Report says average 4% of GDP will be spent on adapting to climate breakdown, risking deeper poverty
African countries are being forced to spend billions of dollars a year coping with the effects…
Minister who led Cop26 climate talks issues stark warning on eve of landmark report from IPCC
The impacts of the climate crisis are proving much worse than predicted, and governments must act more…
Film-maker urges UK ministers to make it mandatory for schemes to align portfolios with climate target
Pension funds should face legal obligations to bring their investments in line with the net…
European Environment Agency data shows worst-hit countries to be Germany, France and Italy
Severe floods and other extreme weather have cost Europe about half a trillion euros in the past four…
Climate summit president makes clear UK net zero agenda is responsibility of all government colleagues
Tackling the climate crisis must be a whole government effort or risk the Cop26 climate summit…
Companies should be subject to globally agreed carbon floor price to reach Paris climate goals.
Companies with high greenhouse gas emissions should be subject to a carbon price of $75 a tonne of…
Data shows only 127 of 323 cities had acceptable PM 2.5 levels despite drop in emissions during lockdowns.
More than half of European cities are still plagued by dirty air, new data shows, despite a…
Governments must close gap between net zero rhetoric and reality, says International Energy Agency head.
Exploitation and development of new oil and gas fields must stop this year and no new coal-…
Exclusive: Ángel Gurría says action on environmental crises must be defining focus of wealthy countries after Covid.
The environment, climate change and the protection of nature must be the defining…
How can the objectives of the 10-point plan be achieved?
Boris Johnson’s £12bn plan for a “green industrial revolution” spans renewable energy, nuclear power and countryside restoration. However,…
What do governments across the world need to do to shift economies away from fossil fuels?
What does a green recovery look like? That is the question governments around the world are considering as…
Exclusive: analysis finds countries pouring money into fossil fuels to fight recession
The prospect of a global green recovery from the coronavirus pandemic is hanging in the balance, as countries…
In wake of Covid, leading figures call for bold green measures to boost economy.
World leaders are running out of time to forge a green recovery from the Covid-19 crisis, with only a year to go…
Leaded petrol, acid rain, CFCs … the last 50 years of environmental action have shown how civil society can force governments and business to change.
Leaflets printed on “rather grotty” blue paper.…
Count Us In urges actions such as eating local, making clothes last or buying an electric car.
If a billion people around the world were to take a few small steps and make them into permanent…
Greta Thunberg leads protests as Covid rules restrict numbers compared with last year.
School pupils, youth activists and communities around the world have turned out for a day of climate strikes,…
New study finds ocean ecosystems likely to collapse in 2020s and land species in 2040s unless global warming stemmed.
Wildlife species will die out and natural ecosystems collapse in the near future…
Expert says early cancellation due to coronavirus would damage hopes of progress.
Nicholas Stern, one of the most prominent global experts on the climate crisis, has urged Boris Johnson to resist…