World falling far behind deforestation goals with farms and fires driving loss, report says
15 Oct 2025
The report said the world permanently lost 8.1 million hectares (20 million acres) of forest, an area about the size of England, in 2024 alone.
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The carbon capture plan turning cattle farms into power plants
Fri 28 Nov 2025
The Frontier coalition is backing new technology that produces green electricity from biogas, while capturing waste carbon.
Ed Miliband confirms crackdown on North Sea exploration – but new drilling will continue
Fri 28 Nov 2025
Strategy paper released with budget allows new oil and gas projects to move ahead if they are linked to existing fields.
COP30’s biofuel gamble could cost the global food supply – and the planet
Fri 28 Nov 2025
What was once considered a climate holy grail comes with serious tradeoffs. The world wants more of it anyway.
Brazil sees issues related to import of US biofuels 'practically resolved'
Fri 28 Nov 2025
Brazilian Vice President Geraldo Alckmin said on Tuesday that unspecified issues related to the country's imports of U.S. biofuels were "practically resolved".
Government projected to badly miss 2035 climate target, fall shy of 2030
Fri 28 Nov 2025
Australia is expected to badly miss its 2035 climate commitment, according to department projections.
Climate change could expand habitats for malaria mosquitoes, researchers warn
Fri 28 Nov 2025
A new study from the University of Copenhagen, published in Global Change Biology, shows that future climate change could create more favorable conditions for malaria mosquitoes, exposing millions of people across large parts of Africa to more dangerous mosquito bites.
Another COP wrecked by fossil fuel interests and our leaders’ cowardice – but there is another way
Thu 27 Nov 2025
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
Thu 27 Nov 2025
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
Thu 27 Nov 2025
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
Thu 27 Nov 2025
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.
