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Canada has withdrawn from the Kyoto Protocol on climate change, saying the accord did not represent the way forward for the country or the world.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".
According to the presidency of COP17, an ad hoc group will now work towards charting a new universal legal agreement on climate change.
After two and a half days of round-the-clock discussions at the end of COP17, global leaders have finally agreed on a course to fight climate change.
Ministers fought to save UN climate talks from collapse, searching to narrow differences between rich and poor nations over fighting global warming.
A draft global pact on climate change has boosted UN talks, already deep into overtime, but negotiators are worried it’s a little too late.
EU climate commissioner Connie Hedegaard has stepped up warnings that if major economies do not compromise, a Durban deal may be out of reach.
