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Reeling from one heat wave, Mexico awaits 'highest temperatures ever recorded'
28 May 2024
Mexico, reeling from a heat wave that has already broken records, caused power outages and killed people and animals, could see "unprecedented" temperatures over the next two weeks, the country's largest university warned.
Many voluntary carbon market offsets "essentially worthless”
28 May 2024
A recent BBC Panorama documentary reveals systemic problems in the REDD carbon credits industry.
In Malawi, dubious cyclone aid highlights need for loss and damage fund
28 May 2024
Malawi’s Red Cross built 45 homes funded by a suspected Nigerian fraudster, which residents of Mchenga village say are unsafe.
This week in Australia energy and climate collided; it’s a global story
28 May 2024
The announcement that the NSW government would extend the life of Australia’s biggest coal-fired power station was neither a surprise to energy observers in this country nor unique in a world struggling to at once battle climate change and keep pace with soaring energy demand.
Zero-carbon cement process could slash emissions from construction
27 May 2024
A new cement production process that uses waste from demolished buildings could dramatically reduce its climate impact.
A program meant to help developing nations is funnelling billions of dollars back to rich countries
27 May 2024
Wealthy countries sent climate funding to the developing world in recent years with interest rates or strings attached that benefited the lending nations, a Reuters data analysis found.
Are humans bungling our chance to avert disaster?
27 May 2024
Professor Jim Skea, chair of the UN's Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, speaks out.
The claim of a $600bn carbon capture windfall for Australia is based on heroic assumptions and selective analysis
27 May 2024
Projections of the size and scale of a future CCS industry should come with heavy doses of scepticism.
Japan must prepare for more rain disasters due to climate change
27 May 2024
With the impact of global warming, torrential rains have become more frequent in Japan in recent years.
Southern Africa worst hit by climate change
27 May 2024
The Southern African Science Service Centre for Climate Change and Adaptive Land Management met in Namibia’s capital to discuss ways to blunt the impact of rising temperatures.
A 100% tariff on Chinese cars is a bad idea. Here’s a good one.
24 May 2024
Collaboration with Chinese firms may sound counterintuitive. But US automakers are already doing it.
New research shows how more trees could cut ER visits in heatwaves
24 May 2024
A team of heat experts known as Los Angeles Urban Cooling Collaborative calculated exactly how much of a difference low-tech solutions like trees and white paint could make in an overheating world.
Tuvalu is being swallowed by the ocean. Its people face a difficult choice.
24 May 2024
In a suburban cream-brick church in Melbourne’s outer west, 5000 kilometres from a homeland facing extinction, the mellifluous voices of a congregation of Tuvaluans rise in song.
Microsoft backs tree-planting carbon removal scheme in Panama
24 May 2024
Microsoft has struck a deal to buy 1.6 million carbon removal credits from what the developers say is one of the largest fully financed nature-based removals projects in Central America.
Severe flight turbulence is a growing threat in a warming world
24 May 2024
Research suggests severe turbulence in jet streams could double or even triple in coming decades if the climate continues to change as expected.
Warming climate is turning rivers rusty with toxic metals
24 May 2024
Data from Colorado mountain rivers shows concentrations of copper, zinc and sulphate have doubled in 30 years.
China’s manufacturing pushed emissions sky high. What’s next?
23 May 2024
China is responsible for 30% of global greenhouse gas emissions and for 90% of the growth in CO2 emissions since 2015.
UK won’t cook the books to hit its climate goals
23 May 2024
Announcement on next carbon budget comes after weeks of speculation the government would try and find more ‘headroom.’
Heatwave alert for next four days in Delhi, govt tells schools to call early vacations
23 May 2024
Delhi sweltered under a heatwave as temperatures soared above 46°C, prompting a red alert extension till Friday and school closures for summer vacations.
We’ve underestimated the ‘Doomsday’ glacier - and the consequences could be devastating
23 May 2024
The Thwaites Glacier, dubbed ‘Doomsday’, could trigger a two-foot rise in global sea levels if it melts completely.
Climate change is a human rights issue
23 May 2024
A landmark decision by the highest human rights court in Europe last month confirms not only that climate change is intimately linked to human rights, but effectively holds all European governments accountable to adopt more rigorous measures to combat climate change.
Trade and climate priorities are converging: Does this help or hurt a fair global green transition?
23 May 2024
If climate considerations are to permeate trade agreements and vice versa, upholding principles of common but differentiated responsibilities, special and differential treatment is crucial.
International ocean tribunal delivers ‘historic legal victory’ for small island nations
22 May 2024
The International Tribunal on the Law of the Sea found that carbon emissions can be considered a marine pollutant.
Study: Antarctic sea ice melting boosted by warming climate
22 May 2024
Human-caused global warming made the record low sea ice extent surrounding the Antarctic continent in 2023 far more likely to occur, according to a new study.
More than third of Amazon rainforest struggling to recover from drought, study finds
22 May 2024
More than a third of the Amazon rainforest is struggling to recover from drought, according to a new study that warns of a “critical slowing down” of this globally important ecosystem.
American AI data centres may use as much energy as new US solar farms produce
22 May 2024
Generative AI uses a lot of energy, though figuring out how much is hard. There’s no point in asking ChatGPT. It won’t say.
Oil companies use paid news media partnerships to protect ‘social licence to operate,’ documents show
22 May 2024
BP sees sponsored content as a crucial tool to reach “Washington, DC, elites,” according to subpoenaed memos.
Tackling climate change in one of Colombia’s largest wetlands
22 May 2024
La Mojana, a complex network of more than 500,000 hectares of different types of wetlands, has drastically deteriorated in recent decades.
Biden ending new leases in America's top coal region
21 May 2024
The Biden administration is moving to end all new coal leasing in the country's largest producing coal region, the Powder River Basin of Wyoming and Montana.
How China’s energy system can reach carbon neutrality before 2055
21 May 2024
China’s thinking around the energy transition shifted drastically in 2020 after president Xi Jinping pledged to reach carbon neutrality before 2060.
IEA trims 2024 oil demand growth forecast, widens gap with OPEC
21 May 2024
The International Energy Agency (IEA) trimmed its forecast for 2024 oil demand growth, widening the gap with producer group OPEC in terms of expectations for this year's global demand outlook.
Not too wet to burn
21 May 2024
Amid an uptick in wildfires, scientists search for lessons on how to save old-growth rainforests from a fiery future.
Beavers are back in London — and they’re thriving
21 May 2024
Usually known for their work in more rural places, nature’s best engineers have brought their ecosystem management skills to the big city.
What a new global pledge means for climate, nature and gender goals
20 May 2024
World leaders gathered in Paris this week to pledge to make 2024 the “pivotal year” for improving access to clean cooking.
‘Magical thinking’: hopes for sustainable jet fuel not realistic, report finds
20 May 2024
A new report says replacement fuels are well off track to replace kerosene within the timeframe needed to avert climate disaster.
The dangers of secret solar geoengineering
20 May 2024
A lack of transparency in solar geoengineering projects may tank public perception for an already maligned climate change strategy.
The five most common questions from carbon buyers
20 May 2024
Here are the top questions on the minds of corporate carbon credit purchasers — and some answers.
Climate change made the deadly heatwaves across Asia more frequent and extreme
20 May 2024
Throughout April and continuing into May 2024, extreme record-breaking heat led to severe impacts across the Asian continent, hitting millions of highly vulnerable people.
Inside a California oil town’s divisive plan to survive the energy transition
20 May 2024
Kern County is betting on carbon capture to replace oil jobs and tax revenue. But will the county’s new economy repeat the sins of the old one?
‘Unprecedented’: CO2 in the atmosphere is rising 10 times faster than at any point over 50,000 years
17 May 2024
Ice built up in the Antarctic over hundreds of thousands of years is helping scientists to understand today's climate.
Days after climate talks, US slaps tariffs on Chinese EVs and solar panels
17 May 2024
The measures are designed to increase the cost of Chinese goods needed for the energy transition – and could therefore slow the US shift away from fossil fuels.
Rocks beneath our feet could be the key to carbon-neutral cement
17 May 2024
Engineers show how simple processing turns olivine, the most abundant mineral in the Earth’s mantle, into a greener formula for cement and other building materials.
India projects biggest power shortfall in 14 years in June
17 May 2024
India is projecting its biggest power shortfall in 14 years in June after a slump in hydropower generation, and is racing to avoid outages.
Herd of bison could help store CO2 equivalent of 43,000 cars, researchers say
17 May 2024
Free-roaming animals reintroduced in Romania’s Țarcu mountains are stimulating plant growth and securing carbon stored in the soil while grazing.
This Utah county is buying lawns to save water
17 May 2024
Would you ditch your grass for less-thirsty plants? In a place where every drop of water counts, a little cash compels residents to say yes.
Why we need rapid deployment of carbon capture technologies
16 May 2024
Amid the accelerating climate crisis, the urgency to reach net-zero emissions by 2050 has become a global imperative, with some required technologies still in need of rapid development.
Scientists achieve over 1000 degrees Celsius with solar power alone rather than fossil fuels
16 May 2024
When you hear about solar energy, you immediately think of blue panels and clean electricity.
EU countries approve law to slash CO2 emissions from trucks
16 May 2024
EU countries gave their final approval to a law to cut carbon dioxide emissions from trucks, which will require most new heavy-duty vehicles sold from 2040 to be emissions-free.
‘Climate change is here and it kills’: Heat-related deaths rise by 30% in Europe
16 May 2024
Researchers tracking the link between climate change and health say the adverse impacts are far-reaching.
How much is a planet worth?
16 May 2024
OPINION: Donald Trump recently told fossil fuel execs that a clean billion would get them literally anything they want in his next administration. That they would use that power to once-and-for-all overheat the earth is a given.
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.
