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China busily expanding its UN presence

8 Aug 2019

As the United States withdraws from the international arena, China is playing for dominance in United Nations spaces.

Green growth is trusted fix – here’s the problem with that

8 Aug 2019

You might have missed it, but a recent report declared that the main strategy of world leaders for tackling climate change won’t work.

DRONE ALONE: Ocean-going science in the southern seas

7 Aug 2019

New Zealand scientists have played a major role in the voyage of a wind-powered surface vehicle called a saildrone that is the first unmanned system to circumnavigate Antarctica.

Southeast Asia drowning in electronic waste

7 Aug 2019

As awareness of the toxic fall-out of Southeast Asia's e-waste crisis grows, what's being done to defuse an environmental timebomb in the making?

We might be expecting too much of the Amazon

7 Aug 2019

The Amazon might not be sequestering as much carbon dioxide as we think, scientists say.

China Oil threatens major African nature reserve

7 Aug 2019

One of the largest nature reserves on continental Africa might soon be destroyed by the China National Petroleum Corporation in the name of oil exploration.

BHP threatens to quit Minerals Council

6 Aug 2019

Big miner BHP is again reviewing its membership of the Minerals Council of Australia lobby group following disagreements over environmental policy.

Artificial snow could save the world, but there's a downside

6 Aug 2019

In theory, artificial snow could save the ice caps and limit sea level rise. The downside is that rescuing civilisation this way would sacrifice Antarctica.

We must change food production, says IPCC

5 Aug 2019

Attempts to solve the climate crisis by cutting carbon emissions from only cars, factories and power plants are doomed to failure, scientists will warn this week.

Arctic wildfires: How bad are they and what caused them?

5 Aug 2019

Wildfires are ravaging parts of the Arctic, with areas of Siberia, Alaska, Greenland and Canada engulfed in flames and smoke.

NZ stays out of islands' beef with Australia

2 Aug 2019

New Zealand is not joining other Pacific countries in criticising Australia’s plans to use Kyoto credits to meet its Paris Agreement target.

Capitalism part of solution, says Carney

2 Aug 2019

Capitalism is “very much part of the solution” to tackling the climate crisis, according to the governor of the Bank of England, Mark Carney.

The Med is Europe’s most waste-polluted sea

2 Aug 2019

The Mediterranean Sea is the most waste-polluted sea in Europe, according to a 20-year study.

Ethiopia gets busy and plants 350 million trees in one day

2 Aug 2019

Ethiopia has set a new world mark by planting more than 350 million trees in just one day.

Pacific leaders serve Australia with blunt warning

1 Aug 2019

Pacific leaders have called on Australia to abandon plans to use carry-over credits to meet Paris climate targets and to immediately stop new coalmining, warning some of their countries could be uninhabitable as soon as 2030.

Can China electrify all new cars by 2030?

1 Aug 2019

Electric vehicles are taking off in China but a long road lies ahead before they displace conventional vehicles.

Airport expansion stalls on climate grounds

1 Aug 2019

Marseille Provence Airport has been forced to revisit expansion plans, after the environment authority questioned how they fit with France’s climate targets.

This week, we passed Earth's resources point of no return

1 Aug 2019

Researchers can calculate the exact day of the year which we have surpassed the resources Earth can regenerate annually … this year that date was July 29.

China likely to meet climate change goals early

31 Jul 2019

China appears to be on track to reach its carbon goals up to nine years earlier than planned under the Paris Agreement.

Boris has plans for UK nuclear power tax

31 Jul 2019

All electricity consumers in Britain will pay a new UK nuclear tax, a levy on their bills to finance the construction of nuclear power plants under a scheme announced by the government.

Philippines now deadliest place for green warriors

31 Jul 2019

The Philippines has replaced Brazil as the most murderous country in the world for people defending their land and environment.

At the garbage cafe, pay for your curry with plastic waste

31 Jul 2019

No money … no problem. Bring plastic waste and get a free curry at India's first “garbage café”.

Experts call for ban on glass skyscrapers

30 Jul 2019

Leading architects and engineers are calling for all-glass skyscrapers to be banned because they are too difficult and expensive to cool.

Storms damage nearly half Australia's seaboard

30 Jul 2019

Extreme climate events such as heatwaves, floods and drought damaged 45 per cent of the marine ecosystems along Australia’s coast in a seven-year period.

Tokyo turns to e-waste for fashionable Olympic medals

30 Jul 2019

Medals awarded at next year's Tokyo Olympics will be made from metals recycled directly from cell phones, computers and other electronic waste.

European bank looks to cut all fossil fuel projects

29 Jul 2019

The European Investment Bank has vowed to end its multibillion euro financing for fossil fuel projects by the end of next year.

TRAVEL TIP: Note the famous views tourists likely to lose

29 Jul 2019

Tourists who question scientific evidence of the climate crisis are being shown graphic images of famous views we’ll lose.

Environment damage a war crime, say scientists

26 Jul 2019

International lawmakers should adopt a fifth Geneva convention that recognises damage to nature alongside other war crimes, according to scientists.

Von der Leyen faces carbon border tax battle

26 Jul 2019

New European Commission chief Ursula von der Leyen must tread carefully if she is to meet her promise to make polluting importers pay.

Car craze brings gridlock and grumpiness to beaming Bhutan

26 Jul 2019

Booming car sales in Bhutan, famed for valuing Gross National Happiness over economic growth, are testing the good humour of the citizens.

What Boris Johnson thinks about climate crisis

25 Jul 2019

Here's what new British Prime Minister Boris Johnson has said and done about climate change.

BUTT OUT: Our most-littered item is impacting plant growth

25 Jul 2019

In the frenzy to ban plastic utensils, foam containers, straws and single-use bags, the world’s No1 most-littered item has been mostly ignored - cigarette butts.

UN chief drops a line - to everyone

24 Jul 2019

UN chief António Guterres wrote to every head of state over the weekend, demanding they set out plans to achieve carbon neutrality by 2050.

Melting ice will hurt Southeast Asia

24 Jul 2019

Southeast Asia will be hardest hit by rising sea levels caused by melting and collapsing ice sheets.

Many animals can't handle changing climate

24 Jul 2019

The climate is changing too quickly for many animals to adapt, threatening their survival, scientists have confirmed.

Iceland leaves memorial to a glacier - and a global warning

24 Jul 2019

The first of Iceland’s 400 glaciers to be lost to the climate crisis will be remembered with a memorial plaque – and a sombre warning for the future.

We need to talk, scientists said 40 years ago

23 Jul 2019

Forty years ago, a group of climate scientists sat down in Massachusetts for the first meeting of the “Ad Hoc Group on Carbon Dioxide and Climate”.

Biden vows net-zero farming emissions

23 Jul 2019

Joe Biden, frontrunner for the Democratic nomination for US president, has one of the more ambitious rural climate-related goals ... but could his plan actually achieve net-zero emissions?

Energy company brings solar to islands

22 Jul 2019

New Zealand sustainable energy company Infratec has successfully completed a $16 million project to deliver reliable renewable energy to four islands in the Cooks.

US on path to extreme heat, warn scientists

22 Jul 2019

Widespread increases in extreme heat due to climate change could bring unprecedented risks to the US in coming decades, a new study has warned.

Betting on geoengineering has its risks

22 Jul 2019

The world economy collapsed when homeowners couldn't repay subprime mortgages. We're now making a similar bet on 'repaying' carbon emissions.

In a mushroom suit you'll be pushing up more than daisies

22 Jul 2019

A mushroom suit for the deceased during burial offers a way to limit the environmental impact of traditional funerals.

THE CHALLENGE: Grow more food without more land

19 Jul 2019

To feed a global population that's hurtling toward 10 billion people, the world's farms will have to increase output faster and more efficiently than at any point in history.

Leaked report warns of bioenergy and food clash

19 Jul 2019

Blanketing the globe with monocultures of forests and bioenergy crops is no dream fix to the climate crisis, a leaked draft report by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change warns.

Offshore auctions will bring Queen a windfall of millions

19 Jul 2019

The Queen stands to make hundreds of millions of dollars from the world’s biggest offshore windpower auction in a decade.

Manmade Antarctic snows could save coastal cities

18 Jul 2019

Spraying trillions of tons of snow over west Antarctica could halt the ice sheet’s collapse and save coastal cities across the world from sea level rise, according to a new study.

Adani sets dangerous science precedent

18 Jul 2019

A freedom of information request has revealed Adani sought the names of Australian scientists involved in reviewing groundwater management plans related to its proposed Carmichael mine.

Can the global cement industry cut back its carbon emissions?

18 Jul 2019

Cement is the key ingredient in concrete, which has been called the most destructive material on Earth.

Elephants are our friends in climate fight

18 Jul 2019

Feeding elephants increase in the amount of carbon that forests are able to store, says a new study.

Ursula von der Leyen

Climate stance pays off for new EC leader

17 Jul 2019

Ursula von der Leyen has been confirmed as the first women president of the European Commission in a nail-biting vote that put climate change centre stage.

Australia
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“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.

United States
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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
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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.

Europe
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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.

United Kingdom
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What happens to net zero if the trees don’t survive?

20 Aug 2025

When climate change undermines the climate plan.

Canada
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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.

Asia
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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.

Pacific
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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.

Antarctic/Arctic
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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.

Africa
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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.

South America
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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.

United Nations
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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.

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