The G20 leaders have drawn criticism from the key negotiators at the United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP29) in Baku as they failed to mention the need to transition away from fossil fuels in their draft communique on Tuesday, November 19.

COP29: Draft G20 communique fails to mention transition away from fossil fuels

Since the 2016 Paris Agreement, where nations pledged to curb climate change, a troubling reality has emerged. A new report reveals a stark gap between promises and actions. The world's biggest banks have funnelled nearly $7 trillion towards the fossil fuel industry - the very industry driving global warming.

Global banks funnel $7 tn to fossil fuels post Paris agreement

Since the 2016 Paris agreement, where nations pledged to curb climate change, a troubling reality has emerged. A new report reveals a stark gap between promises and actions. Watch in for more details!

Fossil fuel funding soars: Global banks funnel $7 tn to fossil fuels post Paris agreement

Greenhouse gas emissions are a cause of concern for environmentalists and the world. Around 80% of the world's greenhouse gas emissions come from just 57 companies.

57 companies directly linked to 80% of the world's greenhouse gas emissions: Study

Every continent has seen extreme weather occurrences, including the most recent "unbearable" hot in Brazil, historically high sea temperatures, and alarming lows in Antarctic sea ice.

Global warming set to reach way beyond goal set by Paris agreement | World News | WION

The EU-funded Copernicus Climate Change Service says that for the first time, global warming has breached the 1.5 degrees Celsius threshold. In the summer temperatures higher than 1.5 degrees Celsius above pre-industrial levels have been observed before but only in the northern hemisphere winter and spring months until now. Keep watching to understand this better.

Warming breaches 1.5°C threshold in summer

Social, political, and technological inertia mean the Paris agreement’s target of limiting global warming to 1.5°c above pre-industrial temperatures is likely to be missed. Hem Soraya brings you the report.

Are we too far from the 1.5°c target? | WION Climate Tracker

Call for action on climate change has caused widespread protests across Europe. Hundreds of climate activists in Italy chanted slogans and demanded the government to act on climate change as global CO2 emissions have reached 0.9%.

Europe: Protests for climate change, activists demand action on carbon emissions

British energy giant Shell has been hit with a new lawsuit over climate change, with activist investors accusing the company's leadership of mismanaging risks to the company.

Activist investors sue Shell bosses over climate risks

Architects of the ambitious 2015 Paris Agreement which deals with climate action have called for an equally ambitious agreement to protect the world's fauna and flora.

As scientists sound the alarm on 'sixth mass extinction', leaders want an onerous plan to save 'nature'

Since the Paris agreement was inked in 2015, the World Bank has financed fossil fuel related projects worth around $15 billion, a study has claimed. Big Shift Global, a coalition of more than 50 NGOs, in its report ‘Investing in Climate Disaster: World Bank Group Finance for Fossil Fuels’, said that the global institution and its subsidiaries have been funding “upstream” oil and gas projects for several years.

World Bank financed fossil fuel projects worth $15bn since Paris Agreement: Report

According to the CDP, a non-profit disclosure platform and Oliver Wyman, global management consultancy companies in the G7 economies are failing to meet the Paris Climate agreement objectives based on current corporate pledges to cut emissions.

WION Climate Tracker: Overall G7 corporate emissions for 2100 is at 2.7 degree Celsius

Global CO2 emissions caused mainly by burning fossil fuels are set to rebound in 2021 to pre-Covid levels, with China's share increasing to nearly a third of the total, according to an assessment published Thursday.

Climate 'reality check': Global CO2 emissions near record levels in 2021

As the world leaders discuss measures to keep a check on the destruction of resources due to climate change in Glasgow summit, the arctic island of Greenland has decided to take the first step in joining the Paris Agreement.

Greenland: Promise of a brighter, greener future

Some of the world's smallest countries could "disappear" without action at an upcoming UN summit to contain climate change, the secretary general of the Commonwealth warned in a Wednesday interview.

Climate change could sink small states, says Commonwealth chief

Despite scientists' warnings that dramatic cuts to greenhouse gas emissions are needed now, none of the world's biggest economies — including the whole G20 — have a climate strategy that matches their requirements under the 2015 Paris Agreement, according to an analysis published Wednesday.

World's largest economies are not in line with the Paris Agreement on climate

Voters in Switzerland on Sunday rejected three environmental proposals. These included a new law which was intended to help the country meet carbon emissions cut goals under the Paris Agreement A new CO2 law was narrowly rejected, with 51.

Swiss reject law intended to help country meet Paris Agreement goals

Boris Johnson and Joe Biden on Saturday vowed to deepen ties and cooperate on tackling climate change in their first conversation since the US president's inauguration, the British prime minister's office said.

Boris Johnson and Joe Biden vow to deepen ties and cooperate on tackling climate change

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday said that India was not just on-track to achieve its Paris Agreement targets, but it will also exceed them beyond expectation.

India will easily meet Paris Agreement targets and exceed them: PM Modi

Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison said on Monday that his country would welcome President-elect Joe Biden restoring the United States to the Paris climate accord and returning as a member of the World Health Organization.

US return to WHO, Paris Agreement under Biden would be welcome, says Australia

Few hours after the Americans finished voting in the US election 2020, the Donald Trump administration formally left the Parris accord on Wednesday. Parris accord is a collective agreement of nearly 200 countries who work together with the aim to prevent the earth's temperatures from rising above the determined temperature — 2 degrees Celsius above pre-industrial revolution temperatures — as scientists fear it can lead to disastrous consequences if the temperature is exceeded.

US formally leaves Paris climate accord after US election results; Biden vows to return

Trump first announced his intention to withdraw the United States from the pact in June 2017, arguing it would undermine the U.S. economy.

US formally exits Paris Agreement amid election uncertainty

China's version of Greta Thunberg, Howey Ou, has payed the price for attempting to bring to light the reality of climate change. ''My high school refuses to allow me to re-enroll out of fears that my activism will generate trouble with the authorities,'' Ou said.

Howey Ou, China's Greta Thunberg, pays price for climate activism

2020 is the most crucial year yet for humanity's plan to dodge the bullet of catastrophic global warming, experts said Saturday, warning that the narrow path to safety was riddled with pitfalls, from the US election to Brexit.

Climate at mercy of politics in 2020, experts warn

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