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Is historically arid Beijing ready for a wetter future?

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.

India needs $467 billion climate finance by 2030 to decarbonise 4 key sectors

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.

Flying still cheaper than trains on most EU routes, study finds

25 Aug 2025

If you thought European cross-border train journeys might finally be easier on the wallet than flights, think again.

Record solar growth keeps China’s CO2 falling in first half of 2025

22 Aug 2025

Clean-energy growth helped China’s carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions fall by 1% year-on-year in the first half of 2025, extending a declining trend that started in March 2024.

Africa’s top climate change challenges: a fairer deal on phasing out fossil fuels and mobilising funds

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.

Global rules shaping the treeline under climate change revealed

22 Aug 2025

A new study from researchers at the University of North Carolina has revealed the key factors that determine where trees can grow at the highest elevations across the globe.

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.

Bolivia will choose a new president but environmental activists see little hope of progress

22 Aug 2025

Many Indigenous and environmental leaders doubt the election will bring progress in stopping deforestation, wildfires or pollution in the Amazon.

A call to merge the climate and immigration movements

22 Aug 2025

On Hurricane Katrina's 20th anniversary, a Louisiana native makes the case for solidarity.

‘A climate of unparalleled malevolence’: are we on our way to the sixth major mass extinction?

21 Aug 2025

Churning quantities of carbon dioxide into the atmosphere at the rate we are going could lead the planet to another Great Dying.

Why the recent slowdown in Arctic sea ice loss is only temporary

21 Aug 2025

Climate models suggest that when the slowdown inevitably ends, the rate of sea ice loss could rapidly accelerate.

Death toll from northern Pakistan monsoon floods rises to almost 400

21 Aug 2025

Torrential rains across the country's north have caused flooding and landslides that have swept away entire villages.

Spain battles one of its most destructive fire seasons even as its heat wave eases

21 Aug 2025

Spain tackled several major wildfires on Tuesday in one of the country’s most destructive fire seasons in recent decades, despite temperatures dropping across the Iberian Peninsula.

Leaders should put the Amazon at the heart of a new green economy

21 Aug 2025

OPINION: Amazon nations meeting in Colombia can bring unified, bold commitments to COP30 – and define a model that prioritises people and planet through long-term prosperity.

The US Department of Agriculture bans support for renewables, a lifeline for farmers

21 Aug 2025

The agency said it’s concerned that farmland is being consumed by wind and solar facilities – which occupy a tiny fraction of the country’s productive acres.

US banks slash fossil fuel financing as market forces outweigh politics

20 Aug 2025

Wall Street’s six largest banks have cut their financing to oil, gas and coal projects by 25% year-on-year through August 1, 2025.

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

20 Aug 2025

When climate change undermines the climate plan.

Sydney records most rain since weather station opened in 1858

20 Aug 2025

Sydney's wettest August in 27 years has tipped the city's recent climate into uncharted territory.

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.

Greta Thunberg at the Norway protest

‘No future in oil’: Greta Thunberg and 200 activists block Norway oil refinery

20 Aug 2025

Some 200 climate activists including Greta Thunberg of Sweden blocked Norway's largest oil refinery on Monday in a protest demanding an end to the country's oil industry.

There’s no such thing as a ‘coolcation’ — you’ll be sweating buckets on your Arctic getaway

20 Aug 2025

There used to be places to go to escape the heat on our summer vacations but the Arctic’s icy grip is loosening as the planet warms, and these cool, far-flung destinations are becoming increasingly vulnerable to heat waves.

China's fossil-fuelled power rises to 11-month high in July

19 Aug 2025

China's fossil-fuelled power generation, mostly from coal, rose in July to the highest level since August 2024, official data showed on Friday, as record-breaking heat pushed power demand to record highs across large swathes of China.

Carbon credits: The dark heart of the climate ‘solution’ that simply does not work

19 Aug 2025

No amount of wishing or hoping for an imaginary carbon unicorn will make it true.

Will we still eat beef in 50 years?

19 Aug 2025

Beef production contributes to numerous global crises, from climate change to habitat destruction to biodiversity loss.

Earth’s climate is approaching irreversible tipping points

19 Aug 2025

The build-up of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere has raised regional temperatures, worsened droughts and increased the risk of fires.

EU wants to pay poor countries to cut emissions. It never studied the plan’s impacts.

19 Aug 2025

The European Commission released a controversial plan to offshore millions of tons of greenhouse gas cuts, but admitted it did not analyse the policy’s impact.

Pakistan rescuers recover bodies after monsoon rains kill at least 340

19 Aug 2025

Rescuers were struggling to retrieve bodies from debris after flash floods triggered by heavy monsoon rains across northern Pakistan killed at least 340 people in the past 48 hours.

2024 saw a record-breaking number of dangerously hot and humid days

18 Aug 2025

As the planet heats up, the atmosphere is holding more moisture – and this is resulting in more days with weather conditions close to the limits of survivability.

Global plastic talks collapse as countries remain deeply divided

18 Aug 2025

Global talks to develop a landmark treaty to end plastic pollution have once again failed.

Why our broken food system remains a climate disaster: ‘broiling the planet to stuff our faces’

18 Aug 2025

Our system of producing food is in a relative stone age when it comes to the climate crisis.

As Canada wildfires choke US with smoke, Republicans demand action. But not on climate change

18 Aug 2025

The sternly worded statements and letters are filled with indignation and outrage: Republican U.S. lawmakers say Canada has done too little to contain wildfires and smoke that have fouled the air in several states this summer.

Can the EU be a climate leader and boost its economic competitiveness?

18 Aug 2025

A recent proposal by the European Commission to set an emission reduction target of 90% by 2040 compared to 1990 level is being criticised by European lawmakers, member states and environmentalists alike.

Smoke from boreal wildfires could cool the Arctic

18 Aug 2025

But the damage such blazes cause outweighs their benefits

Wildfires fanned by heatwave and strong winds rage across Europe

15 Aug 2025

Wildfires caused by arsonists or thunderstorms and fanned by a heatwave and strong winds wreaked destruction across southern Europe on Wednesday, burning homes and forcing thousands of residents and tourists to flee.

Trump’s climate report includes more than 100 false or misleading claims

15 Aug 2025

A “critical assessment” report commissioned by the Trump administration to justify a rollback of US climate regulations contains at least 100 false or misleading statements, according to a Carbon Brief factcheck involving dozens of leading climate scientists.

Global oil markets face record supply glut next year, IEA says

15 Aug 2025

Global oil markets are on track for a record surplus next year as demand growth slows and supplies swell, the International Energy Agency said.

Climate change made Nordic heat wave 2 degrees warmer

15 Aug 2025

The chances of reaching dangerous temperatures are only growing as the planet keeps warming up because of climate change, scientists warn.

African $60 billion high-speed rail project takes shape

15 Aug 2025

One of the largest infrastructure projects in Africa has received a new update that could see construction begin soon.

Forget net zero. We need ‘real zero’ – and these companies prove it’s profitable

15 Aug 2025

OPINION: Three huge global companies – IKEA, Lendlease and Fortescue Mining – are heading towards real zero. If they can do it, so can everyone.

Climate crisis risks to Aus economy and environment ‘intense and scary’, unreleased govt report

14 Aug 2025

Sources say delayed risk assessment includes modelling of effects of climate crisis in ways that have been little discussed in political debate so far.

Alaskan glacier ice dam releases floodwater toward downstream homes

14 Aug 2025

A huge basin of rainwater and snowmelt dammed by Alaska’s Mendenhall Glacier has started to release, and officials on Tuesday urged residents in some parts of Juneau to evacuate ahead of what could be a record surge of floodwater downstream.

Why China is still building new coal – and when it might stop

14 Aug 2025

Last year, China started construction on an estimated 95 gigawatts (GW) of new coal power capacity, enough to power the entire UK twice over.

U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio

US to retaliate against IMO members that back net zero emissions plan

14 Aug 2025

The U.S. rejected the "Net-Zero Framework" proposal by the International Maritime Organization, which is aimed at reducing global greenhouse gas emissions from the international shipping sector, and threatened measures against countries that support it.

Plastic treaty talks nearing collapse as nations remain deadlocked on production

14 Aug 2025

Environmental organisations warn that without urgent compromises the session could fail to produce a treaty capable of tackling the scale of the crisis.

Four laws that could stymie the Trump EPA’s plan to rescind the endangerment finding, central to US climate policies

14 Aug 2025

The Trump administration’s plan to unravel many of the nation’s climate policies hinges on rescinding what’s known as the endangerment finding. But its strategy for doing that appears to run afoul of several federal laws.

Climate scientists criticise Ireland over new ‘temperature neutrality’ proposal

13 Aug 2025

Climate scientists have criticised Ireland over proposed measures that would weaken the country’s commitments to reducing methane emissions.

Australia can hit an 85% emissions cut by 2035 – if government and business seize the moment

13 Aug 2025

Discussions are hotting up over Australia’s 2035 emission reduction target, which the federal government is due to reveal by September this year. It will be a crucial announcement, for several reasons.

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.

Brazil's Lula vetoes parts of environment bill pushed by the opposition that could harm the Amazon

13 Aug 2025

Brazil’s president has vetoed parts of a controversial congressional bill that sought to loosen the country’s environmental licensing rules.

How could the UN climate talks be reformed?

13 Aug 2025

This year marks a decade since nations successfully negotiated the Paris Agreement, a landmark treaty that has been the guiding force for international climate politics ever since.

Australia
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Rising seas will threaten 1.5 million Australians by 2050 – report

Tue 16 Sep 2025

One and a half million Australians living in coastal areas are at risk from rising sea levels by 2050, a landmark climate report has warned.

United States
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US Securities and Exchange Commission chief threatens ban on European accounting rules

Tue 16 Sep 2025

Paul Atkins questions whether overseas companies should be barred from using International Financial Reporting Standards.

China
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China aims to nearly double battery storage by 2027 in $35 billion plan

Tue 16 Sep 2025

China is looking to almost double its so-called new energy storage capacity to 180 gigawatts (GW) by 2027, according to an industry plan announced by authorities on Friday.

Europe
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EU considers faster Russian oil and gas exit after US pressure

Mon 15 Sep 2025

The European Union is considering a faster phase-out of Russian fossil fuels as part of new sanctions.

United Kingdom
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UK foreign aid for nature hits £800m record due to cash for carbon credits

Tue 16 Sep 2025

The UK’s climate-aid spending on “nature protection and restoration” reached record levels of nearly £800m last year, according to government figures obtained by Carbon Brief.

Canada
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Carney government noncommittal about Canada meeting 2030 climate goals

9 Sep 2025

Prime Minister Mark Carney would not say Monday whether Canada will meet its climate goals under the Paris agreement by 2030, as his government faces criticism over his emission-reduction plans.

Asia
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Tax rebalancing in Indian energy sector: Renewables cheaper, coal costlier

Fri 12 Sep 2025

Industry experts and developers have hail GST cuts on clean energy equipment, saying it will be a major enabler for India’s ambitious climate goals.

Pacific
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China, climate crisis and COP31: Five takeaways from the Pacific Islands Forum

Tue 16 Sep 2025

A key climate crisis funding treaty struck as Pacific leaders backed Australia’s bid for Cop31 despite some criticism of its environmental credentials.

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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Second Africa Climate Summit seeks to jump hurdles to green industrialisation

10 Sep 2025

A report on progress since the first summit in 2023 says financial, infrastructure and trade obstacles are hampering “climate-positive growth” on the continent.

South America
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Brazil implores businesses to attend COP30 climate summit, despite 'second thoughts' amid Trump backlash

5 Sep 2025

November's COP30 summit comes at a precarious time for climate action, as companies back away from environmental initiatives, and attacks on green energy by President Trump.

United Nations
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UN pushes countries for new climate targets this month

9 Sep 2025

The United Nations urged countries on Wednesday to set more ambitious climate plans during this month, seeking to pressure major economies including the EU and China ahead of this year's U.N. climate summit.

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