Analysts say the rate of deforestation indicates world not on track to meet COP26 commitments. In 2021, the world lost an area of forest greater than...
Thorny issues including funding, cutting gas emission pledges and phasing out coal were unresolved as deadline passed. Negotiators at COP26 were due to meet again on...
Data from the national space research agency shows deforestation increased by 5 percent from October 2020. Deforestation in Brazil’s Amazon rainforest rose in the month of October...
Barack Obama has called on young people to “stay angry” in the fight against climate change at the COP26 summit. The former US president urged them...
President Buhari joined other world leaders including the British Prime Minister, Boris Johnson and Secretary-General of the United Nations, Antonio Guterres at the ongoing 26th Climate Change...
The findings in three major documents will guide the decisions of world leaders at COP26 in Glasgow in tackling runaway climate change. World’s leaders are gathering in...
Effects of human-caused global warming are happening now and will only worsen if action to decarbonise is not urgently taken, researchers say. As the COP26 climate...
Climate activist Greta Thunberg has told the BBC that summits will not lead to action on climate goals unless the public demand change too. In a...
A huge leak of documents seen by BBC News shows how countries are trying to change a crucial scientific report on how to tackle climate change....
Beijing rebuffs US proposal to accelerate climate efforts, including public commitment to stop financing of coal-fired power plants. China and the United States have failed to...
Human activity is changing the climate in unprecedented and sometimes irreversible ways, a major UN scientific report has said. The landmark study warns of increasingly extreme...
Greta Thunberg has told the BBC she does not plan to attend the UN climate conference due to be held in Glasgow this November. The 18-year-old...
A child tries to cool himself in a heatwave in Gaza The World Meteorological Organisation says there’s a growing chance that global temperatures will rise...