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Billions more in overseas aid needed to avert climate disaster, say economists
19 Apr 2024
Pressure piles on the World Bank and IMF to steer countries to low-carbon transition at spring summit.
EU considers bringing emissions removal credits into carbon market
19 Apr 2024
The European Union is looking into whether to bring emissions removal credits into its carbon market, a move that could reopen the market to carbon credits in future years.
Deadly African heatwave 'impossible' without warming
19 Apr 2024
A deadly heatwave in West Africa and the Sahel was "impossible" without human-induced climate change, scientists say.
Death toll from four days of rains rises to 63 in Pakistan with more rain on the forecast
19 Apr 2024
The heaviest downpour in decades flooded villages on Pakistan’s southwestern coast. Flash floods have also killed dozens of people in neighbouring Afghanistan.
Global warming is coming for your shopping cart
19 Apr 2024
Climate change is already increasing food prices and overall inflation, and these effects are likely to accelerate in the future, according to a new study.
New wind installations hit a record last year, report says
18 Apr 2024
The global wind industry installed a record 117 gigawatts (GW) of new capacity last year but needs to add triple this amount annually by the end of the decade to meet climate targets, according to an industry report.
Japan considers 66% emissions cuts by 2035 in new energy plan, report says
18 Apr 2024
Japan will consider slashing emissions by 66 per cent by fiscal year 2035, from 2013 levels, as the nation kicks off a review of its energy mix strategy.
Nature is vital to our success in fighting climate change and its real-world impacts
18 Apr 2024
OPINION: To unlock nature’s climate potential, we need investments to go to impactful nature-based climate solutions to conserve, restore or improve the management of natural and working ecosystems for their climate benefits.
Fossil fuel debts are illegitimate and must be cancelled
18 Apr 2024
OPINION: The Spring Meetings of the World Bank and IMF are a chance to transform outstanding debts for fossil fuel projects into grants for renewable energy systems.
A tidal wetland restoration of epic proportions
18 Apr 2024
Salt ponds form a vast mosaic spanning thousands of acres in California’s South Bay. But a 50-year transformation is underway.
US meat lobby celebrates ‘positive outcome’ of COP28
18 Apr 2024
Industry leaders praise un food and climate plan as “music to our ears”.
The widest-ever global coral crisis will hit within weeks, scientists say
17 Apr 2024
Rising sea temperatures around the planet have caused a bleaching event that is expected to be the most extensive on record.
Australia could reach an ‘ambitious’ emissions cut of up to 75% by 2035, advisers tell Labor
17 Apr 2024
Climate Change Authority says goal could be achievable if more action is taken by governments, business, investors and households.
Europe stands firm against US-driven ESG backlash
17 Apr 2024
Steady investor demand in Europe for environmental and socially responsible investments and wide-ranging regulation are helping Europe's finance industry withstand political pressures that have pushed some US peers to backtrack on their green agendas.
A year’s worth of rain plunges normally dry Dubai underwater
17 Apr 2024
A year’s worth of rain unleashed immense flash flooding in Dubai Tuesday as roads turned into rivers and rushing water inundated homes and businesses.
Science based targets initiative for carbon offsets and the Bezos Earth Fund
17 Apr 2024
The Science Based Targets initiative (SBTi) is supposed to provide standards for corporations to set emission reduction targets that are in line with climate science.
Finding new chemistry to capture double the carbon
17 Apr 2024
Finding ways to capture, store, and use carbon dioxide (CO2) remains an urgent global problem.
Biden awards $830 million to toughen nation’s infrastructure against climate change
16 Apr 2024
The Biden administration on Thursday awarded $830 million in grants to fund 80 projects aimed at toughening the nation’s ageing infrastructure against the harmful impacts of climate change.
EU parliament adopts proposals for power market reform
16 Apr 2024
The European parliament voted for proposals to make electricity prices less dependent on fossil fuel prices, in a bid to boost renewable energy and shield consumers from price spikes.
Food security threatened by extreme flooding, farmers warn
16 Apr 2024
The flooding and extreme weather linked to climate change will undermine UK food production unless farmers get more help, according to the National Farmers Union.
UK Government faces High Court challenge over ‘inadequate’ climate protection plans
16 Apr 2024
The case has been brought by an activist who lost his house to coastal erosion, a disability campaigner and Friends of the Earth.
The best coffee for the planet might not be coffee at all
16 Apr 2024
Climate change is coming for your flat white. Startups are betting that substitutes made out of date seeds and chickpeas are the answer.
Can green hydrogen production help bring oceanic dead zones back to life?
16 Apr 2024
Green hydrogen production makes a lot of extra oxygen. Could we put it to work revitalizing the ocean?
Climate target organisation faces staff revolt over carbon-offsetting plan
15 Apr 2024
Employees at SBTi have called for their CEO to resign over controversial plans which they fear will enable greenwashing.
Russia and Kazakhstan battle record floods as rivers rise further
15 Apr 2024
The city of Orenburg battled rising water levels after major rivers across Russia and Kazakhstan burst their banks in the worst flooding seen in the areas in nearly a century.
America's ageing water infrastructure is getting pounded by climate change – fixing it is also a struggle
15 Apr 2024
Climate change is threatening America’s water infrastructure as intensifying storms deluge communities and droughts dry up freshwater supplies in regions that aren’t prepared.
Don’t forget women in new UN climate fund, policymakers urged
15 Apr 2024
At home on a flood-prone island in northern Bangladesh, Ms Mosammat Shahina and her family take refuge from frequent inundations on a boat, causing upheaval that adds to her domestic workload.
Residents of one of Arizona’s last ecologically intact valleys try to detour the largest renewable energy project in the US
15 Apr 2024
The SunZia transmission line that would carry wind energy from New Mexico to California has sparked one of the most consequential fights over the development for green energy.
Seagrass planted to tackle global warming
15 Apr 2024
Coastal seagrass beds are being revived as part of a global effort to tackle climate change.
Global carbon trading revenues grew to US$74 billion last year - report
12 Apr 2024
Global revenues from the sale of carbon permits in emissions trading systems grew to a record $74 billion last year, as governments increasingly turn to such schemes to help tackle global warming.
‘Simply mind-boggling’: world record temperature jump in Antarctic raises fears of catastrophe
12 Apr 2024
An unprecedented leap of 38.5C in the coldest place on Earth is a harbinger of a disaster for humans and the local ecosystem.
UN climate chief presses for faster action, says humans have two years left ‘to save the world’
12 Apr 2024
Humanity has just two years to make significant changes to reduce heat-trapping emissions and secure the finances for this shift, according to the head of the United Nations climate agency.
The EU’s secret to slashing emissions
12 Apr 2024
Europe proves that putting a price on carbon can dramatically transform fossil fuel–based economies.
Mountains at high risk of losing biodiversity under climate change
12 Apr 2024
Species living in 17 mountains around the world are facing the risk of extinction due to the rapid rate of warming attributed to climate change.
Nigeria’s path to net zero needs to include trees – and fairness
12 Apr 2024
To meet its pledge of net zero by 2060, Nigeria needs to rein in emissions from deforestation and land use, which equal those from the oil and gas sector.
Climate protection is now a human right — and lawsuits will follow
11 Apr 2024
Governments be warned: You must protect your citizens from climate change — it’s their human right.
India’s supreme court expands ‘right to life’ to include protection against climate change
11 Apr 2024
In another landmark climate decision, the Supreme Court of India has ruled that an individual’s “right to life” includes protection against the impacts of climate change.
New York is suing the world’s biggest meat company
11 Apr 2024
The New York attorney general’s lawsuit accusing the world's largest meat company of deceiving customers about being climate-friendly could have far-reaching implications.
Sweden's new steel mill will reduce the country's total emissions by 7%
11 Apr 2024
Swedish steelmaker SSAB, will invest 4.5 billion euros (NZ$8 bln) in building a fossil-free mini-mill, more than previously expected as inflation and higher contingencies added to costs.
Australia commits $45M equitable health funding for Asia-Pacific climate resilience
11 Apr 2024
Australia will contribute $45.5 million to projects designed to improve health systems across the Pacific and Southeast Asia and lift regional resilience in the face of climate change.
New method predicts how climate change will impact food production and financial institutions
11 Apr 2024
Researchers have developed a new method to predict the financial impacts climate change will have on agriculture, which can help support food security and financial stability.
European court rules human rights violated by climate inaction
10 Apr 2024
A group of older Swiss women have won the first ever climate case victory in the European Court of Human Rights.
Don’t forget women in new UN climate fund, policymakers urged
10 Apr 2024
The loss and damage fund’s success hinges on women’s participation and recognising their uneven climate burden, rights groups say.
Climate disasters decimate Mongolian livestock
10 Apr 2024
Millions of livestock have perished as climate change exacerbates impacts of extreme winter weather in Mongolia, crippling nomadic communities that rely on the animals for income and threatening wider economic damage.
China is producing too much stuff and the West is worried
10 Apr 2024
China's economy just can't shake off its COVID gloom, with GDP faltering and an imploded property market.
Hundreds rescued from flooding in Australia's natural disaster
10 Apr 2024
Australian authorities have rescued hundreds of people stranded due to flooding in New South Wales after the region was lashed by nearly a month’s worth of rainfall within 24 hours.
Scientists confirm record highs for three most important heat-trapping gases
9 Apr 2024
Global concentrations of carbon dioxide, methane and nitrous oxide climbed to unseen levels in 2023, underlining the climate crisis.
How three European human rights cases could shape climate litigation
9 Apr 2024
That is the question the European Court of Human Rights will for the first time seek to answer in Strasbourg, France, as it rules this week on three separate climate cases.
Help us build wind farms to beat Russian bombs, Ukraine tells EU
9 Apr 2024
Ukraine’s largest private energy firm told POLITICO it wants to build a disparate energy network to better survive Russian attacks — but can’t get capital.
Forest carbon accounting lets Guyana remain net zero with oil pumping
9 Apr 2024
Experts said UN rules around forest and oil are open to abuse, so that countries like Guyana can claim net zero without cutting emissions.
Making polluters pay could fix Australia’s climate problem – and its budget
Wed 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.
U.S. could issue general license for oil companies to produce in Venezuela this week
Today 11:45am
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.
‘Rush’ for new coal in China hits record high in 2025 as climate deadline looms
Wed 4 Feb 2026
Proposals to build coal-fired plants in China reached a record high in 2025, finds a new study.
EU adopts first-ever standard for carbon removal projects
Wed 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.
A UK climate security report backed by the intelligence services was quietly buried – a pattern we’ve seen many times before
Today 11:45am
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.
The climate and energy implication hidden in Mark Carney’s Davos speech
26 Jan 2026
In a speech bound for the history books, Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney described a “rupture” in the world order and called for middle powers like Canada to stand up to bullies.
Declared a terrorist for bringing renewable power to Philippine communities
Mon 2 Feb 2026
Accusing activists of having links to terrorism has led to non-profit funds being frozen and local climate projects being delayed or scrapped.
Pacific fisheries summit gives a boost to albacore and seabirds
19 Dec 2025
Much of the world’s albacore tuna catch, which usually ends up in a can, comes from the southwestern Pacific Ocean, where fishery managers just passed a new set of conservation rules.
Arctic endured year of record heat as climate scientists warn of ‘winter being redefined’
18 Dec 2025
Region known as ‘world’s refrigerator’ is heating up as much as four times as quickly as global average, Noaa experts say.
Climate change could lead to 500,000 ‘additional’ malaria deaths in Africa by 2050
Fri 30 Jan 2026
Climate change could lead to half a million more deaths from malaria in Africa over the next 25 years, according to new research.
Argentina fires ravage pristine Patagonia forests, fueling criticism of Milei’s austerity
Wed 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.
UN risks 'imminent financial collapse', secretary general warns
Tue 3 Feb 2026
The United Nations is at risk of "imminent financial collapse" due to member states not paying their fees, the body's head has warned.
