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BlackRock is off Texas’ blacklist. Where the ESG battle stands now

9 Jun 2025

The world’s largest asset manager can now do business with Texas—here’s where it stands in other states.

Brazil’s civil society pledges tested as COP30 climate summit approaches

9 Jun 2025

Hopes of real civil influence at November’s UN negotiations in Belém are being undermined by costs, bureaucracy and mixed messaging.

Greenpeace Denmark complaint accuses dairy giant of 'systemic greenwashing'

9 Jun 2025

"Greenwashing and false marketing will not be tolerated, no matter how big you are and where you are based," said one Greenpeace Denmark campaigner.

Oil giant funds computer game that promotes fossil fuels to schoolchildren

9 Jun 2025

Equinor, the company looking to develop the Rosebank oil field in the North Sea, has funded a computer game aimed at UK school children, promoting the idea that fossil fuels are part of a green energy mix.

Treaty to protect seas short on support ahead of UN ocean summit

9 Jun 2025

Once the High Seas Treaty enters into force, experts say it will boost the health of oceans and their role in tackling climate change.

Labor accused of ‘gaslighting’ Australians on climate crisis as fossil fuel projects keep getting approved

9 Jun 2025

‘They offer sympathy and then just go and approve massive fossil fuel projects anyway,’ one advocate says.

Global energy investment set to hit record $3.3 trillion in 2025, IEA says

6 Jun 2025

A surge in clean energy spending is expected to drive a record $3.3 trillion in global energy investment in 2025, despite economic uncertainty and geopolitical tensions, the International Energy Agency said on Thursday.

British farmers 'making a change' to cut carbon emissions

6 Jun 2025

It follows the UK experiencing the warmest spring on record and predictions of a hotter-than-normal summer, with an increased chance for heatwaves.

UK’s solar power surges 42% after sunniest spring on record

6 Jun 2025

The UK’s solar farms and rooftops generated more electricity than ever before in the first five months of 2025, as the country enjoyed its sunniest spring on record.

Top ocean experts sound the alarm over growing marine crisis due to climate change

6 Jun 2025

On the opening day of a global science conference, French fishery scientist Clea Abello presented research showing that marine protected areas could protect commercially valuable fisheries.

Australian farmers face 'new world' of extreme weather as scientists urge action on climate change

6 Jun 2025

Scientists and politicians are warning big policy shifts are needed to mitigate extreme weather impacts, following what farmers describe as unprecedented flooding in the New South Wales Hunter and Mid North Coast regions last month.

How the little-known ‘dark roof’ lobby may be making US cities hotter

6 Jun 2025

As cities heat up, reflective roofs could lower energy bills and help the climate. But dark-roofing manufacturers are waging a quiet campaign to block new rules.

Food giants’ climate plans lack credibility, new report finds

5 Jun 2025

Food firms are inflating their climate targets with carbon removals and weak deforestation claims, according to a report from the NewClimate Institute and Carbon Market Watch.

Environmentalists criticise Trump administration push for new oil and gas drilling in Alaska

5 Jun 2025

Top Trump administration officials — fresh off touring one of the country’s largest oil fields in the Alaska Arctic — headlined an energy conference led by the state’s Republican governor on Tuesday that environmentalists criticized as promoting new oil and gas drilling and turning away from the climate crisis.

China's ecology ministry to set up 100 new key labs in eight research fields by 2035

5 Jun 2025

The Ministry of Ecology and Environment of China plans to establish around 100 new key laboratories covering eight major research areas over the next ten years to enhance the country's environmental science and technology level.

India calls for more climate contributions ahead of key meeting

5 Jun 2025

India has put forth its expectations on the ideal “Baku To Belem Roadmap to 1.3T” ahead of the Bonn Climate Meeting which begins on June 16, stating that without sufficient climate finance, even proposed nationally determined contributions will not materialise, leave alone any ambitious future NDCs.

EU asks 44 oil and gas producers to provide new CO2 storage solutions

5 Jun 2025

The European Commission said on Thursday it had asked 44 oil and gas companies to contribute to the EU's collective target of storing at least 50 million tonnes of CO2 per year by 2030, as part of the bloc's aim to achieve climate neutrality.

From sovereignty to sustainability: United Nations Ocean Conference

5 Jun 2025

While ocean governance was once designed to protect the marine interests of states, nowadays it must also address the numerous climate and environmental challenges facing the oceans.

Vanuatu criticises Australia for extending gas project while making COP31 bid

4 Jun 2025

Vanuatu’s climate minister has expressed disappointment over Australia’s decision to extend one of the world’s biggest liquefied natural gas projects and said it raises questions over its bid to co-host the COP31 summit with Pacific nations.

EU science advisers slam Brussels’ weakened 2040 climate plans

4 Jun 2025

Using international carbon credits in place of domestic action undermines climate efforts, scientific advisory board says.

Protestors at the US Capitol on Presidents Day, February 2025.

US: Clean energy project cancellations top $14 Billion so far in 2025

4 Jun 2025

Businesses have pulled the plug on big projects amid Trump’s retreat on climate action. But plenty remain in the pipeline, awaiting a Congressional decision on tax credits.

India, a major user of coal power, is making large gains in clean energy adoption

4 Jun 2025

One of the most carbon-polluting countries, India is also making huge efforts to harness the power of the sun, wind and other clean energy sources.

What is China’s ‘Shenzen model’ for low-carbon transition in cities?

4 Jun 2025

Wandering the streets of Shenzhen, a city which has earned the title of China’s “first city of ‘new-energy vehicles’” (NEVs), you will not miss the scene of numerous NEVs parking under slogans promoting “green and low carbon” lifestyles.

'This is classic climate change': Canada's Saskatchewan faces worst wildfire season in decades

4 Jun 2025

There have been 207 wildfires this year as of Friday – 40 more than in the same period last year.

EU climate chief lobbied Germany to back weakened 2040 goal

3 Jun 2025

The European Commission’s climate chief successfully lobbied Germany’s coalition government to endorse a controversial measure that weakens the EU’s next climate target.

Australia: Carbon tariff on the table for overseas businesses

3 Jun 2025

Labor has left the door open to a tax on cement and steel coming in from places not taking sufficient climate action.

Climate and weather scientists are joining the anti-Trump resistance in the most ‘scientist-iest’ way

3 Jun 2025

Forget marching in the streets with creative signs. For President Donald Trump’s second term, in the face of steep funding cuts for climate and weather research and forecasting, scientists have a new way of engaging the public: livestreamed presentations.

Death toll from Nigeria flash floods rises to 151

3 Jun 2025

At least 151 people in central Nigeria are now known to have died following flash floods that destroyed homes and displaced thousands of residents earlier this week.

After the LA fires, scientists study the toxic hazards left behind

3 Jun 2025

Researchers from Harvard and universities in California and Texas are studying the long-term effects of the Eaton and Palisades fires on air, water, soils and surfaces of properties that didn’t burn.

What happened to the hydrogen economy?

3 Jun 2025

The hydrogen car that was supposed to carry us into a cleaner future is still not in the driveway. In fact, outside of a few test markets, it’s not in anyone’s driveway.

Pacific Island nations support China's Taiwan claims at high-profile foreign ministers' meeting

30 May 2025

Pacific nations have backed China's claim over Taiwan during a high-profile meeting, but have shied away from directly endorsing Beijing's push to "reunify" the democratically ruled island with the mainland.

German court dismisses Peruvian farmer’s climate lawsuit

30 May 2025

The court rejected the argument that the man’s home is at risk from glacial flood. But the ruling is still being claimed as a milestone for climate litigation, as it sets a precedent that polluters may be held liable for the consequences of pollution.

World’s nations to gather in France to tackle what UN says is a global emergency in the oceans

30 May 2025

The world’s nations are gathering in France next month to tackle what the United Nations calls a global emergency facing the world’s oceans as they confront rising temperatures, plastic pollution choking marine life, and relentless overexploitation of fish and other resources.

Brussels to propose ‘pragmatic’ 90% climate target for 2040

30 May 2025

The European Commission will tell countries to cut 90 percent of their planet-warming emissions by 2040, but offer “flexibilities” to make the goal politically palatable, according to EU climate chief Teresa Ribera.

Hawaii to make sweeping tourism changes in bid to combat climate change

30 May 2025

Hawaii has enacted a law to increase taxes on hotel rooms and vacation rentals, with the goal of generating funds to combat climate change effects such as shoreline erosion and wildfires.

Glacier collapse buries most of Swiss village

30 May 2025

The Swiss village of Blatten has been partially destroyed after a huge chunk of glacier crashed down into the valley.

Global temperatures could break heat record in next five years

29 May 2025

Data also shows small but ‘shocking’ likelihood of year 2C hotter than preindustrial era before 2030.

Australia lets biggest LNG plant run to 2070 in climate blow

29 May 2025

Australia gave preliminary approval to extend the life of its biggest and oldest liquefied natural gas plant for decades, potentially creating billions of dollars in new drilling opportunities but raising questions about the nation’s climate agenda.

For the first time, China invests more in wind and solar than coal overseas

29 May 2025

China’s Belt and Road Initiative, long derided for its heavy carbon footprint, was dominated by wind and solar power projects for the first time from 2022 to 2023, according to a new analysis. But coal plants financed in earlier years are still coming online.

Indonesia backtracks on coal phase-out in new 2034 power supply plan

29 May 2025

Indonesia plans to add 69.5 gigawatts (GW) of power capacity by the end of 2034, much of it from renewable sources, but it still expects to add new coal-fired power plants.

India's monsoon rains arrive eight days early, earliest in 16 years

29 May 2025

Monsoon rains hit the coast of India's southernmost state of Kerala on Saturday, eight days earlier than usual, marking the earliest arrival in 16 years and providing the promise of a bumper harvest and relief from a gruelling heatwave.

TotalEnergies abandons its carbon plantations in the Republic of Congo

29 May 2025

TotalEnergies has quietly abandoned the Batéké Carbon Sink project in the Republic of Congo, with only 12.5% of the proposed trees planted.

Europe’s next climate target may already have been agreed in Berlin

28 May 2025

Germany’s new coalition has adopted a climate stance shaped by talks with the EU’s top climate official, signalling where the bloc may land on a likely upcoming 2040 emissions target.

Why expensive gas – not net-zero – is keeping UK electricity prices so high

28 May 2025

The UK’s high electricity prices have become intensely political, with competing claims over the cause of rocketing bills and how best to get them down.

South America sets historic benchmark: Zero new coal plants planned

28 May 2025

South America just achieved a remarkable energy milestone, quietly setting a global benchmark: for the first time in history, the entire continent now has zero new coal-fired power plants planned.

EU countries agree to exempt most firms from carbon border tariff

28 May 2025

European Union countries backed plans on Tuesday to scale back the bloc's carbon border levy to cover just 10% of the companies currently covered by the scheme, on the grounds that these firms account for nearly all of the emissions involved.

Greenwashing is rife in Australia, but could its days be numbered?

28 May 2025

COMMENT: Have you ever ticked the box to “fly carbon neutral”, had something delivered via “carbon-neutral shipping” or chosen to pay a bit extra to buy “carbon-neutral gas” from your energy retailer?

Trump signs executive orders to boost nuclear energy, reduce oversight

28 May 2025

The orders emphasize streamlining nuclear energy for defense and AI projects, and call for a “substantial” overhaul of the agency that ensures the industry doesn’t harm public health and safety.

Trump tries to make sure states don’t fight climate change either

27 May 2025

The Trump administration wants to block states from trying to limit the “astounding” costs and impacts of climate change.

We bear the brunt of the climate crisis. A Pacific COP could help shape the global response

27 May 2025

COMMENT: By hosting next year’s climate conference together with the Pacific, Australia would have a once-in-a-generation opportunity to both catalyse its own clean transition to a decarbonised economy and to elevate its relationship with the Pacific.

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Warmer seas fuel dangerous ‘weather bomb’ in New South Wales

3 Jul 2025

If the storm shapes up as predicted, we can expect to see damage to houses and trees as well as significant beach erosion – especially in heavily populated areas exposed to the storm’s southern flank.

United States
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How Mamdani connects climate policy to his affordability agenda as he runs for New York mayor

Fri 11 Jul 2025

Many of the democratic socialist’s policies aim to slash carbon emissions and boost environmental justice.

China
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EU wants to see China take more ambitious climate action

Tue 15 Jul 2025

The world needs China to show more leadership on climate action, highlighting the importance of cutting planet-heating emissions and reducing the Chinese economy's reliance on coal.

Europe
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How heatwaves and soaring temperatures are changing tourism across Europe

Tue 15 Jul 2025

With unbearable heat and a worsening climate crisis becoming the norm, could the yearly summer holiday be a thing of the past?

United Kingdom
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HSBC becomes first UK bank to quit industry’s net zero alliance

Tue 15 Jul 2025

Campaigners condemn ‘troubling’ move that follows departure of six of largest US banks after Trump’s election.

Canada
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Is Mark Carney turning his back on climate action?

23 Jun 2025

The G7 summit in Alberta, hosted by Prime Minister Mark Carney, has ended with only passing mention of fighting climate change, including a statement on wildfires that is silent on the pressing need to reduce greenhouse gas emissions.

Asia
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Urbanization is intensifying India’s summer heat and rain

Fri 11 Jul 2025

When 28-year-old Sonelal Prasad left home on the morning of June 16 for his job at a construction site in Mumbai—the financial capital of India—he didn’t know he’d be digging his own grave.

Pacific
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Nearly a third of Tuvaluans have applied for climate migration visa

27 Jun 2025

With their country threatened by sea level rise, the people of Tuvalu have been offered an escape route through an agreement with Australia, and many are contemplating leaving their home.

Antarctic/Arctic
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The struggle for control of the Arctic is accelerating - and it's riskier than ever

Fri 11 Jul 2025

As the battle for one of the world’s coldest places heats up, an increasingly fragile security balance may be breaking down, leading to an escalating arms race.

Africa
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Africa is not a solar geoengineering test site

8 Jul 2025

This potentially dangerous course of action would divert financing and support from real solutions, while putting the continent’s ecosystems and communities at risk.

South America
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Over 90 arrests made in global crackdown on environmental crime in the Amazon Basin

Mon 14 Jul 2025

Assets worth over $64 million were seized and 94 people arrested as part of a multinational law enforcement operation targeting environmental crime in the Amazon Basin.

United Nations
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UN Human Rights Council fails to call out fossil fuels after decision cuts mention

Fri 11 Jul 2025

A proposal by the Marshall Islands and Colombia calling for a transition away from fossil fuels at the UN Human Rights Council failed to make it into the council’s declaration on climate change and human rights issued on Tuesday.

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