What could a US-China trade war mean for the energy transition?

Thursday - Ahead of Donald Trump’s second term as US president, a rerun of his first trade war with China is firmly on the cards – and minerals key to the energy transition may end up in the crossfire.

Malibu residents flee as wildfire swallows homes along iconic Southern California coastline

Thursday - The beaches are empty in Malibu as a wildfire tears through swaths of the iconic Southern California coastline, consuming homes and vehicles and forcing residents – including legendary actor Dick Van Dyke – to flee their coveted hillside properties.

A ‘doom loop’ of climate change and geopolitical instability is beginning

Thursday - It is a common refrain to say that geopolitics gets in the way of climate action. From the war in Ukraine to trade tensions, each year seems to bring another immediate priority that diverts focus from the imperative to act on climate change.

Arctic tundra is now emitting more carbon than it absorbs, US agency says

Thursday - The drastic shift is driven by frequent wildfires, pushing surface air temperatures to second-warmest on record since 1900.

Nimble electric trucks are supercharging African trade

Thursday - In Rwanda, farmers often watch their harvest spoil before it can reach the market. A fleet of simple, efficient trucks is changing that.

Whale makes epic migration, astonishing scientists

Thursday - A humpback whale has made one of the longest and most unusual migrations ever recorded, possibly driven by climate change, scientists say.

Earth’s lands are drying out. Nations are trying to address it in talks this week

Wednesday - Much of Earth’s lands are drying out and damaging the ability of plant and animal life to survive, according to a United Nations report released Monday at talks where countries are working to address the problem.

How climate risks are driving up insurance premiums around the US

Wednesday - ‘Tight correlation’ between premium rises and counties deemed most at risk from climate crisis, experts say.

Surging global tourism emissions are driven by just 20 countries – major new study

Wednesday - Surging global tourism emissions are driven almost entirely by 20 countries, and efforts to rein in the trend aren’t working.

Should the polluter always pay?

Wednesday - The answer isn’t as obvious as you might think. It depends on whether your priority is climate justice or cutting carbon.

‘Everything is interconnected’: Author and history professor Sunil Amrith on facing the climate crisis

Wednesday - The Burning Earth is Yale history professor Sunil Amrith’s fifth book, and his first that focuses his academic eye on the climate crisis.

Seagrasses capture carbon 35 times faster than tropical rainforests. Scientists are working to save them

Wednesday - An underwater gardening experiment along the East Coast aims to restore a type of seagrass called eelgrass, at risk of extinction due to rising sea surface temperatures.

2024 is the hottest year on record, EU scientists say

Tuesday - This year will be the world's warmest since records began, with extraordinarily high temperatures expected to persist into at least the first few months of 2025, European Union scientists said on...

UK 'not ready' for extreme weather

Tuesday - The government is "not ready" for the sort of extreme weather brought by Storm Darragh, the new head of the Climate Change Committee has warned.

The real reason everything’s getting more expensive

Tuesday - Inflation was a defining issue in the presidential election. Here's how climate change is making everything more expensive.

Methane-reducing supplement plagued by misinformation

Tuesday - Concern has been rising over the use of a feed supplement, Bovaer 10, to reduce methane production in cows.

Loggers and carbon projects forge odd partnerships in the Brazilian Amazon

Tuesday - Brazil’s largest carbon credit scandal, which came to light in June after a major police raid, has cast doubt on the viability of REDD+ projects in the Brazilian Amazon.

Scientists find huge trove of rare metals needed for clean energy hidden inside toxic coal waste

Tuesday - Millions of tons of coal ash left over from burning the planet’s dirtiest fossil fuel are sitting in ponds and landfills, able to leach into waterways and pollute soil. But this toxic waste may also...

International court faces a pivotal choice on climate change

Monday - What legal obligations do states have to fight climate change? Should high-emitting countries be held responsible for the harm they’ve caused? And should states safeguard the climate for future...

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