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'Catastrophe' as deadly floods hit Central and Eastern Europe

Tuesday - The Austrian province surrounding Vienna has been declared a disaster area, as torrential rain caused by Storm Boris continues to wreak havoc across Central and Eastern Europe.

Von der Leyen moots nature credits market to avert ecosystem collapse

Tuesday - The European Commission is considering a market-based system to encourage farmers and industry to conserve nature and restore lost biodiversity by putting a price on ecosystems.

G20 countries turning backs on fossil fuel pledge, say campaigners

Tuesday - Promises to ‘transition away from fossil fuels’ made at COP28 climate talks has been left out of draft resolutions.

The Hague to ban fossil fuel ads from January

Tuesday - Other cities have moved against fossil fuel advertising, but The Hague is the first to enact binding legislation, as a number of jurisdictions worldwide crack down on publicity for fossil fuels and high-emissions sectors.

Nearly 40% of Amazon rainforest most vital to climate left unprotected, data shows

Tuesday - Scientists agree that preserving the Amazon rainforest is vital to combating global warming, but new data indicates huge swathes of the jungle that are most vital to the world's climate remain unprotected.

Slow progress in Baku risks derailing talks on new climate finance goal at COP29

Tuesday - Azerbaijan’s COP29 president calls for determination and leadership from all countries to bridge the gaps on finance.

Climate change triggered a mega-tsunami that caused the Earth to vibrate for nine days

Monday - Scientists were baffled by seismic signals which were recorded from the Arctic to Antarctica for more than a week last September.

How farms are using 'magic dust' to capture carbon

Monday - Scottish farmers are using crushed basalt to both capture carbon dioxide from the atmosphere and to help crops grow.

South Sudan floods: the first example of a mass population permanently displaced by climate change?

Monday - Enormous floods have once again engulfed much of South Sudan, as record water-levels in Lake Victoria flow downstream through the Nile.

Methane emissions are rising faster than ever

Monday - Methane concentrations in Earth’s atmosphere increased at record speed over the past five years.

Proposals to build California’s first carbon storage facilities face a key test

Monday - Proposals to build California’s first carbon storage facilities are facing key tests in the coming weeks, beginning with a vote by the Kern County Planning Commission Thursday night.

Almost 68% of Australia’s tourism sites at major risk if climate crisis continues, report says

Friday - Uluru, the Daintree and Bondi beach among locations that could be impacted if planet hits even 2C of warming by 2050.

The case for adding iron to the ocean for carbon dioxide removal

Friday - While the urgent reduction of carbon dioxide (CO2) and other greenhouse gas emissions is needed as the primary activity to curb climate change, there is broad agreement for the need to remove CO2...

The presidential debate proved that climate change is not at centre of 2024 election

Friday - Climate change remains on the backburner of the US 2024 election following little mention of environmental policy during the first debate between the two presidential candidates.

Floods decimate Nigerian zoo, wash crocodiles into community

Friday - Floods in north Nigeria have killed more than 80% of animals in a large zoo with an array of wildlife from lions and crocodiles to buffaloes and ostriches.

'People have never seen anything like it': Morocco hit by extraordinary torrential rains

Friday - A rare and deadly phenomenon: According to the latest count, published by the Moroccan interior ministry, 18 people have died as a result of the torrential rains that fell.

California farmers turn to agave amid drought conditions and climate change

Friday - Most of the United States' fruits and nuts, like avocados and almonds, come from California.

UK farming's 'net zero' climate target in doubt

Thursday - Ambitious plans to make farming ‘net zero’ by 2040 - 10 years ahead of the UK’s legally-binding national target – may not be achieved, the National Farmers' Union (NFU) has told the BBC.

Australian city stands to receive $200m economic boost if bid to co-host UN climate talks succeeds

Thursday - Australia and Pacific countries are vying with Türkiye to host the annual United Nations climate change talks in 2026.