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 already in the atmosphere.

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.

Climate experts lament Harris’s vow to keep fracking in debate with ‘walking oil spill’ Trump

Thursday - Harris has a progressive record on climate but indicated a shift, probably to assuage voters in swing states

World Bank head sees climate change devastation in Tuvalu

Thursday - Since taking on the role of World Bank President, Ajay Banga has visited every region where the World Bank operates.

How to convince Beijing of the case for stronger climate targets

Thursday - An ambitious NDC would boost China’s economy, win it recognition as a responsible global power – and keep its people safer from climate disasters.

Study of cloud movement in the Arctic could provide better understanding of climate change

Thursday - Special features of the Arctic climate, such as the strong reflection of the sun's rays off the light snow or the low position of the sun, amplify global warming in the Arctic.

Germany’s ongoing €4.5 billion carbon offset fraud: “It is possible that we are dealing with a case of serious environmental crime here”

Wednesday - German authorities’ action is “too little, too late” says whistleblower.

Climate change leaves future of Pacific Islands tourism 'highly uncertain'

Wednesday - The Pacific Islands are scattered across a vast area of ocean, with some of the clearest waters in the world, and pristine beaches and rainforests.

Green Climate Fund restructures, aiming to become donors’ partner of choice

Wednesday - Since the Green Climate Fund approved its first eight projects just before the Paris Agreement was sealed in 2015, its investments to curb emissions and adapt to climate change in developing...

If Trump wins the election, this is what’s at stake

Wednesday - Here is the biggest thing happening on our planet as we head into the Northern Hemisphere’s autumn of 2024: the Earth is continuing to heat dramatically.

Ten tough climate questions for the presidential debate

Wednesday - Climate and energy get little acknowledgement in most political debates. But there are plenty of questions for both Trump and Harris on the urgent choices the next president faces.

Repairing the Earth is both urgent and possible

Wednesday - These are records no one ever wanted to see broken, and which are impossible to get used to.

June-August 2024 were hottest ever recorded: EU monitor

Tuesday - The 2024 northern summer saw the highest global temperatures on record, beating 2023's high and making this year likely Earth's hottest ever recorded, the EU's climate monitor said Friday.

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