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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.
The Yangtze River is becoming the world’s largest electrified trade corridor
30 Oct 2025
The Gezhouba, a new 13,000-ton all-electric bulk carrier launched in Yichang, is more than a technical milestone. It is a sign that the electrification of inland shipping is moving from concept to inevitability.
Police raids in Brazil’s Rio kill 64 ahead of events related to COP30 climate summit
30 Oct 2025
At least 64 people died on Oct 28 in Rio de Janeiro’s most deadly police operation ever, which targeted a major gang days before the city hosts global events related to the United Nations climate summit known as COP30.
Climate inaction is leading to millions of deaths each year
30 Oct 2025
Global failure to adapt to climate change is taking a toll on people’s lives and is responsible for millions of deaths every year, according to a new report from The Lancet.
What makes Melissa such a dangerous storm?
30 Oct 2025
A very powerful hurricane has made landfall in Jamaica and is the strongest storm to hit the Caribbean island in modern history.
America’s super-rich are running down the planet’s safe climate spaces, says Oxfam
30 Oct 2025
Data shows wealthiest 0.1% of the US burn carbon at 4,000 times the rate of the world’s poorest 10%.
Thousands evacuated in Vietnam after record rain triggers floods
30 Oct 2025
Thousands of people in Vietnam were evacuated from their homes after record rainfall of more than one metre in 24 hours submerged a central city.
New Zealand insurer linked to Iranian dark fleet tankers
29 Oct 2025
A New Zealand insurer is under investigation for providing insurance for Iranian dark fleet tankers Reuters reveals in a new exposé.
Warming oceans probably fuelling Hurricane Melissa’s rapid intensification
29 Oct 2025
Climate scientists have long warned that warming oceans are making explosive storm development more common.
Most countries fail to submit new climate pledges ahead of summit
29 Oct 2025
Only 64 countries have submitted new plans to cut carbon, the UN says, despite all being required to do so ahead of next month's COP30 summit.
Norway faces European Court climate ruling over oil licences
29 Oct 2025
The European Court of Human Rights will decide on Tuesday if Norway breached its climate obligations when it awarded Arctic oil exploration licenses in 2016.
Most Cambodia and Laos tree cover loss in 2024 happened inside protected areas
29 Oct 2025
In Cambodia, 56% of the nation’s tree cover loss was recorded within its protected area network last year. In Laos, the figure was 64%.
Why 2025 has seen a flood of new ways to count carbon
29 Oct 2025
Delays in updating incumbent standards have prompted the publication of multiple new ways to report emissions and set targets.
EU leaders set conditions for new climate goal
28 Oct 2025
The EU is trying to pass a new target to cut net greenhouse gas emissions 90% by 2040 to put the bloc on track for net-zero emissions by 2050.
Oil firm TotalEnergies made misleading green statements, court rules
28 Oct 2025
A French oil company engaged in “misleading commercial practices” about the scope of its environmental commitments, a court has ruled.
Look out for these 8 big ag greenwashing terms at COP30
28 Oct 2025
Food and farming companies will claim agriculture is the solution to the climate crisis at the Brazil summit — even though food drives a third of global warming.
ExxonMobil sues California over climate disclosure laws
28 Oct 2025
Exxon Mobil Corporation is suing the state of California over a pair of 2023 climate disclosure laws that the company says infringe upon its free speech rights, namely by forcing it to embrace the message that large companies are uniquely to blame for climate change.
UN report: Five charts showing how global deforestation is declining
28 Oct 2025
The amount of forest lost around the world has reduced by millions of hectares each year in recent decades, but countries are still off track to meet “important” deforestation targets.
Philippines storm victims to seek damages from Shell in “unprecedented” climate claim
28 Oct 2025
The case is the first civil claim to directly link an oil firm’s climate impact to deaths and personal injury in the Global South, its backers say.
The carbon hoofprint of cities is shaped by geography and production in the livestock supply chain
28 Oct 2025
Supply chain opacity and complexity hinder understanding of the distributed impacts of urban meat consumption on rural communities and environments.
No major banks have yet committed to stop funding new oil, gas and coal, research finds
24 Oct 2025
‘The objectives of the Paris agreement are slipping further out of reach,’ say researchers.
Super-warming methane gas is being tackled too slowly, UN says ahead of COP30
24 Oct 2025
Almost 90% of satellite-detected methane leaks flagged to governments and oil and gas companies are not being acknowledged, the UN said Wednesday ahead of the COP30 climate talks next month.
Is greenhushing the new greenwashing? Or something else entirely
24 Oct 2025
Companies used to be accused of faking sustainability via greenwashing. Now some are hiding actual climate progress.
Wildfires and super pollutants have become a ‘vicious circle’
24 Oct 2025
The growing evidence base around how wildfires both are being exacerbated by climate change, which is in turn leading to more frequent and severe wildfires, was highlighted by a recent analysis.
Why Democrats aren’t talking about climate change much anymore
24 Oct 2025
Nearly a year after the 2024 election, Democrats are still trying to figure out what went wrong. In the midst of this soul-searching, a new piece of advice has appeared: “Don’t say climate change.”
'It was the start of a new movement': The Dutch rewilding project that took a dark turn
24 Oct 2025
In 2018, thousands of dead animals, emaciated from starvation, lay strewn across a famous Dutch rewilding project. Was it animal cruelty or just nature taking its course?
Just 28% of countries have released nature pledges a year after UN deadline
23 Oct 2025
Only 28% of countries have met a UN call to submit new plans on addressing nature loss – a year after the original deadline.
Companies could have profits from breaking environment laws stripped under Australian reforms
23 Oct 2025
The Albanese government wants the power to strip companies of any financial gains made from breaking environment laws, as part of a package of landmark reforms to be put before parliament in the next two weeks.
Brazil's Indigenous battle with a dry Amazon rainforest
23 Oct 2025
As pastures and thirsty crops dry up the Amazon, Indigenous people try to adapt traditional farming methods.
US, Australia to invest $2 billion in critical minerals, advance Alcoa gallium project
23 Oct 2025
The United States and Australia extended financial support to several Australian companies as part of a wide-ranging critical minerals agreement aimed at countering China's hold over the industry.
How veterans of Al Gore's firm plan to align on climate and still profit
23 Oct 2025
A new investment firm is betting on a big idea: There's no collision between prioritising both climate and returns despite the recent vibe shift – if you do the homework.
Experts dismiss coalition claims Chris Bowen cannot remain minister while leading COP31 negotiations
Wed 26 Nov 2025
Experts have dismissed claims Chris Bowen cannot remain a senior minister while playing a leading role in international climate negotiations, with one describing the argument as evidence of an Australian “culture cringe”.
Trump seeks to ease US regulations for coal-fired power plants
Today 12:15pm
President Donald Trump's administration has asked a federal court to strike down 2024 soot limits for power plants and factories.
China's new coal plant permits set for four-year low in 2025, analysis finds
Today 12:15pm
China's new coal plant permits for 2025 are on track to fall to a four-year low, a new Greenpeace analysis showed on Tuesday, indicating that growing use of renewables is cutting into demand for new coal plants.
Europe plans service to gauge climate change role in extreme weather
Mon 24 Nov 2025
The EU is launching a service to measure the role climate change is playing in extreme weather events like heatwaves and extreme rain, and experts say this could help governments set climate policy, improve financial risk assessments and provide evidence for use in lawsuits.
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.
The hidden dangers in Canada’s oil and gas ambitions
18 Nov 2025
Premier of Alberta Danielle Smith thinks global demand for oil will grow to 2050, perhaps beyond, and the Alberta industry will be viable for a hundred years.
Floods in Thailand, Malaysia kill over 30, displace thousands
Today 12:15pm
Tens of thousands of people in Thailand and neighbouring Malaysia were displaced by widespread flooding, with streets submerged, homes inundated and at least 34 dead.
Pacific Islands rue lost chance to host COP climate summit
Fri 21 Nov 2025
Pacific islanders decried on Thursday a wasted chance to draw eyes to their climate troubles, after their bid to co-host next year's COP climate summit was brushed aside.
Scientists discovered something alarming seeping out from beneath the ocean around Antarctica
13 Oct 2025
Planet-heating methane is escaping from cracks in the Antarctic seabed as the region warms, with new seeps being discovered at an “astonishing rate".
European Investment Bank pledges over 2 billion euros for African renewables projects
Wed 26 Nov 2025
The European Investment Bank (EIB) is pledging more than 2 billion euros ($2.3 billion) of financing for renewable energy projects on the African continent over the next two years.
Ecuador’s voters protect rights of nature, reject proposal to rewrite constitution
19 Nov 2025
Ecuadorians handed their Trump-allied president a resounding defeat, choosing to maintain their “ecological constitution” and rejecting an attempt to allow foreign military bases in the country.
10 years after the Paris Agreement, world leaders are letting go of its most famous goal
Today 12:15pm
This year's U.N. climate negotiations crashed out on a hard truth: It’s all about the money.
