Sinking Tuvalu laments watered down U.N. Glasgow climate pact
The island nation's foreign minister says Saturday's deal should have called for phasing out, rather than phasing down, of coal use, a late change spurred by coal-dependent India and China
After smoke drifts east, U.S. Congress eyes spending billions to curb wildfire threat
More than half of the $27 billion in forestry funding in the social spending bill, which the House aims to pass this week, would go toward 'hazardous fuels reduction projects'
ANALYSIS-Was Glasgow pact a win for climate? Time will tell
The U.N. climate summit was meant to secure a deal to give the world a chance to avert the worst impacts of climate change by capping global warming at 1.5C - it met that bar, but barely
U.N. climate agreement clinched after late drama over coal
The two-week conference in Glasgow landed a global agreement that aimed at least to keep alive hopes of capping global warming at 1.5C and was the first to call for a reduction in fossil fuels
Climate 'loss and damage' earns recognition but little action in COP26 deal
Efforts to create a new fund to help with climate-change-driven "loss and damage" fail as the U.N. talks close, but the problem rises up the global agenda
Argument over coal phase-out holds up UN climate conference deal
New draft retains call for phase-out of fossil fuel subsidies, but differences remain
EXPLAINER: What did vulnerable countries fight for at the COP26 climate summit?
As the U.N. climate talks ran overtime, vulnerable countries pushed for progress on issues from "loss and damage" to phasing out fossil fuels - but didn't get all they wanted
'Architects of desire': Can advertising agencies glamorise climate solutions?
Too often criticised for promoting excessive consumption and greenwash, ad firms could use a new emissions metric to popularise climate-smart products
New COP26 draft weakens wording on fossil fuels
The new draft includes two words on fossil fuels that dilute an earlier draft, which had baldly stated that the world should pledge to stop subsidies for fossil fuels in general, and phase them out
As warming worsens floods, snake-like mobile dams could protect Africans
More climate finance could unlock wider use of innovative technologies like these portable dams that can be erected fast and capture water for use when floods subside