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We must accept we won’t meet 1.5°C climate target, says report

23 June 2022

Social, political and technological inertia mean the Paris Agreement’s target of limiting global warming to 1.5°C above pre-industrial temperatures is likely to be missed

TOPSHOT - Activists from the climate change group Extinction Rebellion (XR) take part in a protest in Glasgow on November 8, 2021, during the COP26 UN Climate Change Conference. - The COP26 climate talks resuming Monday have so far unfolded on parallel planes, with high-level announcements stage-managed by host country Britain during week one riding roughshod over a laborious UN process built on consensus among nearly 200 countries. (Photo by ANDY BUCHANAN / AFP) (Photo by ANDY BUCHANAN/AFP via Getty Images)

COP26: No countries have delivered on promise to improve climate plans

16 May 2022

In Glasgow, 196 countries promised to "revisit and strengthen" their plans for curbing emissions, but there is little sign of this happening before the next talks in November

We need behaviour change to beat climate crisis, says Patrick Vallance

9 November 2021

Speaking at the COP26 summit, the UK's chief scientific adviser says the country must do more to change lifestyles in order to meet its climate goals

GLASGOW, SCOTLAND - NOVEMBER 05: US special envoy for climate, John Kerry speaks about finance commitments to the global crisis, during a press conference on day six of the Cop 26 Summit at the SEC on November 4, 2021 in Glasgow, United Kingdom. Today COP26 will focus on elevating the voice of young people and demonstrating the critical role of public empowerment and education in climate action. The 2021 climate summit in Glasgow is the 26th

COP26: Climate summit mood is positive as first week draws to a close

5 November 2021

A blitz of announcements during the first week of the COP26 climate summit has been positively received, but the real hard work happens next week as almost 200 governments must agree a final deal

Delegates gather in a large room under a balloon with the Earth printed on it at the COP26 climate summit

Has COP26 put the world on track for holding global warming to 1.5°C?

3 November 2021

One analysis says that new pledges made at the COP26 climate summit in Glasgow, UK, have put the world on track for a 1.9°C of warming, but experts caution it takes a very optimistic view

COP26 news: A day of promises on water, methane and fossil fuels

2 November 2021

On the second day of COP26, countries made progress on limiting methane emissions, capping oil and gas emissions, and cooperating on water issues that are increasingly urgent

COP26: Why India's 2070 net-zero pledge is better news than it sounds

2 November 2021

Indian prime minister Narendra Modi said at the COP26 summit that the country will hit net-zero emissions by 2070. Although this is later than many other nations, the pledge means that the world's major emitters now all have an end in sight for fossil...

Mandatory Credit: Photo by Alastair Grant/AP/Shutterstock (12581861d) British Prime Minister Boris Johnson, speaks with United Nations Secretary General Antonio Guterres during arrivals at the COP26 U.N. Climate Summit in Glasgow, Scotland, . The U.N. climate summit in Glasgow gathers leaders from around the world, in Scotland's biggest city, to lay out their vision for addressing the common challenge of global warming Climate COP26 Summit, Glasgow, United Kingdom - 01 Nov 2021

COP26 news: World leaders give dire warnings on the summit's first day

1 November 2021

After an unpromising start, the COP26 climate summit began with leaders acknowledging the urgency of the problem of climate change and warning that action is needed

TOPSHOT - A woman looks at wildfires tearing through a forest in the region of Chefchaouen in northern Morocco on August 15, 2021. - Firefighters were battling overnight to put out two forest blazes, a forestries official said as the North African kingdom swelters in a heatwave that saw temperatures of up to 49 degrees Celsius (120 Fahrenheit) on the weekend, according to weather authorities. Morocco joins several other Mediterranean countries that have seen forest fires in recent weeks, including neighbouring Algeria where at least 90 people were killed in wildfires last week. (Photo by FADEL SENNA / AFP) (Photo by FADEL SENNA/AFP via Getty Images)

COP26: Last seven years warmest on record, says UN climate report

31 October 2021

As the COP26 climate summit opens in Glasgow, the UN's World Meteorological Organization says global average temperatures have been 1°C warmer than pre-industrial levels for two decades

GLASGOW, SCOTLAND - OCTOBER 13: A general view of the Scottish Events Centre (SEC) on October 13, 2021 in Glasgow, Scotland. COP26 will officially begin on Sunday October 31 with the procedural opening of negotiations and finish on Monday November 12th. (Photo by Jeff J Mitchell/Getty Images)

What to expect from the COP26 climate summit in Glasgow

25 October 2021

The COP26 climate summit will be held in Glasgow from 31 October to 12 November and will include more than 100 heads of state, who will hash out timetables to limit carbon emissions and address other issues such as adaptations to climate change