Action on climate emergency
While temperatures keep rising COP30 failed the climate challenge ending with an outcome that contains no direct reference to the fossil fuels that are heating up the planet. Meeting in in Belém, Brazil, it was a disappointing conclusion as more than 80 countries including the UK and EU had wanted the meeting to commit the …
New figures are showing that more CO2 in 2025 has been released than ever before. With talks in Brazil scheduled to end today, countries remained divided on a road map to transition away from fossil fuels. This is another sign that efforts to fight climate change by cutting emissions are moving far too slowly to …
A devastating climate failure – COP 30 must change direction. The United Nations general secretary has deplored the failure to limit global warning to 1.5C and warns that we ‘must change course immediately’. As recently reported in the media, António Guterres has warned that it is now “inevitable” that humanity will overshoot the target set …
Biggest increase in carbon emissions in 2024 has been confirmed by the World Meteorological Organization (WMO), with 2024 showing a record rise of carbon dioxide (CO2) in the atmosphere. From 2023 to 2024, the global average concentration of CO2 rose by 3.5 parts per million – the largest increase since modern measurements started in 1957, …
Fossil fuel lobbying at COP 30 in Brazil is gearing up, as more than 250 civil society organisations and experts from across the worldhave signed an open letter calling for urgent action to protect the climate negotiations from undue influence. Organised by Transparency International, a global movement campaigning to end the injustice of corruption, it called on …