Patrick Greenfield

Secretary general’s comments come at time of mounting civilian casualties, including children, in mass Israeli strikes on northern Gaza

Fears raised that biodiversity summit not addressing countries’ failure to meet a single target to stem destruction of natural world

Governments risk another decade of failure on biodiversity loss, due to the slow implementation of an international agreement to halt the destruction of Earth's ecosystems, experts have warned.

António Guterres says treaty will endure but urges US to remain amid reports of Republican plan to withdraw from the climate negotiating framework entirely

António Guterres says treaty will endure but urges US to remain amid reports that Trump plans to withdraw from the climate negotiating framework entirely

Conservation summit agrees to global levy on drugs from nature’s genetics, but developing nations furious at unmet funding promises

Representatives at the Cop16 summit in Colombia negotiated against a backdrop of extreme weather and ecosystem collapse

As world leaders gathered in Colombia this week, they also watched for news from home, where many of the headlines carried the catastrophic consequences of ecological breakdown.

Once heavily scorned because of fraud and poor outcomes, carbon trading is likely to be high on the agenda in Baku

Argentinian negotiators representing the government of climate science denier Javier Milei have been ordered to withdraw from the Cop29 summit after just three days, adding to concerns about the stability of the Paris agreement.