By Matt McGrath Environment correspondent COP26 Iran will ratify the landmark Paris agreement on climate change only if sanctions against it are lifted, a senior leader has told the BBC. Ali Salajegheh said sanctions were impeding Iran in areas like renewable energy. Iran is the world’s eighth largest CO2 emitter, yet is one of […]
COP26 China and the US have agreed to boost climate co-operation over the next decade, in a surprise announcement at the COP26 climate summit in Glasgow. The world’s two biggest CO2 emitters pledged to act in a joint declaration. It says both sides will “recall their firm commitment to work together” to achieve the […]
By Shruti Menon BBC Reality Check COP26 India’s Prime Narendra Modi has set his country a target of net zero greenhouse gas emissions by 2070, a significantly later deadline than many other countries attending the Glasgow climate summit. India also set itself a deadline of 2030 to reduce its emissions by one billion tonnes. After […]
By Joseph Lee BBC News COP26 Prime Minister Boris Johnson is returning to the COP26 climate summit in Glasgow – urging nations to “pull out all the stops” to limit warming. The first draft of an agreement setting out how countries will cut emissions to avoid temperature rises of above 1.5C is due to […]
Heavy showers and thunderstorms have caused severe flooding in the southern Indian city of Chennai. No deaths have been reported, but officials in the state of Tamil Nadu, of which Chennai is the capital, have issued warnings to evacuate people from low-lying areas. Local media footage showed uprooted trees and cars submerged as water quickly […]
By Emma Harrison BBC News COP26 Ministers and negotiators at COP26 should “pull together and drive for the line” to secure ambitious action on climate change, Boris Johnson has said. The prime minister said countries must be ready to “make the bold compromises and ambitious commitments needed” at the final week of the climate summit. […]
COP26 US President Joe Biden has criticised the leaders of China and Russia for not turning up to the COP26 climate summit. In a speech on Tuesday night, Mr Biden said climate was “a gigantic issue” and China “walked away” – adding it was the “same thing with Russia and Putin”. Neither Russian President […]
By Georgina Rannard BBC News COP26 More than 100 world leaders will promise to end and reverse deforestation by 2030, in the COP26 climate summit’s first major deal. Brazil – where stretches of the Amazon rainforest have been cut down – will be among the signatories on Tuesday. The pledge includes almost £14bn ($19.2bn) […]
By Justin Rowlatt Climate Editor COP26 The world is at “one minute to midnight”, having run down the clock on waiting to combat climate change, Prime Minister Boris Johnson has said. He was speaking as world leaders gather for the landmark COP26 climate change conference in Glasgow. Speaking to the BBC, Mr Johnson said […]
Climate change Leaders of the world’s 20 major economies have approved a global agreement that will see the profits of large businesses taxed at least 15%. It follows concern that multinational companies are re-routing their profits through low tax jurisdictions. The pact was agreed by all the leaders attending the G20 summit in Rome. […]
