COP23

Syrian delegation tells UN climate summit in Bonn that the war-torn country will ratify the Paris Agreement

Large corporates are investing record amounts in water security according to CDP, but World Water Council warns global action is still not enough to avert disaster

Members of World Business Council for Sustainable Development want to see more interaction between business and government, more work on climate resilience, and more action on carbon pricing

Leading utilities, including SSE, Orsted and Enel, call for policymakers to raise EU renewables target to 35 per cent by 2030

Falling levels of investment in clean energy threatens crucial 2020 climate finance target, warns Bloomberg New Energy Finance

World Meteorological Organisation says 2017 likely to be one of three hottest years on record with year marked by catastrophic hurricanes, floods, heatwaves and droughts

UNFCCC Executive Secretary calls for a 'very successful' international climate summit at opening ceremony in Bonn

Two weeks of negotiations will look to establish a rulebook for implementing the Paris Agreement, as calls come for countries to step up pace of decarbonisation

Two weeks of talks, diplomacy, jargon and speculation over the US 'will-they-won't-they' plot line start in Germany today - can countries lay the foundations for increased low carbon ambition?

No effort to hold down global carbon emissions can succeed without biofuels, argues Chris Bliley from the Climate Ethanol Alliance