COP26

This December’s UN Convention on Biological Diversity summit, or COP15, has been relocated from Kunming, China, to Montréal. The meeting may provide an ideal opportunity to push Canada and other nations to do better.

Only about half the funds required are being provided by rich countries, according to a report by Oxfam.

Bonn Climate Change Conference envoys walk out during Russian address.

Halfway between last year’s UN climate conference and this year’s meeting in Egypt, Environment and Climate Change Minister Steven Guilbeault is trying to thread the needle between Canada’s track record as the top fossil fuel financier in the G7 and its role delivering cash promised to developing countries for their energy transition.

Talks ahead of the key COP15 summit on halting mass extinction of life were slow — and much has been asked of the developing world.

Carbon emissions from the felling of tropical forest doubled in just two decades and are accelerating, new research says.

The continent has grown over-reliant on Russian gas — but Putin knows he is vulnerable to Europe cleaning up its energy sector.

United Nations Secretary General António Guterres is calling on countries like Canada to prioritize financial aid that specifically helps countries ditch coal as an energy source.

Media outlets must begin thinking about what we learned from COP26, and how we can use the UN conference as a blueprint for climate coverage in 2022.

The rankings, just released by U.K.-based charity Christian Aid, map out 10 extreme events caused by climate change this year that caused $1.5 billion damage or more.

The COP26 outcome fell far short. But it did still manage to make progress on some key issues — which Egypt, the COP27 host, can build upon, writes Eddy Pérez.

Electricity from coal plants has risen by nine per cent this year to fuel economic recovery from COVID, the International Energy Agency says.

Nakate spoke of her disappointment in the outcome of the U.N. climate talks in Scotland and what she and other young activists plan for the year to come.

The Port of Vancouver's latest ad blitz is the ultimate in greenwashing, celebrating actions that have been ineffective at reducing total emissions, writes Anna Barford.

Small Island Developing States such as Barbados are particularly vulnerable to the effects of climate change and have been quite vocal in their advocacy for pushing the Global North for more aggressive climate goals, writes entrepreneur, podcast host and Hill Times columnist Erica Ifill.