COP26

John Kerry: “Implementation of COP26 was not as strong as it should have been”

NAIROBI – US Special Presidential Envoy for Climate John Kerry has lamented the lack of progress of recent climate discussions…

One year on, is coal being consigned to history?

“This must be the COP that consigns coal to history,” COP26 President Alok Sharma told delegates at last year’s UN…

COP27 comes after a year of unfulfilled COP26 promises

The world leaders’ summit on the opening two days of the COP27 climate conference came with a flurry of shiny…

COP27: How countries compare on carbon emissions and pledges

The beginning of COP27 in Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt, means a year has passed since the world agreed to “keep…

COP27: Manage your expectations

Government and industry representatives from across the world will attend the next annual UN climate change conference (COP27) in Sharm…

The mission to mend the voluntary carbon offset market

Voluntary carbon offsets have always been the Wild West of climate solutions. On paper, what they offer feels nothing short…

Climate leaders paint gloomy picture on progress since COP26

“The pulse of 1.5°C remains weak.” Those were the sobering words of COP26 president Alok Sharma as leading figures from…

Finance, geopolitics cast shadow over climate talks

As always, it came down to money. Two weeks of climate talks in Bonn ended with bad blood between the…

Is 1.5°C possible without rich countries reaching net zero before 2050?

Net zero stands on a knife edge. The past three years have seen two seminal reports from the International Energy…

GFANZ: How does the financial industry reach net zero?

The COP26 climate summit was characterised by mammoth, headline-grabbing figures. Whether there was always sufficient substance behind those figures –…