What’s on the climate calendar for 2026?
Elections, international talks on plastics and shipping, and gatherings of coalitions of the willing will shape climate progress in 2026
India, Vietnam and Argentina fail to submit climate plans in 2025
About 70 governments have not delivered new NDCs, despite a Paris Agreement requirement that governments do so every five years
Nine of our best climate stories from 2025
This year, we reported on palm oil being passed off as ‘sustainable aviation fuel’, on creative accounting in climate finance and on African countries’ challenges using transition minerals to develop
Indonesia and Vietnam set for surge in coal use this decade despite transition deals
Rising demand in Southeast Asia and India is expected to prevent coal use from falling significantly this decade, the International Energy Agency predicts
Government attendance at COP30 was lowest in 10 years
With a shortage of affordable accommodation on COP30’s official platform, just 7,500 people attended the summit with official government badges
Saudi Arabia and COP31 host Türkiye move to weaken climate language at UNEA
The two governments have pushed to water down wording on climate science and the role of youth and Indigenous Peoples in draft resolutions at the UN Environment Assembly in Nairobi
IEA: Slow transition away from fossil fuels would cost over a million energy sector jobs
A rapid transition would create enough new green roles to more than offset job losses in coal mines, power plants and oil and gas fields, a report finds
Trade breaks into agenda of UN climate talks – but will it have teeth?
Governments have agreed to hold a set of dialogues on overlapping climate and trade policies and how they can enable development
EU alliance with climate-vulnerable nations frays over finance trade-off
Negotiators from the EU and from small island states – usually well-aligned at UN climate talks – have expressed disappointment in each other after COP30
John Kerry laments lack of fossil fuel transition in COP30 agreement
The US’s former top climate diplomat says UN talks have backtracked on the COP28 deal to shift away from fossil fuels
Australia’s COP31 Co-President vows to fight alongside Pacific for a fossil fuel transition
Governments failed to agree on a roadmap to transition away from coal, oil and gas at COP30, but the COP31 Co-President says fight will continue
COP30 Bulletin Day 11: With talks in “crisis”, countries urged to unite for a deal
Hopes for an ambitious deal fade as talks drag on into Friday night, with rifts over a missing fossil fuel transition roadmap and adaptation finance
COP30 Bulletin Day 10: Talks disrupted as fire causes evacuation
The fire was quickly brought under control, but it delayed negotiations that were already struggling to land a deal by the official summit end on Friday
“Biofuels COP” stirs debate on how to clean up cars where EVs are tricky
As Brazil and carmakers like Toyota promote biofuels to cut road transport emissions in rural areas of the Global South, some climate campaigners say electric vehicles must be the top priority
COP30 Bulletin Day 8: Draft decision draws battle lines on fossil fuel transition, finance and trade
Countries are working on a “Mutirão” decision that will be at the heart of a Belém political package to drive forward multilateral climate action
COP30 Bulletin Day 7: Brazil sets out options to agree a Belém package
The COP30 presidency signposts how governments could land a political decision covering climate finance, trade measures and the emissions cuts needed to limit warming to 1.5C
COP30 Bulletin Day 4: African and Arab groups want adaptation indicator delay
The groups are concerned that the current indicators will pressure them to spend more of their own governments’ scarce funds on adaptation
COP30 Bulletin Day 3: Brazil tries to find a home for tricky issues
Brazil is trying to craft a compromise package on several contentious issues and has dismissed the idea of a roadmap away from fossil fuels
COP30 Bulletin Day 2: Ethiopia picked as COP32 host, while COP31 standoff continues
African nations backed Ethiopia’s bid to host the 2027 summit over Nigeria’s, while Australia and Türkiye remain deadlocked over next year’s host decision
World leaders get behind climate action at first COP in the Amazon
Government heads urged political unity on efforts to tackle climate change while criticising President Trump and others who are undermining that push
EU’s new climate target lines up multibillion-dollar boost for carbon markets
Analysts estimate the EU will buy at least 50 billion euros worth of carbon credits in the 2030s to help meet its emissions-cutting goals, giving a huge boost to the market in offsets
UN accepts overshooting 1.5C warming limit – at least temporarily – is “inevitable”
UN chief António Guterres says the world’s temperature will rise by more than 1.5C over pre-industrial levels but can be brought down
Jamaica set for post-Melissa payout but experts warn of limits to hurricane insurance
Catastrophe bonds are likely to bring Jamaica $150 million but critics say premiums may now rise and it’s unfair that taxpayers must fund them
Global South’s climate adaptation bill to top $300 billion a year by 2035: UN
Warning over massive shortfall in climate adaptation funding comes days before COP30 in Brazil, where the issue is set to be a major theme