NEW YORK, Sept 28 – More than 20 Heads of State and Government and 6 Ministers committed to a Leaders Pledge for Nature at the Nature for Life Hub, Day 3 — the Global Ambition Day. With signatories…
Global warming is deepening blankets of warmer water that alter ocean currents, hinder absorption of carbon, intensify storms and disrupt biological cycles.
Near the surface of the ocean, global…
Infernos in South America’s Pantanal region have burnt twice the area of California’s fires this year. Researchers fear the rare ecosystem will never recover.
When Luciana Leite arrived in the…
An Unearthed and HuffPost investigation identified at least eight trade associations the companies failed to disclose in transparency reports.
Earlier this year, oil giants BP and Royal Dutch Shell…
Exclusive: African state says it has agreements with oil companies in Lake Chad area.
Chad has asked to suspend an application for world heritage site status for Lake Chad to explore oil and mining…
These are very challenging times for U.S. fossil fuel-producing states, such as Wyoming, Alaska and North Dakota. The COVID-19 economic downturn has reduced energy demand, with uncertain prospects…
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…