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Angela Merkel calls for climate change action
19 Jul 2021
"The German language hardly knows any words for the devastation that has been caused here," German Chancellor Angela Merkel said. Before adding, the force of this weekend's storms suggested they had something to do with climate change.
Increase in number of slow moving storms linked to climate change
19 Jul 2021
Climate change is driving a large increase in intense, slow-moving storms, a new study by Newcastle University and the Met Office has found.
Regulate business to tackle climate crisis: Mark Carney
19 Jul 2021
Governments must step up their regulation of businesses to tackle the climate crisis, the former Bank of England governor Mark Carney has urged, because the financial free markets will not reduce greenhouse gas emissions alone.
Poor nations demand action at COP26
16 Jul 2021
More than 100 developing countries have set out their key negotiating demands ahead of the COP26 climate meeting in Glasgow.
US drawing up carbon tax plans
16 Jul 2021
US legislators are drawing up plans for a tax on imports from carbon-polluting countries to help pay for a $US3.5 trillion ($4.7 trillion) package in new government spending on everything from universal childcare to an expansion of public healthcare benefits.
Moscow heatwave changes Putin's tune
16 Jul 2021
As Moscow bakes in record heat, Vladimir Putin changes tune on climate change.
Canberra attacks Europe's carbon plans
16 Jul 2021
Australia's ruling Coalition lashed out yesterday at the European Union's proposed carbon border tariff as a new climate plan from Brussels added to growing international pressure on Canberra to do more to tackle climate change.
'Greta Thunberg Effect' belies challenges for autistic community in going green
16 Jul 2021
Autistic people need extra help in going green say researchers behind a new study which argues for a more inclusive environmental agenda.
EU unveils sweeping climate change plan
15 Jul 2021
The European Union has announced a raft of climate change proposals aimed at pushing it towards its goal of becoming carbon neutral by 2050.
Amazon rainforest releasing more carbon than it stores
15 Jul 2021
Over the last several years researchers have said that the Amazon is on the verge of transforming from a crucial storehouse for heat-trapping gasses to a source of them, a dangerous shift that could destabilize the atmosphere of the planet.
China to launch ETS this month
15 Jul 2021
China is set to launch its carbon emissions trading scheme this month.
Methane-powered moped
15 Jul 2021
Dutchman Gijs Schalkx harvests methane from ponds — by hand — and uses it to power his moped.
Climate change and Covid require same urgency
14 Jul 2021
Climate change should be treated with the same urgency as the COVID-19 pandemic, according to a just released study.
China's extreme weather warnings avoid talk of climate change
14 Jul 2021
As unprecedented heatwaves sweep across large parts of the Northern Hemisphere, China is telling its people to brace for another summer of dangerous floods and droughts.
Technology boosts efforts to curb tree loss in Amazon
14 Jul 2021
Technology can help indigenous communities to significantly curb deforestation, according to a new study.
Europe's addiction to climate subsidies risks trade war
13 Jul 2021
Former EU climate commissioner Connie Hedegaard and former WTO director-general Pascal Lamy are warning that the addiction of some of Europe's industries to climate subsidies risks sparking a trade war.
Twenty five mega-cities produce 52% of the world's urban GHG emissions
13 Jul 2021
A new study shows that just 25 mega-cities produce 52% of urban greenhouse gas emissions.
Major overhaul of Europe's ETS on the cards
13 Jul 2021
The European Union is due to propose an unprecedented overhaul to its carbon market this week, seeking to put a price on shipping emissions for the first time.
Climate change will affect productivity
13 Jul 2021
A new study has predicted that climate change will significantly affect people’s ability to work effectively if the goals of the UN Paris Agreement are not met.
G20 endorse carbon pricing
12 Jul 2021
G20 finance leaders recognised carbon pricing as a potential tool to address climate change for the first time in an official communique on Saturday.
Big insurance companies launch net-zero climate alliance
12 Jul 2021
Eight of the world's leading insurance and reinsurance companies on Sunday launched an alliance to help speed up a transition to a net zero emissions economy.
Billions at risk of malaria if global heating continues
12 Jul 2021
More than 8 billion people could be at risk of malaria and dengue fever by 2080 if greenhouse gas emissions continue to rise unabated, a new study says.
Shipping emissions keep climbing
12 Jul 2021
A proposal to make cargo ships pay for pollution is making waves.
Carbon removal hype is a dangerous distraction
9 Jul 2021
Corporations and nations are touting plans to suck greenhouse gases out of the air. But the crucial priority this decade is slashing emissions, the MIT Technology Review argues.
Europe's plan to grow carbon sinks
9 Jul 2021
The European Union has drafted plans to build up forests, grasslands and other natural "carbon sinks" that absorb carbon dioxide from the atmosphere to help curb climate change.
The waste plastic timebomb
9 Jul 2021
European researchers have warned that the wave of pollution engulfing the globe could be nearing a tipping point. The waste plastic deluge could become an irreversible crisis.
Emissions should be treated like financial debt: researchers
9 Jul 2021
Researchers have proposed a scheme that treats carbon emissions like financial debt.
Green hydrogen uneconomic without subsidies
8 Jul 2021
Even if European carbon prices more than tripled to 200 euros ($236), hydrogen from renewable energy would still struggle to compete with fossil fuels without further government support.
Bringing marine ecosystems back to life
8 Jul 2021
A “game changing” 20-year effort suggests that even severely depleted marine ecosystems can be brought back to life.
Sami object to geoengineering plans
8 Jul 2021
The Sami people of Northern Sweden say blocking out the sun with reflective particles to cool the earth is the kind of thinking that produced the climate crisis in the first place
Hottest June on record for North America
8 Jul 2021
North America witnessed its hottest June on record battered by a deadly heatwave searing parts of the region, according to the European Union’s climate monitoring service.
French court orders government to act on climate
7 Jul 2021
France’s top administrative court has ordered the government to take “all necessary additional steps” within the next nine months to enable it to reach its climate crisis targets or face possible sanctions, including substantial fines.
Powerful Chinese agency put in charge of climate change
7 Jul 2021
China’s top economic planning body has been put in charge of devising a plan for the world’s biggest polluter to cut greenhouse gas emissions.
EU to funnel hundreds of billions to sustainable finance
7 Jul 2021
The European Union says it will harness banks and markets to funnel hundreds of billions of euros annually into sustainable investments and create the first “climate-neutral continent” by 2050.
Glacier meltwater causing flooding
7 Jul 2021
Scientists say meltwater flooding will increase as the ice continues to retreat, but will eventually stop—when all the ice is melted and the glaciers are no more.
Rebound in gas demand threatens international climate targets: IEA
6 Jul 2021
A rebound in global gas demand to 2024 following a record fall last year is poised to knock the world off track for a climate goal of achieving net zero emissions by 2050, the International Energy Agency (IEA) says.
Business views EU carbon levy as protectionest
6 Jul 2021
The EU faces an uphill battle to convince trading partners that the world’s first levy on carbon imports is fair, workable and a necessary part of the bloc’s attempted green revolution as opposed to a protectionist tool.
More than 90% of Europeans consider climate change a serious problem
6 Jul 2021
A new Eurobarometer survey shows that European citizens believe climate change is the single most serious problem facing the world.
Climate change warnings in 1960s ignored
6 Jul 2021
The effects of ‘weird weather’ were already being felt in the 1960s, but scientists linking fossil fuels with climate change were dismissed as prophets of doom.
Data reveals alarming increase in greenhouse gases
5 Jul 2021
More greenhouse gases were produced in 2018 than any previous year, despite more than 20 countries reducing their carbon emissions since 2000, research from UNSW Sydney and their collaborators has shown.
Heatwave deaths could skyrocket in future
5 Jul 2021
Some scientists see a day when heat-related deaths may match those of all infectious diseases.
US urges Australia to act on climate change
5 Jul 2021
The top US diplomat in Australia has declared both countries need to set “more ambitious climate goals” and tackle the climate crisis “head on”, as international pressure mounts on the Morrison government to act.
Exxon's secret video reveals anti-climate campaign
5 Jul 2021
Exxon's lobbyist had accidentally revealed how the oil company uses its political muscle to undercut climate action.
‘Cows are the new coal’: investors
5 Jul 2021
Global economies must take rapid action to reduce the level of greenhouse gases emitted by agriculture, or risk missing climate targets, a world-leading group of investors has warned.
Climate heat is changing Earth’s water cycle
2 Jul 2021
Humans have begun to alter Earth’s water cycle, and not in a good way: expect later monsoon rains and thirstier farmlands.
Australia bottom of the climate change pack
2 Jul 2021
Australia has been ranked dead last for climate action in the latest Sustainable Development Report, which assesses the progress of countries towards achieving the Sustainable Development Goals.
Courts set for rise in compensation cases
2 Jul 2021
There's likely to be a significant increase in the number of lawsuits brought against fossil fuel companies in the coming years, say researchers.
Bangladesh ditches coal-fired power plant plans
2 Jul 2021
Bangladesh has cancelled plans to build 10 coal-fired power plants, a government official said on Monday, amid rising costs for the fuel and increasing calls from activists to base more of the nation's power on renewable energy.
Guardian launches climate crimes series
1 Jul 2021
The Guardian has launched a climate crimes series that examines attempts to hold the fossil-fuel industry accountable for the havoc they have created
UK e-bike boom
1 Jul 2021
E-bike sales outstripped electric car sales in 2020, according to the United Kingdom's Bicycle Association.
“There was so much death.” A toxic algal bloom is ravaging Australia’s southern coast – warming waters are to blame
Fri 29 Aug 2025
Three ingredients are required for an algal bloom to get going – temperature, the right conditions and food. South Australia had all the preconditions necessary, thanks to climate change.
We used to stash gold in Fort Knox. What if we did the same with carbon?
Fri 29 Aug 2025
If we could convince the masses that waste carbon dioxide is sacred and worth hoarding — like gold — one of our most existential problems might solve itself.
China's carbon market to introduce absolute emissions caps from 2027
Wed 27 Aug 2025
China will tighten its carbon trading market by introducing absolute emissions caps in some industries for the first time starting by 2027.
Apple Watch not a 'CO2-neutral product,' German court finds
Thu 28 Aug 2025
Apple can no longer advertise its Apple Watch as a "CO2-neutral product" in Germany, following a court ruling on Tuesday that upheld a complaint from environmentalists, finding that the U.S. tech company had misled consumers.
What happens to net zero if the trees don’t survive?
20 Aug 2025
When climate change undermines the climate plan.
Challenges persist in bid to mine the deep sea, even after boost from Trump
29 Jul 2025
After years of delay, the deep-sea mining plans of Canadian firm The Metals Company (TMC) now appear to be progressing as it pursues a controversial new path to securing a license to mine in international waters under U.S. jurisdiction.
Singapore seals carbon credit deal with Thailand, its first South-east Asian partner
Thu 28 Aug 2025
The agreement, the eighth for Singapore, helps both nations meet climate targets under the Paris Agreement, directing finance to Thai projects.
Rise in dengue fever outbreaks across the Pacific driven by the climate crisis, experts say
13 Aug 2025
Samoa, Fiji and Tonga among the worst affected amid warning the disease and others will become ‘more common and more serious’ as the planet warms.
Iconic Antarctic species at risk amid 'regime shift', with 'rapid and self-perpetuating changes'
22 Aug 2025
Scientists say there is emerging evidence of abrupt and potentially unstoppable changes in the Antarctic environment.
Is Africa about to see the solar energy boom it needs?
Thu 28 Aug 2025
African countries imported a record number of solar panels in the past year, which could be the beginning of a green energy boom on the continent.
Lessons from the Incas: How llamas, terraces and trees could help the Andes survive climate change
Thu 28 Aug 2025
New research suggests solutions may lie in environmental knowledge that the Incas and their predecessors developed centuries ago.
Brazil issues last-ditch plea for countries to submit climate plans ahead of COP30
20 Aug 2025
Only 28 countries have submitted carbon-cutting proposals to the UN, with some of the biggest emitters yet to produce plans.
