COP26

China and India will have to explain themselves to climate-vulnerable nations, COP26 President Alok Sharma has said as the summit ends. It comes after the two nations pushed for the language on coal to change from "phase out"…

Activists and politicians have cautiously welcomed an unexpected US-China declaration that vowed to boost climate co-operation. The EU and UN described the move as encouraging and an important step, but Greenpeace said both…

In a suit and tie, and knee-deep in seawater, Tuvalu's Minister for Justice, Communication and Foreign Affairs, Simon Kofe, delivered his video statement to the COP26 climate conference. Although the politician can be seen with a wide…

India has promised to cut its emissions to net-zero by 2070 - missing a key goal of the COP26 summit for countries to commit to reaching that target by 2050. Prime Minister Narendra Modi made the pledge, the first time India…

India has rejected calls to announce a net-zero carbon emissions target and said it was more important for the world to lay out a pathway to reduce such emissions and avert a dangerous rise in global temperatures. India, the world’s…