COP out: New climate deal draft waters down fossil fuel phaseout
There is still a reference to fossil fuels - but even that may not make the final draft.
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US and China strike surprise agreement to cooperate on climate crisis
The agreement between the world's two biggest CO2 emitters has been hailed as a "new hope" for meeting the 1.5C temperature goal.
Minister of South Pacific island delivers Cop message at sea as Johnson uses stage to fend off corruption allegations
Simon Kofe said rising sea levels are an “existential threat” to Tuvalu and surrounding islands.
Reaction as Johnson uses Cop26 to tell the world – We’re not a corrupt country
"Our Prime Minister just interrupted possibly the planet’s last chance to save itself from climate devastation to tell everyone Britain is "not remotely a corrupt country”".
AOC finally finds herself an Irn-Bru after COP call for help
The Democrat congresswoman she had "finally got a hold of some Irn-Bru" after a long search at COP26.
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".