Extreme weather, including heatwaves, droughts, floods and wildfires, are the new norm, according to the UN’s World Meteorological Organisation.
Young people have every right to be angry about the failure of world leaders to deliver on climate, the president of the COP26 talks said this afternoon.
The lights are flashing red on the climate dashboard, the president of COP26 said this morning at the opening of the climate talks in Glasgow.
Campaigners from across the world have arrived in Glasgow for the start of international climate talks tomorrow morning.
With one day to go before the start of COP26 international climate talks, the president designate, Alok Sharma, calls on world leaders to act.
Pope Francis urges world leaders to take “radical decisions” at next week’s global climate summit, in a special message recorded for BBC Radio 4’s Thought for the Day.
Key facts on the COP26 climate talks, the largest international summit ever hosted by the UK, starting on Sunday 31 October 2021.
Climate campaigners, including two British Olympians, blockaded the entrance to the UK’s largest oil refinery early this morning.
New research, published within days of the start of Cop26 climate talks, reveals that 40 oil, gas and coal projects have been submitted for approval in the UK.
The chancellor Rishi Sunak was accused of extending the fossil fuel age with his budget today.