There are no simple solutions to complex problems like climate change. But there have been times in the past when the world has come together to try to fix an environmental crisis.
How did we deal…
Scientists and politicians say we are facing a planetary crisis because of climate change.
But what's the evidence for global warming and how do we know it's being caused by humans?
How do we know…
It’s the phrase that will be on every world leader’s lips at the Cop26 summit – and it summarises the ambitious plan that will be central to efforts to limit the ravages of the climate crisis. So…
A key pledge ahead of an upcoming climate change conference has still not been met and the money is not sure to be available before 2023.
The UK government has set out a new financing plan ahead of…
The world's poorest countries say they are worried about getting to the COP26 climate summit in Glasgow in November.
Twenty are on the UK's Covid red list - meaning hotel quarantine for arrivals.…
New building materials that reflect rather than absorb solar energy can reduce peak temperatures in our cities by up to four degrees.
New building materials that reduce urban temperatures, and…
The threats to our cities seem endless - from flash flooding to pollution, overcrowding to the risk of pandemics.
To help avert crises, many cities have invested in technology - the theory being…
The UK rushed out its climate plan just days before Cop26 – and it shows. The planet can’t afford further bluster and delay
In politics, timing is everything. Last week the government set out its…
Οι παγκόσμιες ετήσιες επενδύσεις σε καθαρή ενέργεια είναι σήμερα $1 τρισ., ενώ το 2030 πρέπει να εκτοξευτούν στα $4 τρισ. Για την αξιοποίησή τους οι κυβερνήσεις οφείλουν να δημιουργήσουν ένα Κοινό…
The Indonesian government promises to almost triple the share of renewables in its energy mix in the next three years. That would reverse an investment climate in which fossil fuels saw 3 times more…
Government urged to carry out comprehensive review of curriculum and decarbonise school estate by 2030
Climate crisis education should become fully embedded in the system, unions have urged.
A…
Beachfront residents back the Collaroy wall but other locals worry the beach will disappear for longer periods as climate change increasingly drives coastal erosion.
“We really didn’t want to build…
Five young people argue 2030 emissions target fails to uphold the rights of young Australians
Five young Australians, including members of First Nations and disability communities, have lodged three…
In the run-up to the global summit in Glasgow, we revisit families with children – now teenagers – born at the time of the 2009 climate conference.
They are entering their teenage years and aspire…
This is no time for climate fatalism. We need science, societies and states to be in alignment for our crucial next steps
In the fight against global warming, the 2015 Cop21 meeting that yielded the…
Economists have failed to take account of ‘immense risks and potential loss of life’, says author of landmark review
Many economic assessments of the climate crisis “grossly undervalue the lives of…
Actor proposes system under which people would have limited points to spend on holidays and luxury items.
Joanna Lumley has suggested that a system of rationing similar to that seen during wartime,…
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