The Latest Breaking News from Cop27

Ask two different climate experts at the United Nations Climate Change Conference in Egypt (Cop27) to characterise their feelings about the future, and you may get quite different answers. "We are seeing more progress than we ever imagined," says one, while the other laments that we are heading full tilt…

US climate envoy John Kerry has said his country is ready to discuss the loss and damage at Cop27

Indian campaigners join global delegation representing one billion children affected by climate crisis

On first week of summit there have been traffic jams, water shortages – and an atmosphere of state repression

US President Joe Biden is headed to UN climate talks in Egypt armed with major domestic achievements against global warming but under pressure to do more for countries reeling from natural disasters.

Democrat makes surprise appearance at climate summit as midterms forecasts predict Republicans will take the House

Protesters gather at Farnborough and Luton as part of global action, also calling for tax on frequent fliers

British-Egyptian Alaa Abd el-Fattah, who has been on hunger strike for months, stopped drinking water when Cop27 began

Mia Mottley, PM of Barbados, who, at Cop27 called again for climate justice, is devising a debt relief and loan blueprint, targeting the IMF

Ukrainian president says Russia’s invasion has forced dozens of countries to resume coal-fired power to alleviate energy costs

Editorial: If climate catastrophe is to be avoided, the governments and institutions of the rich west will have to alter their priorities