climate change

The change will take thousands of years, but we only have a century to stop it. Antarctica contains more than half of the world's freshwater in its sprawling, frozen ice sheet, but humanity's…

Backing for law demanding 60% reduction from 1990 levels puts capitals under pressure. EU capitals have been put under pressure to agree to reducing greenhouse gas emissions by 60% by 2030 compared…

Mr Pence also claimed that Mr Biden would ban fracking which Senator Harris strongly refuted Mike Pence refused to say that climate change is an existential threat and repeated Donald Trump’s claim…

”We know we’re not in line with the Paris Agreement, we never said we were. But we have to bring the public along slowly”. Between the four of us, we have met quite a number of world leaders during…

The question of who breathes, and who suffocates, is a question of who deserves to live. It’s a question that will only become more urgent as the climate crisis develops

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Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden on Wednesday vowed to bar from his transition team any "leaders" of fossil fuel companies, a pledge environmentalists cautiously applauded while urging the…

Exclusive: if discovery is confirmed it will have global implications as 90% of people breathe dirty air. Tiny air pollution particles have been revealed in the brain stems of young people and are…

Tesco is working with the WWF to halve the environmental impact of its food production.  Earlier this week, the retailer announced that it will become the first in the UK to set a sales target for…

The flagship report ‘CCUS in Clean Energy Transitions’ was published by the autonomous intergovernmental organisation and argues for the need to invest more in CCUS in order to achieve net zero.…

A grim new assessment of the world's flora and fungi has found that two-fifths of its species are at risk of extinction as humans encroach on the natural world, as The Guardian reported. That puts…

The relationship between race and climate change is too often ignored. Introduction

Back in March, when the pandemic had just planted its roots in the U.S., President Donald Trump directed the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to do something devastating: The agency was to …

Rapid industrialisation in Gujarat threatens the mangroves that kharai camels and their nomadic herders depend on. Ayub Amin Jat treats his camels like his children. But then his camels are no…

Rising emissions of nitrous oxide from farming are putting world on track to exceed 2C heating. The spread of intensive farming is threatening to jeopardise the world’s chances of meeting the terms…

Researchers have drawn up a blueprint of areas that need additional conservation to stem biodiversity and climate crises. World leaders are preparing to join a key summit on biodiversity being…

Energy experts say record rise in new gas boilers installed shows UK going in wrong direction Ministers must come forward with stringent new plans for low-carbon heating, as targets to insulate…

The hole in the ozone layer over Antarctica is one of the largest and deepest in the past 15 years, the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) said Tuesday.

To preserve its own survival, and secure its own prosperity, Africa must provide global leadership on responsible environmental stewardship and offer the world a novel model of climate led…

Michael Mann, one of the world’s most eminent climate experts, says Earth’s future ‘is in the hands of American citizens. This article is published as part of Covering Climate Now, a collaboration…