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Identifying loss and damage is tough – we need a pragmatic but science-based approach

It’s often hard to judge whether a drought is weather-related or climate related and whether people are displaced by the drought or conflicts

As Morocco faces increasingly extreme temperatures, indigenous communities in the country’s southeast suffer the brunt of the climate crisis

While drawing up their renewables deal with wealthy countries, Senegalese government, civil society, business and researchers had their say

Republicans are pressuring insurers out of climate coalitions but won’t change their pro-climate business decisions

Indigenous people protect the forests but the organisation writing up a rule-book for high-quality carbon offsets has not adequately consulted them

Cop27 resulted in the historic decision of setting up a loss and damage fund to help vulnerable countries, but success depends on a few key actions.

As citizens, we must educate and inspire our peers to act on climate change through positive and empowering campaigns

European governments are abandoning a treaty that has become a barrier to climate action, but legal hurdles remain

At the Cop27 summit in Egypt, a dash for gas risks distracting from the support for climate resilience Africans really need

My loss is just one of many for Africa. If we do not get justice at Cop27, I fear conflict and scarcity will escalate beyond national borders

Indigenous peoples and local communities receive less than 1% of all climate funding despite scoring wins for people and nature

A handful of large companies make big profits by controlling the food trade in Africa, while doing nothing to increase its climate resilience

The US and Saudi Arabia have joined a coalition to decarbonise steel and cement. Governments can help by driving demand for green products

Our UN-backed initiative was told we could be sued for saying new coal isn’t compatible with science-based targets. We need regulatory reform

Jair Bolsonaro dismantled social and environmental protections. Brazil’s next president must combat illegal activity and restore safeguards

Frans Timmermans and John Kerry are downplaying historic responsibility for the climate crisis. That’s a red flag for Africa

The quality of climate finance is as important as the quantity to rebuild trust after rich countries failed to deliver on their $100bn by 2020 target

The colossal disaster shows why rich countries must deliver on finance for loss and damage at Cop27 international climate talks

The Rajapaksa regime deserved to be banished, but today’s hunger stems from decades of choosing global markets over self-sufficiency

Millions of Britons are paying an exorbitant price for successive governments’ short-termist decisions that prolonged our dependence on fossil fuel