UK energy secretary flies to China with climate co-operation on the agenda

Monday - Ed Miliband is hoping to shore up support for multilateral climate action, especially after the US withdrawal from the Paris agreement.

Mining head calls 'net' in net zero a 'weasel word'

Monday - Fortescue chair wants companies to focus on 'real zero' as he explains $6.2bn plan to transform business.

German emissions fell 3.4% in 2024, on track for 2030 climate goals

Monday - Germany's Federal Environment Agency on Friday said greenhouse gas emissions in Europe's biggest economy fell by around 3.4% year-on-year in 2024, putting the country on track to meet its 2030 climate targets.

Global sea level rose faster than expected last year alarming scientists

Monday - Rising sea levels bring potentially deadly storm surges farther inland and impact urban infrastructure.

World's richest countries fuelling deforestation beyond their borders

Monday - The world's wealthiest nations collectively caused 15 times more biodiversity loss internationally than domestically, driving deforestation to satisfy agricultural and forestry demand.

The true cost of Trump's cuts to NOAA and NASA

Monday - EDITORIAL: Not only will the cuts hinder the agencies' abilities to track and warn about upcoming severe weather events, they also hamper basic research into climate change, carried out to help humanity better prepare for the sweeping environmental upheaval already evident in a steadily warming world.

Trump officials decimate climate protections and consider axeing key greenhouse gas finding

Friday - EPA takes aim at almost every major pollution rule in what environmentalists call act of 'malice toward the planet.'

UK carbon prices surge as minister talks about EU market linkage

Friday - UK carbon futures jumped on Wednesday after a Treasury minister said the government would consider linking the country's emissions market to the European Union's system.

Indonesia hands over confiscated palm oil plantations to state firm

Friday - Indonesian prosecutors on Monday handed over more than 221,000 hectares (546,000 acres) of illegal palm oil plantations seized as part of an on-going corruption probe to a new state-owned company...

Tech giants are complicit in an anti-climate agenda. Employees should be speaking up

Friday - OPINION: As Big Tech bows to Donald Trump, employees should use their influence to engage coworkers and press their leaders for action.

Argentina declares three-day mourning as flood death toll rises to at least 16

Friday - Argentina declared three days of national mourning following flash floods that claimed 16 lives in Bahia Blanca, where a year's rain fell within hours, inundating neighbourhoods.

Despite everything, US EV sales are up 28% this year

Friday - In the US, customers are buying while there are still incentives and no extra tariffs.

US government terminates $20B in climate grants

Thursday - The move comes just one day before a federal judge will hold a hearing in a lawsuit brought by one of the grant recipients seeking access to the funds the Trump administration had frozen while it...

Bankers climate alliance prepares to vote on ditching 1.5C goal

Thursday - The world's biggest climate alliance for banks is about to vote on whether it's time to abandon a once hallowed goal.

'A new phase': why climate activists are turning to sabotage instead of protest

Thursday - Tougher laws said to be inspiring clandestine attacks on the 'property and machinery' of the fossil fuel economy.

Climate crisis threatens Earth's major crops, study finds

Thursday - With global average temperatures expected to continue to rise in the coming decades, scientists have projected that warming will significantly harm global agriculture as it weakens crop yields and...

Amazon forest felled to build road for climate summit

Thursday - A new four-lane highway cutting through tens of thousands of acres of protected Amazon rainforest is being built for the COP30 climate summit in the Brazilian city of Belém.

Climate change, already causing problems on Earth, could soon create a mess for orbiting satellites

Thursday - Climate change is already causing all sorts of problems on Earth, but soon it will be making a mess in orbit around the planet too, a new study finds.

Singapore tender signals high demand for Article 6-aligned carbon credits

Wednesday - Singapore's request for proposal, or RFP, to procure high-quality, Article 6-aligned, nature-based carbon credits, received offers from 17 suppliers with prices in the $19-$41/mtCO2e range, according...

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