Climate change

The final text may have fallen short, but staging COP30 in the Amazon provided powerful evidence of what is at stake as climate impacts intensify

Many businesses wanted a more ambitious climate deal in Brazil, but COP30 still delivered important progress and market signals on a number of fronts

New fund launched by High Impact Athletes and Giving Green aims to help athletes support and promote science-based climate solutions

Ministers and diplomats argue multilateral climate talks in Belém delivered important progress, despite frustration from business groups at failure to secure new measures to tackle fossil fuels

Belém Summit provided important progress, but the market signals were compromised by petrostate wrecking tactics - the onus is now on leading governments and businesses to deliver the climate action that is so desperately needed

BusinessGreen rounds up the reaction from politicians, green businesses, climate experts, campaign groups, and academics after a dramatic fortnight of negotiations in Belém came to a close

Diplomats hail 'meaningful progress' on adaptation funding and promise of Brazilian-led roadmap for clean energy transition, but anger grows at failure to deliver more robust commitment to tackle fossil fuels

First international conference focused on transitioning away from fossil fuels to be held in Colombia next year, as key players slam COP30 draft text that fails to reference fossil fuels

Reports claim Ukraine war has generated 237 million tons of additional CO2 emissions, Jamaica raises alarm over climate-disaster funding shortfall, and EU and South Africa ink critical minerals deal

The end game at COP30 has is boiling down to a stand-off over whether to introduce a roadmap for the transition away from fossil fuels - and leading businesses want the plan for tackling fossil fuels to secure approval