The Extinction Rebellion launched another high profile protest, this time floating down the River Thames in London a “model” of a suburban home that is literally partially under water as a way to…
The European Investment Bank has agreed to phase out its multibillion-euro financing for fossil fuels within the next two years to become the world’s first ‘“climate bank”.
The bank will end its…
Corporations around the world use two-thirds of the electricity produced globally.
Meanwhile, here in Korea, companies consume over 50 percent of the electric power generated from coal-fired power…
I cover energy and climate change, and yet even I do little to reduce my own environmental footprint.
Why it matters: Because most people don't! Recent polling and research show that most of us don'…
The Liberal Democrats are pledging to invest £15 billion over the next parliament insulating homes to tackle climate change and fuel poverty.
Plans to upgrade the energy efficiency of 26 million…
The chief of the United Nations has warned Asia to quit its "addiction" to coal in a bid to tackle climate change.
UN Secretary General António Guterres said countries in the region were among the…
Severe flooding in Venice that has left much of the Italian city under water is a direct result of climate change, the mayor says.
The highest water levels in the region in more than 50 years will…
Costa Rica is on track to be the first country in the world to achieve carbon neutrality, the country's environment minister has said.
The Central American nation of 4.9 million people has a hugely…
Seventeen insurers have restricted insurance services to coal projects in the past two years.
A dozen insurers have adopted policies to stop all direct insurance coverage to new coal projects –…
The biggest and most damaging hurricanes are now three times more frequent than they were 100 years ago, say researchers.
Using a new method of calculating the destruction, the scientists say the…
Continent is set for massive urbanisation but can avoid relying on fossil fuels, says IEA.
Africa is poised to lead the world’s cleanest economic revolution by using renewable energy sources to…
At least 100 homes have been destroyed in the bushfires, with two people dead and five unaccounted for. More than 35 people were injured, including 16 firefighters, and more than 80 fires were still…
Health policy can do much to lessen the wellbeing gap between rich and poor, but inequality is being compounded by climate change.
Renee Blackman runs a health service covering a vast chunk of north…
Scientists’ warnings about climate change have intensified over the past 12 months. Will world leaders finally listen?
One year ago, the international scientific community could hardly have expected…
Global warming has raised global sea level about 8 inches since 1880, and the rate of rise is accelerating. Rising seas dramatically increase the odds of damaging floods from storm surges. A Climate…
New elevation data show that by midcentury frequent coastal flooding will rise higher than areas currently home to hundreds of millions of people
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Organisations such as Australian Industry Group and National Farmers’ Federation letter says greater private-sector action needed.
Industry, farming and investor groups say the federal government…
A “catastrophic” combination of drought and communities’ declining resilience has left an estimated 2.3 million people facing severe acute food insecurity – up from an estimate of 1.7 million people…
LONDON - The Seychelles president is warning there's no time for a “blame game” in the fight against climate change and he urges major nations to do more.
President Danny Faure in an exclusive…
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