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Legal experts warn it will be hard for communities to enforce environmental safeguards on EU “strategic” mining projects.

The EU has refused to reassess 16 controversial mining projects labelled “strategic” despite concerns from NGOs and local communities.

Comment: Constant weakening and delays to the landmark EU regulation pose a threat to rainforests and erode Europe’s credibility as a stable, predictable market

In Bodo, Ogoniland, crude still bubbles to the surface — a decade after multimillion-dollar clean-up efforts began.

Comment: The declaration leans on soft verbs that signal recognition without responsibility. It is easier to acknowledge climate change than to commit to phasing out fossil fuels.

From the opening speeches to the final plenary, we reported on how climate diplomacy actually worked in Belém.

Throughout COP30, we tracked who pushed for ambition, who slowed progress, and how vulnerable nations fought for survival. Read our full coverage.

Comment: A close look at the COP30’s declaration’s legal verbs and phrases that come with them shows how climate diplomacy has become fluent in evasion.

Lula called it the COP of Truth. Our reporting shows how close — or far — the summit got from that promise.

Our team wrapped up two weeks of COP30 reporting, tracing how negotiations in Belém shaped the global climate agenda.

Comment: COP30’s Mutirão declaration fails to name the root causes of climate change.

From fossil fuel fights to forest diplomacy, we tracked the biggest confrontations of the Amazon COP. Read our full coverage.

COP31 lands in Antalya — but decision-making power sits with Canberra.

Had Türkiye blocked Australia, COP31 would have moved to Bonn.

#Biofuels are in the spotlight at COP30 as countries look for ways to cut transport emissions where charging is still limited. SEI’s Francis X. Johnson tells @ClimateHome the EV debate is too “rich country-centric” and that sustainable biofuels can help.

Türkiye will host COP31 in Antalya next year, while Australia takes the presidency.

After a year-long stalemate, Australia cedes hosting rights for COP31 to Türkiye — but will lead the negotiations.

COP31 will be hosted by Türkiye but run by Australia. Australian minister Chris Bowen said the country will hold the COP presidency with powers to manage talks, prepare drafts and issue a cover decision https://t.co/LMmk3KqqoH

At COP26, countries pledged to halt deforestation by 2030. New data shows we're nowhere close.

COP30 skipped a peace day this year, unlike the last two summits.