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Drought is making Sao Paulo’s river emerald green while smoke turns its skies grey
19 Sep 2024
A major river in the Brazilian metropolis of Sao Paulo is suddenly emerald green and clear skies this week turned from blue to grey.
Azerbaijan says 'God-given' oil and gas will help it go green
19 Sep 2024
Flames soar into the air from a sandstone outcrop on a hillside of the Absheron peninsula near Baku, the capital of Azerbaijan, as it prepares to host the COP29 climate conference.
Academics say flying to meetings harms the climate — but they carry on
19 Sep 2024
An overwhelming majority of survey respondents at a top research university agree that air travel contributes to climate change, but many — especially professors and PhD students — often fly to conferences anyway.
High Court rejects the UK’s first new coal mine in 30 years
18 Sep 2024
A judge on Friday rejected plans for the United Kingdom’s first new coal mine in three decades, delivering a victory for climate groups who challenged the project’s claim it would have zero impact on global emissions.
Is critical minerals strategy a green shift or greenwashing?
18 Sep 2024
Canada has followed the lead of many countries recently by adopting  policies and measures  to promote rapid development of its value chain for domestic critical  minerals  essential in clean energy technology.
Bats and bees help ni-Vanuatu predict storms — but will climate change interfere?
18 Sep 2024
In disaster-prone Vanuatu, Indigenous ni-Vanuatu people traditionally rely on plants and animal species as indicators that predict extreme weather events and help them prepare.
Climate scientists troubled by damage from floods ravaging central Europe
18 Sep 2024
Experts say they are unsurprised at the intensity of extreme weather but say the damage wreaked shows how unprepared the world is.
Consumerism and the climate crisis threaten equitable future for humanity, report says
18 Sep 2024
The Earth Commission says hope lies in sustainable lifestyles, a radical transformation of global politics and fair distribution of resources.
'Catastrophe' as deadly floods hit Central and Eastern Europe
17 Sep 2024
The Austrian province surrounding Vienna has been declared a disaster area, as torrential rain caused by Storm Boris continues to wreak havoc across Central and Eastern Europe.
Von der Leyen moots nature credits market to avert ecosystem collapse
17 Sep 2024
The European Commission is considering a market-based system to encourage farmers and industry to conserve nature and restore lost biodiversity by putting a price on ecosystems.
G20 countries turning backs on fossil fuel pledge, say campaigners
17 Sep 2024
Promises to ‘transition away from fossil fuels’ made at COP28 climate talks has been left out of draft resolutions.
The Hague to ban fossil fuel ads from January
17 Sep 2024
Other cities have moved against fossil fuel advertising, but The Hague is the first to enact binding legislation, as a number of jurisdictions worldwide crack down on publicity for fossil fuels and high-emissions sectors.
Nearly 40% of Amazon rainforest most vital to climate left unprotected, data shows
17 Sep 2024
Scientists agree that preserving the Amazon rainforest is vital to combating global warming, but new data indicates huge swathes of the jungle that are most vital to the world's climate remain unprotected.
Slow progress in Baku risks derailing talks on new climate finance goal at COP29
17 Sep 2024
Azerbaijan’s COP29 president calls for determination and leadership from all countries to bridge the gaps on finance.
Climate change triggered a mega-tsunami that caused the Earth to vibrate for nine days
16 Sep 2024
Scientists were baffled by seismic signals which were recorded from the Arctic to Antarctica for more than a week last September.
Democrats seek to tax fossil fuel companies over climate change
16 Sep 2024
A large group of Democrats is looking to force the fossil fuel industry to pay for climate change.
How farms are using 'magic dust' to capture carbon
16 Sep 2024
Scottish farmers are using crushed basalt to both capture carbon dioxide from the atmosphere and to help crops grow.
South Sudan floods: the first example of a mass population permanently displaced by climate change?
16 Sep 2024
Enormous floods have once again engulfed much of South Sudan, as record water-levels in Lake Victoria flow downstream through the Nile.
Methane emissions are rising faster than ever
16 Sep 2024
Methane concentrations in Earth’s atmosphere increased at record speed over the past five years.
Proposals to build California’s first carbon storage facilities face a key test
16 Sep 2024
Proposals to build California’s first carbon storage facilities are facing key tests in the coming weeks, beginning with a vote by the Kern County Planning Commission Thursday night.
Almost 68% of Australia’s tourism sites at major risk if climate crisis continues, report says
13 Sep 2024
Uluru, the Daintree and Bondi beach among locations that could be impacted if planet hits even 2C of warming by 2050.
The case for adding iron to the ocean for carbon dioxide removal
13 Sep 2024
While the urgent reduction of carbon dioxide (CO2) and other greenhouse gas emissions is needed as the primary activity to curb climate change, there is broad agreement for the need to remove CO2 already in the atmosphere.
The presidential debate proved that climate change is not at centre of 2024 election
13 Sep 2024
Climate change remains on the backburner of the US 2024 election following little mention of environmental policy during the first debate between the two presidential candidates.
Floods decimate Nigerian zoo, wash crocodiles into community
13 Sep 2024
Floods in north Nigeria have killed more than 80% of animals in a large zoo with an array of wildlife from lions and crocodiles to buffaloes and ostriches.
'People have never seen anything like it': Morocco hit by extraordinary torrential rains
13 Sep 2024
A rare and deadly phenomenon: According to the latest count, published by the Moroccan interior ministry, 18 people have died as a result of the torrential rains that fell.
California farmers turn to agave amid drought conditions and climate change
13 Sep 2024
Most of the United States' fruits and nuts, like avocados and almonds, come from California.
UK farming's 'net zero' climate target in doubt
12 Sep 2024
Ambitious plans to make farming ‘net zero’ by 2040 - 10 years ahead of the UK’s legally-binding national target – may not be achieved, the National Farmers' Union (NFU) has told the BBC.
Australian city stands to receive $200m economic boost if bid to co-host UN climate talks succeeds
12 Sep 2024
Australia and Pacific countries are vying with Türkiye to host the annual United Nations climate change talks in 2026.
Climate experts lament Harris’s vow to keep fracking in debate with ‘walking oil spill’ Trump
12 Sep 2024
Harris has a progressive record on climate but indicated a shift, probably to assuage voters in swing states
World Bank head sees climate change devastation in Tuvalu
12 Sep 2024
Since taking on the role of World Bank President, Ajay Banga has visited every region where the World Bank operates.
How to convince Beijing of the case for stronger climate targets
12 Sep 2024
An ambitious NDC would boost China’s economy, win it recognition as a responsible global power – and keep its people safer from climate disasters.
Study of cloud movement in the Arctic could provide better understanding of climate change
12 Sep 2024
Special features of the Arctic climate, such as the strong reflection of the sun's rays off the light snow or the low position of the sun, amplify global warming in the Arctic.
Germany’s ongoing €4.5 billion carbon offset fraud: “It is possible that we are dealing with a case of serious environmental crime here”
11 Sep 2024
German authorities’ action is “too little, too late” says whistleblower.
Climate change leaves future of Pacific Islands tourism 'highly uncertain'
11 Sep 2024
The Pacific Islands are scattered across a vast area of ocean, with some of the clearest waters in the world, and pristine beaches and rainforests.
Green Climate Fund restructures, aiming to become donors’ partner of choice
11 Sep 2024
Since the Green Climate Fund approved its first eight projects just before the Paris Agreement was sealed in 2015, its investments to curb emissions and adapt to climate change in developing countries have grown to $15 billion across 270 projects.
If Trump wins the election, this is what’s at stake
11 Sep 2024
Here is the biggest thing happening on our planet as we head into the Northern Hemisphere’s autumn of 2024: the Earth is continuing to heat dramatically.
Ten tough climate questions for the presidential debate
11 Sep 2024
Climate and energy get little acknowledgement in most political debates. But there are plenty of questions for both Trump and Harris on the urgent choices the next president faces.
Repairing the Earth is both urgent and possible
11 Sep 2024
These are records no one ever wanted to see broken, and which are impossible to get used to.
June-August 2024 were hottest ever recorded: EU monitor
10 Sep 2024
The 2024 northern summer saw the highest global temperatures on record, beating 2023's high and making this year likely Earth's hottest ever recorded, the EU's climate monitor said Friday.
Tens of thousands in South Korea protest lack of climate progress
10 Sep 2024
More than 30,000 protesters gathered in South Korea's capital in broiling heat on Saturday, demanding more aggressive action by the government to combat global warming.
Italy’s Southern Islands drought made 50% more likely by climate change, study finds
10 Sep 2024
Sardinia and Sicily have been experiencing “exceptional” drought conditions intensified by climate change, leading to water shortages and severely compromising agriculture.
Three ways Pacific nations are adapting to climate change
10 Sep 2024
Vunidogoloa holds the unenviable title as the first community in the Pacific forced to relocate due to climate change.
UN climate chief calls for 'exponential changes' to boost investment in Africa
9 Sep 2024
Action on clean energy and adaptation can be the single greatest opportunity to lift up African people and economies, Simon Stiell says.
Volvo gives up plan to sell only EVs by 2030
9 Sep 2024
Car company Volvo has abandoned its target to produce only fully electric cars by 2030, saying it now expects to be selling some hybrid vehicles by that date.
Broken temperature records are alarming but it is not too late to limit global warming
9 Sep 2024
July 22, 2024 was the hottest day in recorded human history, with a global average temperature of 17.16 C.
Silver is being buried beneath the sea, and it's all because of climate change
9 Sep 2024
For the first time, researchers have linked the amount of silver being buried in marine sediments to human-made climate change.
What a top-secret military site in Greenland tells us about the future of climate change
9 Sep 2024
A new book uncovers the climate warnings hidden in ice cores from a US army base in Greenland.
A rare behind the scenes look at the Pacific power tussle
6 Sep 2024
Tonga’s sleepy capital Nuku’alofa was buzzing last week as leaders from across the Pacific region descended upon it for the annual Pacific Islands Forum (PIF) meeting.
Australia may delay release of 2035 climate target as world awaits outcome of US election
6 Sep 2024
Experts urge Australia not to delay target too long as report by Climate Change Authority identifies six barriers to net zero.
Former VW chief goes on trial nine years after 'dieselgate'
6 Sep 2024
Former Volkswagen Chief Executive Martin Winterkorn appeared in court on fraud charges over the so-called dieselgate scandal.
No room for the timid: setting Australia’s 2035 emissions target is a daring tightrope act
Today 11:00am
Any week now, Australia will set its 2035 emissions target. It must signal the nation’s strong ambition on climate action, to drive policy and investment. And it must avoid being seen as either unrealistic or too costly.
California is backsliding on climate progress. It’s (mostly) Gavin Newsom’s fault
Today 11:00am
The California Supreme Court just gave state officials a golden opportunity to revitalize the rooftop solar industry, helping millions of homes and businesses lower their electric bills and fight the climate crisis.
Is historically arid Beijing ready for a wetter future?
Mon 25 Aug 2025
Beijing's mountainous northern Huairou district and neighbouring Miyun district received a year's worth of rain in a single week, triggering flash floods that devastated entire villages and killed 44 people in the deadliest flood since 2012.
EU wildfires hit new record as flames scorch area larger than Cyprus
Mon 25 Aug 2025
The area burned this year has exceeded the 1 million hectare mark for the first time since records started in 2006.
What happens to net zero if the trees don’t survive?
Wed 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.
India needs $467 billion climate finance by 2030 to decarbonise 4 key sectors
Mon 25 Aug 2025
India will need to mobilise USD $467 billion in climate finance by 2030 to put four of its most carbon-intensive sectors – power, steel, cement and transport – on a low-carbon pathway.
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'
Fri 22 Aug 2025
Scientists say there is emerging evidence of abrupt and potentially unstoppable changes in the Antarctic environment.
Africa’s top climate change challenges: a fairer deal on phasing out fossil fuels and mobilising funds
Fri 22 Aug 2025
African countries have made binding commitments to reduce their greenhouse gas emissions. To do this, they will need to shift to renewable energy and stop mining and using fossil fuels like oil and coal.
Bolivia will choose a new president but environmental activists see little hope of progress
Fri 22 Aug 2025
Many Indigenous and environmental leaders doubt the election will bring progress in stopping deforestation, wildfires or pollution in the Amazon.
Brazil issues last-ditch plea for countries to submit climate plans ahead of COP30
Wed 20 Aug 2025
Only 28 countries have submitted carbon-cutting proposals to the UN, with some of the biggest emitters yet to produce plans.
