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The Development Bank of Nigeria has launched a $275m climate finance fund to help MSMEs invest in renewable energy and climate-resilient agriculture. Read More: https://punchng.com/dbn-unveils-275m-climate-finance-fund-for-msmes/

Climate action has stalled for five years as fossil fuel development keeps growing.

AIB boss says bank is doubling green lending and is more optimistic for climate despite global politics

At the State level, he proposed similar councils chaired by the respective Chief Ministers, with participation from relevant departments to monitor the implementation of climate action plans

A "certain degree of pragmatism" on electrification is "probably" needed, Wopke Hoekstra told reporters at COP31.

Countries are not meeting their goal of limiting climate change to 1.5 degrees Celsius. How much hotter the planet gets makes a profound difference for the impacts the world could see.

The European Union has recommitted to its target of becoming climate-neutral by 2050 and to delivering climate financing to countries who need it most.

KUALA LUMPUR, Nov 13 — Malaysia has called for better access to climate financing for secondary and intermediary c...

From floods to extreme heat: The human cost of Australia’s changing climate

A group of small island states aims to create a fund backed by a charge on money that islanders receive from abroad to fund projects to make their nations less vulnerable to climate change.

Indonesia's worst fire season in years cloaked local towns and neighboring countries such as Singapore and Malaysia in toxic smog.

<p>THE poisonous smog blanketing Punjab is an immediate threat to public health, but it also points to a larger environmental crisis that Pakistan can no longer address through piecemeal measures. Lahore’s air quality index stood at a <a href="https://www.dawn.com/news/2043912">hazardous 358</a> on Wednesday, while other cities struggled under the same toxic

<p>Decision disappoints experts hoping for world’s biggest emitter to take global lead on climate crisis </p><p>China has ruled out hosting the Cop33 UN climate summit in 2028 after months of deliberations, leaving the field open for other Asian countries to hold it, the Guardian understands.</p><p>The decision will disappoint many countries and climate expe

Humanity has thrived thanks to a stable cryosphere, but burning fossil fuels has increased the risk of “accelerating and partly irreversible” harm to the planet’s cold places.

Chris Bowen says Australia's coal and gas exports have not damaged its standing in climate negotiations, as countries struggle to agree on how to move away from fossil fuels.

Leaders at COP31 want to keep the totemic goal alive, even after the U.N. declared it impossible to hit.

World leaders at COP31 show little enthusiasm for phasing out fossil fuels, but the plummeting costs of renewable energy will be the key factor in how quickly we can rein in global warming

World leaders have set out competing positions and made clashing demands in two days of intense speech-making at the COP31 climate change ⁠talks in Turkey, leaving negotiators with a tough task to draft a meaningful deal that all can agree.

<p>Andy Burnham’s newly appointed climate adviser used report to warn of national security risk from collapsing ecosystems</p><p>The UK government still has no plans to publish an explosive report showing the national security risk from <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2026/sep/24/explainer-uk-climate-crisis-national-security-report-suppresse

<p>Swedish activist criticised world governments for their failure to prevent environmental breakdown </p><p>The planet is “not dying, it is being killed and we know by who”, said Greta Thunberg, who excoriated world governments for their failure to prevent environmental breakdown in her first appearance at the annual UN climate talks in five years.</p><p><a

Lors de la COP21, à Paris en 2015, les Etats s'étaient engagés à maintenir la hausse des températures sous le seuil des +1,5°C d'ici la fin du siècle. Or, le dépassement de ce seuil "apparaît désormais inévitable", aux yeux de ce réseau scientifique indépendant.

Lawsuits launched by the previous nationalist government were kept alive under pro-EU Prime Minister Donald Tusk.

PM Andy Burnham was addressing delegates at the COP31 UN climate summit in Antalya, Turkey.

Lebanon ’s climate targets are being threatened by the environmental destruction wrought by Israel's military campaigns and occupation of the south, Tamara El Zein, Lebanon's Environment Minister, has said. “If we don't take environmental recovery into consideration, some of our targets will not be reached,” Ms El Zein told The National in an interview at th

Ireland's climate youth delegates are at the COP31 climate change conference in Turkey with the aim of making sure the priorities of young people are part of the discussions.

How the ideas behind the Green New Deal got an update for the Trump era.

The UK has appointed Dame Madeleine Alessandri, a former intelligence chief, as its first special representative for climate security, a world first. Read More: https://punchng.com/uk-appoints-ex-intelligence-chief-as-first-climate-security-envoy/

New research shows that a quarter of nearly 1,000 cactus species could lose at least 80 percent of their habitat by 2100, due to relentless droughts.

<p>Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on Thursday called for grant-based finance and improved resilience and adaptation funds for climate-vulnerable countries at COP31, being held in Turkiye’s Antalya.</p> <p>This year’s <a rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" class="link--external" href="https://cop.sifiratikvakfi.org/en/"><u>summit</u></a> focuses on trans

The U.K. PM used his summit speech to address cost-of-living worries at home.

The prime minister has declared the "climate crisis is upon all of us now" and committed the UK to meeting its 2050 net zero target.

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The United States government has no official presence at the climate talks in Türkiye, marking the second consecutive year the Trump administration has skipped the annual summit.

Britain has spent years urging others to move away from fossil fuels but a spike in fuel prices has changed the political landscape.

COP31 host Turkey has been pushing for a goal to expand electrification at the center of a deal, even as critics say it may do little to curb warming.

<p>Exclusive: Madeleine Alessandri, former chair of joint intelligence committee, will take on role of advising No 10 on climate-related national security risks</p><p>The UK government has appointed the world’s first special representative for climate security, in the strongest sign yet of fears that climate breakdown will bring chaos to the country.</p><p>P

Solwata , a documentary captured in virtual reality and narrated by Hollywood actor Mark Ruffalo, tells the story of Solomon Islanders forced to abandon their homes as sea levels rise.

A Kiribati government minister is calling for an overhaul to how vulnerable Pacific Island nations access climate funding.

The PM’s comments came after outgoing UN Secretary-General António Guterres told world leaders that “fossil fuels must go the way of the dinosaurs”.

Ireland and Tuvalu are closer than we might think, Eliala Fihaki - of Inishbofin ancestry - says at Cop31

<p>Marshall Islands president warns of worsening floods as UN chief calls for a windfall tax on oil and gas firms</p><p>Failure to provide an overwhelming response to the climate crisis means “the world we know is over”, the president of the embattled Marshall Islands has warned, as dozens of leaders gathered in Turkey for the Cop31 climate summit.</p><p>Hil

The Lagos State Government has identified over 300 potential climate projects with an estimated investment value of up to $50bn to attract investors. Read More: https://punchng.com/lagos-targets-50bn-investment-in-300-climate-projects/

Nigeria has secured a $3m investment for a climate-smart greenhouse farming project in Kano State at the ongoing COP31 climate summit in Türkiye. Read More: https://punchng.com/nigeria-secures-3m-investment-in-climate-smart-agriculture-at-cop31/

Egypt’s Minister of Local Development and Environment Manal Awad represented President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi at the leaders’ summit of the COP31 UN climate conference in the Turkish city of Antalya on Wednesday, calling for affordable climate finance for developing countries and a shift from pledges to delivery. The two-day summit, held on 11 and 12 […]

EXCLUSIVE: With the United Nations Climate Change Conference COP 31 underway, the results are in from a first-of-its-kind international survey of film and TV industry professionals about climate storytelling. Deadline has seen the survey results, which reveal 71% of people surveyed want to include climate-related storytelling in their work. However, 55% of r

The COP31 climate summit in Turkey has got off to a chaotic start and a familiar dispute over who should pay for tackling climate change is already emerging as the biggest obstacle to progress

Mike Smith's daughter has presented on his now-blocked lawsuit against climate polluters at an event at COP31 in Türkiye.

Many heads of state missing from Cop31 climate summit as outgoing UN chief delivered his final opening address

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Iraq has lost more than half of its agricultural land as worsening climate change devastates the country's farming sector, President Nizar Amidi said Wednesday, calling for stronge...

Guterres says the world must fight harder, accuses the fossil fuel lobby of delaying climate action at critical talks.

<p>181GW of gas-fired capacity proposed for sites in US and Europe because of delays in connecting to national grids, says report</p><p>Developers of AI datacentres plan to build on-site climate-destroying gas power stations on a huge scale to meet their energy demands, research reveals.</p><p>Datacentres planned across the US, the UK and mainland Europe hav

Sheikh Saud bin Saqr Al Qasimi, Ruler of Ras Al Khaimah, arrived in Antalya, Turkey, on Wednesday as head of a high-level UAE delegation attending the Cop31 climate summit. Sheikh Saud is representing President Sheikh Mohamed at the two-day Leaders' Summit, which is being held on November 11 and 12 as part of the wider conference, which runs until November 2

From the Group of Seven countries, British Prime Minister Andy Burnham is the only leader expected to attend the summit.

<p>Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on Wednesday arrived at the COP31 Antalya Leaders’ Summit in Turkiye, where he is set to highlight Pakistan’s climate priorities, along with other world leaders.</p> <p>Delegates from nearly 200 countries are meeting in the Mediterranean resort city of Antalya as global greenhouse gas emissions show little sign of falling and

<p>Package for plan off Norfolk coast revealed as government tries to calm critics after approving Jackdaw gasfield</p><ul><li><p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/politics/live/2026/nov/11/andy-burnham-kemi-badenoch-pmqs-cop31-windfarms-europe-brexit-latest-news-updates">UK politics live – latest updates</a></p></li></ul><p>Andy Burnham has hailed a reco

<p>Exclusive: Ed Miliband says sci-fi scenarios of destruction ‘now regular occurrences’, as he prepares to address Cop31</p><ul><li><p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/environment/live/2026/nov/11/climate-crisis-talks-turkey-latest-news-updates">Cop31 live – latest updates</a></p></li><li><p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/politics/live/2026/nov/11

A rock and ice avalanche and flood in Nepal in August that left thousands of people dead, injured or missing showed that all systems have limits.

Global efforts to tackle climate change were failing to keep pace with the accelerating crisis, the UN chief has warned.

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has landed in Turkiye for the 31st United Nations Climate Change Conference.