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Climate change threatens EU's survival, German security report warns

Today 11:15am - Global warming will exacerbate conflicts, hunger and migration worldwide, with growing risks for Europe.

China's 2024 coal projects counter climate goals: report

Today 11:15am - China last year began construction on projects with the greatest combined coal power capacity since 2015, jeopardising the country's goal to peak carbon emissions by 2030, according to a report published Thursday.

Intense heatwave in southern Brazil forces schools to suspend return

Today 11:15am - Record highs delay start of classes in Rio Grande do Sul, where floods linked to climate crisis left 180 dead last May

Massive methane leaks detected in Antarctica, posing potential risks for global warming

Today 11:15am - A Spanish scientific expedition has discovered columns of gas emerging from the seabed. Geologists also warn about the possibility of huge landslides that could generate tsunamis.

Just 17% of world's peatlands are protected, new study warns

Today 11:15am - There is a "mismatch" between the importance of peatlands and their current level of protection, a new study warns.

'A house battery you can drive around': how a handful of Australians are selling power from their cars back to the grid

Today 11:15am - Our cars sit unused most of the time. If you have an electric vehicle, you might leave it charging at home or work after driving it. But there's another step you could take. If you have a bidirectional charger, you can set it to sell power back to the grid when demand is high.

Australians are being misled by 'dodgy' offsets, say Fortescue

Thursday - Australians are being misled into believing that low-quality carbon offset schemes will lead to a net zero future, despite evidence that only reducing fossil fuels will work, iron ore mining giant Fortescue says.

There isn't enough 'sustainable' aviation fuel to make a dent in our emissions - and there won't be for years

Thursday - Burning SAF actually emits a similar amount of CO2 to fossil jet fuel. Most emissions 'savings' come from how we account for the waste and renewable energy that is used to produce it.

Global EV sales surge 18% but speed bumps lie ahead

Thursday - 1.3 million electric vehicles were sold worldwide in January - down by more than a third from December's record-breaking numbers, but up 18% compared to the same month last year.

Six ways ad agencies greenwash themselves

Thursday - New research reveals how advertising agencies cast themselves as climate champions while at the same time promoting fossil fuels.

Greenpeace files anti-intimidation case against an American fossil fuel pipeline company

Thursday - Greenpeace has filed an anti-intimidation court case against a U.S. energy company suing the environmental organization for hundreds of millions, testing for the first time a new European Union...

As Trump administration purges climate data and web pages, research groups scramble to save information

Thursday - The Trump administration has directed federal agency staff to remove climate references and scientific data from many web pages. Researchers are rushing to archive it.

Earth is already shooting through the 1.5C global warming limit, two major studies show

Wednesday - Earth is crossing the threshold of 1.5C of global warming, according to two major global studies which together suggest the planet's climate has likely entered a frightening new phase.

Ad giant faces legal action for promoting fossil fuels

Wednesday - Climate campaigners have filed a complaint against WPP, the London-based advertising giant, with the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), stating that it has violated key...

Most nations miss deadline for plans to fight climate change

Wednesday - Nearly 200 nations faced a Monday deadline to file what the United Nations' climate chief calls "among the most important policy documents governments will produce this century" -- their plans on how...

UK halves subsidies for wood-burning power plant

Wednesday - The UK government has halved subsidies for the Drax power station, which was converted from burning coal to wood biomass. The North Yorkshire power plant has also been ordered it to use 100%...

Hungary tells Brussels to frack off

Wednesday - Budapest prefers to bet on a major gas fracking project near its border with Romania instead of following Brussels' drive to replace fossil fuels with renewables.

Falling costs drive US toward green energy - even as political tides shift

Wednesday - The U.S. is barreling toward an energy transition as renewables - especially solar - become ever-cheaper sources of energy.

95% of countries miss UN deadline to submit 2035 climate pledges

Tuesday - Just 10 of the 195 parties signed up to the landmark Paris Agreement have published their new emissions-cutting plans, known as "nationally determined contributions" (NDCs), by the 10 February...