COP29

COP29 CEO Narmin Jarcholova details the measures being taken to reduce the two-week climate conference's environmental impact

Deeply underpowered current national climate plans will lead to ‘human and economic trainwreck for every country, without exception’, UNFCCC head warns

The private sector is set to be important presence helping to raise ambition at the upcoming Baku talks, writes COP29 representative Nigar Arpadarai

The UN must reassess its selection criteria for COP hosts across all of its conventions, argues former Unilever CEO Paul Polman

Climate Change Committee argues UK's updated Paris Agreement climate plan should aim for an 81 cut in emissions, excluding aviation and shipping, against a 1990 baseline

Businesses call on government to accelerate decarbonisation efforts, as Climate Change Committee publishes guidance on UK's next UN climate target

China talks up its manufacturing plans, Ireland appoints a Just Transition Commission, and NatWest sets out European solar investment strategy

UN report stresses that capping warming at 1.5C remains affordable and technically possible, but only with immediate and unprecedented action from governments

A new global target for energy storage deployment would boost confidence in an industry critical to the net zero transition, writes Ember Climate's Richard Black

Latest analysis from International Renewable Energy Agency highlights how an increase in clean energy investment is required in the coming years