Deep into the night last Friday, long past the hour when most Americans had ceased paying attention, Congress passed the $1.2tn bipartisan infrastructure bill otherwise known as the BIF. Its passage…
Sustainable food systems are a cornerstone to cutting emissions but have been largely absent from the agenda in Glasgow
“The cow in the room is being ignored at this Cop,” says Carl Le Blanc of…
45 governments pledge urgent action and investment to protect nature and shift to more sustainable ways of farming
95 high profile companies from a range of sectors commit to being ‘Nature…
In the six years since the Paris agreement, the climate crisis has rapidly accelerated. From catastrophes to slow transformations of familiar landscapes, lives everywhere have been upended
Lawsuit is the second major legal challenge to climate policy in New Zealand this year
A group of law students have filed a lawsuit at Wellington’s high court against New Zealand’s minister of…
Country was down four places on greenhouse gas index and was the only one to score zero on policy
The Australian government’s policy response to the climate crisis was ranked last in an assessment…
In a show of support for those most at risk from climate change, 12 donor governments have pledged $413 million in new funding for the Least Developed Countries Fund during the COP26 climate summit…
As the COP26 climate summit enters its second week, negotiations in Glasgow have hit a critical phase.
The conference is seen as crucial if climate change is to be brought under control. So we asked…
The climate crisis is no longer a future concern. In many parts of the world, it has already begun.
Millions of people are living with extreme temperatures, facing a growing threat of flooding or…
Research from world’s top climate analysis coalition contrasts sharply with last week’s optimism
The world is on track for disastrous levels of global heating far in excess of the limits in the…
A group of 50 countries have committed to develop climate-resilient and low-carbon health systems at the UN Climate Change Conference in Glasgow (COP26), in response to growing evidence of the impact…
"By letting deepfake ClimateRutte tell the honest story about climate change, we want to show what climate leadership can look like. We ask everyone who also believes that decisive climate leadership…
Speaking on stage alongside the puppet 'Little Amal’, leaders and campaigners have said the climate crisis cannot be ended without the empowerment of women. Indigenous women and politicians including…
Summary of the main developments on the eighth day of the UN climate summit in Glasgow
The legitimacy of the Cop26 climate summit was called into question by a number of organisations that said…
The Morrison government often claims that it 'meets and beats' its carbon emissions reduction targets. Those targets - first set during a major climate convention in Kyoto back in 1997 - actually…
A livestreamed session at Cop26 sets out to educate and inspire tomorrow’s leaders, from Ukraine to Peru
“Type your favourite crunchiness of peanut butter into the chat thread,” says Matthew…
In the last few years, hurricanes and flooding have devastated parts of the American south. Smoke-billowing wildfires have torn through millions of acres of the west coast. In the south-west, people…