For three days, the Massif des Maures in the south of France has burned, and along with it the Plaine des Maures nature reserve – one of the Mediterranean’s jewels of biodiversity, unique in all of…
Precipitation was so unexpected, scientists had no gauges to measure it, and is stark sign of climate crisis
Rain has fallen on the summit of Greenland’s huge ice cap for the first time on…
The fate of a planned line from Uganda to Tanzania will be the first test of whether anyone was listening to António Guterres’ call to end fossil fuels
The UK’s low carbon economy is now worth more than £200bn, four times the size of the country’s manufacturing sector, with growth expected to accelerate in the coming years, according to new analysis…
Agricultural runoff from farms and livestock operations creates oxygen-depleted areas inhospitable to animal and plant life
Scientists recently surveyed the bottom of the Gulf of Mexico around…
Australia ranks 20th or worse in seven of eight categories despite Coalition claim it is leading the way in reducing emissions
Claims by the Morrison government that Australia has done more to cut…
Scientists say there’s something different this year as the world staggers through another summer of extreme weather
As the world staggers through another summer of extreme weather, experts are…
Torrential rainfall and burst rivers swamp Henan cities, with commuters trapped on subway trains.
Days of torrential rain and massive flooding have hit China’s Henan province, bursting the banks of…
Shapps repeats the fairytale that we will be walking and cycling for almost half of all trips in our cities and towns by 2030. But there was not a penny in his plan to support this, writes Donnachadh…
The government-backed UK Research and Innovation (UKRI) agency has announced new funding to support sustainability projects aimed to help trees and woodlands adapt to climate change.
UK Research and…
Governments urged to focus on reducing sulphur levels because fossil fuel use will rise quickly
African nations need to spend about $15.7bn (R226.55bn) on their refineries to curb emissions and meet…
"We’ve bought forest offsets that are now burning,’ says Microsoft’s carbon program manager
Forests purchased by major corporations in an effort to offset their carbon emissions are burning as the…
The UK’s offshore wind industry is taking new strides in energy innovation as Siemens Gamesa and GRI Renewable Industries expands its production in the north-east.
As of Monday, the Government added…
Pacific north-west prepares for triple-digit temperatures just months after heat resulted in hundreds of deaths in region
The Oregon governor declared a state of emergency on Tuesday as the region…
It could be days before officials will be able to assess the damage California’s largest wildfire has done to a small town
It could be days before officials will be able to assess the damage done to…
Nkengué, Cameroon, Aug 10 (Reuters) - For more than six decades, the cocoa that Richard Ambassa Mbassiga harvested from his plantation in central Cameroon paid for everything his family needed.…
Ghanaian agri-tech startup DigiExt is helping farm cooperatives grow via a variety of tech-based platforms and then assisting them in selling their produce to processing companies and export agencies…
ATHENS, Aug 4 (Reuters) - Greek authorities ordered villages near the site of the ancient Olympic Games in the western Peloponnese to be evacuated on Wednesday as wildfires raged across the country,…
Jambiani — Nasir Hassan Haji never thought of herself as a farmer or a swimmer, but as she waded into Zanzibar’s blue waters with goggles pulled over her headscarf to examine her floating sponge farm…
Spain and Portugal are bracing for temperatures above 40 degrees Celsius (104 degrees Fahrenheit) in coming days, as a mass of hot, dry air from Africa pushes north into the Iberian peninsula.…