Scientists have been studying the increasingly common phenomenon, which can intensify wildfires and affect crop yields
You’ve heard of flash floods but what about flash droughts? Droughts that…
The climate crisis threatens to roll back decades of progress towards better health and governments are ill-prepared to stop it, the World Meteorological Organization has said.
Three-quarters of…
Exclusive: multistate tour, launching in Michigan on Sunday, aims to pressure Biden on climate action before 2024 election
One year after the passage of the much-lauded Inflation Reduction Act, a…
As another big climate conference looms and global ‘loss and damage’ takes hold, we must keep pressure on the biggest emitters
Prof Saleemul Huq died on 28 October, in Dhaka, Bangladesh. He was 71…
Winter is coming and lorries are delivering logs in streets near my house. Wood and smokeless fuels are being sold in local DIY shops and garages, and once again my neighbourhood is filled with the…
March 20 marked the release of the final installment of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change’s (IPCC) Sixth Assessment Report (AR6), an eight-year long undertaking from the world’s most…
As the effects of climate change are increasingly felt through more severe storms, wildfires and flooding, the need to reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions — such as by switching to electric…
International shipping keeps the world’s economy afloat, carrying approximately 80% of all global trade from port to port — and emitting substantial greenhouse gases along the way. Counted as a…
A decade ago, China launched the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI), an ambitious effort to finance infrastructure around the world. Since then, Chinese investments made through the BRI have become an…
In the disinformation age it’s not enough for us to shake our heads about the lies the other side perpetrates
Fresh from dragging an invitation for reconciliation into a mire of racial division, the…
Exclusive: Projects that risk 1.5C heating target operated by companies receiving financing from European, Chinese and US banks
Banks pumped more than $150bn last year into companies whose giant “…
Awhole dessert unceremoniously dropped into the trash on the Great British Baking Show. Piles of raw chicken used to create a dramatic decorative tableau on Iron Chef. Gas stoves and food frequently…
It’s official: we’re about to reach peak fossil fuels. New figures from the International Energy Agency (IEA) show that the shift to renewable energy is now unstoppable – and that demand for oil and…
More than 3.5m Australian rooftops are turning the sun into electricity with solar panels and more than 1m of those have been at it for over a decade. So, how long can you expect your solar panels to…
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…
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