The plan establishes three primary goals: cutting emissions by three-quarters by 2030, becoming a climate-positive community by 2050 and ensuring climate initiatives support public health, affordability and equity.

For insurers, the cost of climate risk is well-established and increasing. In the first half of 2025, natural disasters caused losses of about $131bn worldwide, of which $80bn was insured, according to reinsurance giant Munich Re. Though short of a record, both figures are much higher than average for the past 10 years.

An ambitious form of climate modelling aims to pin the blame for disasters – from floods to heatwaves – on specific companies. Is this the tool we need to effectively prosecute the world’s biggest carbon emitters?

Elections, international talks on plastics and shipping, and gatherings of coalitions of the willing will shape climate progress in 2026

Financial crimes agency raids Harjeet Singh’s home and office after accusing him of using foreign funds to promote an international green initiative

The last U.N. climate conference held in the heart of the Amazon rainforest in Brazil's Belem largely fell far short of what the world

Experts say COP30 failed to deliver concrete commitments on fossil fuels and deforestation despite high expectations - Anadolu Ajansı

Wind and solar, now cheaper than fossil fuels, can spare millions of people from the worst effects of warming.