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Antarctic sea ice levels dive in 'five-sigma event', as experts flag worsening consequences for planet
25 Jul 2023
This winter has confirmed what scientists had feared — the sea ice around Antarctica is in sharp decline, with experts now concerned it may not recover.
Rhodes wildfire forces thousands of evacuations, tourists flee
25 Jul 2023
Thousands of tourists and residents fleeing wildfires on the Greek island of Rhodes took refuge in schools and shelters, with many evacuated on private boats as flames threatened resorts and coastal villages.
Climate change causes culture clashes in Iraq's cities
25 Jul 2023
Drought is forcing thousands of rural Iraqis migrate to cities for work, bringing with them their own cultural ideas.
There’s a glut of electric vehicles on the market–for now
25 Jul 2023
The auto industry’s transition from fossil fuels to electric power is accelerating, but that doesn’t mean it’s going to be a smooth process.
Understanding “loss and damage” from climate change across the Indo-Pacific
25 Jul 2023
A concept that will become ever more familiar – in the courts, too – with more action needed to avoid irreversible consequences of climate change.
Dozens of oil lobbyists attended secretive shipping emissions talks
24 Jul 2023
Lobbyists from oil companies such as Shell, ExxonMobil and Saudi Aramco joined government negotiators at recent secretive talks on how to cut emissions from the shipping sector.
Leading Nasa climate expert says July likely to be hottest month on record
24 Jul 2023
July will likely be Earth’s hottest month in hundreds if not thousands of years, says the director of Nasa’s Goddard Institute for Space Studies.
COP28 summit host UAE's climate plans ranked 'insufficient'
24 Jul 2023
The United Arab Emirates, host of this year's COP28 UN climate summit, has set out "insufficient" plans to tackle its own contribution to climate change, an independent research group.
The global fight for critical minerals is costly and damaging
24 Jul 2023
Sustainability, equity and security are all at risk in the rush to break China’s dominance over the production of rare-earth metals.
Steel industry makes ‘pivotal’ shift towards lower-carbon production
24 Jul 2023
The steel industry has made a ‘pivotal’ shift towards lower-carbon forms of production, a new report says, but remains short of a 1.5C-compatible pathway.
New machine learning-based model boosting Africa's preparedness climate change
24 Jul 2023
Scientists have unveiled a first-ever weather forecasting model using artificial intelligence and machine learning solutions to help vulnerable African countries build resilience to climate impacts.
Canada’s wildfires prompt US air quality alerts for 70 million people in 32 states
21 Jul 2023
Smoke from the hundreds of blazes in Canada, has once again drifted across the border into the United States, prompting another round of air quality warnings.
Climate action is an insurance policy for the world
21 Jul 2023
Climate change is no longer a future problem. It is here, and the effects are all around.
South Korea floods: tunnel horror brings home climate fears
21 Jul 2023
As hundreds of rescue workers comb the muddied waters of a South Korean underpass, the stagnant rainwater, once up to the ceiling, now only covers their knees.
This heatwave is a climate omen. But it’s not too late to change course
21 Jul 2023
The warming of the planet – including the most up-to-date data for 2023 – is entirely consistent with what climate modelers warned decades ago.
Europe’s heat wave: Greek wildfires force hundreds to flee as temperatures rise
21 Jul 2023
Hundreds of people have been evacuated as wildfires rage in Greece, and Southern Europe faces another week of sweltering, above-40C temperatures in a heat wave that experts say is linked to climate change.
South America will pledge to end Amazon deforestation by 2030
21 Jul 2023
Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva’s ambitious pledge to end illegal deforestation of the Amazon rainforest by 2030 is going regional.
Extreme weather hits world’s seven continents in July 2023
20 Jul 2023
Extreme weather events across the globe this month have already featured on more than 114 frontpages in at least 84 newspapers, published across 32 countries.
EU may update climate pledge to show faster progress on CO2 goals
20 Jul 2023
EU countries are debating whether to update their climate pledge ahead of this year's COP28 summit, to show they expect to exceed their current goal for CO2 emission cuts.
Will the voluntary carbon market survive mistrust and regulation?
20 Jul 2023
As more companies eye carbon credits to meet net-zero pledges, scrutiny is growing over the future of the voluntary offsets market.
Europe should cap ‘luxury’ energy use to meet emissions targets
20 Jul 2023
Research finds that limiting the demand of top 20% saves seven times the greenhouse gases required to meet the needs of the bottom 20%.
Scientists unveil the key site that shows we’re in a new climate epoch
20 Jul 2023
The holy grail for understanding the start of the Anthropocene lies at the bottom of a lake in Canada.
Climate connections: a warming planet, pathogens, and diseases
20 Jul 2023
Ticks, mosquitos, bacteria, algae, even fungi are on the move, shifting or expanding their historical ranges to account for climatic conditions that are evolving at an extraordinary pace.
Northern Europe faces biggest relative increase in uncomfortable heat and is dangerously unprepared
19 Jul 2023
A recent UN report even stated that there is now “no credible pathway” to achieve 1.5℃.
G20 finance chiefs meeting in India address global challenges like climate change and rising debt
19 Jul 2023
Finance ministers from the Group of 20 nations meeting in India are poised to address critical global economic challenges, including the threats posed by climate change and rising debt among low-income countries.
‘We are not prepared’: US disasters spread as climate change strikes
19 Jul 2023
The warming planet is causing havoc under the strain from record heat, floods, storms and wildfires, and scientists warn the toll will get worse.
Research links climate change to 'lazier' jet stream, leading to extreme weather
19 Jul 2023
Jet streams are relatively narrow bands of strong wind in the upper atmosphere, typically occurring around 30,000 feet, and blowing west to east.
Who gets arrested for climate crimes?
19 Jul 2023
People protesting the climate crisis are getting arrested around the world while actual alleged climate criminals walk free.
How can Africa get a fair price for its carbon credits?
19 Jul 2023
The world market for carbon credits is growing rapidly – the year 2021 alone saw a 50% increase in real demand, with the value of the voluntary market estimated at anywhere between $40-$100bn by 2030.
Oil giant led by COP28 boss ‘to emit close to China’s annual emissions by 2050’
18 Jul 2023
The Abu Dhabi National Oil Company is on course to emit more than 11 billion tonnes of greenhouse gases in the next 25 years.
US calls for ‘urgent action’ on climate crisis at China talks
18 Jul 2023
The two biggest greenhouse gas emitters hold talks in Beijing as extreme weather grips much of the globe.
Europe, China and US swelter in record-breaking heatwaves
18 Jul 2023
A brutal heat wave is gripping parts of Europe, China and the United States, where record temperatures are a stark illustration of the dangers of a warming climate.
Vermont floods show limits of America’s efforts to adapt to climate change
18 Jul 2023
Flooding in Vermont, in which heavy rainfall caused destruction far from rivers or coastlines, is evidence of an especially dangerous climate threat.
Carbon pricing to affect investments, survey claims
18 Jul 2023
The trading of carbon emission allowances in China is expected to increasingly affect investment decisions as the carbon price rises steadily, according to the 2022 China Carbon Pricing Survey report.
Drought leaves millions in Uruguay without tap water fit for drinking
18 Jul 2023
After years of underinvestment, reservoir has had to be topped up from estuary, raising health concerns.
‘Things don’t always change in a nice, gradual way’
17 Jul 2023
Climate change feels more real now than ever and it’s getting hard to keep track of all the overlapping climate disasters.
US refuses climate reparations for developing nations
17 Jul 2023
The US says it will not "under any circumstances" pay reparations to developing countries hit by climate change-fuelled disasters.
‘Giant Methane Factories’: hydropower has long been touted as clean energy. But is it?
17 Jul 2023
Decades of research suggests that hydropower has a far greater climate impact than once thought.
Efforts to insure the world against climate change are falling flat
17 Jul 2023
Vulnerable nations worry about pricey premiums, ineffective schemes and rich countries’ motivations.
The war on climate activism is reaching dangerous new heights
17 Jul 2023
Governments around the world are increasingly deploying the language and methods of counterterrorism to repress climate movements.
Australia's kelp forests an underwater 'Amazon' could help climate change
17 Jul 2023
To most people, the word "forest" would conjure images of vast tree communities, like the towering karri forests of WA's South West.
Govts strike deal on Green Climate Fund strategy
13 Jul 2023
Developed countries pushed for more focus on private money while developing governments wanted more public money from rich nations.
Oceans are turning greener due to climate change
13 Jul 2023
More than half of the world’s oceans have become greener in the past 20 years, probably because of global warming.
US heat wave expands, more than 108 million people under alerts
13 Jul 2023
An expanding, intensifying heat wave prompted the US National Weather Service to issue heat alerts for more than 108 million people, with no letup in sight for some areas.
Market for clean energy minerals surges to $320 billion: International Energy Agency
13 Jul 2023
The market remains vulnerable to volatile prices, supply chain snarls and geopolitical tensions despite soaring demand.
Carbon tax on luxury items is fairer and more effective to cut emissions
13 Jul 2023
A study published in the academic journal One Earth has found that taxing luxury items would be more effective in reducing carbon output than current schemes.
China power plants beef up production amid surging electricity demand
13 Jul 2023
Power plants have ramped up efforts to secure electricity supply, including increasing output at coal-fired power plants, in response to the surging demand due to a prolonged heat wave.
Global temperature rises in steps – here’s why we can expect a steep climb this year and next
12 Jul 2023
By Kevin Trenberth | Global warming took off in the mid-1970s when the rise in global mean surface temperature exceeded natural variability.
Does carbon offsetting do more harm than good?
12 Jul 2023
After years of campaigning by activists, the tide is finally turning on the idea of companies buying carbon credits to compensate for their emissions.
World's war on greenhouse gas emissions has a military blind spot
12 Jul 2023
When it comes to taking stock of global emissions, there's an elephant in the room: the world's armed forces.
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.
