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Climate crisis

  • People perform during the “people's plenary” at Cop30 in Brazil

    World news
    Cop30: countries still far apart as climate talks overrun – as it happened

    Summit president André Corrêa do Lago issued plea to preserve Paris agreement with countries unable to reach compromise on scheduled final day
  • A banner hung underneath a huge globe suspended from the ceiling reads: 1.5C under threat: time to act

    Cop30
    Cop30 delegates ‘far apart’ on phasing out fossil fuels and cutting carbon

  • A general view of exhaust gases billowing from the chimneys of the Taean thermal power station in South Korea

    Cop30
    Cop30 draft text omits mention of fossil fuel phase-out roadmap

  • a women speaking in front of microphones

    Nancy Pelosi
    Pelosi calls Trump ‘the biggest con job in American history’ in reply to climate comment

  • Fire at Cop30

    Cop30
    Cop30 conference centre evacuated as fire breaks out – as it happened

Cop30

  • People in bright costume carry coffins labelled coal, oil and gas in a parade

    Explainer
    Can Cop30 begin the process of phasing out fossil fuels?

  • Aerial view of small forest-covered islands in bright blue sea

    In depth
    Amid squabbles, bombast and competing interests, what can Cop30 achieve?

  • Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva sitting on a chair with the words 'Cop30 Brasil Amazonia' on the wall behind him.

    Brazil
    Lula’s balancing act: Cop30 Amazon summit juggles climate and social priorities

  • People stood outside the Cop30 venue

    Q&A
    What are the main issues at Cop30 and why do they matter?

Opinion

  • George Monbiot

    There’s a catastrophic black hole in our climate data – and it’s a gift to deniers

    George Monbiot
  • Adam Morton

    Australia’s failed bid to host Cop31 looks like a mess – but it may actually be the best result possible

    Adam Morton
  • Anne Davies

    The conservative parties can change their leaders – but it won’t stop the NSW Coalition’s death spiral

    Anne Davies
  • Sussan Ley

    Sussan Ley, it’s time we took a look at your climate policy report card. You appear to have learned nothing

    Tristan Edis

Features

  • Composite of the CSIRO logo on a white lab coat

    CSIRO
    Climate of fear: are CSIRO’s sweeping job cuts a sign Australia doesn’t care about the extinction crisis?

  • People pose for photos outside the entrance to the Cop30 venue

    The Secret Negotiator
    ‘It’s like arguing with robots’: negotiators on the state of Cop30 talks

  • Delegates at the first UN climate conference in 1995

    Weatherwatch
    As I write my last column, the facts on climate crisis speak for themselves

  • 10-11-2025- Valencia. Report on Toñi Garcia in Benetusser, one year after the DANA storm where her husband and daughter died in the garage of their home. Photo Pablo Garcia/The Guardian

    This is climate breakdown
    ‘My husband and daughter went down to the garage in case it flooded. Then I heard a strange noise’ – This is climate breakdown

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