The Amazon rainforest is moving towards a "tipping point" where trees may die off en masse, say researchers.
A study suggests the world's largest rainforest is losing its ability to bounce back from…
Emails have revealed the high-wire act performed by major banks and the world’s biggest asset manager, BlackRock, as they privately soothe oil industry concerns about their public support for greener…
People who do not spend their days reading climate reports or scouring the archives of oil companies are often surprised to hear that the fossil-fuel industry has been part of the Intergovernmental…
In two dozen climate liability cases, companies are arguing that their public statements about climate change are not ‘deceptive’ so much as persuasive – and protected free speech
A UN expert has warned of the creation of pollution “sacrifice zones” across the world, where tens of millions of people are suffering strokes, cancers, respiratory problems and heart disease as a…
On eve of alarming IPCC report, organisation warns governments to treat crisis on a par with war and peace
Governments must start treating the climate crisis as a national security concern on a par…
Eight dead and hundreds rescued from rooftops as rainfall exceeds annual averages in just a few days
The flood broke through the levee before daybreak. By the time many residents of Lismore in…
Report says human actions are causing dangerous disruption, and window to secure a liveable future is closing
Climate breakdown is accelerating rapidly, many of the impacts will be more severe than…
There is only a small window in which to mitigate the worst effects. So make a change now, and make it one you can stick to
If the prospect of nuclear war wasn’t enough, the Intergovernmental Panel…
Australia needs to decide how much worse we want these disasters to get and take the climate action needed to keep people safe
In Lismore we have experienced floods forever. But this is not a flood…
Report says average 4% of GDP will be spent on adapting to climate breakdown, risking deeper poverty
African countries are being forced to spend billions of dollars a year coping with the effects…
Governments must focus on solutions that are already working, even when they aren’t glamorous or supported by powerful lobbyists.
Reading national climate plans feels like perusing corporate…
A new report released this week by the UN's Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) looks at the causes, impacts and solutions to climate change.