5 Things to Know About Plastic Pollution and How to Stop It.
Our plastic pollution problem has reached new heights and new depths.
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US plans to protect thousands of miles of coral reefs in Pacific and Caribbean.
Proposals cite climate change as most severe threat to US reefs, which may be in danger of disappearing in some places.
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The Danish climate minister closing down the oil industry for good.
Dan Jørgensen has agreed the world’s most ambitious climate goal with a promise to cut 70% of emissions by 2030.
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UK's first all-electric car charging forecourt opens in Essex.
Clean energy firm Gridserve has plans for more than 100 such sites over next five years.
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A warning on climate and the risk of societal collapse.
Scientists and academics including Prof Gesa Weyhenmeyer and Prof Will Steffen argue that we must discuss the threat of societal disruption in order to prepare for it.
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'Stop the Plunder and Start the Healing,' UN Chief Urges in State of the Planet Speech.
The UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres addressed the dire threat of climate change Wednesday in a speech on the state of the planet delivered at Columbia University in New York.
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UN Chief Pleads for Stronger Climate Policies to End Fossil Fuel Addiction.
"The state of the planet is broken. Humanity is waging war on nature. This is suicidal."
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14 Countries Commit to Ocean Sustainability Initiative.
On Wednesday, governments responsible for 40 percent of the world's coastlines and 20 percent of global fisheries announced a series of new commitments that comprise the world's biggest ocean sustainability initiative.
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Lab-grown chicken tastes like chicken – but the feeling when eating it is more complicated.
“Clean”, “cultured”, “no-kill” – these are just a few of the monikers that have been applied to San Francisco-based food start up Just Inc’s lab-grown chicken nuggets.
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'Historic Moment' as Climate Movement Takes on Big Oil at The Hague.
Representing more than 17,000 claimants who support climate action, the international organization Friends of the Earth on Tuesday opened its case against fossil fuel giant Shell at The Hague by demanding that a judge order the corporation to significantly reduce its carbon emissions in the next
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UK urged to follow Denmark in ending North Sea oil and gas exploration.
Britain’s credibility as climate champion rests on bold and urgent action, say campaigners.
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UK vows to outdo other economies with 68% emissions cuts by 2030.
Boris Johnson promises to go further and faster by setting target of 68% reduction in annual carbon emissions. The UK will cut greenhouse gas emissions further and faster than any other major economy in the next decade, according to a new carbon target set out by the prime minister.
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A change in the weather: new demand for TV presenters to include climate in forecasts.
The ABC’s Graham Creed says new climate change research could ‘fill a big gap’ in public understanding. Graham Creed has spent 30 years with his head in synoptic charts, and for the past 20 he’s been on television letting Australians know if it’s going to be hot, cold, wet or dry.
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Global soils underpin life but future looks ‘bleak’, warns UN report.
It takes thousands of years for soils to form, meaning protection is needed urgently, say scientists.
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Cities can lead a green revolution after Covid. In Barcelona, we're showing how.
From non-polluting transport to sustainable industries, urban areas are perfect for testing radical solutions to global problems.
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Exposure of vulnerable to heat reached new record in 2019, says Lancet.
The fifth annual report on the climate crisis and human health also found millions of lives could be saved by tackling emissions and the Covid pandemic together. Exposure of the most vulnerable people to extreme heat reached a record high in 2019, a new Lancet report has found.
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The stolen climate crisis babies: US politician jailed for selling children of mothers desperate to escape environmental catastrophe.
The Marshall Islands sit barely six feet above sea level in the middle of the Pacific Ocean and its people are among the most vulnerable in the world to the complex consequences of climate change, writes Louise Boyle
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State of Great Barrier Reef deemed ‘critical’ for first time along with dozens of the world’s natural wonders.
Some of the most cherished world heritage sites are under increased threat from the climate crisis.
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The world’s ocean is bearing the brunt of a changing climate. Explore its past and future in our new series.
Oceans 21 is a Conversation international series examining the history and future of the world’s ocean.
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Toasty November means 2020 might nudge out 2016 as hottest year on record.
Global temperatures soared last month, making this November the hottest ever recorded, according to a new report.
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