Such a warm year would have occurred once in 500 years without global heating, Met Office scientists say
The UK had its second-hottest year on record in 2023, according to provisional data from the…
The failure of Cop28 to call for a phase-out of fossil fuels is “devastating” and “dangerous” given the urgent need for action to tackle the climate crisis, scientists have said.
One called it a “…
World Meteorological Organization says 2023 will be hottest year on record, leaving ‘trail of devastation and despair’
“We are living through climate collapse in real time,” the UN secretary-general…
Concerns ahead of Cop28 climate summit that Rishi Sunak among leaders backsliding on green measures
The UN secretary-general, António Guterres, will be seeking assurances from the UK that there will…
Study finds impact of heat on millions of people went unrecorded, highlighting limitations many African countries face
A record-breaking heatwave in Madagascar in October would have been “virtually…
State-run oil and gas fields in the United Arab Emirates have been flaring gas virtually daily despite having committed 20 years ago to a policy of zero routine flaring, the Guardian can reveal.
State oil company’s huge expansion plans make its CEO’s role as president of UN climate summit ‘ridiculous’, say researchers
The state oil company of the United Arab Emirates, whose CEO will preside…
World Meteorological Organization sees ‘no end in sight to the rising trend’, largely driven by fossil fuel burning
The abundance of climate-heating gases in the atmosphere reached record highs in…
Millions of people’s lives wrecked by droughts that used to happen once every 250 years but now expected once a decade
Extreme droughts that have wrecked the lives of millions of people in Syria,…
Plans by nations including Saudi Arabia, the US and UAE would blow climate targets and ‘throw humanity’s future into question’
The world’s fossil fuel producers are planning expansions that would…
The carbon budget remaining to limit the climate crisis to 1.5C of global heating is now “tiny”, according to an analysis, sending a “dire” message about the adequacy of climate action.
The carbon…
The renowned US scientist’s new book examines 4bn years of climate history to conclude we are in a ‘fragile moment’ but there is still time to act
“We haven’t yet exceeded the bounds of viable human…
First complete ‘scientific health check’ shows most global systems beyond stable range in which modern civilisation emerged
Earth’s life support systems have been so damaged that the planet is “well…