climate crisis

Several foreign-language Wikipedia pages seen by BBC News are promoting conspiracy theories and making misleading claims about climate change. A number, including some in Swahili, Kazakh and…

Atmospheric carbon does not care about culture war. Neither should we. Why didn’t we nip climate change in the bud?

The climate deal struck in Glasgow plans to reduce the world's reliance on coal and promises more money to help poorer countries cope with the impacts of a warming planet. Campaigners on the…

Meirion Bowen applauds Ben Okri’s stand, while Trevor Jones supports the wake-up call that less is more

New report says burning and draining of peatland by grouse moor estates and others adding to climate disaster Just 124 landowners own the majority of England’s deep peat – its single largest carbon…

Those most at risk warn countries such as Australia they will lose out economically if they do not raise targets Some of the countries most vulnerable to climate breakdown have called on the UN and…

Exclusive: even wealthy nations seen as having good sustainability records use more than fair share of resources, finds study No country has managed to meet the basic social needs of its population…

Rising temperatures are already killing people in Sierra Leone’s Freetown, says Eugenia Kargbo, who is planning how best to protect the hundreds of thousands living in informal settlements. When she…

The former US president directed his Cop26 speech at young people, but he made the task of keeping warming to 1.5C far harder

Last-minute hitch on coal almost reduced Alok Sharma to tears as Glasgow climate pact made imperfect progress

Most of us are trying to be greener and for some that means seeking out brands and companies that are environmentally-friendly. But how can you check firms really are as green as they make out?…

At Cop26 Sir Patrick Vallance has said he eats less meat and cycles but society needs to change more Changes in behaviour are needed to tackle the climate emergency, the UK’s chief scientific…

Politician says droughts and climate-induced famine in the country are a result of the behaviours of rich nations. More than a million people facing the first climate-induced famine in Madagascar …

Extreme weather events - including powerful heat waves and devastating floods - are now the new normal, says the World Meteorological Organisation. The State of the Climate report for 2021…

From extreme weather obliterating homes to rising sea levels ruining crops, climate breakdown is a terrifying daily reality for many. Throughout the 2021 United Nations climate change conference,…

From the seemingly inexorable increase of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere to the rapid growth in green energy

A Sydney man has set an ambitious target to phase out his alcohol consumption within the next 29 years, as part of an impressive plan to improve his health.   The program will see Greg Taylor, 73,…

A doctor in the south of the country says people are eating cactus leaves and ashes as the rains become more erratic There’s nothing to harvest any more, nothing that can be taken from the land,…

Figueres, Tubiana and Fabius warn that leaders must improve plans next year if world is to stay within crucial 1.5C limit World leaders will have to return to the negotiating table next year with…

Climate experts say their message is getting through but more urgent work is needed Scientists attending Cop26 have sent a clear warning to policymakers: get a move on, because every moment of delay…