The latest edition in an annual series of global climate reports shows that Europe experienced its warmest year in 2020 by a considerable amount.
The report showed that 2020 in Europe was 1.9 °C…
While Chile has been going through a drought for the past decade, July was particularly dry
Andres Couve, the science minister of Chile, has said addressing the climate crisis is a “national…
Author of government study says Treasury resistance to green spending programmes could halt progress to net zero
Imposing “premature austerity” again will undermine the fight against climate change…
Hurricane Ida entered the Gulf of Mexico late Friday, as people in the United States' southern state of Louisiana evacuated high-risk areas and stocked up on essentials.
The hurricane is expected to…
Greenpeace activists in kayaks confront ship preparing construction kit for project.
Preparation work for the controversial Cambo oil field project has been postponed after protests from activists…
Increase means country will slip back from goal of cutting emissions by 40% from 1990 levels.
Germany is forecast to record its biggest rise in greenhouse gas emissions since 1990 this year as the…
Virus detected in two districts near the country’s capital, Porto Novo, agriculture ministry says.
Benin has identified an outbreak of the highly contagious H5N1 avian flu in two districts near the…
Project in Seaham, County Durham, will use water from mine shafts to heat 1,500 new homes
Kevin Shaw remembers Seaham in its mining heyday, when the three pits in the town provided thousands of jobs…
Violence and aggression increase as temperatures rise, according to new studies
If you find yourself more irritable as summer temperatures soar, there’s a reason for that: New research reveals that…
With the stark “code red” warnings from the world’s climate experts in the most recent report by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) still ringing in our ears, it’s vital to give as…
Communities on the frontline of the climate crisis say radical solutions must be on the table – before it’s too late
Ayisha Siddiqa doesn’t want fossil fuel companies to determine her future…
Nearly a third of Britons now see environmental issues as a big worry for the country.
Concern over the climate crisis is at a 30-year high in the UK, a poll finds.
Nearly a third (32 per cent) of…
Urban green spaces like parks with lawns and trees have well-known benefits for people who live in cities. They help improve air quality, manage floods, reduce noise and keep temperatures down. The …
HURUNGWE, ZIMBABWE - The impact of the pandemic has increased wildlife poaching around Zimbabwe’s national parks, as people who lost their jobs hunt the animals for food. To help protect the animals…
The giant tortoise, one of nature's vegetarians. Or is it?
This video shows the astonishing moment an Aldabra giant tortoise hunts and kills a noddy tern chick.
It's the first time this behaviour…
U.S. thermal coal producers watched their domestic customer base shrink in 2020 as utilities continued to announce coal-fired power plant closures and transition to less expensive renewable and…
The average global citizen loses 2.2 years of life with the current levels of air pollution, with residents in the most polluted cities lose up to five years of their lives, according to a new study…
Government to open more coal mines to boost power supply and jobs, but plan sparks fears over harm to wildlife and rising carbon emissions
In contrast to the growing number of countries seeking to…
SA, like most of Sub-Saharan Africa, stopped using leaded petrol in 2006
Leaded petrol, a staple of motoring for nearly a century but blamed for more than 1-million premature deaths annually, has…