Scientists forecast wildfire risk for species survival under climate change
24 Apr 2026
A new study warns climate change could increase the global area susceptible to wildfires in the future, putting many more species at risk than today.
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Nearly half the world's children exposed to three or more climate risks: UNICEF
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More than one billion children face at least three overlapping climate hazards, UNICEF warned Monday, while highlighting the disproportionate impact in some regions of the world.
Steel and chemicals giants demand freeze to EU’s flagship climate policy
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The attack on the Emissions Trading System is among industry's most direct calls yet for the EU to change course on climate.
Australia declares El Nino set to be strongest in decades
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Australia's weather bureau warned on Tuesday that an El Nino weather pattern has formed in the tropical Pacific and could intensify in the second half of 2026 to become one of the strongest in seven decades.
UN’s first Paris Agreement carbon credits face human rights and climate concerns
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Civil society groups allege the cookstove project in Myanmar exaggerated its climate impact while maintaining ties with military junta.
Trump wants to put a $75m coal terminal in this liberal California city. Residents aren’t having it
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Residents of West Oakland, which suffers from toxic waste and high pollution rates, is rallying against a coal export facility.
Climate crisis is changing when plants flower, artificial intelligence study finds
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A global study using AI to analyse eight million digitalised plant specimens dating back a century revealed flowering has shifted by 2.5 days earlier or later per decade on average.
Climate change has already made Australians in one state much poorer, and more’s to come
Tue 16 Jun 2026
The world’s hottest years over the past decade have coincided with stagnant economic productivity, rising prices and geopolitical instability.
Antarctica’s west coast missing an area of sea ice the size of France as temperatures peak 20C above average
Tue 16 Jun 2026
A vast area of the Bellingshausen Sea should be covered by sea ice by now, with one expert calling the loss of ice ‘depressing’.
US judge orders halt to Trump administration's 'censorship' of park exhibits
Tue 16 Jun 2026
A federal judge ordered the Trump administration on Friday to reinstall exhibits and signs on topics like slavery and climate change that it had removed from parks and monuments nationwide because they "do not align with its preferred narrative."
Climate change reshapes Spain's rockfall risk as frost weathering moves uphill
Tue 16 Jun 2026
Climate change is altering where and when rocks are most likely to fracture across Spain, according to new research that suggests warming temperatures are redistributing a key process responsible for breaking down mountain landscapes.
