At Cop26 Sir Patrick Vallance has said he eats less meat and cycles but society needs to change more
Changes in behaviour are needed to tackle the climate emergency, the UK’s chief scientific…
As the planet heats up, the number of days where the temperature reaches 50C has doubled since the 1980s, global BBC analysis has found.
The BBC’s Life at 50C season, produced by BBC News Arabic…
Politician says droughts and climate-induced famine in the country are a result of the behaviours of rich nations.
More than a million people facing the first climate-induced famine in Madagascar …
Climate crisis cannot be ended without the empowerment of women, politicians and campaigners tell summit
“The world as designed by men has destroyed many things,” Cop26 delegates have been told, as…
New research comes months after Australian government lobbied to keep coral reef off world heritage ‘in danger’ list
Hopes that enough of the Great Barrier Reef could escape global heating long…
The first project registered for the government’s CCS carbon credits program is also claimed to be one of the world’s biggest
About 800km north of Adelaide in the middle of the South Australia…
Problem is causing £8bn a year in health damage but can be tackled cost-effectively, say scientists
Sixty per cent of the tiny particles polluting the air in the UK are from ammonia leaking from…
Yellow, blue and red spiders, native to east Asia, thriving in warm weather and sending experts scrambling
Northern Georgia has found itself besieged by millions of large yellow, blue and red…
The BBC has obtained first-hand accounts from migrants who say they’ve been illegally deported from the European Union by Polish border troops. Close to the border between Belarus and Poland, the BBC…
From extreme weather obliterating homes to rising sea levels ruining crops, climate breakdown is a terrifying daily reality for many.
Throughout the 2021 United Nations climate change conference,…
Plastics industry profits soar even in wake of COVID-19, weather-related issues
A recent IEEFA report on plastics pricing and the case for regulation of the industry has been released at a time of…
There has been new momentum from around the world to put gender at the forefront of climate action on Gender Day, as countries and non state actors set out gender and climate commitments, including…
A Sydney man has set an ambitious target to phase out his alcohol consumption within the next 29 years, as part of an impressive plan to improve his health.
The program will see Greg Taylor, 73,…
Civil society applauds the creation of BOGA and asks countries: Where is your plan to stop producing the fossil fuels that are driving the climate crisis?
A doctor in the south of the country says people are eating cactus leaves and ashes as the rains become more erratic
There’s nothing to harvest any more, nothing that can be taken from the land,…
The COP26 climate summit in Glasgow is entering its final day, amid growing fears that the goal of limiting global warming to 1.5C is unlikely to be met.
UN Secretary General António Guterres…
Official projectionists hit back with animations and ‘go away’ after activists beam climate slogans
A “projection fight” broke out at the Cop26 venue in Glasgow, which resulted in official…