Meat and dairy set to pass oil as biggest polluter
20 Jul 2018
MEAT AND DAIRY companies are on track to be the world’s biggest contributors to climate change, outpacing even the fossil fuel industry, according to a new report.
Australia opens first carbon refinery, making new products from captured CO2
Today 11:30am
Australia’s first carbon refinery opened in New South Wales, capturing carbon dioxide from explosives giant Orica's ammonia-making operations on Kooragang Island and turning it into products such as concrete, paper and glass.
UK heatwave: 40C in June must be wake-up call on climate crisis, scientists warn
Today 11:30am
Scientists are warning that politicians are failing to appreciate the magnitude of the climate crisis after the Met Office forecast that temperatures in the UK could hit 40C for just the second time since records began.
China, Canada, EU climate talks kick off in Brussels
Today 11:30am
America will find itself on the 'wrong side of history', the Chinese minister says
Burning forest ‘waste’ to make cement damages the climate
Today 11:30am
The Australian government has agreed to invest almost $53 million in a north Tasmanian company that will upgrade its coal-fired kiln to burn wood “waste” and used tyres for cement manufacturing.
Green economy hits $10 trillion in market value
Today 11:30am
If the green economy – defined as the group of companies heavily involved in environmental business – were its own industry, it would be the third-largest in the world.
Why we need to invest in adaptation at the same time as climate action
Today 11:30am
Comment: Climate adaptation has never had more public attention or more documented economic rationale. It has also never been further from the decisions that actually govern how money moves, how infrastructure gets built and how states prepare their citizens for the conditions already arriving.
Global business leaders back faster electrification shift
Tue 23 Jun 2026
Companies including Nestle and Ikea on Monday urged governments to make electrification central to their economic strategies, to help reduce exposure to volatile fossil fuel costs and bolster energy security.
‘Those blocking climate science are not our friends': Pacific leaders warn at Bonn talks
Tue 23 Jun 2026
Pacific nations and civil society groups have united at UN climate talks, pushing back against efforts to weaken agreed language on global temperature limits as negotiations continue behind closed doors.
Mombasa ocean summit drives progress on marine protection, but threats persist
Tue 23 Jun 2026
At the 11th Our Ocean conference in Kenya, its founder John Kerry says the ocean must become central to climate solutions and needs to be looked after.
Half of France under red heat alert as alcohol banned at street music festival
Tue 23 Jun 2026
France has issued red heatwave alerts for around half the country including Paris for Monday as a heatwave pushes temperatures towards record levels.
