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US pressures Vanuatu at UN over ICJ’s landmark climate change ruling

16 Feb 2026

The United States is urging governments to pressure Vanuatu to withdraw a United Nations draft resolution supporting a landmark International Court of Justice (ICJ) ruling that countries have a legal obligation to act on climate change.

Australia's Liberals elect net zero opponent as new leader

16 Feb 2026

Australia's opposition Liberal Party elected as leader on Friday a conservative who lobbied to drop its commitment to net zero emissions, as it seeks to counter an insurgent populist right and rebuild support after a disastrous election loss last year.

France bets on nuclear in new plan to cut fossil fuel imports

16 Feb 2026

The French government unveiled a 10-year energy strategy that leans heavily on nuclear power and offshore wind farms to curb fossil fuel dependence. Environmental groups criticised a 'stubborn insistence on believing in the nuclear myth'.

Africa leads growth in solar energy as demand spreads beyond traditional markets, report says

16 Feb 2026

A report shows that Africa has emerged as the world's fastest-growing solar market even as global growth slowed last year, driven by a 60% surge in imports of solar panels from China.

No such thing as 'clean gas': if advertisers can act, why can’t politicians?

16 Feb 2026

COMMENT: In the rankings of least trusted professionals, advertising executives usually sit at the bottom along with politicians and real estate agents. But there’s one area where the advertising industry can now justifiably hold itself above politicians – stopping greenwashing by the gas industry.

We can move beyond the capitalist model and save the climate – here are the first three steps

16 Feb 2026

COMMENT: Capitalism cares about our species’ prospects as much as a wolf cares about a lamb’s. But democratise our economy and a better world is within our grasp.

Point of no return: a hellish ‘hothouse Earth’ getting closer, scientists say

13 Feb 2026

The world is closer than thought to a “point of no return” after which runaway global heating cannot be stopped, scientists have said.

China’s CO2 emissions have now been ‘flat or falling’ for 21 months

13 Feb 2026

China’s carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions fell by 1% in the final quarter of 2025, likely securing a decline of 0.3% for the full year as a whole.

European Central Bank's green supervision grows teeth, but will banks avoid being bitten?

13 Feb 2026

After several years of issuing guidance and repeatedly calling on banks to take climate and environmental risk management seriously, the European Central Bank is moving from guidance and expectations to enforcement.

Polymers from earth can make cement more climate-friendly

13 Feb 2026

The way concrete is made today makes it a major contributor to climate change. The good news is that there are alternatives, and they are gaining attention.

India will use more coal over the next 25 years, report says

13 Feb 2026

India's coal consumption could more than double by mid-century before plunging sharply as the country shifts toward cleaner energy, long‑term projections published by government think-tank NITI Aayog show.

Yes, climate still matters. Here's how it connects to every other crisis in the world today

13 Feb 2026

COMMENT: While yes, the details of this or that environmental policy might seem quite trivial in the face of the collapse of democracy all around us, these two things – the climate crisis and the democracy crisis – are deeply interconnected.

Trump is wiping out all climate regulation. Big Oil may regret it.

12 Feb 2026

For decades, oil majors fought climate regulation. Now, they’re afraid Trump’s extreme rollbacks could leave them on the hook to pay for what they’ve done.

EU to ban destruction of unsold clothes and shoes

12 Feb 2026

The European Commission has adopted new measures that will require medium and large companies to stop discarding unsold clothing and footwear, in the bloc’s latest move to target textile waste.

A three-year heatwave bleached half the planet’s coral reefs

12 Feb 2026

More than half of the world’s coral reefs were bleached between 2014 and 2017 – a record-setting episode now being eclipsed by another series of devastating heatwaves.

Why Trump might be onboard with a UN carbon-offset programme for airlines

12 Feb 2026

The president’s team has backed the rollout of an initiative that calls for the use of sustainable aviation fuel and carbon credits, even as Trump has pulled back from other international emissions-reduction efforts.

Warming climate threatens Greenland's ancestral way of life

12 Feb 2026

The Arctic region is on the frontline of global warming, heating up four times faster than the rest of the planet since 1979, according to a 2022 study in scientific journal Nature, causing the sea ice to retreat.

Nature's 'engine is grinding to a halt' as climate change gains pace, says study

12 Feb 2026

"Nature functions like a self-repairing engine, constantly swapping out old parts for new ones. But we found this engine is now grinding to a halt."

IPBES: Four key takeaways on how nature loss threatens the global economy

11 Feb 2026

The “undervaluing” of nature by businesses is fuelling its decline and putting the global economy at risk, according to a major new report.

Australia's renewables boom delivers coveted power price payoff

11 Feb 2026

Australia's wholesale electricity prices fell to the lowest in four years in 2025, bucking the rising price trends seen elsewhere and validating claims that renewables-heavy power system overhauls can help lower consumer power costs.

European industry revolts over EU plan to weaken carbon border tax

11 Feb 2026

From fertilisers to cement, manufacturers warn against introducing a kill switch into the just-launched CBAM scheme.

Trump set to gut US climate change policy and environmental regulations, White House official says

11 Feb 2026

The Trump administration is expected this week to revoke a scientific finding that long has been the central basis for U.S. action to regulate greenhouse gas emissions and fight climate change, according to a White House official.

China maximises battery recycling to shore up critical mineral supplies

11 Feb 2026

Beijing is bracing for a tsunami of spent EV batteries by taking steps to boost recycling – a strategy that could also cut its reliance on imports of clean energy minerals.

Australian ministers met Japanese gas companies 20 times amid fossil fuel lobbying push

11 Feb 2026

Australian government ministers met Japanese gas company executives more than 20 times in the last term of parliament as Labor encouraged investment in the fossil fuel industry.

IEA calls peak coal, even as 'Age of Electricity' takes hold to boost global power demand

10 Feb 2026

A new IEA report published on Friday, Electricity 2026, says electricity demand will increase by an average of 3.6 per cent each year over the remainder of the decade, driven by rising consumption from industry, electric vehicles, air conditioning, and data centres.

Global economy must move past GDP to avoid planetary disaster, warns UN chief

10 Feb 2026

The global economy must be radically transformed to stop it rewarding pollution and waste, UN secretary general António Guterres has warned.

Farmers report catastrophic damage to crops as Storm Marta hits Spain and Portugal

10 Feb 2026

Farmers in Spain warned on Saturday that torrential rains and high winds had left fields submerged and caused millions of euros worth of damage to crops, as Spain and Portugal braced for more extreme weather.

World's first 20 MW offshore wind turbine powers grid in China

10 Feb 2026

The world's most powerful offshore wind turbine has begun feeding electricity into the grid off the coast of southeast China, marking a major technological leap in the country's wind power industry.

In the Arctic, the major climate threat of black carbon is overshadowed by geopolitical tensions

10 Feb 2026

As rising global temperatures speed up the melting of sea ice in the Arctic Ocean, it’s set off a boom of ships taking routes that previously were frozen and not traversable.

Heat with no end: climate model sets out an unbearable future for parts of Africa

10 Feb 2026

People often think of a heatwave as a temporary event, a brutal week of sun that eventually breaks with a cool breeze. But as the climate changes globally, in parts of Africa, that level of heat is becoming a permanent part of the weather.

Flawed economic models mean climate crisis could crash global economy, experts warn

9 Feb 2026

States and financial bodies using modelling that ignores shocks from extreme weather and climate tipping points.

EU weighing options to support industry in carbon market overhaul

9 Feb 2026

The European Commission is looking at various ways to support industries in an upcoming overhaul of the EU carbon market to prevent them moving to areas with lower pollution standards, the head of the Commission’s climate department said late on Wednesday.

Gas flaring soars in Niger Delta post-Shell, afflicting communities

9 Feb 2026

Since the multinational sold its assets in Nigeria’s oil hub, data analysis for Climate Home News shows flaring has risen, harming locals and the climate.

Morocco evacuates 140,000 people as torrential rains and dam releases trigger floods

9 Feb 2026

More than 140,000 people were evacuated from their homes in northwestern Morocco as heavy rainfall and water releases from overfilled dams led to flooding, the Interior Ministry said. Stormy weather also disrupted maritime traffic between Morocco and Spain.

Preventable deaths in a warming world: how politics shapes who lives and who dies

9 Feb 2026

In Brownsville, Texas, three members of the Galvan family died after a malfunctioning air conditioner left them exposed to extreme heat.

US-driven gas turbine crunch may speed global clean power uptake

9 Feb 2026

A rush by U.S. utilities and tech giants to snap up as many gas turbines as possible to boost local power output is causing a global shortage of gas-power equipment and may spur other power systems to fast-track cleaner alternatives.

GHG protocol sets global rules for land emissions, carbon removals from 2027

5 Feb 2026

After five years of technical work and global consultation, the Greenhouse Gas Protocol has released its Land Sector and Removals Standard, introducing a long awaited framework that brings land based emissions and removals fully into corporate greenhouse gas accounting.

U.S. could issue general license for oil companies to produce in Venezuela this week

5 Feb 2026

The Trump administration could issue a general license as soon as this week for companies to produce oil and gas in Venezuela, a person familiar with the plan told CNBC on Tuesday.

A UK climate security report backed by the intelligence services was quietly buried – a pattern we’ve seen many times before

5 Feb 2026

Last autumn, a UK government report warned that climate-driven ecosystem collapse could lead to food shortages, mass migration, political extremism and even nuclear conflict. The report was never officially launched.

Companies either weather climate risk now or pay for it later

5 Feb 2026

COMMENT: Last year, extreme weather didn’t just shatter records, it wiped more than $320 billion from the global economy, a sum larger than the annual GDP of countries like Finland and Chile.

Greenpeace set to take UK Government to court over deep-sea mining licences

5 Feb 2026

Environmental NGO Greenpeace has kick-started a legal challenge against the UK Government’s decision to approve the transfer of two seabed exploration licences to a newly-formed mining company with US links.

Actually, I do know how to do this

5 Feb 2026

COMMENT: In retrospect, paying attention to polluters may be one of the best ways to understand what’s currently happening in the United States.

Making polluters pay could fix Australia’s climate problem – and its budget

4 Feb 2026

A new report shows how making polluters pay will not only diminish the threat from climate change, but it can also help restore the budget and the economy.

EU adopts first-ever standard for carbon removal projects

4 Feb 2026

The European Commission announced the adoption of its first set of voluntary certification methodologies for permanent carbon removals, aimed at providing clear standards for carbon removal technologies, to enable certification and investment in projects that permanently remove CO2 from the atmosphere.

Wales council to buy and demolish homes prone to flooding

4 Feb 2026

A row of homes in a village in south Wales is to be bought by a local authority and demolished as they can no longer be protected from flooding caused by the climate crisis.

Argentina fires ravage pristine Patagonia forests, fueling criticism of Milei’s austerity

4 Feb 2026

The wildfires, among the worst to hit the drought-stricken Patagonia region in decades, have devastated more than 45,000 hectares (174 square miles) of Argentina’s forests in the last month and a half, forcing the evacuation of thousands of residents and tourists.