Ambitious new funding cycle of Global Environment Facility approved
5/6/2026: The Global Environment Facility has secured initial pledges of $3.9 billion for the four-year cycle running from 2026 to 2030. The funding will assist developing countries to meet their environmental commitments to sustainable agrifood systems.
Source: UN Food and Agriculture Organization
Bonn climate negotiations must act on commitments to protect human rights
5/6/2026: Forthcoming talks in Bonn matter because they will shape the level of ambition in COP31 later this year. Amnesty International calls on governments to commit to a phase out of fossil fuels through a just transition, to scale up grants-based climate finance; and provide full reparations for climate change related loss and damage.
Source: Amnesty International
Governments falling short of climate finance commitments
2/6/2026: According to latest official figures for 2024, wealthy countries mobilised $137 billion in total climate finance to support climate action in low- and middle-income countries. This represents just a fraction of the international commitment to reach at least $300 billion per year by 2035.
Source: Oxfam International
UN climate accountability resolution advances climate justice
20/5/2026: The UN General Assembly has endorsed an advisory opinion of the International Court of Justice that protecting the global climate system is a legal obligation – not a political choice. Amnesty International observes that the resolution adds momentum towards ensuring accountability for climate-driven human rights harms and protecting present and future generations.
Source: Amnesty International
Heatwaves, floods and wildfires pose rising threat to democracy
22/4/2026: A report by the International Institute for Democracy and Electoral Assistance documents how elections are increasingly affected by extreme weather. Impacts such as damaging infrastructure, displacing voters or precipitating last-minute changes to electoral processes are putting pressure on already fragile democratic systems – particularly in Africa and Asia.
Source: The Guardian
Whose water is AI drinking in India?
17/4/2026: The current trajectory of AI infrastructure investment in India is a deeply political allocation of a scarce common resource. The choice before India today is whether its AI infrastructure will deepen existing inequalities or help to dismantle them.
Source: Dialogue Earth
Richest 1% have emitted a fair annual share of carbon dioxide in 10 days
9/1/2026: Oxfam is calling on governments to slash the emissions of the super-rich and make rich polluters pay for the damage caused by climate change. Those who have done the least to cause the climate crisis – including communities in poorer and climate-vulnerable countries – will be the worst impacted.
Source: Oxfam International
Trump abandons international climate, biodiversity and energy bodies
8/1/2026: President Donald Trump has cut ties with 66 international bodies, dismantling US involvement in global efforts to fight climate change and safeguard biodiversity, as well as wider multilateralism. They include the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change and the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change.
Source: Dialogue Earth
Key points from COP30 deal
22/11/2025: The UN climate summit Cop30 moved forward the fight against the climate crisis and the damage it is already causing to lives and livelihoods. But the measures agreed are steps, rather than the leaps needed.
Source: The Guardian
Greenpeace report finds G20 failing to uphold Paris Agreement
17/11/2025: A report at COP30 reveals that the climate plans of G20 countries will deliver less than half the cut in emissions necessary to meet commitments in the Paris Agreement. Given their historic responsibility for emissions and greater capacity to act, these richest countries should lead from the front.
Source: Greenpeace International