Cop28

Pacific leaders have turned to philanthropic organisations to pay for ocean conservation as climate finance fails. Audio

As a negotiator with Tuvalu's team, Mervina Paueli belongs to a club no-one wants to join - a community facing a wipe-out of home and history.

Pacific Islands Forum secretary general is encouraging the dozens of Pacific representatives at COP28 to remain optimistic that a good result is achievable from the two-week summit.

Heat stress. Lung damage from wildfire smoke - the way that public health has been impacted by climate change is in focus for the first time ever at the annual UN climate summit.

More than 100 countries at UN climate talks in Dubai have promised to treble world renewable energy use by 2030.

Palau's President has slammed New Zealand's new government for its oil and gas exploration plans, as the COP28 global climate summit gets underway. Audio

The Pacific Islands Climate Action Network says while the Loss and Damage Fund deal reached at the COP28]summit in Dubai is "significant", it does not go far enough. Audio

Progress on climate issues may be slow but COP remains the best mechanism for pressuring governments to make the changes needed to avert catastrophe.

Opinion - The impacts of climate change are already being felt around the world, nowhere more so than in Small Island Developing States, writes Munkhtuya Altangerel.

The United Arab Emirates planned to use its role as the host of UN climate talks as an opportunity to strike oil and gas deals, the BBC has learned.