. Climate change is finally at the forefront of global agendas after a year-long delay and myriad promises made since the last major ...

Countries are being urged to strengthen their carbon-cutting targets by the end of 2022 in a draft agreement published at the COP26 Glasgow climate summit. The document says vulnerable nations must ...

The word ‘COP’ stands for ‘Conference of the Parties’. In the climate change sphere, ‘the Parties’ are the governments which have signed the UN Framework Convention of Climate Change (UNFCCC). The COP ...

COP26, the climate change conference taking place in the Scottish city of Glasgow, has begun. You're likely to hear a lot about the conference, but even if you're really interested in climate change, ...