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14 11 2021 | 09:21

Climate: Making the BBC’s Life at 50C season

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…

14 11 2021 | 09:18

Madagascar paying price for cheap European flights, says climate minister

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 …

14 11 2021 | 09:16

‘World designed by men has destroyed many things,’ Cop26 warned

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…

14 11 2021 | 09:14

Great Barrier Reef’s future dealt blow as study finds only 2% escaped coral bleaching

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…

14 11 2021 | 09:08

Can Moomba live up to the hype? Santos’ $220m carbon capture and storage project

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…

14 11 2021 | 09:02

Ammonia from farms behind 60% of UK particulate air pollution – study

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…

14 11 2021 | 08:57

‘Nothing left to burn’: wildfires and floods could turn the tide on Turkey’s climate policy

Can a government addicted to concrete and profit turn around an appalling environmental record?

14 11 2021 | 08:51

‘Like a scene from Arachnophobia’: large Joro spiders invade northern Georgia

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…

14 11 2021 | 08:44

The hidden climate costs of America’s free parking spaces

Street parking takes up space and incentivizes driving. New curb management companies are trying to help cities better use this space

14 11 2021 | 08:39

Migrants freezing to death on Belarus-Poland border

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…

14 11 2021 | 08:28

‘Summers are becoming unbearable’: living on the frontline of global heating

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,…

14 11 2021 | 08:20

U.S.: Essential plastics industry enjoys “fantastic” profits with no regulation

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…

14 11 2021 | 07:47

COP President daily media statement and latest announcements – 9 November

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…

13 11 2021 | 07:26

Man announces he will quit drinking by 2050 (NET ZERO ALCOHOL)

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,…

12 11 2021 | 16:07

With launch of 'Beyond Oil & Gas Alliance', countries and regions forge first diplomatic initiative to phase out fossil fuel extraction

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?

12 11 2021 | 15:00

Op - Madagascar is drying out – there’s no harvest, only hunger

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,…

12 11 2021 | 14:13

COP26: Fear of failure as climate summit enters final day

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…

12 11 2021 | 13:59

‘Projection fight’ breaks out on side of Cop26 venue in Glasgow

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…

12 11 2021 | 11:58

How ‘Cool Roofs’ Can Help Fight Climate Change

Painted rooftops reflect the heat instead of absorbing it, reducing the need for air-conditioning and cutting greenhouse gases. Last summer, New York City endured three heat waves and many days when…