Cop21

Only 10% of the funds promised to South Africa have been transferred, but are sitting with the treasury

A United Nations report paves the path ahead for COP28 taking place in the UAE in December

The council’s climate change research could suffer from job cuts

The targets will require new cars sold in 2030 to emit 37.5% less carbon dioxide on average compared to 2021 levels

Ex-Tanzanian President Jakaya Kikwete has said improving the education system in Africa will replenish the continent’s skills gap.

The world’s most important climate change agreement will come into force on November 4, Ban Ki-moon announced this week.

​Earth blasts through more heat records, while research shows governments are not ambitious enough to stop catastrophic warming.

The seven economies will stop propping up coal, gas and oil by 2025. But giant greenhouse gas emitters China and India haven’t made the pledge.

Famous for complementing Mediterranean and Mexican cooking, the herb could now be a key ingredient in lowering global greenhouse gas emissions.

Data from the UK Meteorological Office shows that 2015 will surpass last year as the hottest year on record.

Paris talks failed the most vulnerable, but that failure could be fixed as the world’s governments have at least agreed to head in the same direction.

If donors help states with which they have links rather than those most vulnerable to climate change, it will increase poverty and thus migration.

But developed nations can play a big role in finding cheaper ways to produce clean energy.

Hot air at the talks may mean our planet will still be 3°C hotter by the end of the century.

With just this week left for negotiators to haggle, the critical Paris climate meeting still has to overcome fundamental disagreements.