The Grantham Institute sits at the heart of Imperial College London's work on climate change and the environment. We drive forward discovery, convert innovations into applications, train future ...

‘Cop is performative – it’s for doing oil deals, not solving the climate crisis’ As the president of Cop29’s host country Azerbaijan lauds fossil fuels, experts say the climate summit is ...

The 29 th United Nations Climate Change Conference – COP 29 – took place from 11 November to 22 November 2024 in Baku, Azerbaijan. The UN Climate Change Pavilion, located in the Blue Zone, hosted ...

The 29th session of the Conference of the Parties (COP29) to the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) will be held in Baku, Azerbaijan. This event will include the 29th session of the ...

Government representatives from around the world have gathered nearly every year since 1995 at the UNFCCC Conference of the Parties (COP) to advance work on negotiating multilateral agreements and to ...

The Conference of the Parties (COP), is held annually, with the Presidency rotating between the five recognised UN regions. This year, Azerbaijan has been selected as the Presidency of the 29th ...

These are the main drivers of climate change because they release planet-warming carbon dioxide (CO2) when burned for energy. But in fact, CO2 emissions from fossil fuels are projected to reach a ...

Climate change also exerts significant strains on health systems, simultaneously increasing demand for health services while impairing the system’s ability to respond. Furthermore, the climate crisis ...

Can countries agree on a new climate finance target? The UN’s main climate science body, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), has issued increasingly dire warnings about the ...

Despite having contributed the least to global emissions, Africa will be most affected by climate change. This is due to the fragile economics and exposure to extreme weather events across much of ...

"Its current structure simply cannot deliver the change at exponential speed and scale, which is essential to ensure a safe climate landing for humanity," said its signatories. They include former ...