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Controversial changes to climate finance accounting methodology last year enabled Ministers to allocate more funding to green aid target, but watchdog warns long term target will still prove 'challenging to meet'

Copernicus confirms global average air surface temperatures hit 1.48C above pre-industrial levels last year, as scientists warn record likely to be breached again this year

New coalition unveils plan for carbon crediting 'playbook', as initiative launched to boost carbon market transparency

The credibility of an ambitious new climate accord could rest on one word - assuming governments can reach a workable compromise in Dubai

A personal essay on how the climate crisis is reshaping everything and why COP28 matters much more than you think

Analysis from BNEF reveals huge scale of continued government support for fossil fuels, as calls grow for COP28 to deliver crackdown on fossil fuel production

UN's latest Emissions Gap Report warns that even if governments' decarbonisation goals are met the world is still facing around 2.5C of warming this century

As temperature records are toppled the outlook has rarely looked bleaker, but businesses know deep decarbonisation can be delivered if only policymakers provide them with the tools

Ahead of the COP28 UN Climate Summit next month the latest Corporate Climate Stocktake examines what business leaders need from governments to speed up the clean tech transition

Politicians, diplomats and climate and energy experts remember Betts for his pivotal role in raising the world's climate ambition