Last-minute hitch on coal almost reduced Alok Sharma to tears as Glasgow climate pact made imperfect progressAs weary delegates trudged into the Scottish Event Campus on the banks of the Clyde on Saturday, few realised what a mountain they still had to…
Cop26: End trillions in subsidies given to fossil fuel industry, says UN chief – day 11 live
All the latest news from the UN climate change conference in GlasgowCop26 police tactics creating atmosphere of fear, protesters say‘We are not on course’: scientists warn action must match words‘Not impressed’: Glasgow unmoved by Boris Johnson’s Cop26…
Dark things are happening on Europe’s borders. Are they a sign of worse to come? | Daniel Trilling
With a disregard for people’s lives, countries from the UK to Poland are toughening up, as if in preparation for climate displacementIt is bad enough when states break their own rules and mistreat people – but it’s when they start to change the rules t…
Anatomy of spin: how UK is trying to frame Cop26 as a success
Officials have been sending out misleading and overhyped statements during the conference. Fiona Harvey dissects one missive • What is Cop26 and why does it matter? The complete guideThe first week of Cop26 was a packed affair, with world leaders of th…
Queueing chaos outside Cop26 venue as leaders arrive – live
Thousands of delegates are queueing for security as the UN climate conference prepares to beginTravel chaos hampered many delegates and observers’ arrival in Glasgow for Cop26 yesterday, with a tree on the tracks taking out the west coast main line for…
Children surviving the climate crisis – in pictures
Save the Children has been documenting the stories of children living on the frontline of the climate crisis, sending world-renowned photographers to Cambodia, Australia and Pakistan to learn about their lives Continue reading…
Joe Manchin: who gave you authority to decide the fate of the planet? | Daniel Sherrell
My rage against the senator might consume me if I couldn’t set it down hereLate in the evening on Friday 15 October an alert appeared on my phone that seemed at last to portend the end of the world. Two weeks before the UN climate summit in Glasgow – a…
At Cop26 the stage is set for a battle over the next phase of capitalism | Simon Lewis
Bewildered by the talks? Try viewing them as a struggle among three blocs of countries, companies and protest movementsThe most important UN climate change talks since the 2015 Paris Agreement are upon us, with more than 120 world leaders are arriving …
Prof Peter Stott: ‘Denialists question the cost of climate action … doing nothing costs far more’
The veteran scientist on Trump’s limited impact, Russia’s ruthless climate stance and on the urgency of COP26 in GlasgowProf Peter Stott is a forensic climate detective who examines the human fingerprint on extreme weather. A specialist in mathematics,…
Asia had hottest year on record in 2020 – UN
Every part of the region affected with extreme temperatures displacing millions of peopleAsia suffered its hottest year on record in 2020, the United Nations has said ahead of the CoP26 summit, with extreme weather taking a heavy toll on the continent’…