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France bans short-haul flights in effort to fight climate change
25 May 2023
France has formally banned domestic flights on short routes that can be covered by train in less than two-and-a-half hours in a move aimed at reducing airline emissions.
UK sued over plan to import more polluting Australian beef
25 May 2023
Campaigners have challenged the UK government over its assessment of an imminent free trade agreement with Australia, which critics say ignored the full climate impact of meat farming and consumption.
Verra boss steps down after criticism of its carbon credits
24 May 2023
The carbon credit certifier has both grown rapidly and faced mounting integrity accusations during outgoing CEO’s tenure.
Global heating will push billions outside ‘human climate niche’
24 May 2023
World is on track for 2.7C and ‘phenomenal’ human suffering, scientists warn.
Climate change causes 2m deaths in 50 years; poor suffer most: UN
24 May 2023
Extreme weather has caused the deaths of 2 million people and $4.3 trillion in economic damage over the past half a century, a report by the United Nations finds.
Brazil to set tougher climate change target, sources say
24 May 2023
President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva plans to commit Brazil to a more ambitious climate change goal this year, addressing criticisms of the previous target set by his far-right predecessor Jair Bolsonaro, two sources told Reuters.
Dep. Climate Change seeks advice: potential conflicts on agency's board
24 May 2023
The department in charge of the Climate Change Authority (CCA) has told senate estimates it is seeking legal advice over potential conflicts of interest on the authority's board.
Methane must fall to slow global heating
24 May 2023
Methane—a potent greenhouse gas and the second biggest driver of global warming after carbon dioxide (CO₂)—had its moment in the spotlight in 2021.
Climate change: Ministers lack urgency on flood risks, critics say
23 May 2023
Welsh ministers have been accused of lacking urgency on flood risks due to climate change, after postponing planning rule changes twice.
'Crunch time' for integrity of Australian carbon market
23 May 2023
An improved savannah fire management method for earning carbon credits is a priority for federal Labor, along with the release of once-secret data to restore public confidence.
Italy's Deadly Floods: Climate Change's All-Or-Nothing Weather Extremes
23 May 2023
In a changing climate, more rain is coming, but it’s falling on fewer days in less useful and more dangerous downpours.
After the flood, storms lie ahead for Formula 1 in race to hit carbon zero
23 May 2023
F1 made right call in cancelling the Emilia Romagna Grand Prix but major obstacles remain in order to reach target by 2030.
Dangote launches Africa’s biggest oil refinery
23 May 2023
Nigeria’s new Dangote petroleum refinery is Africa’s biggest – it will produce 650,000 barrels a day, giving it the potential to address the country’s energy supply crisis.
What is the human cost of global warming?
23 May 2023
With at least 192 nations preparing to gather in Bonn, Germany, in June for a major climate conference, scientists at the Universities of Exeter in the UK and Nanjing in China have quantified the human cost of global warming.
G7 Nations Wrangle Over Ambitious Climate Commitments
22 May 2023
The U.S. finds itself caught between defending President Biden’s climate change agenda and aiding allies intent on increasing their access to fossil fuels.
Study: Fossil fuel firms owe $209bn a year for climate damage
22 May 2023
A multi-billion dollar reparations scheme has been proposed for fossil fuel companies to atone for the damage caused by their greenhouse gas emissions.
Only around 13% of global methane emissions regulated
22 May 2023
Introducing policies with greater coverage, mitigation solutions for major sources, increasing accuracy for estimations and measurable objectives could lead to a significant methane emissions reduction.
Somalia climate crisis: ‘No one saw this level of devastation coming’
22 May 2023
Torrential rain, coming on top of the country’s worst drought in four decades, has forced 250,000 people to leave their homes.
El Niño and La Niña more extreme and frequent due to climate change
22 May 2023
The strength and frequency of La Niña and El Niño were once determined entirely by natural forces, but now the climate patterns are showing the fingerprints of humans.
Canadian financial institutions are fueling the climate change crisis
22 May 2023
Canada will almost certainly fail to meet its target to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by 40 to 45% by 2030 in accordance with the most recent Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) recommendations.
Norway under pressure to scale back fossil fuel expansion plans
19 May 2023
The Norwegian government is facing growing pressure to scale back its huge global fossil fuel expansion plans – including the development of a controversial new oilfield in the North Sea.
UAE appoints fossil fuels execs and climate campaigners as Cop28 advisers
19 May 2023
The United Arab Emirates has appointed 31 people, including fossil fuel executives and climate campaigners, to its advisory board for November’s Cop28 climate talks.
Climate change worsened Asia's April heatwave by 2C - study
19 May 2023
Climate change raised temperatures by at least 2C in many parts of Asia last month as it suffered a crippling heatwave, a new study says.
World's biggest carbon capture plant running at one third capacity
19 May 2023
United States oil and gas giant Chevron has acknowledged its flagship carbon capture and storage project off Australia's north-west coast is operating at just a third of its capacity as problems bedevil the facility.
Vietnam approves plan to boost wind, LNG by 2030
19 May 2023
Vietnam said on Tuesday it has approved a long-awaited power plan for this decade, in a move meant to boost wind energy and gas, while reducing reliance on coal.
Carbon emissions cause almost 40% western wildfires
19 May 2023
New research | Almost 40% of forest area burned by wildfire in the western United States and southwestern Canada in the last 40 years can be attributed to carbon emissions associated with the world’s 88 largest fossil fuel producers and cement manufacturers.
Cop28 host UAE’s approach is ‘dangerous’, says UN’s ex-climate chief
18 May 2023
The United Arab Emirates’ approach to the Cop28 climate summit it will preside over in November is “very dangerous” and a “direct threat to the survival of vulnerable nations”, according to the UN’s former climate chief.
Global warming set to break key 1.5C limit for first time
18 May 2023
Our overheating world is likely to break a key temperature limit for the first time over the next few years, scientists predict.
Microsoft will pay to capture carbon from burning wood
18 May 2023
Microsoft has backed a big plan to capture carbon dioxide emissions from a wood-burning power plant.
Leading US carbon farming programme paid $5.1 million in 2022
18 May 2023
Truterra LLC, the carbon farming and sustainable agriculture unit of cooperative Land O'Lakes Inc, paid U.S. farmers $5.1 million in 2022 for capturing and storing 262,000 metric tons of carbon via sustainable practices.
‘Polite queuing’ will not decarbonise UK supergrid, says energy watchdog boss
18 May 2023
Britain will not achieve its ambition to decarbonise the electricity grid by the middle of the 2030s with the current system of “polite queuing”, the boss of energy watchdog Ofgem has said.
UNESCO study: climate change impact on education in Asia-Pacific region
18 May 2023
UNESCO has published a new regional report analysing the impacts of climate change and displacement on the right to education in the Asia-Pacific region.
Rich countries not doing enough says Pacific Island leaders
17 May 2023
Pacific Island leaders are criticizing rich countries for not doing enough to control climate change despite being responsible for much of the problem, and for profiting from loans provided to vulnerable nations to mitigate the effects.
How corporations use greenwashing to convince you they are battling climate change
17 May 2023
Many corporations claim their products are “green-friendly.” But how do you know if what they’re selling is truly eco-safe?
Patagonia's underwater defense against climate change
17 May 2023
Chile's Patagonia is known for its mountains and hiking paradise but it is also home to the largest continuous kelp forest in the world.
Greenwashing era is over, say ad agencies, as regulators get tough
17 May 2023
Across the advertising industry, agencies are wrestling with their role in greenwashing scandals and their support for clients driving the climate and nature crises.
Climate change makes cyclones more intense, destructive: scientists
17 May 2023
Climate change does not make cyclones, such as that battering Bangladesh, more frequent but it does render them more intense and destructive, according to climatologists and weather experts.
Climate Change Brings Warmer, Wetter Weather to Trinidad
17 May 2023
Even as the leaders of Trinidad and Tobago double down on fossil fuels, climate change is bringing more extreme weather to the island nation.
How climate change is impacting Canada’s largest wetland
16 May 2023
The starkly beautiful Hudson Bay Lowlands, located between the Canadian Shield and Hudson Bay, are covered in carbon-rich peat and dotted with small ponds as far as the eye can see.
Skyscrapers turn to carbon capture to lessen climate change
16 May 2023
In a vertical city like New York, any serious effort to address climate change has to focus on the greenhouse gas emissions caused by buildings.
Land for coffee will be cut by more than 50%
16 May 2023
Climate change will reduce the land available for coffee by 54% by 2100 even if global temperatures are contained to internationally agreed targets, according to a new report.
Meteorologists are the new targets in global social media misinformation
16 May 2023
Once trusted faces on the news, meteorologists now brave threats, insults and slander online from conspiracy theorists and climate change deniers who accuse them of faking or even fixing the weather.
Studies find lower methane emissions in LA
16 May 2023
Two recent studies by researchers at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory used contrasting approaches to measure drops in human-caused emissions of the potent greenhouse gas methane in recent years in the Los Angeles region.
Ukraine’s already planning its green rebuilding
16 May 2023
Ukrainian activists, scientists and architects are pushing for a postwar recovery unlike any in history, with a focus on climate resilience and clean energy.
Carbon capture key to Biden’s new power-plant rule: is the tech ready?
15 May 2023
The administration of US President Joe Biden has proposed a landmark regulation that aims to curb emissions from the power sector in the United States over the next two decades.
International sea level satellite spots early signs of El Niño
15 May 2023
The most recent sea level data from the U.S.-European satellite Sentinel-6 Michael Freilich indicates early signs of a developing El Niño across the equatorial Pacific Ocean.
Climate change first ‘went viral’ exactly 70 years ago
15 May 2023
We have grown so used to many things. To the pictures of wildfires and cremated animals, to the ice sheets calving into the ocean, to the promises of world leaders that they will heed the “last chance” warning of the scientists.
Australian government approves first new coal mine since elected
15 May 2023
The Australian government was bound by national environment laws when considering Central Queensland's Isaac River coal mine, a spokeswoman said.
Youth-led climate change lawsuit challenging Montana's pro-fossil fuel policies heads to trial
15 May 2023
A US judge says a climate change lawsuit from young people challenging Montana's pro-fossil fuel policies will proceed to trial despite efforts by the state to derail the case.
Paris agreement’s police force begins with rebuke to Vatican
15 May 2023
A committee set up to pressure governments into complying with the Paris Agreement has issued its first warnings, rebuking the Vatican City for not submitting a climate plan.
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.
