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The night shift

20 Dec 24 - With extreme heat making it perilous to work during the day, farmers and fisherfolk worldwide are adopting overnight hours. That comes with new dangers.

What's the lowest carbon alcohol?

20 Dec 24 - Are beer, wine or spirits better for the climate? And how does alcohol overall compare to other drinks and foods? Jocelyn Timperley takes a look into her drinking habits to find the most environmentally friendly tipple.

The bitter final showdown over British coal, as sun sets on ‘dirtiest fuel’

20 Dec 24 - The county of Cumbria in Northern England has become the battleground for a final war, which is raging over plans to build a new coal mine.

Saving the ‘kidneys’ of the Great Barrier Reef

20 Dec 24 - In Queensland, Australia, once-unlivable wetlands are now attracting birds and fish while also reconnecting Indigenous youth with the land.

‘A valuable and generous ally’: How Exxon and Atlas Network worked to block global climate action

20 Dec 24 - New documents show close coordination between the oil major and a coalition of free-market think tanks at a crucial moment in climate diplomacy.

No glue, chains or locks: Victoria’s antisemitism crackdown a smokescreen to target climate protesters, critics say

20 Dec 24 - The Victorian government has been accused of “shoehorning” new anti-protest measures that could be used to crack down on the climate movement into reforms touted as necessary to combat antisemitism.

Coal use to reach new peak – and remain at near-record levels for years

19 Dec 24 - Spike in fossil fuel use a result of global gas crisis triggered by Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.

Scientists struggle to explain record surge in global heat

19 Dec 24 - The world has been getting hotter for decades but a sudden and extraordinary surge in heat has sent the climate deeper into uncharted territory -- and scientists are still trying to figure out why.

How the UK plans to reach clean power by 2030

19 Dec 24 - The UK government has set out an “action plan” for reaching its target of clean power by 2030, which it describes as “the most ambitious reforms to our energy system in generations”.

As climate change threatens Christmas trees, the farming industry tries to evolve

19 Dec 24 - Christmas trees, like any other crop, are affected by the general rise in temperature associated with global warming and the extreme weather events that result from it.

Our changing Earth: photographers capture climate change in 2024

19 Dec 24 - All year, Associated Press photographers around the globe have captured moments, from the brutality unleashed during extreme weather events to human resilience in the face of hardship, that tell the...

A marine heatwave killed 4 million of Alaska’s murre seabirds

19 Dec 24 - Beginning in late fall 2014 and lasting into 2016, an anomalous, massive marine heatwave nicknamed “the Blob” developed off the western coast of the U.S., covering all of Alaska’s coastwater and...

Major report joins dots between world's nature challenges

18 Dec 24 - Climate change, nature loss and food insecurity are all inextricably linked and dealing with them as separate issues won't work, a major report has warned.

Experts quit carbon market watchdog in row over quality label for forest credits

18 Dec 24 - Two ICVCM expert advisors have resigned from their positions over what they called a “problematic precedent” set with the REDD+ decision.

As the heat soars, dangers mount in Sydney’s parks and playgrounds

18 Dec 24 - In the state’s far west, the temperature was oppressive on Monday, reaching well into the 40s as residents braced for the prospect of Australian heat records being shattered.

Small island nations face climate-induced ‘catastrophe’, warn experts

18 Dec 24 - The first comprehensive study on health and climate change in small island developing states lays bare impact of the crisis and calls for action from richer countries.

Kenya’s devastating drought is the worst in 40 years

18 Dec 24 - The extreme conditions are leaving millions without food or clean water.

Google signs its largest ever carbon removal deal to capture CO2 in crushed rocks and soil

18 Dec 24 - Google announced an agreement for the purchase of 200,000 tonnes of carbon removal credits, to be earned through capturing CO2 in crushed rock and storing it in soil, with enhanced rock weathering...

Australia leads the world in arresting climate and environment protesters

17 Dec 24 - Australian police are world leaders at arresting climate and environmental protesters.