Boris Johnson has pledged to give details of how UK will meet its climate targets before Cop26.
The German government is backing an extension of EU carbon pricing that will end free carbon permits…
There’s a scene more dull than watching paint dry ... and yet somehow, this BBC documentary on a new nuclear reactor is a staggering, bravura-filled feat.
China makes up two-thirds of the heavily polluting power stations approved globally in 2020.
China is driving a global increase in heavily polluting coal-fired power plants in an attempt to reboot…
Campaigners say plans for a new tailings dam threatens wilderness that should be declared a heritage area.
Four days before the Morrison government was due to decide the future of a mining…
As the pandemic and extreme weather disrupt electricity supplies for Kenyans, alternative energy sources like solar power are providing sustainable options.
One in four Kenyans - mostly in rural…
Exclusive: In letter to Cop26 president, signatories including John McDonnell urge discussion of benefits of four-day week in ‘race to limit the worst effects of climate change’
A coalition of MPs,…
Data shows only 127 of 323 cities had acceptable PM 2.5 levels despite drop in emissions during lockdowns.
More than half of European cities are still plagued by dirty air, new data shows, despite a…
Hot weather bakes in disadvantage. Regenerating natural and living ecosystems will help us all
Acentury ago the British critic and crime writer GK Chesterton declared that crime fiction is the…
Scientists from agency and Noaa say Earth’s ‘energy imbalance’ roughly doubled from 2005 to 2019 in ‘alarming’ way
The Earth is trapping nearly twice as much heat as it did in 2005, according to new…
Less ice means more global heating, a vicious cycle that also leaves the region open to new oil extraction.
Sea ice across much of the Arctic is thinning twice as fast as previously thought,…
Extraction will lead to emissions of billions of tonnes of greenhouse gases, threatening right to live in a healthy environment, court case argues
At the end of April, oil giant ExxonMobil announced…
Heatwaves are now more intense, more likely and lasting longer.
All around the world, people are experiencing more intense heatwaves and scorching temperatures every year. Scientists say there is a…
The nation uses the dirtiest fossil fuel to generate more than 80% of its power.
A cloud of methane was detected by satellite near coal mines in South Africa, drawing attention to a lesser-known…
Attorney Roger Cox says oil industry executives should be held responsible for their companies’ carbon emissions
Royal Dutch Shell Plc hired a team of pricey lawyers for its defense against…
Photographer Thandiwe Muriu wants her models to both blend in and stand out at the same time.
The images in her Camo - short for camouflage - series create an optical illusion where the person in…
Soils provide 95% of all food but are damaged by industrial, farming, mining and urban pollution.
The world’s soils, which provide 95% of humanity’s food, are “under great pressure”, according to a…
As world leaders gather for the first in-person summit since the start of the pandemic, Daisy Dunne explores what actions they must take to tackle the climate crisis.
Defeat will make it ‘very difficult’ to reach 2050 net zero target, says government minister
Swiss voters have rejected a new law which was proposed to help the country meet its target for cutting …