climate change

When relationships end it might be because the spark has disappeared, or maybe you just can't make time for one another. But can climate change cause break-ups? It might do, according to a new…

People in the U.S. are taking the climate crisis more seriously than ever before, a new survey indicates.

Olaf Scholz will head a three-party coalition with broad plans for Germany's transition to a green economy, under a deal to end 16 years of government led by Angela Merkel. Almost two months after…

"This is a wonderful, wonderful place to start," said environmentalist Bill McKibben. In her first major policy action, Boston Mayor Michelle Wu signed an ordinance on Monday to divest public funds…

In July, the water levels of Utah's iconic Great Salt Lake fell to a record low.

A storm took the roof off Binta Bah’s house before torrential rain destroyed her family’s belongings, as poverty combines with the climate crisis to wreak havoc on Africa’s smallest mainland country…

How much the world achieved at the Glasgow climate talks – and what happens now – depends in large part on where you live. In island nations that are losing their homes to sea level rise, and in…

Alok Sharma says shared goals must be steered to safety by ensuring countries deliver on their promises

A glaring inconsistency in the US$10 trillion giant’s commitment to climate action One of the successes of the COP26 summit was the growth in the UN-convened Glasgow Financial Alliance for Net Zero …

Prime minister tells Business Council of Australia he ‘could not be more thrilled’ about Woodside proceeding with Scarborough gas development Scott Morrison has told the country’s most senior…

The window to achieve that goal is vanishingly small, but it is there. Now we must seize this one last chance. Like many others, I would like to have seen a stronger outcome from Cop26. But we…

Every year, Shamayel Zaidi, a school teacher in India, gives his new senior school students the same assignment: a presentation on one of three topics - consumer awareness, social issues or…

Re-flooding coastal wetlands could provide an opportunity to "work with nature" and use sea level rise to fight climate change, scientists say. An ongoing study of a coastal marsh in Scotland has…

Over more than a century, PR firms built and fine-tuned a machine to deceive the public. This column is part of Covering Climate Now, a global journalism collaboration cofounded by Columbia…

Reconstruction after Covid: a new series of long reads It’s easy to despair at the climate crisis, or to decide it’s already too late – but it’s not. Here’s how to keep the fight alive by Rebecca…

Research shows introduced pest plants and animals are costing the country $25bn a year Australia could face a wave of plant and animal extinctions by 2050 unless it takes urgent action to address…

New maps and analyses of carbon-rich regions could direct post-Glasgow funds where they’ll do the most good.

Net zero emission pledges by countries and companies are everywhere at the moment. Most of these pledges rely on massive amounts of carbon removal, yet details on how this will transpire remain…

With Cop26 coming to an end and the climate crisis more prevalent than ever, why are some men still so hesitant to change their everyday habits to save the environment? Kate Ng investigates

The Glasgow Climate Pact urges countries to “accelerate efforts towards phasing down”, rather than “phasing out”, coal power that isn’t mitigated by carbon capture and storage. This subtle change to…