The world's average temperature reached a new high on Monday 3 July, topping 17 degrees Celsius for the first time.
Scientists say the reading was the highest in any instrumental record dating back…
For all the well-documented sources of environmental pollution—think chemical manufacturers, energy plants, mining operations, and agricultural processes—there’s another major source of contamination…
The UN secretary general has said that “climate change is out of control”, as an unofficial analysis of data showed that average world temperatures in the seven days to Wednesday were the hottest…
We’re all in denial, in one way or another. Maybe it’s the only way to get by. But we can’t avoid the evidence, collectively, in the long run.
On key measures, temperatures across the planet this…
Earlier this year, TikTok vowed to clamp down on climate change denial. But a BBC investigation tracked one video that has been viewed millions of times - and found the company is struggling to stop…
On a broad expanse of beach overlooked by towering cliffs on the UK’s south coast, a ghost forest can be glimpsed at low tide. Easily missed among the boulders and rock pools, a landscape of gnarled…
Conflicts between Russia and Ukraine and Armenia and Azerbaijan have stopped the group of Eastern European nations from picking the host of the Cop29 climate talks next November.
At a group meeting…
The EU-27 reached a compromise on Friday (16 June), which satisfies French interests in nuclear power, without reopening negotiations on the Renewable Energy Directive.
EU countries on Friday…
France was not invited to a meeting of pro-renewables countries on Monday (19 June) after Paris delayed the adoption of the EU’s renewable energy directive, an EU diplomat told EURACTIV.
The ‘…
Bulgaria is getting closer to making a US nuclear reactor after the Bulgarian nuclear power plant Kozloduy signed an official engineering contract for Front-End Engineering and Design of a nuclear…
The European Commission’s energy system modelling will not produce accurate calculations about the EU’s climate future until it receives the update it needs, writes Niels Fuglsang.
Niels Fuglsang…
Nine decapitated swans are among the victims of a rising number of sadistic attacks against waterfowl, according to police data.
Police recorded a 59% increase in crimes against swans, ducks and…
UN Secretary General, António Guterres, addressing delegates at the UN Food Systems Summit +2 Stocktaking Moment Opening Ceremony, 24 July 2023, in Rome, Italy.
A late proposal to extend subsidies for coal plants has upset European Union plans to agree a reform of the bloc’s power market, which was designed to shift the electricity system towards cleaner…
Global temperatures have accelerated to record-setting levels this month, an ominous sign in the climate crisis ahead of a gathering El Niño that could potentially propel 2023 to become the hottest…
Fossil fuel lobbyists will have to identify themselves as such in registering for the UN Cop28 climate summit, making polluting and carbon-intensive industries more accountable at the annual talks.
Pressure to speed cuts in carbon pollution took a back seat at UN climate talks that ended late Thursday night (15 June), as emerging economies, including China, demanded that rich ones vastly scale…
Oil, gas and coal representatives will have to disclose their industry ties at future climate meetings, the UN says.
For years, fossil fuel employees have been able to attend without having to be…