Children are particularly vulnerable to climate crisis yet have little say politically or legally in most of world
Young climate activists should be able to fully take part in legal cases that…
Health bodies demand all governments immediately cease expansion of new fossil fuel infrastructure and production
Global health bodies are demanding international governments urgently phase out…
Research highlights benefits forests bring surrounding regions in terms of cooler air and more rainfall
Deforestation has a far greater impact on regional temperatures than previously believed,…
Several of the city’s governmental, environmental and cultural institutions share lobbyists with fossil fuel companies
Dozens of governmental, educational, cultural and environmental organizations…
The carbon budget remaining to limit the climate crisis to 1.5C of global heating is now “tiny”, according to an analysis, sending a “dire” message about the adequacy of climate action.
The carbon…
Force makes first use of section 7 of Public Order Act to curtail slow march protest outside parliament
Police have arrested more than 60 climate activists taking part in a slow march outside…
Can you see it yet? The Earth systems horizon – the point at which our planetary systems tip into a new equilibrium, hostile to most lifeforms? I think we can. The sudden acceleration of…
French banks have financed $154bn to firms running biggest fossil fuel projects since 2015 climate pact
France is Europe’s biggest supporter of “carbon bomb” extraction projects that hold enough…
The world is breaching a key warming threshold at a rate that has scientists concerned, a BBC analysis has found. On about a third of days in 2023, the average global temperature was at least 1.5C…
Why is holding COP28 in Dubai controversial?
The UAE is one of the world's top 10 oil-producing nations.
It has appointed the chief executive of the state-owned oil company, Sultan Al Jaber, …
Could the ebb and flow of the UK's tides help us to rely less on fossil fuels?
Great progress has been made exploiting wind and solar technology, but if we are going to switch to more renewable…
Increased melting of West Antarctica's ice shelves is "unavoidable" in the coming decades, a new study has warned.
These floating tongues of ice extend from the main ice sheet into the ocean, and…
The world is on an "unstoppable" shift towards renewable energy but the phase down of fossil fuels is not happening quickly enough, a new report says.
The International Energy Agency, the global…
Human fossil fuel emissions are threatening a key climate threshold more quickly than previously thought, a new report says.
Researchers say the world may be committed to breaching the 1.5C limit by…
There are already signs that deep divisions could hamper progress at the UN's crucial COP28 climate summit.
More than 70 environment ministers and 100 national delegations have been meeting in Abu…
KARACHI: Pakistan is exploring the possibility of shutting down some of its gas- or diesel-fired power plants before their economic lifetime ends, as part of a low-carbon energy transition supported…
Carbon capture and storage (CCS) projects have been a major topic of discussion during New York Climate Week. Critics of the technology argue that it is being used to prolong the life of the fossil…
Over the past few months, more than 100 people, mostly students, have attended University of Colorado Board of Regents meetings to demand that the CU system be divested of fossil fuels.
About 3% of…
New report warns that the project needs years of high aluminum prices to recover investment and will substantially add to carbon dioxide emissions through its supporting coal plant
The first…