Research into unproven technofixes isn’t a replacement for eliminating emissions, even if the debate over geoengineering is stuck on that concern.
Typical climate discourse is already polarizing…
A torrent of melted snow has flooded rivers and streams near Mount Rainier following record-setting heat throughout Washington.
“We had a huge amount of snowmelt over a short period of time,” said…
The effects of ‘weird weather’ were already being felt in the 1960s, but scientists linking fossil fuels with climate change were dismissed as prophets of doom.
‘I stayed up all night watching the town burn down. It was so scary,’ says one Lytton resident.
Nine foot high flames were lapping at Pierre Quevillon’s Lytton home when he bundled his two dogs into…
While fossil fuels were powering wealthy nations’ economic growth in the 19th and 20th centuries, many countries across the Global South remained largely impoverished.
Commonwealth research says UVI is better measure of small island states’ aid needs, especially on climate
Small island nations on the climate crisis frontlines have been overlooked in overseas aid,…
From 1 October 2024, Great Britain will no longer use coal to generate electricity, a year earlier than planned.
The move is part of ambitious government commitments to transition away from fossil…
US Special Presidential Envoy for Climate John Kerry has warned we are not moving fast enough to meet global climate goals.
On the 1 July at the Climate Innovation Forum 2021, John Kerry, US Special…
Communities ‘are being killed as they seek to uphold their environmental, human and spiritual rights’, one defender tells The Independent
Frontline defenders of the land and natural world in Latin…
More people died of cold than heat in past 20 years but climate change is shifting the balance.
More than 5 million people die each year globally because of excessively hot or cold conditions, a 20-…
Survey in 16 countries finds just over half of consumers believe their own behaviour can help
A small majority of people believe there is still time to make a difference and slow global heating, a…
While ExxonMobil's decades of sowing public doubt about climate science and the impact of fossil fuels have provoked various lawsuits, secretly recorded videos released Wednesday expose how the…
Kevo in Lapland recorded a temperature of 33.6C after Finland registered record heat in June.
Nordic countries have registered near-record temperatures over the weekend, including highs of 34C (93.…
Amazon.com Inc. said its carbon emissions rose in 2020 due to pandemic-fueled business growth, highlighting the challenge of balancing a fast-growing business with pledges to minimize environmental…
Officials warn a ‘prolonged, dangerous, and historic heatwave’ will persist through the week.
Canada has recorded its highest temperatures on record as the country’s west, along with the US Pacific …
Average temperatures for the month were 2C higher than normal, with 24 separate locations hitting their own records
New Zealand has experienced its hottest June since records began more than 110…
‘Toothless’ policy and lack of expertise among long list of failures identified in existing efforts to reverse catastrophic impacts on natural world
A damning report by MPs has described government…
Politicians are ‘role-playing’ and ‘pretending to wage war against fossil fuels’, activist says
Greta Thunberg has torn into global leaders’ response to the worsening climate crisis, accusing them…
A new World Bank report has estimated that the collapse of select ecosystem services provided by nature could result in a decline in global GDP of $2.7 trillion annually by 2030.
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