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20 07 2024 | 09:05

Nato’s 2023 military spending produced about 233m metric tonnes of CO2 – report

As leaders from member countries gather to mark the 75th anniversary of Nato in Washington DC, researchers are warning that their military budgets are eroding the climate, producing an estimated 233m…

20 07 2024 | 09:02

Hurricane Beryl supercharged by ‘crazy’ ocean temperatures, experts say

Hurricane Beryl, which slammed into Texas on Monday after wreaking havoc in the Caribbean, was supercharged by “absolutely crazy” ocean temperatures that are likely to fuel further violent storms in…

20 07 2024 | 09:00

Florida: tree cactus becomes first local species killed off by sea-level rise

Scientists in Florida have recorded what they say is the first local extinction of a species caused by sea-level rise. The climate emergency has killed off the Key Largo tree cactus growing…

20 07 2024 | 08:55

New Zealand’s sea temperatures hit record highs, outstripping global averages

New Zealand’s sea temperatures have hit record highs, outstripping global averages threefold in one region, and prompting alarm over the health of the country’s marine life and ecosystems. New data…

20 07 2024 | 08:53

From water to wood-burning stoves: 11 green challenges Labour must solve

The new Labour government faces a massive task in seeking to repair the UK’s degraded environment and fight the climate crisis.

20 07 2024 | 08:52

Intense Heat, Drought Have Wildfires Raging from Brazil to Arctic Regions

This story includes details on the impacts of climate change that may be difficult for some readers. If you are feeling overwhelmed by this crisis situation here is a list of resources on how to cope…

20 07 2024 | 08:49

‘It’s about survival’: Athens mayor focuses on getting capital through extreme heat

Trees, cooling centres, water stations. All three are on Haris Doukas’s mind as he sits in his office-turned-control centre on the top floor of city hall.

20 07 2024 | 08:49

Give local authorities the power to achieve net zero

In your editorial (The Guardian view on councils in need: voters should be told what the parties’ plans are, 23 June), you fail to mention perhaps the most acute challenge of all facing local…

20 07 2024 | 08:45

Investors: Sustainable Finance Demands More than Just Cutting Carbon

Sustainable investing is a key part of curbing climate change, and the sector is showing some signs of progress.  

20 07 2024 | 08:37

What Economics Does — or Doesn’t — Tell Us About the Climate Consequences of Using Wood

To reduce global carbon emissions, should people harvest and use more wood or less? This question underlies the merits of policies that encourage power plants and heating facilities to burn more wood…

20 07 2024 | 08:29

Shell Plans to Drill in South African Block Near Namibia Finds

Shell Plc plans to explore an offshore South African oil block located across the maritime border with Namibia, where a number of discoveries have been made.

20 07 2024 | 08:25

Sudanese war refugees in Chad face further hardship

Image: Marie-Helena Laurent/WFP/AP/picture alliance In the eastern Chadian town of Adre, refugees continue to pour in, coming on horseback, with donkeys or — in most cases — on foot, recounting…

20 07 2024 | 08:22

Gambia lawmakers back recommendations to maintain female genital mutilation ban

Dakar, Senegal — Gambian lawmakers adopted recommendations Monday for the country to maintain its ban on female genital mutilation ahead of a vote later this month on whether to decriminalize the…

20 07 2024 | 08:13

Can the climate survive the insatiable energy demands of the AI arms race?

The artificial intelligence boom has driven big tech share prices to fresh highs, but at the cost of the sector’s climate aspirations.

20 07 2024 | 08:05

‘There’s angry people out there’: inside the renewable energy resistance in regional Australia

Photograph: Krystle Wright/The Guardian In a packed community hall in regional Queensland, a calamitous story is being told. Australia’s east coast is bulldozed into the ground. Rural towns are…

20 07 2024 | 08:01

Houses and pylons: Labour’s biggest business challenges

A landslide victory for Labour was also a satisfactory result for the vigilantes of the bond market. A Conservative administration that served up Liz Truss’s reckless budget of unfunded giveaways in…

20 07 2024 | 07:58

Canberra trial shows EVs can provide backup power to grid in blackouts and emergencies

On 13 February, when freak winds brought down a transmission line in Victoria and shut down the state’s largest power station, a fleet of electric cars plugged into a charger in Canberra 500km away…

20 07 2024 | 07:52

Pristine forests and grinding poverty: why shouldn’t Brazil’s Amapá state embrace oil wealth?

Illustration: Israel Vargas The Brazilian state of Amapá is a densely forested chunk of land slightly larger than England and geographically isolated from the rest of Brazil. It has one of the…

20 07 2024 | 07:45

Coffee, eggs and white rice linked to higher levels of PFAS in human body

New research aimed at identifying foods that contain higher levels of PFAS found people who eat more white rice, coffee, eggs and seafood typically showed more of the toxic chemicals in their plasma…

20 07 2024 | 07:45

Motorcyclist dies from heat exposure in Death Valley as temperature reaches 128F

A visitor to Death Valley national park died on Sunday from heat exposure and another person was hospitalized as the temperature reached 128F (53.3C) in eastern California, officials said. The two…