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How 1.5deg could prevent mass food shortages
6 Apr 2018
Food security is one of the major benefits of keeping global temperature rise to within 1.5deg, new reasearch says.
WORLD OF WORRY: Fear and loathing in the Anthropocene
6 Apr 2018
The effects of climate changes and ecological losses present significant direct and indirect threats to peoples' mental health and well-being.
IN THE DOCK: Fossil fuel companies on trial
6 Apr 2018
Some of the biggest oil and gas companies are embroiled in legal disputes with cities, states and children over the industry's role in global warming.
The UK needs a more ambitious Climate Change Act
6 Apr 2018
The UK Climate Change Act is a pioneering and far-sighted piece of legislation, but it is time to ask whether the central ambition of reducing carbon emissions by at least 80 per cent from 1990 levels by 2050 is still adequate.
Five lessons cities can learn from Cape Town
6 Apr 2018
Other cities can learn from Cape Town where water supplies remain at high risk because the long-term predictions for rainfall remain uncertain.
US to ease car and truck emissions standards
5 Apr 2018
US environmental regulators will ease emissions standards for cars and trucks, saying that a timeline put in place by President Obama was not appropriate and set standards “too high”.
Dutch group threatens take Shell to court
5 Apr 2018
Campaigners are threatening to take Royal Dutch Shell to court in the Netherlands unless it takes major climate action.
Walden Pond pilgrims pollute one of nature's sacred sites
5 Apr 2018
Even the waters of Walden Pond, where Henry David Thoreau famously retreated to try to understand nature, are not safe from climate change and human pollution.
'The Beach' off limits as Thais count cost of climate change
5 Apr 2018
Maya Bay, made famous in the film “The Beach”, will be off limits to tourists for part of the year as Thailand seeks to protect eco-systems crumbling from warming seas and unchecked sprawl.
Chocolate makers still have long way to go
5 Apr 2018
Chocolate companies still have “a huge amount of work to do” in implementing truly sustainable policies, says a new report.
Saudi Arabia plans gigantic solar project
5 Apr 2018
Saudi Arabia plans to work with Japanese-based SoftBank to build a massive solar project in the desert, which could be worth up to $200 billion.
Climate change threatens Fiji's survival, says PM
4 Apr 2018
Fiji is in a fight for survival as climate change brings almost constant deadly cyclones, says Prime Minister Frank Bainimarama.
Melting of Antarctic ice greater than thought
4 Apr 2018
Hidden underwater melt-off in the Antarctic is doubling every 20 years and could soon overtake Greenland to become the biggest source of sea-level rise.
How Cape Town did what California couldn't do
4 Apr 2018
A six-car police convoy skidded to a halt outside a Cape Town house where a trickle of hose water splashed on to a flower.
Europe's electric cars herald march of the gigafactories
4 Apr 2018
Across Europe a wave of gigafactories are coming online, ready to meet the battery demands of a continent-wide switch to electric cars.
A scheme to end the world's worst acid trip
4 Apr 2018
This geoengineering idea is potentially risky and largely untested, but it does work—theoretically.
Judge rejects Exxon bid to shut down fraud probe
3 Apr 2018
A US federal judge has rejected Exxon's attempt to shut down two state investigations into whether the oil giant misled investors for years about the risks of climate change.
MONSTER ON THE MOVE: The Sahara desert is getting bigger
3 Apr 2018
The Sahara dessert is getting bigger, turning green vegetation dry and soil once used for farming into barren ground in areas that can least afford to lose it.
New river brings havoc to Argentina
3 Apr 2018
A new river in Argentina is playing havoc with farmland and roads and even threatening a city – but also highlights the potential cost of the country’s dependence on soya beans.
Most Australians want rid of coal power
3 Apr 2018
A majority of Australians would support phasing out coal power by 2030, including half the people in a sample identifying as Coalition voters, according to a new survey.
Can a city ever be truly carbon neutral?
3 Apr 2018
Upon becoming Greater Manchester’s first elected mayor, Andy Burnham announced his ambition to make the city-region one of the greenest in Europe.
Big Sport gets serious about sustainability
3 Apr 2018
New sustainability strategies in sport are growing, but much more needs to be done to affect behavioural change, both within clubs and from fans.
Building bonds should be green, says Figueres
29 Mar 2018
Former UN climate chief Christiana Figueres issued a rallying call for cities, governments and large companies to issue green bonds to finance their infrastructure projects.
US judge rules out mining on public land
29 Mar 2018
A federal court has ruled on clmate grounds against a US Interior Department plan to open more than 15 million acres of public land and mineral rights to fossil fuel extraction.
Runaway ice becomes a menace on the high seas
29 Mar 2018
As the planet warms, giant icebergs and sea ice that once would have remained trapped in the frozen Arctic are moving southward faster and more frequently, menacing shipping and oil and gas drilling operations.
One of the dirtiest oil sources wants to go green
29 Mar 2018
One of the most aggressive campaigns to fight global warming is happening in a Canadian province. There’s just one problem: the same place is also home to some of the dirtiest oil in the world.
Europe's carbon market finally doing its job
28 Mar 2018
Europe’s $38 billion a year carbon market is finally starting to work the way it was intended, reining in pollution with a minimum of squealing from industry.
What we're doing to the land is threatening human wellbeing
28 Mar 2018
Land degradation is undermining the wellbeing of two-fifths of humanity, raising the risks of migration and conflict, according to the most comprehensive global assessment of the problem to date.
US asks China to reconsider ban on foreign waste
28 Mar 2018
The US has requested China end its recent ban on receiving garbage from foreign countries, something it says is causing turmoil in the global market.
Destruction of nature as dangerous as climate change
27 Mar 2018
Human destruction of nature is rapidly eroding the world’s capacity to provide food, water and security to billions of people, according to the most comprehensive biodiversity study in more than a decade.
Pacific plastic garbage patch is much bigger than we thought
27 Mar 2018
A vast area of plastic waste in the ocean between California and Hawaii is much larger than previously estimated .. and it's growing rapidly.
UK rejects plans for new coal mine
27 Mar 2018
The UK has decided to stop plans for a new opencast coal mine because it would “adversely impact upon measures to limit climate change”.
US and China behave as global emissions increase
26 Mar 2018
While global carbon emissions crept upward in 2017 the trends were not entirely bad news - the world's two biggest emitters, China and the United States, made progress in their own ways.
Macron pushes for EU minimum carbon price
26 Mar 2018
Europe must set a minimum price for carbon, says French President Emmanuel Macron, something that would require a new tax on imports from non-EU countries that are not doing enough to tackle climate change.
Thousands rally against coal in Sydney
26 Mar 2018
Thousands of people have marched through Sydney calling for an end to coal seam gas and coal mining and a renewed focus on renewables.
Shippers fear fruit trade will be hurt
23 Mar 2018
The trade in avocados, cherries and blueberries could suffer from a proposed short-term measure to cut carbon emissions from shipping, according to Chile and Peru.
BIRDS EMBATTLED; Europe faces biodiversity oblivion
23 Mar 2018
Intensive farming and pesticides could turn Europe’s farmland into a desert that ultimately imperils all humans, say the authors of report on the decline of bird numbers.
Ocean heatwave caused massive gas release
23 Mar 2018
A severe heatwave off Western Australia eight years ago hammered the world's largest region of seagrass, triggering the release of as much as nine million tonnes of carbon dioxide.
Figueres wants green bonds to hit $1t by 2020
23 Mar 2018
Green bonds issuance needs to hit $1 trillion a year by 2020 to support international climate goals, says former UN climate chief Christiana Figueres.
Ocean economy set to reach $3t by 2030
23 Mar 2018
A major new report for the UK Government has highlighted the huge economic potential presented by the world’s oceans.
What a difference half a degree of temperature would make
22 Mar 2018
A difference of just half a degree of global warming, from 1.5deg to 2deg, would mean that an additional five million people worldwide will have the land where their homes are located permanently submerged underwater.
Can climate litigation save the world?
22 Mar 2018
Courts are a new front line of climate action with cases against governments and oil firms spiralling, and while victories have so far been rare the pressure for change is growing.
World’s largest green bond fund aims for $2b pot
22 Mar 2018
The world’s largest green bond fund has been launched with the intention of building a $2 billion purse.
Oil threat looms over national park land
22 Mar 2018
More than 71,000 hectares of protected countryside, including national park land, in the south-east of England are at risk from a new wave of oil drilling.
SOUTHERN SHOCK: Where has all the ice gone?
21 Mar 2018
The absence of sea ice near Antarctica over the past six weeks has astonished scientists aboard the research vessel Tangaroa.
OPINION: The Paris Agreement is deeply flawed
21 Mar 2018
THE PARIS accord is built on speculative tech fantasies. It can not save us from climate catastrophe, says Dr JASON HICKEL of the University of London.
Millions on the move will head for border hotspots and slums
21 Mar 2018
Climate change will result in a massive movement of people inside countries and across borders, creating “hotspots” where tens of millions pour into already crowded slums, according to the World Bank.
London leads new global green finance rankings
21 Mar 2018
London’s reputation as a leading financial centre has now extended to include the field of sustainability.
Climate champion Weatherill chucks it in
20 Mar 2018
The Turnbull government is one step closer to being able to implement its proposed national energy guarantee, courtesy of Jay Weatherill’s departure as the South Australian premier after Saturday’s state election.
Farmers to be given first targets on soil health
20 Mar 2018
A bill will be brought before the UK parliament this year mandating, for the first time, measures and targets to preserve and improve the health of the nation's soils.
Australian governments subsidising fossil fuel use by more than $30,000 a minute, analysis finds
Fri 13 Mar 2026
Australian federal and state government subsidies that encourage fossil fuel use and help drive the climate crisis will reach $16.3bn this year after leaping by nearly 10%, according to a new analysis.
Trump administration sues California over the state’s nation-leading vehicle-emission rules
Tue 17 Mar 2026
The Trump administration ramped up a battle with California over the state’s nation-leading vehicle-emission standards Thursday, suing air regulators over rules aimed at curbing pollution from cars.
What does China’s 15th ‘five-year plan’ mean for climate change?
10 Mar 2026
China’s leadership has published a draft of its 15th five-year plan setting the strategic direction for the nation out to 2030, including support for clean energy and energy security.
Germany misses climate targets as emissions barely fall in 2025
Tue 17 Mar 2026
Greenhouse gas emissions in Germany have again missed targets set by the Climate Protection Act and barely fell at all in 2025.
UK emissions fall 2.4% in 2025 as coal hits 400-year low
9 Mar 2026
The UK’s greenhouse gas emissions fell by 2.4% in 2025 to their lowest level in more than 150 years, according to new analysis.
Mark Carney just picked his lane on climate change
17 Feb 2026
COMMENT: Mark Carney's time as prime minister has been defined in part by his decision to roll back Trudeau-era climate policies.
'The situation is dire': War on Iran squeezes India's cooking-gas supplies
Mon 16 Mar 2026
The shockwaves of a war being fought nearly 3,000km away are now reaching India's kitchens.
Vanuatu moves forward with UN climate resolution despite Trump opposition
9 Mar 2026
The Trump administration’s attempt to sink a UN resolution demanding countries act on the climate crisis has caused cuts to the proposal but hasn’t entirely killed it, according to the tiny Pacific island country spearheading the effort.
Limiting warming to 2C is ‘crucial’ to protect pristine Antarctic Peninsula
24 Feb 2026
Keeping global warming to less than 2C above pre-industrial temperatures is “crucial” for limiting damage to the Antarctic Peninsula’s unique ecosystems, according to a new study.
'Blackwater' lakes and rivers in the Congo Basin are now emitting ancient carbon into the atmosphere
Mon 16 Mar 2026
Carbon that has been buried in the Congo Basin's peatlands for millennia is seeping into lakes and rivers. Why this is happening remains unclear, but researchers warn that tropical peatlands could be nearing a tipping point.
Companies – including Blackrock – retired 2 million carbon credits after Verra suspended project
Thu 12 Mar 2026
Verra suspended the Pacajai REDD project in Brazil in September 2023, pending an investigation into the project’s validity. That didn’t stop Mastercard, BlackRock, Philip Morris International from retiring carbon credits from the project to offset their greenhouse gas emissions.
Summit aims to revive stalled UN talks on phasing out fossil fuels
11 Mar 2026
Colombia and the Netherlands have set out three priorities for a conference on phasing out fossil fuels they will co-host in Colombia in April.
