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Forty per cent of Australian women without kids hesitant to have children because of climate change, survey finds

11 Nov 2025

The survey, on attitudes about the impacts of global heating, also found that half of Australians were very or extremely concerned about climate change and two in five believed the climate would be “much hotter” in 2050.

Scotland's first wind farm 'supercharged' after upgrade

11 Nov 2025

Scotland's first commercial wind farm will be able to deliver five times more clean power than before after being upgraded.

What do African countries want from COP30?

11 Nov 2025

At the UN climate summit, African negotiators are seeking more “debt-free” financing that would allow them to implement climate solutions – from adaptation to just transition.

We have more renewable energy than ever before. Why are we switching it off?

11 Nov 2025

Experts say until more storage is installed to soak up the waves of renewable energy flooding the grid, much of that power will occasionally have to be curtailed.

Leaders of world’s biggest polluters are no-shows as heads of state gather for UN climate summit

10 Nov 2025

World leaders descending on the United Nations annual climate summit in Brazil on Thursday will not need to see much more than the view from their airplane window to sense the unfathomable stakes.

Canada’s new budget has billions in fossil subsidies disguised as climate action

10 Nov 2025

Ottawa's new CCS and hydrogen credits extend to 2035, but most of the billions go to oil sands and refining, not clean industry.

EU’s new climate target lines up multibillion dollar boost for carbon markets

10 Nov 2025

Analysts estimate the EU will buy at least 50 billion euros worth of carbon credits in the 2030s to help meet its emissions-cutting goals.

Central bankers still fail to account for climate tipping points, experts say

10 Nov 2025

Experts say that while some financial regulators might be aware of the risk of tipping points, beyond which changes become irreversible, most climate economists are not adequately accounting for these risks.

‘There is no money’: As carbon markets collapse, what happens to the forests they promised to protect?

10 Nov 2025

After it was found most offsets did not represent real carbon reductions, the money dried up. But successful schemes such as Kasigau in Kenya now face a stark future.

Net zero is an insidious loophole that distracts from the scientific imperative to eliminate fossil fuels

10 Nov 2025

OPINION: History tells us that polite incrementalism and political kowtowing will prevail at Cop30 – even as catastrophe unfolds around us.

EU ministers agree to 90% emissions reduction target

7 Nov 2025

European environment ministers have reached an agreement on a contentious plan to cut the bloc's greenhouse gas emissions but with caveats.

Brazil’s Lula puts forward new vision for protecting the Amazon rainforest

7 Nov 2025

Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva put forward his vision for how the Amazon rainforest should be protected, a future that didn’t depend on donations from wealthy nations and large philanthropies but instead included a major fund that paid countries to keep forests standing.

The media is complicit in the climate confusion

7 Nov 2025

The vast majority of people want their governments to take climate action – but most wrongly think they’re in the minority. The media is partly to blame.

New York climate advocates celebrate Mamdani’s victory, prepare to hold him accountable

7 Nov 2025

For the first time in years, New York’s environmental justice advocates say they’ll be working with the city’s government – rather than against it.

UN chief scolds nations for failing climate goals ahead of COP30 summit

7 Nov 2025

U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres tore into nations for their failure to limit warming to 1.5 degrees Celsius, as Brazil hosted world leaders for a summit ahead of the COP30 climate conference in the rainforest city of Belem.

COP30: What does the ‘Baku to Belém roadmap’ mean for climate finance?

7 Nov 2025

The Brazilian COP30 presidency has published a “Baku to Belém roadmap” on how climate finance could be scaled up to “at least $1.3tn” a year by 2035.

Solar geoengineering in wrong hands could wreak climate havoc, scientists warn

6 Nov 2025

Blocking the sun may reduce global heating – but ‘rogue actor’ could cause drought or more hurricanes, report finds.

“Dirty and expensive:” City of Sydney bans gas as it votes to electrify all new big buildings

6 Nov 2025

The City of Sydney has followed the example of the ACT and Victoria governments and voted unanimously to require all newly built residential buildings, medium to large commercial buildings, hotels, and serviced apartment buildings, to be all-electric.

How climate change worsens heatwaves, droughts, wildfires and floods

6 Nov 2025

Many extreme weather events are becoming more common and more intense around the world, fuelled by human activities such as the burning of fossil fuels.

From mapping high-risk areas to building ‘sponge cities’: How Vietnam is adapting to climate extremes

6 Nov 2025

Vietnam is rethinking how it copes with floods after a year of relentless storms has collapsed hillsides and turned streets into rivers.

Canada could eliminate oil and gas emissions cap, budget plan says

6 Nov 2025

Canada could scrap a cap on oil and gas emissions in favor of other measures like strengthened industrial carbon pricing and the deployment of carbon capture and storage technology, the government said in a budget plan unveiled on Tuesday.

How the US could shape the COP30 climate summit without even being there

6 Nov 2025

The Trump administration has recently taken aggressive stances to try to influence other countries’ climate policies, mainly by threatening hostile trade measures.

UNEP: New country climate plans ‘barely move needle’ on expected warming

5 Nov 2025

Executive director Inger Anderson made the comments as UNEP published its 16th annual assessment of the global “emissions gap”.

Revealed: Prince William’s climate prize hired PR firm tied to Brazilian fossil fuel industry

5 Nov 2025

The agency – LLYC Brasil – promoted the upcoming Earthshot Prize ceremony in Rio de Janeiro while under contract to oil giant Petrobras.

TotalEnergies loses in Paris court, marking a turning point for fossil fuel truth-in-advertising

5 Nov 2025

TotalEnergies was found to have misled consumers about its role in the energy transition.

‘How did we get here?’: Documentary explores how Republicans changed course on the climate

5 Nov 2025

In The White House Effect, now available on Netflix, archival footage is used to show how the US right moved from believing to disputing the climate crisis.

Orcas feasting on great whites another tell-tale of climate change?

5 Nov 2025

Researchers suspect that recent ocean-warming events, including El Niño, may have altered white shark nursery zones, bringing more juveniles into the Gulf of California… and into orcas’ hunting grounds.

Big banks’ lending to coal backers undermines Indonesia’s green plans

5 Nov 2025

Foreign banks involved in Indonesia’s $20-billion Just Energy Transition Partnership have also funded companies working on coal power expansion.

Brazil opens three weeks of COP30-linked climate events

4 Nov 2025

Brazil on Monday opens three weeks of events linked to the COP30 climate summit, hoping to showcase a world still determined to tackle global warming

Can cows and solar power coexist? We’re about to find out

4 Nov 2025

Solar companies have figured out how to mix sheep grazing and power production. This company is about to make a push to do it with cows, with huge growth potential.

Exxon funded thinktanks to spread climate denial in Latin America, documents reveal

4 Nov 2025

Texas-based fossil fuel company financed Atlas Network in attempt to derail UN-led climate treaty process.

Bank of England must better address climate risk to tackle inflation

4 Nov 2025

The central bank is being urged to take a series of actions to better respond to environmental risks.

Why climate change now threatens China’s future

4 Nov 2025

Extreme weather is hurting its economy and worrying its leaders.

For Indian women workers, a just transition means surviving climate impacts with dignity

4 Nov 2025

Self-Employed Women’s Association (SEWA) members call for just transition talks at COP30 to help them become more resilient to climate shocks by building social protection systems that secure their livelihoods.

Devastation on repeat: How climate change is worsening Pakistan's deadly floods

3 Nov 2025

Rescuers and relatives searched knee-deep in water for the body of one-year-old Zara. She'd been swept away by flash floods; the bodies of her parents and three siblings had already been found days earlier.

Australian Nationals formally abandon commitment to reach net zero emissions by 2050

3 Nov 2025

Nationals leader David Littleproud said the party would shift its focus to climate adaptation instead of being "focused solely" on reducing emissions, noting Australia's small share of the global effort.

Why is New Delhi making it rain artificially?

3 Nov 2025

Delhi is using ‘cloud seeding’ in a bid to dispel pollution – but can it work?

Climate change made Hurricane Melissa four times more likely, study suggests

3 Nov 2025

Unusually warm ocean temperatures fueled one of the worst hurricanes on record. New research finds climate change increased the storm’s likelihood.

No high-level US representatives will go to UN climate talks, Trump officials say

3 Nov 2025

Decision to stay away from Cop30 meeting in Brazil underscores administration’s hostility to climate action.

In 2024, the climate crisis worsened in all ways. But we can still limit warming with bold action

3 Nov 2025

Climate change has been on the world’s radar for decades. The damage done by a hotter, more chaotic world is worsening and getting more expensive.

Global oil demand won't peak until 2032, Wood Mackenzie report says

31 Oct 2025

“Global oil demand will not peak until 2032, two years later than earlier thought, consultancy Wood Mackenzie said in a report on Wednesday that blames continued momentum in the use of hydrocarbons for transport and petrochemicals.”

Experts say Bill Gates is not a friend to the planet, following recent call to change focus on climate

31 Oct 2025

Ahead of COP30, Gates calls for a shift in focus away from near-term emissions goals. Experts say that’s dangerously misguided.

‘Pay-as-you-throw’ helps cities cut waste and citizens save cash

31 Oct 2025

Charging residents for how much – or little – they throw out is the financial incentive people need to start rethinking their habits, say experts.

Nigerian billionaire plans expansion of Africa’s biggest oil refinery

31 Oct 2025

The billionaire owner of Africa’s largest refinery plans to expand its capacity to 1.4 million barrels per day to meet growing fuel needs in the continent and beyond.

How ‘vehicle-to-grid’ technology could boost China’s electricity system

31 Oct 2025

China’s surging electric vehicles ownership – now exceeding 25.5m – is opening the door to a new technology that can help to enhance the flexibility of electricity supply.

Judge says Greenpeace must pay $345 million in pipeline lawsuit, cutting jury amount nearly in half

31 Oct 2025

A North Dakota judge has ordered Greenpeace to pay damages of $345 million, reducing an earlier jury award after it found the environmental group and related entities liable for defamation and other claims in connection with protests of an oil pipeline nearly a decade ago.