The record-shattering temperatures that hit the western Mediterranean last week would have been “almost impossible” without the climate crisis, according to scientists.
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The climate crisis had “frightening” impacts in Europe last year, with heatwaves killing more than 20,000 people and drought withering crops, an EU report has found.
Its writers said drought was…
Small but symbolic moves at summit where finance is critical include new loss and damage money and debt relief
A series of symbolic moves on climate finance at Cop27 suggests positive momentum…
Failure to cut carbon emissions means ‘rapid transformation of societies’ is only option to limit impacts, report says
There is “no credible pathway to 1.5C in place”, the UN’s environment agency…
Key UN reports published in last two days warn urgent and collective action needed – as oil firms report astronomical profits
The climate crisis has reached a “really bleak moment”, one of the…
Coal is the most polluting of all fossil fuels and investors must stop funding it, say campaigners
Hundreds of coal companies around the world are developing new mines and power stations, according…
Giant ice sheets, ocean currents and permafrost regions may already have passed point of irreversible change
The climate crisis has driven the world to the brink of multiple “disastrous” tipping…
Support amid huge industry profits is a ‘roadblock’ to tackling climate crisis, says International Energy Agency
Global public subsidies for fossil fuels almost doubled to $700bn in 2021, analysis…
Loss will contribute a minimum rise of 27cm regardless of what climate action is taken, scientists discover
Major sea-level rise from the melting of the Greenland ice cap is now inevitable,…
The devastating intensification of extreme weather is laid bare today in a Guardian analysis that shows how people across the world are losing their lives and livelihoods due to more deadly and more…
The fate of the world’s biggest ice sheet rests in the hands of humanity, a new analysis has shown. If global heating is limited to 2C, the vast East Antarctic ice sheet should remain stable, but if…
Scientists say there are ample reasons to suspect global heating could lead to catastrophe
The risk of global societal collapse or human extinction has been “dangerously underexplored”, climate…
The oil and gas industry has delivered $2.8bn (£2.3bn) a day in pure profit for the last 50 years, a new analysis has revealed.
The vast total captured by petrostates and fossil fuel companies since…
Investments in plant-based alternatives to meat lead to far greater cuts in climate-heating emissions than other green investments, according to one of the world’s biggest consultancy firms.
Individuals in rich countries face huge financial losses if climate action slashes the value of fossil fuel assets, a study shows, despite many oil and gas fields being in other countries.
Billions of pounds given away in a tax break for UK oil and gas exploitation could have permanently cut the energy bills of 2m homes by £342 a year if invested in insulation measures, according to a…
Individuals in rich countries face huge financial losses if climate action slashes the value of fossil fuel assets, a study shows, despite many oil and gas fields being in other countries.
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