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The EU is about to revive a failed climate solution
26 Oct 2023
The EU once led the world in combating flawed forest offset schemes. Now it’s looking to give them a new lease of life.
UN warns humanity facing threats from space, climate change, but it's not too late to act
26 Oct 2023
Numerous global systems humans rely on for survival are on the precipice of catastrophic tipping points, according to a new report by the United Nations University.
Vivaldi's Four Seasons gets climate change makeover
26 Oct 2023
A Spanish music director has adapted Antonio Vivaldi's "The Four Seasons" to the grim reality of global warming.
What does the Law of the Sea say about climate change?
26 Oct 2023
“We are here today because over a century and a half of anthropogenic greenhouse gas emissions have polluted our precious oceans and devastated the marine environment,” said prime minister of Antigua and Barbuda, at the opening of the hearing before the International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea.
21 misleading myths about electric vehicles
26 Oct 2023
Electric vehicles significantly cut lifecycle greenhouse gas emissions in almost all circumstances and are the key technology for decarbonising road transport.
World shift to clean energy is unstoppable, IEA report says
25 Oct 2023
The world is on an "unstoppable" shift towards renewable energy but the phase down of fossil fuels is not happening quickly enough, a new report says.
The collapse of this Antarctic ice sheet is now 'unavoidable', even if emissions are controlled
25 Oct 2023
A study has found melting of the West Antarctic Ice Sheet will continue to accelerate this century, at a speed three times faster than during the 20th century.
Impact of farming on climate crisis will be a key COP topic – finally
25 Oct 2023
Cop28 will discuss how global food production must become sustainable to stay within 1.5C.
Heat on UAE to give COP28 ambitious edge we need
25 Oct 2023
To meet climate goals, countries will have to get far more ambitious and quickly. Here's what to look for at COP28.
The climate crisis has a price — and it’s $391 million a day
25 Oct 2023
Damages from the global climate crisis have racked up costs amounting to $391 million per day over the past two decades, a report showed.
Over a year after Pakistan floods, survivors battle climate anxiety
25 Oct 2023
Climate anxiety among the flood-affected communities across the South Asian nation has failed to make headlines.
Ex-officials at UN farming body say work on methane emissions was censored
24 Oct 2023
Pressure from agriculture lobbies led to the role of cattle in rising global temperatures being underplayed by FAO, claim sources.
Businesses worth $1 trillion call on governments to phase out fossil fuels
24 Oct 2023
Leading firms urge world leaders to strike a deal at COP28 Climate Summit to rapidly phase down coal, oil, and gas production.
Global ‘loss and damage’ climate talks end in failure ahead of COP28
24 Oct 2023
Nations from the global north and south were unable to reach an agreement at Saturday’s vital meeting ahead of COP28, sources said.
Almost half the world’s population could be at risk from dengue due to global warming
24 Oct 2023
Once specific to small pockets of Asia, the infection can now be found across several continents of the world, say researchers.
New Paraguay law aims to improve carbon credit market
24 Oct 2023
A new law in Paraguay creates a more organised, transparent carbon credit system but might also complicate the way credits are bought and sold.
Carbon capture pipeline nixed after widespread opposition
24 Oct 2023
A company has abandoned plans to build a 1,300-mile pipeline across the US Midwest to collect and store carbon emissions from the corn ethanol industry following opposition from landowners.
EU to push for COP28 deal on phasing out fossil fuels
20 Oct 2023
EU countries' climate ministers approved the bloc's negotiating position for this year's U.N. COP28 climate summit, agreeing to push for a world-first deal to phase out CO2-emitting fossil fuels.
Carbon pricing efforts accelerate in Asia
20 Oct 2023
Asia is emerging as the key catalyst for growth in carbon trading, though the region’s markets currently cover only a fraction of emissions that account for half the world’s total.
To shut down the supply side of climate change, start here
20 Oct 2023
September was a scary month — or as one prominent climate scientist termed it, “gobsmackingly bananas.”
A secretive network is fighting Indigenous rights to protect fossil fuel profits
20 Oct 2023
It’s all part of a global playbook from the U.S.-based Atlas Network to protect the profits of fossil fuel and mining companies, argues a Sydney researcher.
45% of earth’s known flowering plants could become extinct, including orchids and pineapple
20 Oct 2023
A new State of the World’s Plant and Fungi report from Royal Botanic Gardens, presents the current conditions of Earth’s plants and fungi.
Amazon River falls to lowest in over a century amid Brazil drought
19 Oct 2023
The Amazon River fell to its lowest level in over a century as a record drought upends the lives of hundreds of thousands of people and damages the jungle ecosystem.
China to unveil new maritime cooperation initiative at belt and road summit
19 Oct 2023
‘Major plan’ will cover sustainable use of marine resources, biodiversity conservation and climate change, official says.
Shell shares hit record high as Israel-Hamas war drives up oil price
19 Oct 2023
Shell’s share price has hit a record high after concerns over the fallout from the Israel-Hamas conflict pushed up the price of oil.
‘Greater than 99% chance’ 2023 will be hottest year on record
19 Oct 2023
With three months of 2023 still remaining, analysis reveals there is a greater than 99% chance that it will be the hottest year since records began in the mid-1800s, and likely for millennia before as well.
The great cash-for-carbon hustle
19 Oct 2023
Offsetting has been hailed as a fix for runaway emissions and climate change—but the market’s largest firm sold millions of credits for carbon reductions that weren’t real.
Wonderful and wild stories about tackling climate change
19 Oct 2023
Climate solutions reporter Julia Simon says she often hears hopelessness when people talk about climate change. "Like we've already lost. People just throw up their hands ... but what if we reframe the conversation?"
Former lead negotiator: It’s up to rich countries to fix loss and damage finance problems
18 Oct 2023
The Pakistani politician who led negotiations to secure global agreement on a fund for climate loss and damages has lambasted the “burden” on vulnerable countries to identify money for the body.
How oil companies put the responsibility for climate change on consumers
18 Oct 2023
The political response to the climate crisis remains largely inadequate in the face of heat waves, hurricanes, floods and forest fires that are accelerating and intensifying.
Urgent action to cut methane emissions from fossil fuel operations essential to achieve global climate targets
18 Oct 2023
The International Energy Agency says efforts to cut methane emissions from fossil fuel production and use must go hand-in-hand with decarbonisation of our energy systems to limit global warming to 1.5°C.
Africa and India push rich nations to phase out fossil fuels faster
18 Oct 2023
At Cop28, developed nations will face calls to quit fossil fuels faster than developing countries, who did less to cause the climate crisis.
Greta Thunberg at protest demanding oil chiefs pull their money out of politics
18 Oct 2023
Arrests have been made as protesters disrupted a conference at the InterContinental Hotel in central London where oil company CEOs are meeting.
What if a car frame, boat hull, or phone case could store energy
18 Oct 2023
Using a clever combination of materials and design, engineers have made a battery-like device that is strong enough to provide mechanical support.
World Bank eyes longer, cheaper loans as mission expands to climate
17 Oct 2023
The World Bank president has laid out ambitious plans to widen the development lender's mission to include climate change and other global crises, speed decision-making and offer more - and cheaper - loans.
Mideast crisis could alter outcomes of upcoming UN climate summit
17 Oct 2023
The already fraught COP28 talks are facing another potential obstacle: the threat of regional Mideast instability following Hamas' terrorist attacks in Israel.
Indonesia opens carbon trading market to both skepticism and hope
17 Oct 2023
Indonesia has just launched its first carbon emissions trading market in a bid to fight climate change.
Could superpowered plants be the heroes of the climate crisis?
17 Oct 2023
Carbon-guzzling trees and crops, genetically altered to boost photosynthesis and store carbon in the roots, could absorb millions of tonnes of CO2 from the atmosphere.
Climate change isn’t just about emissions. We’re ignoring a huge part of the fight.
17 Oct 2023
Last month, we heard yet again about the need to stop global warming at about 1.5 degrees centigrade above pre industrial levels.
Scientists disagree about drivers of September’s global temperature spike, but it has most of them worried
17 Oct 2023
The month’s shocking surge is likely to make 2023 the hottest year on record and drive extreme impact around the globe. It could also be a harbinger of even higher temperatures next year.
WMO report finds human activity disrupting water cycle
16 Oct 2023
According to a new report from the World Meteorological Organization (WMO), the planet’s hydrological cycle is “spinning out of balance” due to human activity and climate change.
Doctors aiming to shrink health care's massive carbon footprint
16 Oct 2023
Inside an operating room at Magee Women's Hospital in Pittsburgh, Noe Woods stands in her blue scrubs next to a black operating table.
Extreme heat is taking a toll in this Florida bay
16 Oct 2023
After enduring record summer ocean temperatures, anemones, sponges, and jellyfish throughout the Florida Everglades are showing signs of bleaching.
Shipping food is dirty business. Can sailboats fix it?
16 Oct 2023
Some businesses are betting that bringing back sails could lower the carbon footprint of shipping food around the world.
UK poet laureate on 'life-changing' visit to the Arctic
16 Oct 2023
After a "life-changing" visit to the Arctic, poet laureate Simon Armitage says poets can convey what's happening with climate change in a way that scientists and journalists can't.
World "less likely than ever" to meet Paris Agreement goal: new analysis
13 Oct 2023
New analysis finds that holding temperature rise to 1.5°C above preindustrial levels — the Paris Agreement's stretch goal — is "less likely than ever" despite rapid low-emissions energy expansion.
Here’s what’s driving the record autumn heat (it’s not just carbon emissions)
13 Oct 2023
Climate scientists have detected a striking jump in global temperatures during 2023. September was 1.75°C above Earth’s pre-industrial average temperature and a whole half-degree celsius warmer than the previous hottest September.
Carbon capture pipeline rendered obsolete by carbon-sucking concrete
13 Oct 2023
The US Department of Energy bets $2 million on a new carbon capture strategy that transforms ordinary buildings into CO2-devouring demons.
World Bank targets dirty subsidies to fund climate action
13 Oct 2023
The World Bank says it will try to get governments to stop spending public money making fossil fuels artificially cheap.
How criminalisation is being used to silence climate activists across the world
13 Oct 2023
An investigation finds a growing number of countries are passing anti-protest laws as a tactic to intimidate people peacefully raising the alarm.
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.
Judge says Greenpeace must pay $345 million in pipeline lawsuit, cutting jury amount nearly in half
Fri 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.
How ‘vehicle-to-grid’ technology could boost China’s electricity system
Fri 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.
Norway faces European Court climate ruling over oil licences
Wed 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.
UK Prime Minister will attend Brazil climate summit
21 Oct 2025
Keir Starmer will travel to the Amazon rainforest for the COP30 United Nations climate summit next month, Downing Street has confirmed, after weeks of speculation that he would not.
Renewables are a global economic engine, not a culture war threat
2 Oct 2025
Energy companies are learning this lesson faster than Alberta Premier Danielle Smith.
Thousands evacuated in Vietnam after record rain triggers floods
Thu 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.
Mystery heatwave warms Pacific Ocean to new record
21 Oct 2025
The waters of the north Pacific have had their warmest summer on record, according to BBC analysis of a mysterious marine heatwave that has confounded climate scientists.
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".
Nigerian billionaire plans expansion of Africa’s biggest oil refinery
Fri 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.
Police raids in Brazil’s Rio kill 64 ahead of events related to COP30 climate summit
Thu 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.
Most countries fail to submit new climate pledges ahead of summit
Wed 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.
