World leaders failed us at COP26. But change doesn’t come from glitzy conferences

Brexit showed that a few ruthless, well-connected people with big money behind them can change history. Now they’re at it again, and the stakes are even higher

Exclusive: Details of secretive meeting between the PM and the oil giant among crucial climate documents the Cabinet Office refuses to release

Global cooperation is vital to tackle the security threats of climate change and COVID-19, yet leaders keep pumping funds into outdated militaries

Boris Johnson will soon take on the role of the bombastic host at the UN's climate conference in Glasgow. Don't let him pretend we’re the good guys

Exclusive: Oil giant also shared intelligence on environmentalists with British Museum and Warwick University in ‘shocking’ web of surveillance

World leaders have committed to tackling deforestation by 2030, but Indigenous communities know such rhetoric rarely leads to action

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Former energy minister John Hayes, who has likened climate protesters to ‘Radical Islam’, has received a £50,000 salary from BB Energy since 2018

Oil giant’s actions branded ‘shocking and intrusive’ after openDemocracy revealed it paid a spy firm to snoop on peaceful climate activists

Politicians accused of being ‘worryingly cosy’ with oil and gas firms as it’s revealed almost one in ten Tory peers has financial stake in the sector

The young indigenous leadership of Múte Bourup Egede is battling for green sovereignty in a time of climate collapse

Exclusive: UK government hosts said Big Oil companies wouldn’t be welcome, but BP’s CEO is among fossil fuel lobbyists at the heart of the conference

The industry must step up and beat fossil fuels at their own game. Here’s the plan

American democracy is in crisis. That’s why the US can’t be counted on to act responsibly on the world stage with any consistency

The former Bank of England governor is finance adviser at COP26 and rumoured to be running for Canadian prime minister. But his new book is just a flutter of platitudes

Sweltering summers and cold winters as a result of climate change are hurting Libya’s traditional culture of beekeeping, and the production of its much-valued honey

Agriculture accounts for 28% of all jobs in Egypt. With temperatures predicted to rise by 2-3% by 2050, many families will lose their livelihoods

British colonialism’s horrific legacy has not only suppressed this complex African state’s prosperity but is now causing dangerous desertification

The annual climate conference needs world leaders to commit to tangible goals. Reducing plastic production is an urgent issue

By seemingly accepting the climate crisis’s existence, the far Right can use it to ‘Other’ migrants and leftists, while appearing as progressive actors

The industry’s response to climate change faces a series of problems – now, at COP26, it must resolve them

Global leaders will fail to address the climate crisis unless they confront its root cause: an unjust economic system that is killing the planet

Shared struggles, shared solutions: connecting communities from east London to Ogoniland in search of justice

New research reveals how six fossil fuel giants captured European climate politics

Costa Rica is a rare country whose efforts have been consistent with the Paris Agreement

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The island’s first female premiere shows the connection between slavery, reparations and climate finance – and how to be a world-class leader

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We ask experts whether the Kremlin’s latest moves on climate, including its 2060 net-zero target, heralds genuine change or more greenwash

The Dutch image of a progressive paradise is just good PR – you only have to look at its record on the climate

As Bolsonaro claims to protect forests, his leadership has allowed devastation of the Amazonian jungle to reach epic heights

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Looking back on 30 years of climate conferences, Geoffrey Lean recalls the many missed opportunities for change that led us to this boiling point

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The power of the House of Saud is a direct product of the West’s obsession with oil – can it survive a global shift to green energy?

The US president’s administration has lots of good rhetoric but little action

In a country that’s dangerously susceptible to heatwaves and droughts, there is growing anxiety over the climate crisis

As the global energy crisis intensifies, the EU is renewing its commitment to fossil fuels instead of investing in green energy

As it steers towards fossil fuels, the Latin American nation is on a path opposite to the objectives of the Paris Agreement

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Brazil is voting to legalize the destruction of the Amazon forest and the extermination of Indigenous peoples, the forest’s last line of defense

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Rather than looking to ‘save’ others, we should aim to dismantle the hatred and exploitation of those who reject property and national borders

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Deforestation is accelerating in the wake of the pandemic and the war on drugs. Handing power back to Indigenous communities could stop the spread

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Extreme weather changes are causing havoc in African states such as Zambia but they can’t afford a Green New Deal without international support

The Labour leader should step aside if he can’t deliver on climate action, says a young Green New Deal campaigner

This is Merkel’s last chance to show she’s the climate chancellor. But her record isn’t good enough

Though 30x30 conservation appears a way to mitigate the worst effects of climate change, it could dispossess many communities

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Consumerism is undoubtedly bad for the planet, but with Singles Day and the forthcoming season of goodwill and unbridled spending, here are some eco-friendly ways to shop

The country has shown that there is an authoritarian path through the climate crisis. We need to follow the democratic one