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Climate Change Committee presses new UK government to lead ahead of COP26

COP24 sees historic agreement on Paris rulebook, but work remains

A historic agreement on the rules that will govern the Paris Agreement has been sealed at the Katowice climate change conference (COP 24), but countries failed to agree changes to strengthen emissions trading schemes.

COP blog: Transparency high on the agenda for investors

Many investors are turning out at COP23 in Bonn to explain to ministers and delegates the importance of financial disclosures in line with the TCFD recommendations, says Peter Damgaard Jensen

News briefs from COP23

Small island nation Fiji will have to spend around $4.5 billion over the next decade to prepare for rising temperatures, strengthening storms and higher sea levels.

COP blog: Why food companies are engaged

It's time for food companies to participate in the next agricultural revolution – to low-emissions, argues Julie Nash

Time for another walk in the Bretton Woods?

A radical new approach to climate finance is required, says Ian Callaghan

COP 23: What success means for investors

This year's UN climate change conference in Bonn (COP23), while a far cry from the highs of the Paris talks of 2015, is crucial for the implementation of the new agreement. Katie Kouchakji talks to some finance sector leaders about their criteria for its success

Deals of the Year 2017

Environmental Finance's 10th annual Deals of the Year awards are all about opportunities – investments flowing into businesses that are aligned with the low-carbon economy or are part of solutions to the problem of climate change.

Mapping the finance for Paris

Ian Callaghan and Tessa Tennant examine who is doing what to help finance the commitments made as part of the Paris Agreement on climate change.

Investors with $15trn in AUM call on global governments to implement Paris Agreement

Investors representing more than $15 trillion in assets under management (AUM) have written to the governments of G7 and G20 countries calling on them to support and implement the commitments of the Paris Agreement, to limit global temperature increase to less than 2°C.