Revealed: how the Cabinet Office sold Cop26 to corporate sponsors
Government contracts expose the corporate capture of an event that now welcomes oil companies and dictators.
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Sherif Tawfik: The Middle East and Africa are ready to lead on the climate
Microsoft’s chief sustainability officer for MEA on why the region is key to growing the green economy.
End the circus of COP once and for all
We’re the clowns, smiling manically as weak pledges are presented as progress, amid mayhem.
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Cop27 shows climate collaboration can survive dark times
Diplomacy is fraught and slow, but a new pledge on loss and damage shows there may yet be a dawn.
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Cop27: Everything you need to know about the Egypt climate summit
This year’s UN climate change conference has been one of the most challenging yet. Here are the key details from…
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How climate success rests on a carbon market crackdown
Cop27 is at (article) sixes and sevens over rules governing the trade of carbon credits.
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Cop27 must not ignore the clarion call for climate finance
Poorer countries face mounting debt unless the system changes.
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The dangerous conceits of the green revolution
The climate emergency requires serious politics – not bourgeois protests that block traffic and vandalise works of art.
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The African Cop must ensure rich nations pay up
Broken climate pledges undermine the global order.
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Cop27 leaders – hold your nerve and reinforce the need for urgent action
In the second week of fraught talks, negotiators at the UN climate summit need to stay focused.
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Live carbon emissions tracker: How do countries compare?
The New Statesman is tracking the progress of the world’s emissions and pledges in the run up to Cop27 in…
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From Just Stop Oil to Egypt’s hunger striker: climate action is sparking human rights solidarity
Not only can climate activism not be silenced, it is amplifying resistance to global injustice.
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Away from Cop27, Big Oil is dramatically expanding
The world’s oil and gas companies have invested $160bn into exploration from 2020-22.
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Why we need to speak of climate crisis, not climate change
In this case, semantics do matter.
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What would make Cop27 a success?
Climate finance, offsets rules and indigenous rights all need attention at this year’s UN climate summit.
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Imminent migrant deal leaves Rishi Sunak exposed
The Prime Minister made Channel crossings central to his leadership campaign, so now his reputation is on the line.
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Boris Johnson tries to upstage his latest replacement at Cop27
The former PM’s call at the conference to “incarnate the spirit of Glasgow” is an attempt to burnish his legacy.
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The US and UK are falling short of their “fair share” of climate financing
Britain is contributing $1.4bn less than needed to offset its historical emissions.
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Why Rishi Sunak flip-flopped on Cop
Can the climate crisis summit achieve anything?
Climate finance: Who pays to close the inequality gap?
The UN's annual climate finance target of $100bn is not nearly enough to help poorer countries cope with the consequences…
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