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Rising temperatures are already killing people in Sierra Leone’s Freetown, says Eugenia Kargbo, who is planning how best to protect the hundreds of thousands living in informal settlements. When she…

Thanks to climate change, armadillos, native to southern America, are making their way up north. And there’s no sign of them stopping their relentless march by Oliver Milman in Sapphire, North…

Yu Kongjian can remember the day he nearly died in the river. Swollen with rain, the White Sand Creek had flooded the rice terraces in Yu's farming commune in China. Yu, just 10 then, ran excitedly…

The COP26 climate summit in Glasgow has been billed as a last chance to limit global warming to 1.5C. But beyond the deals and photo opportunities, what are the key things countries need to do in…

The climate crisis could cause mass displacement as land is left uninhabitable – nations have to work together to plan for this.

The former US president directed his Cop26 speech at young people, but he made the task of keeping warming to 1.5C far harder

Lagos Island, Nigeria (CNN)Standing on the sand next to a building hollowed out by the churning sea, Sheriff Elegushi points far out into the Atlantic Ocean to where his ancestral home once stood.

If you are going to host a world summit on climate change then it really should attempt to be green as possible. The UK government says it is committed to making the event "carbon neutral" but a new…

Last-minute hitch on coal almost reduced Alok Sharma to tears as Glasgow climate pact made imperfect progress

Those living in Banjul’s slums face the effects of a climate crisis they did little to cause – and will need more help than the Cop26 deal promises Yedel Bah would move home if she could, but she…

Most of us are trying to be greener and for some that means seeking out brands and companies that are environmentally-friendly. But how can you check firms really are as green as they make out?…

The planet is a mess and it is easy to despair. But seeing Thunberg with other inspirational figures offers a glimpse of hope. To quote George Harrison, it’s been a long and lonely winter. The world…

As poverty and lost livelihoods fuel threats in the home, those who have found refuge still risk their lives walking miles in search of water.

Extreme weather events - including powerful heat waves and devastating floods - are now the new normal, says the World Meteorological Organisation. The State of the Climate report for 2021…

Should Nigeria's natural riches remain in the ground?

From the seemingly inexorable increase of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere to the rapid growth in green energy

To change course radically, the Coalition would have to admit that for a decade it traded the national interest for a handful of regional Queensland seats. There’s not a lot of good news, so for the…

Diverse participation leads to more robust solutions, but Cop26 shows we are still failing to include marginalised voices

The credibility of international efforts to combat the climate crisis depend on the summit’s ambitions being honoured. In the staid idiom of international summitry, to “note with serious concern” is…

Despite the fine words and supposed ambition, there is little time left to reach a meaningful finale