COP29 signs off on a fund to help vulnerable nations harmed by climate change, but pledges so far stand at just US$720 million. The United Nations climate change conference agreed this week to start ...

First week of Baku talks marked by low turnout of leaders, Argentina’s withdrawal, and a gulf between blocs’ demands on a new finance goal. COP29, the United Nations climate change summit, opened this ...

Global Witness warns that mining for green energy is fuelling conflict and human rights abuses in Asia and elsewhere, urging tougher standards and protections. Mining minerals to meet global green ...

Eco-Business takes a look at the key issues being pushed at the pavilions of Asean countries at the climate summit in Baku. From modern art structures to local dancing, Southeast Asian countries have ...

At COP29, campaigners want countries to put health at the heart of climate action and develop new policies against air pollution. Health experts are urging countries to earmark billions of dollars of ...

When Indian electricity company Adani Power halved supplies to Bangladesh over its failure to keep up with payments, Dhaka scrambled to pay down some of the more than US$800 million it owes to keep ...

Brazil’s new climate pledge, launched at the COP29 climate summit in Baku, aims to cut greenhouse gas emissions by as much as ...

At COP29, the country invited 151 corporate representatives and only eight from civil society groups to observe the climate ...

Militaries are among the world's biggest CO2 emitters, but data is lacking on how much they contribute to climate change.

In recent years, biodiversity credit projects and the methods to calculate their value have proliferated, seen by some as a ...

Officials want UN plastics treaty to 'break free from brackets' as talks proceed at crawling pace past midpoint ...

As lobbyists flood plastic treaty talks, negotiators must uphold the rule of law to prevent corporate capture.