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Barrier Reef donations could dry up
19 Aug 2016
Australia’s biggest environmental philanthropist says private investment to clean up the Great Barrier Reef reef ‘doesn’t make sense’ with current land clearing.
Japan moves on ratifying Paris this year
18 Aug 2016
The Japanese government has begun preparations to ratify the Paris climate deal by the end of the year.
UN host Peru cuts red tape for mining
18 Aug 2016
Peru has slashed environmental regulation in an effort to boost the economy, raising questions about its credibility as host of this year’s UN climate talks.
July Earth's hottest month in recorded history
17 Aug 2016
Earth just broiled to its hottest month in recorded history, according to NASA.
Mexico to trial cap-and-trade scheme
17 Aug 2016
Mexico will launch a year-long simulation of a cap-and-trade programme in November, in a test run for a national carbon market expected to launch in 2018.
CLIMATE CALL: Why America must go to war
16 Aug 2016
America’s next president must declare war on climate change in the same way President Franklin Roosevelt fought the Axis powers during World War Two, says climate activist Bill McKibben.
Toyota, Tesla and Vestas among top green companies
16 Aug 2016
Toyota, Tesla, Vestas, DONG Energy and Panasonic are among the top-ranked companies in the first Carbon Clean 200 list, which claims the world's greenest large companies are outperforming their more polluting counterparts by as much as three to one.
BARRIER BLUES: See the reef while you can
16 Aug 2016
The health of the Great Barrier Reef is declining – a fact that has not been lost on the world’s media.
Ethiopia chairs influential climate group
16 Aug 2016
Ethiopia has assumed the chair of the Climate Vulnerable Forum from the Philippines, taking charge of a 43-country strong group committed to tougher climate targets.
Hillary Clinton signs up an army of climate experts
15 Aug 2016
Hillary Clinton has assembled a virtual army of formal and informal advisers on energy, the environment and climate change.
Global heat threatens to upset Paris climate summit targets
15 Aug 2016
The Earth is so hot this year that a limit for global warming agreed by world leaders at a climate summit in Paris just a few months ago is in danger of being breached.
HEAT'S ON: Climate will change the Olympic game
12 Aug 2016
Heat stress due to climate change will limit where and when the summer Olympics can be held in the future, according to new research from Auckland University.
Climate risk poorly represented by US firms
12 Aug 2016
Corporate America has a split personality when it comes to climate change.
ADB issues $1.3bn in global green bonds
12 Aug 2016
The Asian Development Bank has issued its inaugural green bond, and has now gathered $1.3 billion in order to finance climate change mitigation and adaptation projects.
Middle East heat wave could be global curtain-raiser
12 Aug 2016
Record-shattering temperatures this summer have scorched countries from Morocco to Saudi Arabia and beyond, as climate experts warn that the severe weather could be a harbinger of worse to come.
The world of climate change ... according to Donald Trump
11 Aug 2016
United States Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump has repeated his pledge to get rid of his country’s climate change policies – including its commitment to the Paris Agreement – if he becomes president.
Global warming hit 1.46deg
11 Aug 2016
The first half of 2016 has seen astonishing growth in global average temperatures, building on similar growth in 2015, meaning that it is now all but certain that we will see a record, fifth, successive annual increase this year.
$81bn mobilised to tackle climate change
11 Aug 2016
Climate finance totaling $81 billion was mobilised for projects funded by the world’s six largest multilateral development banks in 2015.
Scientists make a bold prediction about sea level
11 Aug 2016
Climate scientists have just made a very bold prediction regarding sea level rise ... and we should know in a few years if they are correct.
Court backs Obama's climate change accounting
11 Aug 2016
The US Court of Appeals has unanimously upheld the Department of Energy's use of a carbon cost-benefit analysis to justify energy efficiency standards for commercial refrigerators.
Deadly bacteria spread as ocean temperatures rise
10 Aug 2016
Deadly bacteria are spreading through the oceans as waters warm up, and are increasing infection risks, according to a new study.
Republican ex-environment chiefs endorse Clinton
10 Aug 2016
Two Republican former chiefs of the US Environmental Protection Agency are endorsing Democrat nominee Hillary Clinton.
Why social inclusion matters for green growth
10 Aug 2016
From wetland protection in South Africa to scrapping fossil fuel subsidies in Indonesia, the best climate policies are pro-poor.
Bennett: We can look after the Pacific
9 Aug 2016
The climate change minister says New Zealand’s post-2020 emissions reduction target is sufficient to help to protect Pacific nations from the impacts of climate change.
Global climate deal likely to enter into force this year
9 Aug 2016
A global agreement on climate change looks likely to enter into force this year, a new study shows.
Residents to get cash payments from fracking
9 Aug 2016
UK Prime Minister Theresa May has intervened to allow people who live near sites used for shale gas exploration to be given cash payments so that they benefit from the developments.
Waste of resources seen as biggest threat to planet
9 Aug 2016
Scotland’s environment agency has warned the country’s industries and farmers that their waste and inefficiency is now the biggest threat to the environment, overtaking pollution.
Rio opening ceremony calls for action on climate change
8 Aug 2016
Rio de Janeiro opened its Olympics with a deeper message regarding the planet.
Why Siberian anthrax outbreak is a bad sign for our future
8 Aug 2016
The anthrax outbreak in Siberia is offering us a preview: What was once considered a future theoretical possibility  - a re-animated deadly bacterium emerging from the permafrost  - is now a reality.
Greenland melt could expose Cold War waste
8 Aug 2016
When the US military abandoned Camp Century, a complex of tunnels dug into the ice of northwest Greenland, in the mid-1960s, they left behind thousands of tonnes of waste, including hazardous radioactive and chemical materials.
Scientists tease out climate-zika link
8 Aug 2016
Athletes and tourists in Brazil are crowding into a country where rapid environmental change and natural weather fluctuations nurtured a viral epidemic that has gone global.
Can ‘climate corridors’ help species to adapt?
8 Aug 2016
If you flip over a log in a forest in the southeastern US, you are likely to find a squirming salamander. A healthy forest floor, full of fallen branches and rotting leaves, provides these amphibians with the moisture, protection and food they need to survive and thrive.
'Virtual' battery storage plant will ease price spikes
8 Aug 2016
A 5MW battery storage ‘virtual power plant’ will be established in South Australia in a bid to stabilise volatile power prices and support renewable energy.
Turnbull orders CSIRO jobs u-turn
5 Aug 2016
Only 20 climate science positions will be lost from Australia's CSIRO, down from an initial 96, after the Turnbull government intervened, issuing a ministerial directive to the independent agency.
Cities rush to join climate drive after Paris
5 Aug 2016
The Paris climate deal has inspired a surge of cities signing up to do their bit in preparing for weird weather and cutting greenhouse gas emissions.
California issues first-in-US compliance plan
5 Aug 2016
California's landmark cap-and-trade programme for carbon emissions and proposed amendments to extend that system will be used to comply with US EPA's Clean Power Plan.
Heat, more heat and signs of worse to come
4 Aug 2016
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's 2015 State of the Climate report has unleashed a flood of statistics that should overwhelm whatever doubts remain of global warming's already startling impacts.
Why Olympic city's mayor is a man of empty promises
4 Aug 2016
We were promised the greenest Olympics ever. What we got was an ecological disaster.
SHARKNADO 4: Really, this movie matters
4 Aug 2016
Given that 2016 is expected to be the hottest year on record, it stands to reason climate change should be an issue nations are rushing to address.
Italy tackles food waste with doggy bag laws
4 Aug 2016
Italy has made it easier for companies and farmers to donate food to charities and is encouraging greater use of doggy bags at restaurants as part of a legislative push to curb the epidemic of food waste.
Why investing in clean tech is not enough
4 Aug 2016
Governments making support for green energy technology a top priority should remember that simply providing subsidies to increase the supply of such tech is not enough.
Fiji to spend millions on coastline protection
3 Aug 2016
THE World Bank says Fiji will spend close to $700 million by 2040 on climate change adaptation projects for the protection of coastline communities.
Rising sea levels could cost homeowners billions
3 Aug 2016
Rising sea levels could soak US homeowners for $882 billion, according to a new report.
Heat gives way to heavy rains
2 Aug 2016
The record-breaking worldwide heat of the first six months of 2016 has turned to abnormally severe flooding.
UN asked Australia to cover up Barrier Reef lobbying
2 Aug 2016
The UN asked the Australian government to cover up details of lobbying that lead to all mention of Australia being scrubbed from a major report on climate threats to world heritage sites.
Australians face loss of rooftop solar payments
2 Aug 2016
About 275,000 people across Australia will have their solar energy payments reduced by up to 80 per cent over the next six months.
Indonesia to tap rich blue carbon potential
1 Aug 2016
Inddonesia is set to take advantage of its blue carbon potential, estimated to be huge, as the country’s seagrass and mangroves account for 17 per cent of the world’s blue carbon reserves.
Why we should worry about Siberia's blazing forests
29 Jul 2016
The news recently followed 200 firefighters tackling a blaze in California, while this May the world watched the evacuation of more than 50,000 people from Fort McMurray in Canada.
30 YEARS ON: Chernobyl could be reborn with solar energy
29 Jul 2016
Thirty years after atomic fallout from the Chernobyl meltdown, Ukraine is seeking investors to develop solar power near the defunct Soviet reactors.
Battery subsidy scheme set for 'urgent' overhaul as costs run out of control
16 Dec 2025
Australian Energy Minister Chris Bowen has announced big changes to the government's battery subsidy scheme amid claims most of its $2.3 billion budget has been spent in just six months.
EPA erases references to human-caused climate change from websites
19 Dec 2025
EPA has scrubbed references to people’s contribution to rising temperatures from some of its climate change webpages.
Verra cancels four tree planting projects in China. And starts reviews of 45 more projects
16 Dec 2025
“Multiple carbon projects in China are facing serious allegations regarding the authenticity of government approval documents."
France updates its 2050 carbon neutrality roadmap
17 Dec 2025
To mark the 10th anniversary of the Paris Agreement, France released a revamped climate plan promising to phase out oil and gas and sharply increase electricity use.
Net-zero scenario is ‘cheapest option’ for UK, says energy system operator
15 Dec 2025
A scenario that meets the “net-zero by 2050” goal would be the “cheapest” option for the UK, according to modelling by the National Energy System Operator (NESO).
The ecological havens flourishing beneath power lines
19 Dec 2025
Initiatives to foster native wildflowers, grasses and shrubs are turning utility corridors into wildlife corridors.
‘Not normal’: Climate crisis supercharged deadly monsoon floods in Asia
12 Dec 2025
Cyclones like those in Indonesia, Sri Lanka and Malaysia that killed 1,750 are ‘alarming new reality’.
Pacific fisheries summit gives a boost to albacore and seabirds
19 Dec 2025
Much of the world’s albacore tuna catch, which usually ends up in a can, comes from the southwestern Pacific Ocean, where fishery managers just passed a new set of conservation rules.
Arctic endured year of record heat as climate scientists warn of ‘winter being redefined’
18 Dec 2025
Region known as ‘world’s refrigerator’ is heating up as much as four times as quickly as global average, Noaa experts say.
Are rainforests now a cause of, rather than the answer to, climate change?
15 Dec 2025
A new study finds that Africa’s forests, responsible for one-fifth of global carbon removal, are beginning to generate carbon as the result of human activity.
Thousands of climate disasters are not included in official reports from Amazonian countries
12 Dec 2025
More than 12,500 extreme weather events impacted the Amazon and its population in 10 years, but countries have not generated enough information about it, according to a new scientific study.
UN environment report 'hijacked' by US and others over fossil fuels, top scientist says
11 Dec 2025
A key UN report on the state of the global environment has been "hijacked" by the United States and other countries who were unwilling to go along with the scientific findings, the co-chair has told the BBC.
