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Six Portuguese youth sue 32 European states over climate change
22 Sep 2023
Six Portuguese youth are taking 32 nations to the European Court of Human Rights for not doing enough to stop global warming, the latest bid to secure climate justice through the courts.
Kerry and China envoy to co-chair first local climate summit
22 Sep 2023
The first local climate summit will take place at the U.N. climate meeting in Dubai later this year.
Musk’s X, formerly Twitter, rated worst for climate misinformation
22 Sep 2023
The report assessed policies that social media companies had established pertaining to climate misinformation.
Working from home is a win for the climate
22 Sep 2023
An unusually comprehensive study shows remote work is better for the climate, but mainly in large doses.
Top carbon offset projects may not cut planet-heating emissions
21 Sep 2023
Majority of offset projects that have sold the most carbon credits are ‘likely junk’, according to analysis by Corporate Accountability and the Guardian.
Climate crisis made devastating Libya flooding ‘50 times more likely’
21 Sep 2023
Floods like the one in Greece and Libya now ‘reasonably common’ due to climate crisis, study finds.
Brazil to revise climate targets to cut emissions 53% by 2030
21 Sep 2023
Brazil is expected to announce revised climate targets this week, as President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva strengthens a prior pledge made by his predecessor Jair Bolsonaro.
It’s time to engineer the sky
21 Sep 2023
Global warming is so rampant that some scientists say we should begin altering the stratosphere to block incoming sunlight, even if it jeopardizes rain and crops.
Renewables are cheaper than ever yet fossil fuel use is still growing
21 Sep 2023
Wind and solar are the world’s fastest growing energy sources and together generated 12% of global electricity in 2023. The amount of energy produced by wind and solar is expected to increase and accelerate.
This treaty could stop plastic pollution—or doom the earth to drown in it
21 Sep 2023
The UN has released a draft of what might become a landmark agreement to protect human health and the environment. Emphasis on might.
World needs $2.7 trillion annually for net zero emissions by 2050
20 Sep 2023
Global investment of $2.7 trillion a year is needed to avoid temperatures from rising above 1.5 degrees Celsius this century, according to a report by consultancy Wood Mackenzie.
Climate change displacement: ‘One of the defining challenges’
20 Sep 2023
As volatile weather patterns continue, some communities are being forced to move to survive.
How China schooled the West on climate change
20 Sep 2023
Brussels is launching a trade probe into Beijing’s EV subsidies. But China still leads the race to go green.
Climate action must respond to extreme weather driving health crisis, says WHO
20 Sep 2023
Melting ice caps and rising sea levels are less urgent than floods, wildfires, drought and other disasters, New York summit hears.
Inside Exxon’s strategy to downplay climate change
20 Sep 2023
Internal documents show what the oil giant said publicly was very different from how it approached the issue privately in the Tillerson era.
UN hopes to kick-start global action at Climate Ambition Summit
20 Sep 2023
This ‘critical political milestone’ hopes to demonstrate a global will for more ambitious climate action.
Lula scraps Bolsonaro’s cuts to Brazilian climate target ambition
19 Sep 2023
The Brazilian government has agreed to cancel former president Jair Bolsonaro’s cuts to its climate ambition and to work on a new improved climate target.
Australia would be raising $70 billion a year from the carbon price if it wasn't dismantled
19 Sep 2023
The problems at Qantas, and the explosion in executive remuneration this century, reflect a much more general problem in the Australian economy.
California sues major oil companies for ‘decades-long campaign of deception’
19 Sep 2023
California is suing five of the largest oil and gas companies in the world, alleging that they engaged in a “decades-long campaign of deception” about climate change.
Antarctic sea-ice at 'mind-blowing' low alarms experts
19 Sep 2023
The sea-ice surrounding Antarctica is well below any previous recorded winter level, satellite data shows, a worrying new benchmark for a region that once seemed resistant to global warming.
The terrible paradox of air pollution and climate change
19 Sep 2023
Some types of air pollution slow global warming — but at the cost of millions of deaths a year.
Digital technology helps farmers affected by climate change
19 Sep 2023
A Nigerian professor is advocating for the use of digital technology to help the nation’s struggling farmers cope with global warming.
Rainforest carbon credit schemes misleading and ineffective, finds report
18 Sep 2023
System not fit for carbon offsetting, puts Indigenous communities at risk and should be replaced with new approach, say researchers.
Thousands march in New York to demand end to fossil fuels
18 Sep 2023
Helen Mancini remembers the last major climate march in New York City, when then-teenage activist Greta Thunberg spoke to a crowd of thousands, demanding world leaders take action on global warming.
Deathtoll continues to climb from devastating Libya flood
18 Sep 2023
Rescuers in Libya's Derna have told the BBC that bodies are continuing to wash up in the sea, a week on from the devastating floods which swept through the eastern city.
Why does Norway want to mine the seabed?
18 Sep 2023
Norway may become the first country to start commercial deep sea mining, despite international calls for a global moratorium.
Scientists eye offshore wind’s effects on the Atlantic’s crucial cold pool
18 Sep 2023
Scientists are rushing to understand how New Jersey’s planned offshore wind farms might alter the mid-Atlantic cold pool, home to some of the most valuable shellfish fisheries in the US.
How rising water vapour in the atmosphere is amplifying warming and making extreme weather worse
18 Sep 2023
This year’s string of record-breaking disasters seems like an acceleration of human-induced climate change.
World is failing on sustainable development goals, say scientists
15 Sep 2023
An independent group of scientists, write that scientists and policymakers must urgently join forces to overcome obstacles to achieving sustainable development goals.
Humans have crossed 6 of 9 ‘Planetary Boundaries’
15 Sep 2023
Scientists analysed nine so-called planetary boundaries and found humans are currently transgressing six.
Court ruling spares Papua forest from further clearing for palm oil
15 Sep 2023
An Indonesian court has upheld a government decision to curb the expansion of a multibillion-dollar oil palm plantation project in the country’s easternmost region of Papua.
Paris is undergoing a water revolution
15 Sep 2023
From urban swimming to fixing leaks to public fountains, France’s capital is getting smart about its most precious resource.
Al Gore: "Mistake" to think big oil, gas are part of a climate solution
15 Sep 2023
Al Gore has a mix of optimism and hope at the pace of decarbonisation but seethes with frustration over the players he thinks are blocking faster progress.
Why did this climate scientist chain herself to a pipeline?
15 Sep 2023
Rose Abramoff is determined to stop fossil fuels from destroying a livable climate, no matter the personal cost.
Small islands take ocean protection case to UN court
14 Sep 2023
Leaders of nine small island states turned to the UN maritime court to seek protection of the world's oceans from catastrophic climate change that threatens the very existence of entire countries.
Apple’s first ‘carbon neutral’ products are a red herring
14 Sep 2023
Apple announced that its Watch Series 9 marks its first carbon-neutral product. But focusing on the watch distracts from the bigger picture of the company’s climate impact.
A look inside the plan to store carbon at the bottom of the Black Sea
14 Sep 2023
The Black Sea is almost devoid of oxygen. That could make it a great place to stash carbon.
Why climate mitigation starts with life-saving vaccines
14 Sep 2023
Floods and other disasters have the ability to reverse decades of health and development progress, especially for the world’s poorest.
Food sector could achieve net negative emissions by 2050
14 Sep 2023
The advent of new agricultural technologies could help the food sector cut out billions of tons of greenhouse gas emissions per year.
US sets new record for billion-dollar climate disasters in single year
14 Sep 2023
The US has experienced 23 extreme weather events costing $1bn or more already this year, passing the previous record of 22 in 2020.
Global push for commitment to phase out fossil fuels gathers pace ahead of COP28
13 Sep 2023
A global push to commit to phasing out fossil fuels is gathering new momentum before a crucial UN climate conference this autumn, despite stiff opposition from oil-producing countries.
5000 presumed dead in Libya floods
13 Sep 2023
More than 5000 people are presumed dead and 10,000 missing after heavy rains in northeastern Libya caused two dams to collapse, surging more water into already inundated areas.
Australia braces for bushfire season
13 Sep 2023
Smoke sweeps through the treetops as a fire consumes the dense undergrowth of the Australian winter bush.
Landmark research could open the door to climate protections
13 Sep 2023
Lawyers said it was impossible to tie a specific dose of greenhouse gases to polar bear survival. They were wrong.
Fiji’s first Indigenous-owned carbon credit project
13 Sep 2023
Fiji’s first verified forest carbon credit project is based in the Drawa rainforest on the country’s largest island, and has been earning income for its Indigenous landowners for five years.
Trees could become a source of carbon emissions
13 Sep 2023
In the face of climate change, we’ve been told forests are our salvation. But scientists believe this summer’s wildfires are a sign of a tipping point — with trees a major source of carbon emissions.
China car sales grow in August, Tesla nearly doubles EV share
12 Sep 2023
China's passenger vehicle sales returned to growth in August year-on-year, as deeper discounts and tax breaks for environmentally friendly and electric vehicles boosted consumer sentiment even as economic growth remains weak.
G20 countries agree to increase clean energy but no deal on phasing out fossil fuels
12 Sep 2023
Group of 20 leaders have agreed to triple renewable energy and try to increase the funds for climate change-related disasters but maintained the status quo with regards to phasing out carbon spewing coal.
India launches global biofuel alliance at G20
12 Sep 2023
India has announced the launch of a global biofuel alliance at a G20 summit in New Delhi to boost the use of cleaner fuels.
Netherlands police use water cannon, detain 2,400 climate activists
12 Sep 2023
Police deployed water cannons to disperse thousands of climate activists protesting on a highway in the Netherlands to demand an end to government subsidies for the fossil fuel industry.
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
Thu 5 Feb 2026
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
Thu 5 Feb 2026
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
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.
