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The low-carbon energy transition will need less mining than fossil fuels, even when adjusted for waste rock
9 Nov 2023
Low-carbon electricity will reduce material requirements, but moving to electric vehicles will increase them.
‘Loss and damage’ deal struck to help countries worst hit by climate crisis
8 Nov 2023
Countries have agreed key measures to supply funds to the world’s most vulnerable people to repair the damage from climate breakdown.
Three major gaps in climate-adaptation finance for developing countries
8 Nov 2023
Developing countries require hundreds of billions of dollars in investment every year to help them adapt to the rising threat of climate change.
We are looking for a transformational roadmap to transform our energy sectors: German envoy
8 Nov 2023
With less than four weeks until the next UN climate conference COP-28, Germany's special envoy for climate diplomacy, Jennifer Morgan, is in Australia for a series of meetings with key climate players.
The world’s boreal forests may be shrinking as climate change pushes them northward
8 Nov 2023
Earth’s boreal forests circle our planet’s far northern reaches, just south of the Arctic’s treeless tundra.
Can the PIF leaders’ meeting break the cycle after another climate fund setback?
8 Nov 2023
The PIF Leaders’ Meeting is an important chance to jolt the world into action on a climate Loss and Damage Fund after decades of fighting for justice.
Young trees are not responding well to climate change
8 Nov 2023
In the depths of verdant forests, where the tranquility is often only disturbed by the sounds of wildlife and rustling leaves, a silent crisis is unfolding amongst young trees.
Aotearoa could make a real impact on cutting greenhouse gas emissions internationally: Thomas Pogge
7 Nov 2023
By Jeremy Rose | The director of Yale University’s Global Justice Program, Thomas Pogge, says for a relatively small investment of, say, US$100 million, New Zealand could make a significant impact on cutting the greenhouse gas emissions of the developing world.
We can now only stay under 1.5°C target if we achieve net zero by 2034
7 Nov 2023
The amount of carbon dioxide we can still emit to have just a 50 per cent chance of limiting warming to 1.5°C is even smaller than previously thought.
Banks pumped more than $150bn in to companies running ‘carbon bomb’ projects in 2022
7 Nov 2023
Projects that risk 1.5C heating target operated by companies receiving financing from European, Chinese and US banks.
What the ‘underwhelming’ Three Basins Summit means for tropical forests
7 Nov 2023
Rainforest countries from three continents agreed at the Three Basins Summit in Brazzaville to work together to finance and protect their ecosystems – but failed to firm up a unified alliance.
Capturing carbon with seaweed: what we do and don’t know, and what we’re unsure about
7 Nov 2023
Towering underwater kelp forests are often likened to trees, but seaweed carbon sequestration is far more complex than in soil-bound ecosystems.
Pope says he will attend COP28 climate summit in Dubai, a first by a pontiff
7 Nov 2023
Pope Francis said that he will attend the COP28 climate conference starting next month in Dubai, the first time a pontiff will be at the U.N. environmental meeting since they began in 1995.
Why can’t we just quit cows?
7 Nov 2023
Eating less beef, cheese, and ice cream would slash emissions. If only it were that easy.
Global heating is accelerating, warns scientist who sounded climate alarm in the 80s
6 Nov 2023
Study delivers dire warning although rate of increase is debated by some scientists amid a record-breaking year of heat.
Scientists say only transformational change will avoid environmental tipping points
6 Nov 2023
Ahead of COP28, UN-backed scientists warn that to avoid six irreversible climatic and ecological changes, the root causes must be addressed.
Australia’s bid to host climate talks is welcome but its words must be matched with action
6 Nov 2023
The climate minister of Pacific Island Vanuatu says those choosing the Cop31 host should examine Australia’s gas expansion plans.
Pasifika activists say climate inaction is a violation of human rights
6 Nov 2023
The Pacific Islands are on the frontline of climate change, with the future for many living there becoming increasingly uncertain.
As climate threats grow, poor countries still aren't getting enough money to prepare
6 Nov 2023
The world is facing more extreme weather that scientists say is fueled by human-driven climate change.
Climate scientists are working with indigenous tribes
6 Nov 2023
Native peoples have long collected environmental data. Now scientists are cataloguing these observations and learning how they're affecting indigenous communities globally.
COP28 Presidency launches net zero transition charter
3 Nov 2023
Charter launched to drive corporate climate action amid flurry of pre-COP activity, including confirmation that King Charles will attend climate talks.
Levy on aviation and maritime firms should be considered
3 Nov 2023
Ireland’s environment minister made the case for the World Bank to administer any agreed climate loss and damage funding.
Cigarette-style climate warnings on food could cut meat consumption, study suggests
3 Nov 2023
Durham University research found warnings of environmental or health impacts reduced choice of meals containing meat by 7-10%.
Philanthropic giving to climate change stayed flat in 2022
3 Nov 2023
Despite increased urgency of reducing emissions, a new analysis shows that total philanthropic giving by foundations and individuals remained essentially flat from 2021 through 2022.
California startup to 'sponge' CO2 from atmosphere
3 Nov 2023
Scrubbing carbon dioxide from the air is imperative if humanity is to limit global warming, experts say, and a California startup says it can do just that, using limestone as a carbon-sucking sponge.
New approach: save tropical forests by restoring faith in carbon credits
3 Nov 2023
Valuing the carbon storage potential of natural habitats aims to help restore faith in offset schemes, by enabling investors to directly compare carbon credit pricing across projects.
Deep divisions ahead of crucial UN climate talks
2 Nov 2023
There are already signs that deep divisions could hamper progress at the UN's crucial COP28 climate summit.
What is a 'carbon bomb' project? Examples and climate impact
2 Nov 2023
Recent reports have revealed that banks pumped more than $150 billion into companies with “carbon bomb” projects that could destroy humanity’s last chance to stop the climate crisis in the past year.
This California desert oasis has lessons for climate change
2 Nov 2023
Big Morongo Canyon Preserve is so green right now it’s hard to believe it’s in the middle of the desert.
When idiot savants do climate economics
2 Nov 2023
How an elite clique of math-addled economists hijacked climate policy.
Engineers create cool water patches to protect fish from climate change
2 Nov 2023
Cold-loving fishes, like Atlantic salmon, may get their own version of air conditioning to cope with high summer water temperatures.
A new hope for concentrating solar power
2 Nov 2023
Concentrating solar power systems are getting an energy efficiency makeover and a new job: producing solar fuels.
A critical meeting before the big COP28 summit will tackle thorny issues
1 Nov 2023
Set against the backdrop of heightened Middle Eastern tensions, the United Arab Emirates is hosting a series of key meetings this week to prepare for the upcoming UN Climate Summit in Dubai.
US pushes to ensure nuclear “is not forgotten” in COP renewables pledge
1 Nov 2023
The United States is working behind the scenes to ensure nuclear power is not excluded from an expected global pledge to boost renewables at the upcoming climate summit in Dubai.
Why many scientists are now saying climate change is an all-out ‘emergency’
1 Nov 2023
Escalating rhetoric comes as new study shows there’s just six years left to keep global warming to 1.5 degrees Celsius at current CO2 emissions rate.
The Beetaloo gas field is a climate bomb. How did CSIRO modelling make it look otherwise?
1 Nov 2023
As Australia braces for a summer of projected extreme heatwaves and bushfires, the fossil gas industry is gearing up for a truly enormous new fracking project in the Northern Territory’s Beetaloo Basin.
Who were the worst of the worst climate polluters in 2022?
1 Nov 2023
US Environmental Protection Agency’s annual greenhouse gas report for large emitters show some facilities slashed their emissions while others polluted more than ever.
Caterpillars struggle to survive climate changes: study
1 Nov 2023
Research on nature reserves and at an allotment has revealed how susceptible caterpillars are to climate change.
Inside the campaign that put an oil boss in charge of a climate summit
31 Oct 2023
Sultan Al Jaber, CEO of the UAE’s national oil company, secured the COP28 presidency despite questions over his green credentials.
Calling this "climate change" is not enough
31 Oct 2023
Journalists and meteorologists must go further, and call rapid hurricane intensification a symptom of fossil fuels.
The climate and nature crisis: one indivisible global health emergency
31 Oct 2023
Over 200 health journals call on the United Nations, political leaders, and health professionals to recognise that climate change and biodiversity loss must be tackled together to preserve health and avoid catastrophe.
Leaders convene to protect tropical forests
31 Oct 2023
Brazzaville, the capital of the Republic of the Congo, had the privilege of hosting the summit of the three major tropical forest basins on the planet.
Shipping contributes heavily to climate change. Are green ships the solution?
31 Oct 2023
On a bright September day on the harbour in Copenhagen, several hundred people gathered to welcome the official arrival of Laura Maersk.
The carbon-offset market’s broken promises
30 Oct 2023
As businesses come under pressure to meet net-zero targets, they are increasingly investing in forest-protection projects to cancel out their carbon emissions.
Texas bets big on undersea carbon storage
30 Oct 2023
Over the last century, the State of Texas has reaped billions of dollars by allowing companies to burrow into the floor of the Gulf of Mexico to extract oil and gas.
How Hurricane Otis shocked forecasters in a "nightmare scenario"
30 Oct 2023
Hurricane Otis' extremely rapid intensification — so close to the Mexican coast — was one of the biggest, most high-stakes hurricane forecasting failures in years.
World far off track on pledges to end deforestation by 2030 - report
30 Oct 2023
The world is moving too slowly to meet pledges to end deforestation by 2030, with the destruction worsening in 2022, according to a report by a coalition of environmental organizations.
Bolivia forest fires shutter thousands of schools
30 Oct 2023
Tens of thousands of Bolivian pupils had their classes suspended as schools closed their doors due to air pollution caused by massive forest fires, the education minister.
The world solved acid rain. We can also solve climate change.
30 Oct 2023
The world feels like it’s being set alight; wildfires in Canada and Europe, floods in China, and a never-ending stream of recording-breaking heat waves have garnered numerous headlines.
Earth close to ‘risk tipping points’ that will damage our ability to deal with climate crisis
27 Oct 2023
Analysis also warns of further tipping points on horizon such as drying up of groundwater vital for food supplies.
Security group warns Australia’s democracy is being threatened by ‘anti-climate-action propaganda’
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Australia’s democracy and sovereignty is being threatened by a propaganda machine aiding climate change deniers, a security group has warned.
California sues Trump energy department over revival of controversial oil pipeline
Today 11:00am
California’s attorney general, Rob Bonta, said he has sued the US energy department to stop it from using a cold-war-era law to restart the long-disputed Sable Offshore pipeline system linking the Santa Ynez offshore platform to California refineries.
China tells oil refiners to suspend exports
Fri 20 Mar 2026
China has told its largest oil refiners to suspend exports of diesel and gasoline, Bloomberg News reported Thursday, citing unidentified sources, as the war in the Middle East risks an energy supply crunch.
Spain’s Sánchez attacks other EU leaders for exploiting energy prices to gut climate policies
Mon 23 Mar 2026
Spain’s prime minister Pedro Sánchez said his country was on “the right side of history” when it comes to how it has handled the economic and social costs of previous energy crises.
Heat pumps for all new homes and plug-in solar in England green tech drive
Today 11:00am
Developers will be required to install solar panels and heat pumps in all new homes in England as part of updated planning requirements published by the government.
Mark Carney just picked his lane on climate change
17 Feb 2026
COMMENT: Mark Carney's time as prime minister has been defined in part by his decision to roll back Trudeau-era climate policies.
Philippines declares national emergency over high fuel prices
Today 11:00am
President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. of the Philippines declared a national energy emergency on Tuesday, saying that high oil prices caused by the war in the Middle East were threatening the country’s energy security.
Pacific Nations fear fuel shortages as Middle East war sends oil prices soaring
Fri 20 Mar 2026
Leaders of Samoa and Tonga appealed for help this week as the import-reliant Pacific nations raised fears over possible fuel shortages and escalating costs caused by war in the Middle East.
Limiting warming to 2C is ‘crucial’ to protect pristine Antarctic Peninsula
24 Feb 2026
Keeping global warming to less than 2C above pre-industrial temperatures is “crucial” for limiting damage to the Antarctic Peninsula’s unique ecosystems, according to a new study.
'Blackwater' lakes and rivers in the Congo Basin are now emitting ancient carbon into the atmosphere
16 Mar 2026
Carbon that has been buried in the Congo Basin's peatlands for millennia is seeping into lakes and rivers. Why this is happening remains unclear, but researchers warn that tropical peatlands could be nearing a tipping point.
Surfing’s big break: how climate crisis insurance may save El Salvador’s waves
Thu 19 Mar 2026
Fearing that extreme weather threatened its epic breaks, Oriente Salvaje is piloting the first surf insurance policy to protect livelihoods and ecosystems.
Iran war should trigger faster exit from fossil fuel dependence, UN climate chief says
18 Mar 2026
The disruption to energy markets caused by the Iran war is a lesson on the risks of relying on fossil fuels which should drive governments to wean their economies off oil and gas faster, the U.N. climate secretary told Reuters on Monday.
