African delegates to the UN Climate summit in Glasgow shared wider disappointments about the last minute weakening of the language on fossil fuels in the agreement on 13 November b...

Negotiators at the UN COP26 climate summit, which is due to close on 12 November, are racing to avert failure on its two main aims: to limit global temperature rises to well below ...

African governments say there is growing unease about the weight given to environmental conditions on the continent in preparatory talks for the COP26 climate summit opening on 31 ...

There is consensus at the UN General Assembly about the main themes of the high-level meetings which started in New York on 20 September: reaching agreement at the climate summit, ...

The UN-backed Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) delivered on 9 August its most devastating estimate to date of the costs of our consumption of fossil fuels. It warns...

This year's rebound in commodity prices and the fact that Africa's public health systems have experienced far less pressure from the pandemic than initially feared are two glimmers...