Environment
Mass corporate tree planting ‘damaging’ nature, scientist warns
Investment firms buying up farms for mass tree planting are serving only to "offset their guilt", an Earthshot Prize finalist said.
Cop26 puts world on track for catastrophic 2.4C heating, key report finds
Goals announced at the conference will see temperatures rise to disastrous levels by the end of the century.
Cop26: Carbon offsetting a ‘smokescreen’ to dodge climate action
Tree planting in developing nations will drive indigenous people off their land while rich countries do nothing, NGOs say.
Fossil fuel industry has more delegates at Cop26 than any country
Global Witness warned the UN climate talks in Glasgow were being diverted by a "festival of polluters".
Thousands of young people join climate strike…but Education Sec tells pupils not to miss school
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."
Greta Thunberg jokes she’s going ‘net zero’ on swearing
The teenage climate activist was recently filmed telling politicians to stick the climate crisis where the sun doesn't shine.
Activists excluded after UK promised Cop26 would be ‘most inclusive ever’
Campaigners have expressed their outrage after being kept out of Cop26 climate talks, despite the Tory pledge that the international summit would be “the most inclusive ever” this year.
EU launches ‘game-changing’ tool to monitor carbon emissions
The EU will launch a “constellation of satellites” into orbit to track greenhouse gas emissions.
Has Gary Lineker said what you are thinking about Greta Thunberg?
Greta has been making waves in Glasgow...even though she didn't get an invite.