Britain's Queen Elizabeth has pulled out of hosting a reception for world leaders at the COP26 climate change summit. Buckingham Palace confirmed on Tuesday the 95-year-old monarch had been advised by ...

Nearly 200 governments in Glasgow, UK, are being asked to recognise the “urgency of action” needed to meet the world’s climate change targets, in a final statement to be presented at the COP26 summit ...

The government is pledging new funding totalling £290 million, largely to help countries across Asia and the Pacific better prepare for extreme weather and other potential changes. Diplomats and ...

Cop26 host the UK has declined to join an international alliance aiming to end new oil and gas projects, leaving a small group of other countries led by Costa Rica and Denmark to forge a path away ...

The main objective of the United Kingdom’s presidency of COP26 was to secure an agreement that would keep alive the 1.5C goal of the 2015 Paris Agreement. So, did it succeed? Barely – the goal hangs ...

The UK's target of reducing emissions to net zero by 2050 is "too far away" to be the sole focus of attention, the government's spokesperson for COP26 has said. Allegra Stratton said the "science is ...

I would like to congratulate the COP26 UK Presidency for their initiative of bringing a representative group of ministers together to discuss expectations for Glasgow, the shape and substance of the ...

The UK is pledging £290m to help poorer countries cope with the impact of climate change, as the COP26 climate change summit enters its second week. Government ministers from around the world are in ...

Piers Forster receives funding from UK and EU research councils. He is a member of the UK Climate Change Committee. The Glasgow climate pact is sealed and COP26 is fading into memory. The UK’s ...

The UK’s National Health Service (NHS) unveiled a hydrogen-powered zero emission ambulance this week at Glasgow’s COP26 climate change conference. The vehicle will help the NHS reduce its contribution ...

Negotiations between world leaders on gas, oil, deforestation, and farming are continuing at COP26 in Glasgow as countries scramble to reach deals that will avoid climate breakdown in many parts of ...