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17 11 2023 | 16:20

‘Paying in lives’: health of billions at risk from global heating, warns report

Inaction on the climate crisis is ‘costing lives and livelihoods’ due to extreme heat, food insecurity and infectious diseases, say scientists The climate crisis will have a catastrophic effect on…

17 11 2023 | 16:16

Cop28 host UAE breaking its own ban on routine gas flaring, data shows

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.

17 11 2023 | 16:07

UK government weakens energy efficiency targets for farmers

Improvement targets for horticulture and poultry reduced after lobbying from National Farmers’ Union The UK government has weakened energy efficiency targets for farmers after lobbying from the…

17 11 2023 | 15:52

It’s one of Europe’s last pristine rivers. Can scientists save it from 50 dams?

At the bottom of a ravine, near the mountain town of Ulog, in Bosnia and Herzegovina, lie the sparkling turquoise waters of the Ljuta, a tributary of the Neretva. In its upper stretches, the Neretva…

17 11 2023 | 15:44

Up to 70 days of suspected illegal dumps of sewage in Windermere in 2022, analysis find

Researcher says data suggests permit conditions breached on up to 70 days, but United Utilities disputes findings Suspected illegal dumping of raw sewage into Windermere took place on up to 70 days…

17 11 2023 | 15:36

Climate anxious? Here’s how you can turn apprehension into action

Worrying about the future can be debilitating. Experts say these three things can help Adrienne Matei

17 11 2023 | 15:29

‘Like a 40-metre pizza’: the seaweed farms that could feed us all – at a cost

Mammoth efforts to grow seaweed are springing up in the Philippines and beyond, and they’re in line for Elon Musk’s ‘largest incentive prize in history’. Meddling with the ocean to grow them, however…

17 11 2023 | 15:08

Microplastics found in clouds could affect weather and global temperatures

Scientists in eastern China find 24 out of 28 water samples have plastic particles commonly seen in synthetic fibers and packaging Air, water, soil, food and even blood – microplastics have found…

17 11 2023 | 15:05

Allowing Cumbria coalmine was ‘disaster’ for climate diplomacy, says Lord Turner

Former chair of climate change committee says UK’s decision has encouraged other countries to keep exploiting fossil fuels The UK’s decision to open a new coalmine in Cumbria was a “disaster” that…

17 11 2023 | 15:01

More than half of UK and Ireland seabirds in decline, census finds

Species populations falling, with some decreasing due to loss of habitat and less food availability More than half the seabird species breeding on British and Irish coasts have declined over the…

17 11 2023 | 14:57

UK to offer higher subsidies for offshore windfarms after crisis talks

Concerns rose when no wind projects were put forward for government’s recent clean energy auction The government will offer significantly higher subsidies for new offshore windfarms after crisis…

17 11 2023 | 14:54

How ponds tell story of the air pollution around them

A researcher has been looking for evidence of past air pollution in the mud of ponds in Merseyside

17 11 2023 | 14:50

India counts cost of another polluting Diwali on a generation of children

One in three children in Delhi is already asthmatic, with many more at risk of organ damage from breathing noxious air. A crowded waiting room at one children’s hospital tells the story It is the…

17 11 2023 | 14:46

‘We needed to get off the grid’: New Orleans’ community-driven response to blackouts

After Hurricanes Katrina and Ida, a city initiative is building solar-driven disaster response hubs to increase its resilience Like many community-based solutions, the community lighthouse network …

17 11 2023 | 14:42

‘Stop this obscenity’: could key UK summit turn tide on world hunger?

The UK development minister, Andrew Mitchell, is staring down a test tube in a Surrey laboratory. He is looking at a specimen of the fall armyworm, a pest with a voracious appetite that can munch its…

17 11 2023 | 14:39

From China’s emissions to Australia’s offshore windfarms, things are moving on climate – some even in the right direction

If you’re searching for some hope on the climate crisis before the Cop28 UN meeting in Dubai this month, try this: China may be changing direction on pollution earlier than expected.

17 11 2023 | 14:35

UK offshore wind is no longer a bargain. But it’s still better than the alternatives

The good news is that the government has an offshore wind strategy again, something that was in doubt after the last auction flopped by producing no bids from developers. The maximum price the state…

17 11 2023 | 14:30

BP and Spotify bought carbon credits at risk of link to forced Uyghur labour in China

Credits sourced from carbon project that was centred on biomass power plant in Xinjiang, investigation finds BP and Spotify bought carbon credits at risk of link to forced Uyghur labour in China…

17 11 2023 | 14:27

Let forests grow old to store huge volume of carbon – study

Report says cutting emissions should still be key priority as it cautions against mass monoculture tree-planting Forest conservation and restoration could make a major contribution to tackling the…

17 11 2023 | 14:20

‘We can’t carry on’: the godfather of microplastics on how to stop them

As a UN summit in Nairobi debates a treaty on plastic pollution, Richard Thompson, the biologist who first identified microplastics 30 years ago, explains why ocean cleanups and biodegradables will…