climate change

Can a government addicted to concrete and profit turn around an appalling environmental record?

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…

Yellow, blue and red spiders, native to east Asia, thriving in warm weather and sending experts scrambling Northern Georgia has found itself besieged by millions of large yellow, blue and red…

Street parking takes up space and incentivizes driving. New curb management companies are trying to help cities better use this space

The BBC has obtained first-hand accounts from migrants who say they’ve been illegally deported from the European Union by Polish border troops. Close to the border between Belarus and Poland, the BBC…

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

To change course radically, the Coalition would have to admit that for a decade it traded the national interest for a handful of regional Queensland seats. There’s not a lot of good news, so for the…

There has been new momentum from around the world to put gender at the forefront of climate action on Gender Day, as countries and non state actors set out gender and climate commitments, including…

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,…

Civil society applauds the creation of BOGA and asks countries: Where is your plan to stop producing the fossil fuels that are driving the climate crisis?

Diverse participation leads to more robust solutions, but Cop26 shows we are still failing to include marginalised voices

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,…

The COP26 climate summit in Glasgow is entering its final day, amid growing fears that the goal of limiting global warming to 1.5C is unlikely to be met. UN Secretary General António Guterres…

Official projectionists hit back with animations and ‘go away’ after activists beam climate slogans A “projection fight” broke out at the Cop26 venue in Glasgow, which resulted in official…

Painted rooftops reflect the heat instead of absorbing it, reducing the need for air-conditioning and cutting greenhouse gases. Last summer, New York City endured three heat waves and many days when…

ohn Kerry, the U.S. special envoy for climate, predicted the world’s biggest economy will stop burning coal by the end of the decade.  “By 2030 in the United States, we won’t have coal,” Kerry said…

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 Action Tracker data shows world still heading for catastrophe – but outlook could improve New Cop26 pledges announced on methane, coal, transport and deforestation could nudge the world 9%…