Glasgow Climate Pact
latest news & developments
Africa turns up the heat for COP27
Hosted on home soil, this year’s conference is a valuable opportunity to gain climate wins for the continent
Climate change plans ‘fail to tackle invasive species’
A new study has found a lack of co-ordinated policy response to these interconnected issues
The post-COP26 state of coal
Environmental organisations say that COP26 ended with 90 new coal power projects, worth a total of 88GW, are likely to be cancelled
COP26 was more talk than action
The Glasgow Climate Pact called for the removal of ‘inefficient’ fossil fuel subsidies, but a commitment to remove all fossil fuel subsidies is needed
Pent-up investor interest in green energy finance will boost South Africa’s plans
The delay in additional capacity to the grid was not caused by a lack of private capital, but a lack of projects
South Africa supported last-minute change to COP26 deal
Scores of countries at the UN climate talks accepted the COP26 pact reluctantly, condemning a last-minute meeting that led to a slightly different wording