Russia backs the Paris climate agreement, the Kremlin’s envoy said, adding he hoped President-elect Donald Trump will also keep the US in the landmark agreement.

President-elect Donald Trump is facing mounting pressure from allies to stay in the Paris Agreement.

How can we get better at telling climate stories which galvanise action at scale? Solitaire Townsend gives her thoughts from COP29, where this issue is on the official agenda under the Paris Agreement.

Donald Trump is preparing to withdraw from the Paris climate agreement when he returns to office in January. The president-elect’s team has already prepared an executive order that would see the US leave the international treaty, which commits countries to cutting their greenhouse gas emissions.

Russia has urged US president-elect Donald Trump to remain in the Paris agreement, while Saudi Arabia said at the UN COP29 summit in Baku that it was committed to making the transition to a green energy system.

From heat waves to torrential rain and forest fires, countries around the world have been hit by serious natural disasters triggered by global warming･･･