Kyoto Protocol

When parties meet to negotiate and evaluate progress on climate change, financing for loss and damage will be high on the agenda for developing countries

Wars and pandemics have managed to reduce global emissions in the past but delegates to COP 26 in Scotland will need to find other solutions

Amendments to offset regulations published on 8 July give clarity on big emitters carrying old carbon credits to a new framework

One country pays for greenhouse gas emissions in another country and uses that credit for its own emission reduction targets — but accounting irregularities increased carbon…

The stage has been set for one of the most anticipated climate conferences to address global warming – and targets for the biggest emitters

The real test will come next year in Glasgow, when countries have to make concrete commitments to reducing emissions

There appears to be no legal consequences for organs of state that fail to comply with the Bill

We knew that 2017 was the year to put the brakes on activities that cause global warming, but we didn’t do enough – welcome to the future.

The world’s top greenhouse gas emitters, China and the United States, have signed an agreement to work together to address climate change issues.

Russia has confirmed it will not make cuts in greenhouse gas emissions from 2013 under the UN’s Kyoto Protocol, joining Canada and Japan.

Concerned countries want a new phase of the protocol to kick in immediately after it expires, writes Fiona Macleod.

Crucial issues were not resolved, leaving much committee work before Rio+20 and COP18.

COP17 has come and gone, leaving many South Africans still scratching their heads about what it all meant. You have questions, we have answers.

Canada has withdrawn from the Kyoto Protocol on climate change, saying the accord did not represent the way forward for the country or the world.

Environmental Affairs Minister Edna Molewa has hailed South Africa’s role at COP17 as an "outstanding success".