If nations won't fight global warming, cities can and will
24 Apr 2025
OPINION: Creating a safe and liveable future for humanity would appear to be an obvious goal for all. Yet, in 2025, the climate movement has never faced a more hostile and coordinated opposition.
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Another COP wrecked by fossil fuel interests and our leaders’ cowardice – but there is another way
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COMMENT: The fingerprints of Russia and Saudi Arabia are all over the decision text in Brazil. But a group of nations led by Colombia and the Netherlands offer hope.
Floods in Thailand, Malaysia kill over 30, displace thousands
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Tens of thousands of people in Thailand and neighbouring Malaysia were displaced by widespread flooding, with streets submerged, homes inundated and at least 34 dead.
China's new coal plant permits set for four-year low in 2025, analysis finds
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China's new coal plant permits for 2025 are on track to fall to a four-year low, a new Greenpeace analysis showed on Tuesday, indicating that growing use of renewables is cutting into demand for new coal plants.
Public trust in science eroded by UN climate change language, study suggests
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The United Nations' climate change body may unintentionally be eroding public trust in science because of the way it communicates risk, new University of Essex research shows.
Trump seeks to ease US regulations for coal-fired power plants
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President Donald Trump's administration has asked a federal court to strike down 2024 soot limits for power plants and factories.
10 years after the Paris Agreement, world leaders are letting go of its most famous goal
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This year's U.N. climate negotiations crashed out on a hard truth: It’s all about the money.
This year’s climate talks saw real progress – just not on fossil fuels
Wed 26 Nov 2025
Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva dubbed it the “COP of Truth”. Delegates did not shy away from the urgency of the moment as climate change intensifies and emissions continue to climb.
Amid the ashes
Wed 26 Nov 2025
This year the LA wildfire came for my hometown. What happened next is a warning for us all.
Experts dismiss coalition claims Chris Bowen cannot remain minister while leading COP31 negotiations
Wed 26 Nov 2025
Experts have dismissed claims Chris Bowen cannot remain a senior minister while playing a leading role in international climate negotiations, with one describing the argument as evidence of an Australian “culture cringe”.
Here’s what’s next in the fight to curb climate change, now that talks in Brazil have ended
Wed 26 Nov 2025
After an agreement from U.N. climate talks in the Amazon that fell short of many nations’ expectations, experts found some bright spots alongside weighty reasons for worry in the fight against global warming.
