‘The more unequal the society is, the more severe the climate disaster’ - climatologist
23 Apr 2025
The German scientist on her new book arguing that inequality, wealth and sexism are making the climate crisis worse – and what we need to do about it.
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World’s largest banks pledged $906bn to fossil fuel companies in 2025
Today 12:00pm
The world’s largest banks committed $906bn in financing to the fossil fuel industry last year, an “unfathomable” increase in investment locking in years more of coal, oil and gas production as the world continues to overheat, a new report has found.
EU agrees stronger price controls for new carbon market
Today 12:00pm
The European Union agreed stronger measures to control prices in its new carbon market early on Thursday, responding to governments' concerns that the emissions-cutting initiative could increase fuel bills.
Inside the campaign to discredit a key climate science report
Today 12:00pm
An emerging field of research that can measure how much climate change has worsened individual disasters is under attack by friends of the fossil fuel industry.
Millions of UK homes at risk of sinking as climate crisis worsens
Today 12:00pm
Millions of homes are at risk from climate-related subsidence, according to an analysis by the British Geological Survey.
The Pacific made history in the courts – now we must do it in the negotiations
Today 12:00pm
Legal clarity alone will not lead to reduced emissions, more finance or stronger national climate plans – political will is key to meeting states’ obligations.
Former ExxonMobil CEO Lee Raymond: 311 ppm – 421 ppm
Today 12:00pm
Lee Raymond, the former ExxonMobil chief executive who became one of the country’s most important and influential climate science deniers, died in Dallas on Saturday.
Solar power hits new milestones in the US even as Trump boosts coal over clean energy
Thu 11 Jun 2026
Even as President Donald Trump boosts coal over clean energy, solar power is hitting new milestones in the U.S. and remains the leading source of new power.
Super-rich’s assets cause outsized amount of climate harm, study says
Thu 11 Jun 2026
Greenpeace calculates that wealthiest contribute nearly $1tn of damage a year with ownership-based emissions.
GHG Protocol under fire as standards board member resigns
Thu 11 Jun 2026
At the heart of former GHG Protocol standards board member Danny Cullenward’s complaint is the protocol’s approach to forest carbon accounting.
China's green-energy drive will shift up a gear
Thu 11 Jun 2026
A pessimistic interpretation is that the greenification of the world's second-largest economy will always be stop-start. Yet that's wrong. China has both the means and the motive to drastically speed up its decarbonisation drive.