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What do Schwarzenegger, Fonda and Newsom have in common? They’re fighting oil drilling
26 Mar 2024
As the oil industry wages a multimillion-dollar campaign to repeal California drilling restrictions, the campaign to defend the state’s environmental protections is starting to resemble a Hollywood blockbuster.
"The water is eating the island"
26 Mar 2024
Villagers hang onto the last patch of Sierra Leone’s Nyangai Island, knowing that their home may soon disappear.
Climate-conscious investors put nuclear dead last on list of desirable Australian ventures
26 Mar 2024
Nuclear energy ranks last on the list of climate technologies that big institutional investors want exposure to, according to a survey of climate conscious investors with $37tn under management.
More than 100 NGOs urge US special envoy to oppose carbon offsetting under Article 6
25 Mar 2024
More than 100 environmental, human rights, and frontline organisations have written to Joe Biden’s new special envoy for climate, John Podesta.
Industrial carbon pricing the top driver of Canada's emissions reductions
25 Mar 2024
Between now and 2030, industrial carbon pricing will do more than any other policy to cut Canada’s emissions.
Tipping point for low-carbon buildings demand in sight
25 Mar 2024
Demand for environmentally friendly buildings is set to increase strongly over the next two years as companies with emissions reduction commitments see their leases come up for renewal and seek a greener alternative.
New report shows cancer organisation shares lobbyists with fossil fuel companies
25 Mar 2024
An American Cancer Society advocacy group’s links to firms that promote carcinogen producers called “shameful” and undermining to public health.
"There were no good options"
25 Mar 2024
OPINION: A real estate story in the New York Times might be one of the most telling pieces of climate journalism I’ve seen recently.
Global sea level jumped due to El Niño and climate change, says NASA
25 Mar 2024
Global average sea level rose by about 0.76cm from 2022 to 2023 – nearly four times the increase of the previous year – NASA said, attributing the "significant jump" to a strong El Niño and a warming climate.
Dutch court finds KLM ads were misleading in 'greenwashing' case
22 Mar 2024
A Dutch court ruled that KLM had misled customers with an advertising campaign aimed at improving the company's environmental image, in a case of so-called "greenwashing"
This concrete can eat carbon emissions
22 Mar 2024
Concrete is responsible for more than 4% of all global CO2 emissions. In the race to find alternatives, some companies are using it to sequester CO2 instead.
What's the deal with "Scope 3" emissions?
22 Mar 2024
“Scope 3” greenhouse gas emissions — those that companies are indirectly responsible for, via supply chain, product disposal and investments — are an imprecisely measured but significant source of impact.
The Danish city reimagining reuse
22 Mar 2024
In Aarhus, material exchange centres are preventing everything from dishes to electronic devices from going to waste.
Biden seeks to accelerate the EV transition in biggest climate move yet
22 Mar 2024
The EPA’s final rule follows a concession to labor unions worried about a rapid shift to electric vehicles, and a nod that EV sales are slowing.
How not to act in an emergency
22 Mar 2024
OPINION: Forget AI--we need some human intelligence. The World Meteorological Organization officially certified 2023 as the hottest year in human history, in what should have been the lead story in every journal and website on our home planet.
Back-to-back climate disasters leave millions of Malawians in deepening need
21 Mar 2024
Millions of Malawians are struggling with the impacts of back-to-back climate disasters that have deepened the poverty of subsistence farmers and undermined the ability of the cash-strapped government to help.
Indigenous nations and world views key to combating climate change: report
21 Mar 2024
Climate change is a consequence of colonialism and the separation of the natural world, and now, Indigenous Peoples and their world views hold unique strengths in responding to the climate crisis, a new report says.
Widespread flooding in Fiji’s West region
21 Mar 2024
Unrelenting torrential downpours over the weekend in Fiji’s Western Division caused widespread flooding in the region.
In Somalia, Green Climate Fund tests new approach for left-out communities
21 Mar 2024
GCF head Mafalda Duarte promises a more proactive plan to bring cash to the most vulnerable countries struggling with climate impacts.
Connecticut wants to penalise insurers for backing fossil-fuel projects
21 Mar 2024
A new bill could impose a fee on any company insuring a fossil-fuel project in the state.
America's first large offshore wind farm opens
20 Mar 2024
America's first commercial-scale offshore wind farm is officially open, a long-awaited moment that helps pave the way for a succession of large wind farms.
NATO chief says climate change undermines global security
20 Mar 2024
Alongside Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev, whose energy-rich country is set to host the COP29 in November, Jens Stoltenberg called climate change a 'crisis multiplier.'
Shell abandons 2035 emissions target and weakens 2030 goal
20 Mar 2024
Shell has abandoned a key climate target for 2035 and weakened another goal for 2030, according to its latest “energy transition strategy”.
Forest carbon's back-end durability problem
20 Mar 2024
Most reforestation projects today ignore natural regrowth in making carbon claims.
Big Oil executives push back against calls for fast energy transition
20 Mar 2024
Top oil executives took to the stage of a major energy conference to vocally oppose calls for a quick move away from fossil fuels, saying society would pay a steep cost to replace oil and gas.
"Red Alert to the world": Record warmth in global oceans hits one-year mark
20 Mar 2024
Global ocean surface temperatures have been at record highs for just over a full year, worrying scientists who don't have a complete understanding of what is driving this trend.
We need to talk about carbon removal
19 Mar 2024
The main global climate science body has warned that large-scale carbon dioxide removal must be a big part of any successful response to climate change — yet the subject has been curiously neglected in the wider climate debate.
The false promise of carbon capture as a climate solution
19 Mar 2024
Fossil-fuel companies use captured carbon dioxide to extract more fossil fuels, leading to a net increase in atmospheric CO2.
As world saw hottest year on record, corporate news cut coverage
19 Mar 2024
Last year featured not only what scientists worldwide confirmed was the hottest year in human history but also a 25% drop in corporate broadcast networks' coverage of the fossil fuel-driven climate emergency.
Reforestation and restoration: Two ways to make the Pan Amazon greener
19 Mar 2024
One of the benefits of agroforestry and plantation forestry is the ability of tree crops to capture and store carbon in their above-ground biomass.
Study reveals how ancient humans escaped climate extinction 900,000 years ago
19 Mar 2024
According to the results of a genomics study, modern humanity's ancestors were reduced to a breeding population of barely 1,300 individuals in a devastating bottleneck that brought us to the very brink of annihilation.
Six months after the heat spiked, Caribbean corals are still reeling
18 Mar 2024
In deep water and in the shallows, corals cooked by last year’s extreme heat are not doing great.
Germany on course to meet 2030 climate goal, minister says
18 Mar 2024
Germany's climate protection minister has said the country is on target to reduce greenhouse gases by the end of the decade.
Climate change could be a deciding factor in the 2024 election
18 Mar 2024
If you ask American voters what their top issues are, most will point to kitchen-table issues like the economy, inflation, crime, health care or education.
Climate change is bad for your health, wherever you are
18 Mar 2024
Rising temperatures are a threat regardless of where you live on the planet—they’re just dangerous in different ways.
The ‘carbon cowboys’ making millions from credit schemes
18 Mar 2024
Carbon schemes are touted as a way to transfer billions in climate finance to the developing world – but people at the Kariba project in Zimbabwe say most of the profits never arrive.
Why South America’s ‘lithium triangle’ could devastate local communities
18 Mar 2024
Lithium is key in the fight against climate change, but to extract it, mines suck local water supplies dry.
Oil fields release far more methane than thought, study finds
15 Mar 2024
In parts of New Mexico, more than 9% of all natural gas produced goes into the atmosphere, where it acts as a powerful greenhouse gas.
Australia's Great Barrier Reef is experiencing 'mass bleaching' event
15 Mar 2024
This is the seventh such episode in 26 years, a frequency that's alarming scientists. In all, 98% of its 3,000 reefs have been impacted, home to some 1,500 species of fish.
World in ‘unknown territory’ after heat records, says head of UN’s climate body
15 Mar 2024
IPCC chair Jim Skea believes ‘more science needed’ to understand extraordinary temperatures over past year.
Uber is prodding its riders to choose hybrid or electric—but its new feature masks the dark truth about ride-sharing
15 Mar 2024
Rideshare platforms like Uber have the potential to reduce global greenhouse emissions—but right now, they’re often making more than they save.
What’s slowing down America’s clean energy transition? It’s not the cost
15 Mar 2024
New report finds renewable energy faces organised opposition and grid connectivity issues.
India calls for $1 trillion per year climate finance from next year, submits its proposal to the UNFCCC
15 Mar 2024
India in its latest submission to the UN climate body has called for developed countries to provide “at least” $1 trillion per year in climate finance to developing countries from 2025.
New report details rights abuses in Cambodia’s Southern Cardamom REDD+ project
14 Mar 2024
Human Rights Watch has detailed forced evictions, property destruction and violence against Indigenous communities living within a REDD+ carbon offset project area in southwest Cambodia.
Coral reef restoration can help provide ‘full recovery’ within four years, study finds
14 Mar 2024
One of the most visible indicators of ocean surface temperature warming due to climate change is the bleaching of coral reefs.
Researchers coax people to envision greener cities using AI images of familiar streets
14 Mar 2024
By cleverly combining advertising techniques with artificial intelligence, the team increased support for a sustainable transportation bill—particularly among republicans.
John Kerry: ‘I feel deeply frustrated’
14 Mar 2024
When former Secretary of State John Kerry stepped into a newly created post as America’s top climate diplomat in 2021, the reputation of the United States abroad was, in his words, “in the crapper.”
Can cities drive SUVs off their streets?
14 Mar 2024
From parking fees in Paris to registration fees in Washington D.C., forward-thinking cities are slapping heavy penalties on heavy vehicles.
Apple waste, spider silk, enhanced cotton could replace plastic in our clothing
14 Mar 2024
Biomaterials companies are using new materials to create high-performance textiles — without plastic.
UK emissions in 2023 fell to lowest level since 1879
13 Mar 2024
The UK’s greenhouse gas emissions fell by 5.7% in 2023 to their lowest level since 1879, according to new Carbon Brief analysis.
No room for the timid: setting Australia’s 2035 emissions target is a daring tightrope act
Tue 26 Aug 2025
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
Tue 26 Aug 2025
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?
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
20 Aug 2025
Only 28 countries have submitted carbon-cutting proposals to the UN, with some of the biggest emitters yet to produce plans.
