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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.
Climate change lawsuits more than double in 5 years, UN report finds
28 Jul 2023
The increasing number of climate change cases indicates that climate-related lawsuits are becoming an essential component of ensuring climate justice.
G20 environment chiefs ready fresh bid for climate deals
28 Jul 2023
G20 environment ministers in India readied a fresh bid to strike deals tackling climate change, days after heavy criticism for failing to agree on cutting fossil fuel use.
El Niño: what happens when things get too hot to handle?
28 Jul 2023
High heat is due to a combination of the El Niño weather event and ongoing carbon dioxide emissions.
‘Like a blowtorch’: Mediterranean on fire as blazes spread across nine countries
27 Jul 2023
Wildfires were burning in at least nine countries across the Mediterranean, with thousands of firefighters in Europe and north Africa working to contain flames stoked by high temperatures, dry conditions and strong winds.
IPCC: Scottish professor to lead top global climate body
27 Jul 2023
A Scottish scientist has been chosen to lead one of the world's most influential climate change bodies.
Heat wave puts over half of US population under heat alerts
27 Jul 2023
A heat wave that has hammered the southern US. for weeks has expanded, triggering heat alerts for over 170 million people, according to the National Weather Service.
Typhoon Doksuri displaces thousands in northern Philippines
27 Jul 2023
Nearly 16,000 people displaced as ferocious storm floods low-lying villages and knocks out electricity.
Forests are losing their ability to hold carbon
27 Jul 2023
US forests could worsen global warming instead of easing it because they are being destroyed by natural disasters and are losing their ability to absorb planet-warming gases as they get older.
Climate change is pushing young people in Honduras to leave farming and migrate
27 Jul 2023
Drought and erratic rainfall in Honduras is undermining agriculture and pushing young people to migrate in search of a more secure future.
Vital Atlantic Ocean current could collapse as soon as 2025
26 Jul 2023
A study warns that the Atlantic meridional overturning circulation is close to a tipping point that would severely disrupt the climate – but other researchers say the timing is impossible to predict.
New scientific report identifies "the fingerprints of climate change"
26 Jul 2023
The fingerprints of climate change are all over the intense heat waves gripping the globe this month, an international study has found.
Climate scientists’ horror and exasperation as global predictions play out
26 Jul 2023
Seven leading climate scientists describe how they felt as much of the northern hemisphere is engulfed by blistering heatwaves, and a number of global land and ocean climate records are broken.
Is climate change making cloudbursts more frequent?
26 Jul 2023
Intense rainfall in the Himalayan regions of India’s Kashmir state and adjacent mountainous cold desert of Ladakh earlier this week destroyed roads and caused flooding of dozens of villages.
IMF worried about 'material' impact of climate change on economies
26 Jul 2023
The International Monetary Fund calls for coordinated efforts to address climate change, warning extreme weather is posing material risks, especially to economies saddled with high debts.
Google teams up with climate scientists to monitor permafrost with AI
26 Jul 2023
Scientists are partnering with Google's philanthropic arm to create a first of its kind, near-real-time way to monitor thawing permafrost across the Arctic.
Is it really hotter now than any time in 100,000 years?
25 Jul 2023
As scorching heat grips large swaths of the Earth, a lot of people are trying to put the extreme temperatures into context and asking: When was it ever this hot before?
Security group warns Australia’s democracy is being threatened by ‘anti-climate-action propaganda’
Wed 25 Mar 2026
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
Wed 25 Mar 2026
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
Wed 25 Mar 2026
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
Wed 25 Mar 2026
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
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.
