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The carbon capture plan turning cattle farms into power plants

Fri 28 Nov 2025

The Frontier coalition is backing new technology that produces green electricity from biogas, while capturing waste carbon.

Ed Miliband confirms crackdown on North Sea exploration – but new drilling will continue

Fri 28 Nov 2025

Strategy paper released with budget allows new oil and gas projects to move ahead if they are linked to existing fields.

COP30’s biofuel gamble could cost the global food supply – and the planet

Fri 28 Nov 2025

What was once considered a climate holy grail comes with serious tradeoffs. The world wants more of it anyway.

Brazil sees issues related to import of US biofuels 'practically resolved'

Fri 28 Nov 2025

Brazilian Vice President Geraldo Alckmin said on Tuesday that unspecified issues related to the country's imports of U.S. biofuels were "practically resolved".

Government projected to badly miss 2035 climate target, fall shy of 2030

Fri 28 Nov 2025

Australia is expected to badly miss its 2035 climate commitment, according to department projections.

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Climate change could expand habitats for malaria mosquitoes, researchers warn

Fri 28 Nov 2025

A new study from the University of Copenhagen, published in Global Change Biology, shows that future climate change could create more favorable conditions for malaria mosquitoes, exposing millions of people across large parts of Africa to more dangerous mosquito bites.

Another COP wrecked by fossil fuel interests and our leaders’ cowardice – but there is another way

Thu 27 Nov 2025

COMMENT: The fingerprints of Russia and Saudi Arabia are all over the decision text in Brazil. But a group of nations led by Colombia and the Netherlands offer hope.

Floods in Thailand, Malaysia kill over 30, displace thousands

Thu 27 Nov 2025

Tens of thousands of people in Thailand and neighbouring Malaysia were displaced by widespread flooding, with streets submerged, homes inundated and at least 34 dead.

China's new coal plant permits set for four-year low in 2025, analysis finds

Thu 27 Nov 2025

China's new coal plant permits for 2025 are on track to fall to a four-year low, a new Greenpeace analysis showed on Tuesday, indicating that growing use of renewables is cutting into demand for new coal plants.

Public trust in science eroded by UN climate change language, study suggests

Thu 27 Nov 2025

The United Nations' climate change body may unintentionally be eroding public trust in science because of the way it communicates risk, new University of Essex research shows.

Trump seeks to ease US regulations for coal-fired power plants

Thu 27 Nov 2025

President Donald Trump's administration has asked a federal court to strike down 2024 soot limits for power plants and factories.

10 years after the Paris Agreement, world leaders are letting go of its most famous goal

Thu 27 Nov 2025

This year's U.N. climate negotiations crashed out on a hard truth: It’s all about the money.

This year’s climate talks saw real progress – just not on fossil fuels

Wed 26 Nov 2025

Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva dubbed it the “COP of Truth”. Delegates did not shy away from the urgency of the moment as climate change intensifies and emissions continue to climb.

Amid the ashes

Wed 26 Nov 2025

This year the LA wildfire came for my hometown. What happened next is a warning for us all.

Experts dismiss coalition claims Chris Bowen cannot remain minister while leading COP31 negotiations

Wed 26 Nov 2025

Experts have dismissed claims Chris Bowen cannot remain a senior minister while playing a leading role in international climate negotiations, with one describing the argument as evidence of an Australian “culture cringe”.

Here’s what’s next in the fight to curb climate change, now that talks in Brazil have ended

Wed 26 Nov 2025

After an agreement from U.N. climate talks in the Amazon that fell short of many nations’ expectations, experts found some bright spots alongside weighty reasons for worry in the fight against global warming.

European Investment Bank pledges over 2 billion euros for African renewables projects

Wed 26 Nov 2025

The European Investment Bank (EIB) is pledging more than 2 billion euros ($2.3 billion) of financing for renewable energy projects on the African continent over the next two years.

Singapore sets course for 'green' methanol ship fuel supplies

Wed 26 Nov 2025

Singapore will start issuing bunkering licences next year to companies supplying methanol as marine fuel, in an effort to help global shipping cut carbon emissions.

UN warns world losing climate battle but fragile COP30 deal keeps up the fight

Tue 25 Nov 2025

Reaching agreement in divisive political landscape shows ‘climate cooperation is alive and kicking’, says UN climate chief.

There can be no information integrity without scientific and political integrity

Tue 25 Nov 2025

Opinion: I'm just back from COP30 in Belém and it is making me feel crazy to watch so many climate advocates and reporters declare the final text coming out of it a victory.

India, China step into leadership vacuum at climate meet as the West retreats

Tue 25 Nov 2025

With the US withdrawing from the Paris Agreement and Europe distracted by war-driven pressures, India and China have emerged as anchors at the Brazil climate summit by shaping climate finance and trade negotiations through coordinated positions.

The world lost the climate gamble. Now it faces a dangerous new reality

Tue 25 Nov 2025

Ten years ago the world’s leaders placed a historic bet. The 2015 Paris agreement aimed to put humanity on a path to avert dangerous climate change. A decade on, with the latest climate conference ending in Belém, Brazil, without decisive action, we can definitively say humanity has lost this bet.

G20 summit declaration stresses seriousness of climate change in snub to Trump

Tue 25 Nov 2025

The Leaders' Declaration from a Group of 20 summit in South Africa on Saturday stressed the seriousness of climate change, in a snub to U.S. President Donald Trump, who boycotted the gathering and doubts the scientific consensus that global warming is caused by human activities.

The strange and totally real plan to blot out the sun and reverse global warming

Tue 25 Nov 2025

A 25-person startup is developing technology to block the sun and turn down the planet’s thermostat. The stakes are huge – and the company and its critics say regulations need to catch up.

COP30 fails to land deal on fossil fuel transition but triples finance for climate adaptation

Mon 24 Nov 2025

Instead of a global agreement to create roadmaps to shift away from fossil fuels and end deforestation, Brazil announces voluntary initiatives.

Article 6 wraps up with progress in hand and challenges ahead

Mon 24 Nov 2025

At COP30 in Belém, negotiators made a delicate balancing act in the evolving world of global carbon markets. Amid the buzz of side meetings and plenary sessions, key decisions on Articles 6.2 and 6.4 revealed both progress and caution.

Five key takeaways from a deeply divisive climate summit

Mon 24 Nov 2025

In three decades of these meetings aimed at forging global consensus on how to prevent and deal with global warming, this will go down as among the most divisive.

Ukraine to claim $44bn in climate damages from Russia: Why war is so bad for emissions

Mon 24 Nov 2025

Ukraine plans to seek nearly $44 billion in damages from Russia for emissions caused by the ongoing war, marking the first time a country will claim damages for an increase in emissions caused by conflict.

Trump, war, absent media: five threats to climate progress that dogged COP30

Mon 24 Nov 2025

Did the talks succeed or fail? The verdict must take account of the geopolitical minefield they took place in.

Europe plans service to gauge climate change role in extreme weather

Mon 24 Nov 2025

The EU is launching a service to measure the role climate change is playing in extreme weather events like heatwaves and extreme rain, and experts say this could help governments set climate policy, improve financial risk assessments and provide evidence for use in lawsuits.

COP30 climate talks evacuated after fire breaks out

21 Nov 2025

The UN climate talks COP30 have been evacuated due to a fire breaking out inside the venue in Belém, Brazil.

Turkey set to host COP31 after reaching compromise with Australia

21 Nov 2025

The COP31 climate meeting is now expected to be held in Turkey after Australia dropped its bid to host the annual event.

Pacific Islands rue lost chance to host COP climate summit

21 Nov 2025

Pacific islanders decried on Thursday a wasted chance to draw eyes to their climate troubles, after their bid to co-host next year's COP climate summit was brushed aside.

Early COP30 climate deal eludes Brazil, but Lula remains upbeat

21 Nov 2025

Brazil failed to land an early COP30 climate deal on Wednesday, though President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva remained upbeat about the prospects of progress in the last two days of the summit despite differences between nations on key issues.

China’s diesel trucks are shifting to electric. That could change global LNG and diesel demand

21 Nov 2025

China is replacing its diesel trucks with electric models faster than expected, potentially reshaping global fuel demand and the future of heavy transport.

Trump’s anti-climate agenda could result in 1.3m more deaths globally, analysis finds

21 Nov 2025

Fallout from increased emissions linked to president’s ‘America First’ policies expected to most affect those in poor, hot countries.

COP-and-trade? Tariffs, carbon tax weigh on climate talks

20 Nov 2025

Trade-restrictive measures loom large over this year's UN climate summit, with China pushing for wider market access for its green technologies and major developing economies challenging Europe over its new carbon border tax.

At COP30, focus on wildfire prevention amid record destruction

20 Nov 2025

With wildfires causing unprecedented damage, countries and organisations at COP30 agree to boost community-based prevention.

Artificial intelligence sparks debate at COP30 climate talks in Brazil

20 Nov 2025

At the U.N. climate talks in Brazil, artificial intelligence is being cast as both a hero worthy of praise and a villain that needs policing.

A landmark court ruling looms over US absence at COP30

20 Nov 2025

The historic climate change advisory opinion from the International Court of Justice suggests the United States is violating international law on climate, legal experts say.

China’s top envoy blasts EU climate goals and Trump’s ‘bad example’

20 Nov 2025

The European Union’s new pollution-cutting targets are insufficient, China’s climate envoy told POLITICO on the sidelines of this year’s COP30 conference while also condemning the “bad example” set by the absent United States.

It’s crunch time for the Forest COP – will we let them burn?

20 Nov 2025

We must sustain the momentum on forest finance and a roadmap to secure their future at COP30.

Brazil releases draft text and letter to accelerate COP30 climate negotiations

19 Nov 2025

With a direct letter sent to nations and a draft text released Tuesday, host country Brazil is shifting the U.N. climate conference into a higher gear.

Clamour for change inside the world's COP30 climate negotiations

19 Nov 2025

An existential question hangs over this year's COP30 summit in Brazil: what are the annual U.N. climate negotiations really for?

China’s carbon plateau: A turning point or a temporary pause?

19 Nov 2025

For a quarter century, China has been the dominant driver of rising global carbon emissions. Its rapid industrialisation, swelling electricity demand, and unprecedented construction boom have shaped the world’s carbon trajectory more than any other country.

Ecuador’s voters protect rights of nature, reject proposal to rewrite constitution

19 Nov 2025

Ecuadorians handed their Trump-allied president a resounding defeat, choosing to maintain their “ecological constitution” and rejecting an attempt to allow foreign military bases in the country.

South Korean decision to close all coal-fired power plants by 2040 sounds alarm for Australian exports

19 Nov 2025

Decision announced at Cop30 climate conference signposts risks for Australia’s reliance on fossil fuel exports, analysts say.

The fast-fix for global warming that the UN climate summit can’t ignore

19 Nov 2025

Despite rapid progress in clean energy and electric vehicles, the world is still warming faster than ever. The good news is that we already have powerful ways to reduce the warming rate – if governments look beyond carbon dioxide and focus on a broader set of pollutants.

Nations hit by natural disasters tell ministers at climate talks to act

18 Nov 2025

Battered by last month’s ferocious climate-fueled hurricane, Jamaica joined other small island nations and impoverished countries at Monday’s United Nations climate talks to implore the rest of the world to stop talking and start acting. Their message: Our lives are on the line.