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The quest to build a tiny Bolivian EV
19 Apr 2022
Bolivian startup Quantum Motors makes tiny EVs aimed at the Latin American masses. Will they buy it?
Climate justice coalition files criminal complaint against South Africa
19 Apr 2022
A group of climate change organisations have filed criminal complaints against the South African President Cyril Ramaphosa, and a number of prominent cabinet ministers, accusing the government officials of “unlawful negligence” by failing to take “practical action to address the climate crisis.”
Macron uses climate change to attack Le Pen
19 Apr 2022
In a bid to woo left-wing voters for the final round of the French presidential election, Emmanuel Macron on Saturday slammed his far-right opponent Marine Le Pen as a “climate skeptic” and trumpeted his own plans to build a green economy.
COP26 promises will hold warming under 2C
14 Apr 2022
The carbon-cutting promises made at COP26 would see the world warm by just under 2C this century, according to a new analysis.
Native Americans embrace renewable energy
14 Apr 2022
The job market in Indian Country is tough. Edmond Salt knows that as well as anybody.
Biomass industry pushes back against Europe's plans to protect forests
14 Apr 2022
A powerful US biomass lobby group is pushing for a raft of changes that would weaken European renewable energy rules geared to better protect biodiversity and tackle climate change, DeSmog can reveal.
Seven new oil and gas projects approved since IPCC report called for an end to fossil fuels
14 Apr 2022
It’s “now or never,” said the latest report from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC). It called on governments to start staving off emissions to save the planet from irreversible climate disaster.
From traditional practice to top climate solution, agroecology gets growing attention
14 Apr 2022
While its principles trace back millennia, agroecology’s roots in academia originate in the 1920s and 1930s as agronomists increasingly looked at how farming and ecosystems could be integrated.
NASA's upcoming battery tech could recharge EV in 15 minutes
14 Apr 2022
NASA is reportedly building a groundbreaking electric car battery that is able to charge in just 15 minutes. For the development of this game-changing tech, NASA has teamed up with Japan's Nissan.
Climate change looms large in US treaty talks in the Pacific
13 Apr 2022
At least one Pacific nation wants funding to help with climate change resiliency as the U.S. renegotiates three critical security treaties ahead of a looming deadline next year.
Big tech launches $925 million fund for carbon removal
13 Apr 2022
A supergroup of big-name companies — Alphabet, McKinsey, Meta, Shopify and Stripe — has launched an advance market commitment to fund the development of permanent carbon-removal tech.
Wealthy nations responsible for 74% of ecological harm: study
13 Apr 2022
Wealthy nations are responsible for nearly three-quarters of ecological damage worldwide, according to research published in the journal Lancet Planetary Health.
Global warming drove a deadly burst of Indian Ocean tropical storms
13 Apr 2022
Global warming supercharged one of the most destructive tropical storm seasons on record in the South Indian Ocean, an international science team says.
Climate litigation boosted by latest IPCC report
13 Apr 2022
A recent UN climate report gives key validation to lawsuits that prod fossil fuel companies to pay for climate damages and governments to move more aggressively on climate mitigation.
Meet a climate scientist who just risked arrest to save the planet
13 Apr 2022
On a typical day, Peter Kalmus goes to work at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory near Los Angeles, where he studies biological systems and climate change
Sweden set to be world’s first country to target consumption-based emission cuts
12 Apr 2022
Sweden’s political parties have agreed to include consumption-based emissions within its climate targets, making it the first country in the world to make the leap into the complex realm of overseas emissions reporting.
Cost of carbon on the rise in South Korea
12 Apr 2022
Soaring carbon costs are adding up for companies in Korea as the government is set to tighten environmental rules.
This is Australia's climate change election
12 Apr 2022
It is not just the Pacific region angered by Prime Minister Morrison’s unchanged coal-loving stance. Next month, he will have to answer to the Australian electorate on this critical issue.
Climate change intensified deadly storms in Africa in early 2022
12 Apr 2022
Climate change amped up the rains that pounded southeastern Africa and killed hundreds of people during two powerful storms in early 2022.
Architecture "lagging behind all other sectors" in climate change fight: IPCC author
12 Apr 2022
Efforts to halt catastrophic climate change are being held back by "inertia" in the built environment sector, according to Yamina Saheb, co-author of the latest report from the United Nations climate change panel.
Atmospheric methane on the rise: NOAA
11 Apr 2022
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) of the US Department of Commerce has warned that the presence of methane reached new highs in 2021.
Scientists call for a climate revolution
11 Apr 2022
“We are scientists, calling for a climate revolution.”
Banks say they're getting tough on coal, but they keep lending trillions to polluters
11 Apr 2022
Banks have pledged to go green. Yet they can't seem to ditch coal.
KLM’s carbon neutral claim is misleading: watchdog
11 Apr 2022
KLM cannot truthfully say its flights are carbon neutral, according to Dutch advertising watchdog Stichting Reclame Code (SRC). The committee's verdict was seen Friday by Bloomberg.
Why ‘eco-conscious’ fashion brands can continue to increase emissions
11 Apr 2022
Fashion accounts for 10% of the world’s carbon emissions and is the second-most polluting industry in the world. But in an increasingly climate-conscious society, it is increasingly trying to present itself as sustainable to appeal to customers.
Mattel releases its first carbon-neutral toys
11 Apr 2022
Mattel has released its first-ever carbon neutral toys, including a Matchbox Tesla model made from recycled materials.
China’s emissions expected to peak in 2027: state think tank
8 Apr 2022
China’s carbon emissions could peak three years ahead of the 2030 government target, according to a report published on 31 March by the Chinese Academy of Engineering (CAE), a state-affiliated think tank.
UK livestock only half way there on emissions
8 Apr 2022
UK’s livestock production can only get half way to its target for emissions reduction with the technology currently available to it.
Climate claims and greenwashing - what's to be done?
8 Apr 2022
A new report supports arguments that oil and gas majors’ actions do not match promises when it comes to decarbonisation. But what is being done about greenwashing?
Climate research funded by polluters discredits universities
8 Apr 2022
Last month, more than 500 leading academics, climate experts and university affiliates called for an end to the fossil fuel industry funding university climate research.
New IPCC report looks at neglected element of climate action: people
8 Apr 2022
The landmark climate report released by the United Nations on Monday called for a transformation in the way people use energy, buildings and vehicles. And for the first time it also focused on humans, themselves.
Solar panels, made from food waste, produce energy without sunlight
8 Apr 2022
Solar panels are a cornerstone of the clean energy revolution. And yet, they have one great flaw: when the clouds roll in their productivity dives.
EU Commission lays out plan to become climate neutral by 2030
7 Apr 2022
The European Commission unveiled plans to cut its own greenhouse gas emissions by 60% before the end of the decade, saying the remainder will be compensated with carbon removals
Milking the EU’s carbon market cash cow for industry
7 Apr 2022
Rather than propose amendments to the EU’s Emissions Trading System that would take the heat off the climate and serve society, European parliamentarians are squabbling over the quantity of freebies to offer polluting industries.
18 countries have been able to cut emissions while growing economies
7 Apr 2022
Proponents of clean energy and thinks tanks have long said it’s possible to reduce emissions and keep an economy growing. Now the latest report from the world’s top climate scientists says 18 countries have done just that, sustaining emissions reductions “for at least a decade” as their economies continued to grow.
Tropical forests have big climate benefits beyond carbon storage
7 Apr 2022
Tropical forests have a crucial role in cooling Earth’s surface by extracting carbon dioxide from the air. But only two-thirds of their cooling power comes from their ability to suck in CO2 and store it, according to a study. The other one-third comes from their ability to create clouds, humidify the air and release cooling chemicals.
Is this Zaha Hadid-designed building a blueprint for the carbon neutral 'office of the future'?
7 Apr 2022
Zaha Hadid Architects took visual cues from undulating desert dunes when creating the sinuous headquarters for environmental management company Beeah Group in Sharjah, United Arab Emirates.
Germany boosts renewables with “biggest energy policy reform in decades”
7 Apr 2022
Germany wants to fight the climate crisis and its heavy dependence on fossil fuel imports by speeding up the rollout of renewables with a massive overhaul of key energy legislation.
IPCC scientists report five ways to save the planet
6 Apr 2022
The dangers of climate change have been well reported for years. But what's had less attention is how the world could effectively tackle the issue.
Global hub launched to help countries slash methane emissions
6 Apr 2022
A global hub to slash methane emissions was launched this week as leading scientists advised that reducing the short-lived gas is essential to limit dangerous levels of warming.
Carbon removal ‘unavoidable’ as climate dangers grow: IPCC
6 Apr 2022
Removing carbon dioxide from the atmosphere is essential to meet the Paris Agreement’s looming climate targets, according to a major report from the United Nations’ Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change.
PNG suspends new carbon deals, scrambles to write rules for the schemes
6 Apr 2022
Papua New Guinea’s environment minister has imposed a moratorium on new voluntary carbon credit schemes to give the government time to create a regulatory framework for future and existing deals.
Indonesia delays carbon tax till July to help economic recovery
6 Apr 2022
Indonesia is delaying the roll-out of its carbon tax to July from April, a move that analysts say will help its economic recovery amid surging energy prices and support businesses.
The climate case for seizing superyachts, Russian and otherwise
6 Apr 2022
Oligarchs' superyachts emit more carbon than some Pacific Island nations.
World has its best chance yet to slash emissions – if it seizes the opportunity: IPCC
5 Apr 2022
The world has its best chance yet to reduce greenhouse gas emissions quickly, but hard and fast cuts are needed across all sectors and nations to hold warming to safe levels, the global authority on climate change says.
The UN's 10,000-page red alert on climate change
5 Apr 2022
Accelerating global warming is driving a rising tide of impacts that could cause profound human misery and ecological disaster, and there is only one way to avoid catastrophe: drastically reduce greenhouse gas emissions.
Who is responsible for climate breakdown?
5 Apr 2022
Who is responsible for climate breakdown? This question has triggered heated debate for several decades now, as the politicians of powerful countries jockey to shift blame and avoid liability for the catastrophic damages that are now cascading around us
Climate change could cost U.S. budget $2 trillion a year by the end of the century
5 Apr 2022
Flood, fire, and drought fueled by climate change could take a massive bite out of the U.S. federal budget per year by the end of the century, the White House said in its first ever such assessment.
Chile's new constitution likely to enshrine rights of nature
5 Apr 2022
Chile’s constitutional convention, underway in Santiago since July 4, 2021, is the first time a country has re-written its foundational document in the wake of the Paris Agreement and comes as the world reckons with three interconnected environmental crises: climate change, biodiversity loss and toxic pollution
Australia plans to be a big green hydrogen exporter
5 Apr 2022
In its latest budget, the federal government has promised hundreds of millions of dollars to expand Australia’s green hydrogen capabilities.
Companies could have profits from breaking environment laws stripped under Australian reforms
Thu 23 Oct 2025
The Albanese government wants the power to strip companies of any financial gains made from breaking environment laws, as part of a package of landmark reforms to be put before parliament in the next two weeks.
Why Democrats aren’t talking about climate change much anymore
Fri 24 Oct 2025
Nearly a year after the 2024 election, Democrats are still trying to figure out what went wrong. In the midst of this soul-searching, a new piece of advice has appeared: “Don’t say climate change.”
In China, climate litigation starts with the state
16 Oct 2025
With thousands of dedicated courts and more than a million recent cases, environmental and climate litigation is booming in China, but it often looks different to the trend seen elsewhere.
'It was the start of a new movement': The Dutch rewilding project that took a dark turn
Fri 24 Oct 2025
In 2018, thousands of dead animals, emaciated from starvation, lay strewn across a famous Dutch rewilding project. Was it animal cruelty or just nature taking its course?
UK Prime Minister will attend Brazil climate summit
Tue 21 Oct 2025
Keir Starmer will travel to the Amazon rainforest for the COP30 United Nations climate summit next month, Downing Street has confirmed, after weeks of speculation that he would not.
Renewables are a global economic engine, not a culture war threat
2 Oct 2025
Energy companies are learning this lesson faster than Alberta Premier Danielle Smith.
Indonesia restarts international carbon trade after four years
17 Oct 2025
Indonesia's President Prabowo Subianto has issued a new decree to restart international carbon emission trading after a four year hiatus.
Mystery heatwave warms Pacific Ocean to new record
Tue 21 Oct 2025
The waters of the north Pacific have had their warmest summer on record, according to BBC analysis of a mysterious marine heatwave that has confounded climate scientists.
Scientists discovered something alarming seeping out from beneath the ocean around Antarctica
13 Oct 2025
Planet-heating methane is escaping from cracks in the Antarctic seabed as the region warms, with new seeps being discovered at an “astonishing rate".
Angola lowers climate ambition in blow to spirit of Paris Agreement
14 Oct 2025
Angola has scaled back its targets for reducing emissions in its new national climate plan, saying it chose “realism and implementability” over the Paris Agreement's calls for governments to set progressively more ambitious goals.
Brazil's Indigenous battle with a dry Amazon rainforest
Thu 23 Oct 2025
As pastures and thirsty crops dry up the Amazon, Indigenous people try to adapt traditional farming methods.
Super-warming methane gas is being tackled too slowly, UN says ahead of COP30
Fri 24 Oct 2025
Almost 90% of satellite-detected methane leaks flagged to governments and oil and gas companies are not being acknowledged, the UN said Wednesday ahead of the COP30 climate talks next month.
