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More efficient than natural photosynthesis – new photocatalytic system converts carbon dioxide into valuable fuel
9 Aug 2023
A joint research team from the City University of Hong Kong and collaborators recently developed a stable artificial photocatalytic system that is more efficient than natural photosynthesis.
Can new tech make carbon offsets trustworthy?
9 Aug 2023
Technology providers are launching automated products to boost transparency in voluntary carbon markets, but human auditors remain crucial.
The climate wrecking ball striking food supply
9 Aug 2023
Extreme weather events and our warming planet are primed to strike commodities and the food supply like never before.
‘Virtually certain’ extreme Antarctic events will get worse without drastic action, scientists warn
9 Aug 2023
Record low sea ice levels, the collapse of ice shelves, and surface temperatures 38.5C above average cited as concerns in new review.
How to maximise mangroves as climate and community solution
9 Aug 2023
Mangroves’ capacity to store up to five times more carbon than upland tropical forests — makes them a powerful natural solution for reducing greenhouse gas emissions.
Carbon pricing initiatives around the world
8 Aug 2023
Over the past two decades, governments around the world have responded to climate change through various initiatives and policies, with carbon pricing at the forefront.
Brazil hosting Amazon summit: What you need to know
8 Aug 2023
Leaders are gathering in Brazil to discuss ways to protect critical rainforest after years of deforestation and threats.
How many wheels should your next EV have?
8 Aug 2023
E-bikes are now preventing (a lot) more emissions than all the Teslas in the world.
Winter heat wave in Chile offers 'window' to warmer world
8 Aug 2023
A winter heat wave bringing historically high temperatures to Chile is a "window" to an increasingly warm future, according to scientists.
UK launches climate change programme targeting over 4 million Nigerians
8 Aug 2023
The United Kingdom has announced the launch of its programme, Propcom+, supporting climate and growth by addressing environmental, social, and economic challenges in Nigeria’s food and land-use system.
Climate change threatens Germany's fairy tale forests
8 Aug 2023
Andre Salamon wends his way through coniferous woodlands on a hillside in Germany's central Harz region.
When deep-sea miners come a-courting
7 Aug 2023
As the Cook Islands embraces the burgeoning industry, deep-sea mining companies are becoming part of the community’s day-to-day.
Massive carbon offset deal with Dubai-based firm draws fire in Liberia
7 Aug 2023
Liberia may sign away the rights to nearly 10% of its total land mass to a United Arab Emirates-based firm for carbon offset development.
Ocean heat record broken, with grim implications for the planet
7 Aug 2023
The oceans have hit their hottest ever recorded temperature as they soak up warmth from climate change, with dire implications for our planet's health.
Turkey’s second highest glacier melts amid climate change
7 Aug 2023
The severe grip of global warming has tightened its hold on Cilo Mountain in Hakkari, the country's second-highest peak, causing glaciers to undergo a rapid and unsettling change.
New warnings from the medieval warm period about climate change
7 Aug 2023
Before our current, carbon-fueled global warming trend took off during the 20th century, the most consequential temperature bump in recorded history was the Medieval Warm Period.
Climate change requires true leadership, not party-political point-scoring
7 Aug 2023
The very laissez-faire approach with which most people greeted the news that July was the world’s hottest month on record, and possibly the hottest in 120,000 years, should concern us as much as the fact itself.
A new age of water is dawning
4 Aug 2023
Nothing better exemplifies both the threat and the promise facing us than the challenge of water.
Climate change contributes to violence against children
4 Aug 2023
Every day of the northern hemisphere’s summer in 2023 seems to bring a calamitous headline about the climate: heatwaves, wildfires, massive hailstorms.
India’s parliament clears contentious bill that seeks to amend forest act
4 Aug 2023
Hundreds of legal and environmental experts have flagged potentially damaging clauses in the bill that might endanger as much as 25% of India’s forest cover.
As extreme heat hits South Korea and Japan, death toll rises sharply
4 Aug 2023
The extreme weather sweeping across Asia has claimed more victims, with South Korea and Japan reporting deaths from the sweltering heat.
Climate crisis: Australia must ready for ‘devastating’ regional disruption, MPs told
4 Aug 2023
Failed states, a rise in authoritarian politics and heightened risks of conflict among potential threats outlined in thinktank’s assessment.
Countries still burning through Earth’s resources like we have a spare planet, study finds
4 Aug 2023
In under eight months, humanity has consumed Earth’s annual budget of carbon, forests, croplands, pasture and fisheries.
Unesco recommends adding Venice to endangered list
3 Aug 2023
The iconic Italian city is at risk of "irreversible" damage from overwhelming tourism, overdevelopment and rising sea levels due to climate change, according to a report from Unesco.
As Guyana shows, carbon offsets will not save the Amazon rainforest
3 Aug 2023
With all their flaws, carbon offsets are not the solution to deforestation of the Amazon rainforest – leaders should acknowledge that.
UAE promises to allow climate protests at COP28
3 Aug 2023
Official permission is required for protests in the Gulf nation, which is hosting UN climate talks this year.
Climate change made July hotter for 80% of humans on Earth
3 Aug 2023
Human-caused global warming made July hotter for four out of five people on Earth, with more than two billion people feeling climate change-boosted warmth daily, according to a flash study.
Heat wave forces shutdown in Iran
3 Aug 2023
The government claims the move is to safeguard the well-being of its citizens as soaring temperatures continue to pose health risks, though it raises questions as to the country's readiness for a crisis.
UK's North Sea move shows tensions between energy security, climate
3 Aug 2023
The United Kingdom now finds itself at the epicenter of global tensions between energy security and lofty climate goals, which are playing out ahead of the COP28 conference in Dubai.
International talks end without go-ahead for deep-sea mining
2 Aug 2023
An international meeting to negotiate rules over deep-sea mining has ended with no green light to start industrial-scale mining.
Australian doctors want urgent action on climate threats
2 Aug 2023
Medical colleges representing over 100,000 doctors, physicians and medical experts say Australia's healthcare system is unprepared for the next disaster.
As climate change leads to more and wetter storms, cholera cases rise
2 Aug 2023
In early 2022, nearly 200,000 Malawians were displaced after two tropical storms struck the southeastern part of Africa barely a month apart. Fifty-three people died.
A sun shield over earth? Catch an asteroid, and it might work
2 Aug 2023
A resurfaced idea for solar geoengineering imagines a sunlight-blocking space shield tethered to an asteroid.
Europe’s most important trade route is at risk due to climate change
2 Aug 2023
The Rhine River has been a reliable shipping lane for centuries, helping spawn industrial giants along its banks.
An ancient desert-dwelling culture embraces hydroponics
2 Aug 2023
With droughts on the rise, India’s pastoralists are turning to modern techniques to conserve water — and a way of life.
Britain commits to hundreds of North Sea oil and gas licences
1 Aug 2023
Britain commits to granting hundreds of licences for North Sea oil and gas extraction, drawing criticism from environmental campaigners.
Greenland ice sheets are weaker to climate change than we thought
1 Aug 2023
A new study suggests the ice sheets could be much more sensitive to human-driven climate change than previously estimated.
The oil industry has succumbed to a dangerous new climate denialism
1 Aug 2023
If we have not been warned of the dangers of climate change this summer, we never will be.
Millions of jobs in food production are disappearing — a change in mindset would help to keep them
1 Aug 2023
Making progress on internationally agreed goals for sustainable development, climate change and biodiversity will require major changes to how the world’s food is produced and distributed.
China: Typhoon Doksuri floods Beijing, thousands evacuated
1 Aug 2023
Authorities have issued the highest weather alert as Beijing is hit with the remnants of typhoon Doksuri.
Can Tuvalu be saved?
1 Aug 2023
To combat the disappearance of its land, this island nation is digitizing its very existence.
Humanity 'has agency over future': new head of UN climate panel
31 Jul 2023
Jim Skea will bring "a judicious blend of realism and optimism" to his leadership of the UN's climate expert panel, including a firm belief that humanity is not powerless to confront global warming.
Is China’s surge in coal consumption just a passing phase?
31 Jul 2023
China’s increase in coal use is inflicting damage on its green credentials, given its progress in developing renewable energy.
Why is there an Argentina-sized chunk missing from the Antarctic?
31 Jul 2023
As red-hot oceans amplify deadly heat waves, storms and floods on land, exactly what’s going on beneath the waves remains a big unknown.
French leader goes green to woo pacific islands
31 Jul 2023
France's President Emmanuel Macron stripped off his suit jacket to wander the wild forests of Papua New Guinea on a green-tinted charm offensive in the South Pacific.
G20 climate talks fail to deliver emission cuts despite leadership pleas
31 Jul 2023
Cop28 president, Sultan Al Jaber and UN climate change boss, Simon Stiell, had called on G20 countries to show leadership and deliver ambitious emissions cuts.
Climate change disasters caused US$36B loss in Asia in 2022: Report
31 Jul 2023
Asia is the world’s most disaster-impacted region, with 81 weather, climate and water-related disasters recorded last year, killing more than 5,000 people and affecting 50 million.
Effects of climate change increasing in Asia, WMO says
28 Jul 2023
Extreme weather events caused by climate change are on the rise in Asia and bound to affect food security and the continent's ecosystems, the World Meteorological Organization said.
Emissions from Greek wildfires equivalent of 2.3m barrels of oil, data shows
28 Jul 2023
Emissions from the wildfires that have ravaged parts of Greece in recent weeks are the highest in two decades — similar to more than 220,000 petrol cars driven for a year.
Sucking CO2 out of the atmosphere can’t undo all the effects of climate change
28 Jul 2023
Climate change turns more places into deserts. Sucking CO2 out of the air can’t undo all the damage.
500 Australian businesses back 75% climate target
Today 10:46am
Atlassian, Canva and Fortescue are among a coalition of more than 500 businesses operating in Australia that are backing a 75% emissions reduction target for 2030, which modelling from Deloitte found was technically achievable.
Ørsted shares at all-time low after Trump halts work on US windfarm
Today 10:46am
Shares drop by 17% after stop-work order on $1.5bn project off Rhode Island, which was 80% complete.
China's carbon market to introduce absolute emissions caps from 2027
Today 10:46am
China will tighten its carbon trading market by introducing absolute emissions caps in some industries for the first time starting by 2027.
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.
Amazon nations pledge support for Brazil's COP30 rainforest fund
Today 10:46am
The fund will be backed by an initial, one-time $25-billion contribution from donor nations, along with $100 billion in private funds.
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.
