Some 20,000 people from 196 countries — including world leaders, scientists and activists — will soon converge in Glasgow, UK, for the most anticipated United Nations climate summit in years. Climate ...

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The COP26 international commitment to sell only zero-emission vehicles is a major turning point in transportation history, but policymakers must accelerate deployment through EV standards to to have a ...

The COP26 international climate talks in Glasgow, which begin on October 31, couldn't come at a more crucial time. A state-of-the-science report published by the UN in August showed that the world is ...

The United Nations climate summit in Glasgow, U.K., this year is projected to have a carbon footprint that roughly doubles that of the last global summit in 2019, according to a report by Arup, a ...

It was energy day at the COP26 climate conference in Glasgow on Thursday -- and some pretty big announcements were made on the end of coal and fossil fuel financing. Here's what happened on the fourth ...

Boris Johnson has said he is "very worried" COP26 might not secure the agreements needed to tackle climate change as he admitted it is "touch and go". The prime minister, answering questions from ...

Greta Thunberg spoke at at a "Fridays for Future" climate event in Glasgow on Friday. She criticized the COP26 climate conference during her speech, calling it a "PR exercise." She said it was a ...