London — The UK has announced it will launch an Energy Transition Council in a bid to speed up a shift from coal to renewable energy in developing countries.
The announcement came at the start of…
When hurricanes and other extreme storms unleash downpours like Tropical Storm Beta has been doing in the South, the floodwater doesn’t always stay within the government’s flood risk zones.
New…
Chemical headaches, plant sirens – these were the constant background to my home and school life. My community is on the climate frontline.
My teacher first taught me about global warming in the…
In this autumn of horrific fires and deadly floods, it's easy to overlook one bit of promising news on the climate front: Some major U.S. media coverage of the crisis is finally getting better.
In another win for climate campaigners, leaders of 12 major cities around the world — collectively home to about 36 million people — committed Tuesday to divesting from fossil fuel companies and…
US must take the lead to avert eco-disaster.
Barack Obama has only four years to save the world. That is the stark assessment of Nasa scientist and leading climate expert Jim Hansen who last week…
New Zealand’s parliament building – known as the Beehive – is set to enjoy the benefits of solar power, as well as an improvement in energy efficiency measures, as part of a NZ$2.4 million (A$2.23…
A coalition of 44 low-lying nations has sounded alarm bells saying they are sinking not just because of climate change impacts but are also neck-deep in debt.
Ahead of the 75th United Nations…
Facebook blames mistake in system for restrictions on groups including Greenpeace USA.
Facebook has suspended the accounts of several environmental organizations less than a week after launching an…
Unexpectedly forthright pledge will boost UN efforts to galvanise action on climate crisis.
China will reach carbon neutrality before 2060 and ensure its greenhouse gas emissions peak in the next…
“As a young child, I remember I was baptised in a river, very clean and fresh, nothing to worry about. Right now, I cannot even imagine dipping my feet in the water. So much has changed since then;…
US planning $3tn in spending with few environmental safeguards attached.
Few countries are living up to their promises of a “green recovery” from the coronavirus crisis, with hundreds of billions of…
If all the glaciers and ice caps on the planet melted, global sea level would rise by about 230 feet. That amount of water would flood nearly every coastal city around the world [source: U.S.…
Extreme weather, locust invasions and violence have forced people to flee their homes.
Millions of people were uprooted from their homes by conflict, violence and natural disasters in the first six…
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