Environment

Floods in West Germany killed hundreds of people and deposited the equivalent of four decades’ worth of waste in the valley.

The agreement between the world's two biggest CO2 emitters has been hailed as a "new hope" for meeting the 1.5C temperature goal.

“We are quickly running out of time to protect children and future generations, and we’re demanding adults step up right now and rally a critical global response to the climate crisis," one young climate activist has said.

Investment firms buying up farms for mass tree planting are serving only to "offset their guilt", an Earthshot Prize finalist said.

Goals announced at the conference will see temperatures rise to disastrous levels by the end of the century.

Tree planting in developing nations will drive indigenous people off their land while rich countries do nothing, NGOs say.

Global Witness warned the UN climate talks in Glasgow were being diverted by a "festival of polluters".

However, Thunberg tweeted: "Change won’t come from these conferences like #COP26 unless there is big public pressure from the outside. Join the climate strike this Friday."

The teenage climate activist was recently filmed telling politicians to stick the climate crisis where the sun doesn't shine.