Not good enough: National climate pledges
Ahead of the COP26 summit kicking off in Glasgow, AFP rounds up national pledges to reduce carbon emissions as the UN warns the world is on course toward a "catastrophic" warming of 2.7C by 2100
G7 steps towards making companies disclose climate risks
The wealthy G7 countries have moved closer to requiring companies to disclose their climate impact despite a lack of global agreement and doubts from some NGOs
EU poised to unveil green-friendly investment list
The European Commission will next week present the first part of a "green taxonomy" list of energy sources and technology to be labelled as sustainable investments
EU leaders to decide tougher climate goal in December
EU leaders have said they will decide on a more stringent climate target for 2030 at a summit in December, leaving more time to forge a united response to climate change
Austria’s unlikely coalition plan boasts ‘best of both worlds’
Austria's new coalition of conservatives and Greens has set out plans to make the country not only a pioneer in fighting climate change but also one that pursues anti-immigration policies
Eastern EU states opposed to 2050 zero-emissions goal
Eastern EU members Poland, the Czech Republic and Hungary have opposed the bloc's target of zero net carbon emissions by 2050
New EU Commission faces turning climate pledges into reality
The next European Commission has made an ambitious, global-leading fight against climate change the centrepiece of its mandate