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COP17: Key outcomes agreed at the UN biodiversity conference in Yerevan
Cropped 28 October 2026: ‘Slow progress’ at COP17 | Lula’s ‘unprecedented’ win | Protected-area finance falls
Cropped 21 October 2026: COP17 kicks off | Deforestation drops 15% | Acute hunger ‘doubled’
UNEP: Opportunity has ‘been lost’ to meet 1.5C warming limit without ‘overshoot’
Interactive: Tracking negotiating texts at the COP17 biodiversity summit
DeBriefed 9 October 2026: ‘Scarily thin’ oil stockpiles | US supreme court case | UK Conservative ‘spreadsheet blunder’
Cropped 23 September 2026: Elevating the ocean | El Niño impacts | Ocean-protection ‘gaps’
Explainer: How sea level rise poses an ‘existential threat’ to humans, heritage and nature
Q&A: What can – and cannot – be said about global warming’s role in the 2026 Himalayan floods
Cited 1 September 2026: Himalayan floods | Record-warm global ocean | Caribbean drought
Cropped 26 August 2026: Desertification talks | Record ocean temperatures | Colorado water woes
Analysis: The two largest reservoirs in the US have hit record-low levels
Cropped 12 August 2026: El Niño hunger | ‘Diverging’ deforestation trends | Uganda’s food crisis
Factcheck: No, Europe is not having its ‘quietest’ year for wildfires
Analysis: 84% of nations miss deadline to identify ‘nature-harming’ subsidies by 2025