Kamala Harris on Saturday paid tribute to generations of women who "throughout our nation's history have paved the way for this moment" of her being elected as vice president of the US.
Harris, the…
The wildlife crime underworld in Britain is rampant, with “shockingly low conviction rates”, experts say, as a new report reveals the exploitation of wildlife is going unabated.
The science is clear. If we continue to emit greenhouse gases at the same rate we have been doing for the past decades, 80 years from now, our planet will be at least four degrees warmer than pre-…
WASHINGTON — The White House has removed the scientist responsible for the National Climate Assessment, the federal government’s premier contribution to climate knowledge and the foundation for…
Optimism abounds as leaders from Fiji to Papua New Guinea welcome the new US president-elect.
Joe Biden’s presidential ascension had not even been settled when Fiji’s forthright prime minister was…
Study calls for more focus on farming and food waste, behind a third of greenhouse gas production.
Our diets and agricultural production around the world are so carbon-intensive that emissions from…
Africa’s contribution to the field of nuclear non-proliferation has long been ignored. It is time to recognise and embrace it.
On October 24, the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons (the…
In October, firefighters in Tanzania had to tackle a number of fires on Mount Kilimanjaro, Africa’s tallest mountain and the largest free-standing mountain in the world. The mountain and surrounding…
Biden’s presidency could help reduce global heating by about 0.1C if plans fulfilled, say experts.
The election of Joe Biden as president of the US could reduce global heating by about 0.1C,…
Senior figures from across the world’s major economies have come together to condemn the US after it made its official exit from the Paris Agreement, a major international treaty aimed at delivering…
Around 4.2 tonnes of methane leaked from site during one week of monitoring in January 2019.
Fracking for shale gas in the UK has, for now, come to a halt with little interest from the government in…
Tim Flannery has been speaking about climate change for decades – but he’s finding it harder and harder to be the bearer of bad news.
Being a bearer of bad news is never easy. I’ve been writing and…
The giant land is the only place on Earth not touched by Covid. A British team is on a mission to protect it while also doing vital research
Rothera on Adelaide Island, the British Antarctic Survey…
ScottishPower Renewables has achieved what is believed to be a global first by using energy from an onshore wind farm to re-energise part of the power grid, known as “black start”.
The successful…
Food with heavy environmental impact should be taxed by 2025 unless food industry acts voluntarily, says alliance.
A powerful coalition of the UK’s health professions has called for a climate tax to…