COP27

Despite breakthrough on Loss and Damage in Sharm El Sheikh Implementation Plan, politicians and business figures warn 1.5C target hangs by a thread after this year's summit

All the reaction to the historic deal on Loss and Damage and negligible progress on climate mitigation

But group of petrostates resist calls to phase down fossil fuels and accelerate decarbonisation efforts

Observers warn legacy of Glasgow Climate Pact at stake as fraught climate talks enter final hours

Neither governments nor the private sector can any longer use the excuse of waiting for the other to act, argues Rainforest Action Network's Aditi Sen

As draft text is finally released, a new proposal from the EU that would require China and other industrialising nations to pay into Loss and Damage fund is securing support from climate-vulnerable nations

After bold commitments, what is happening to forests, and what actions are coming next?

The flurry of public-private alliances to scale clean energy technologies announced at COP27 provides significant cause for optimism amid strained talks, write Nigel Topping and Simon Sharpe

Discussions around the framework of Article 6 are under strain at COP27 - and concerns are mounting the outcome could further undermine the credibility of voluntary carbon markets