Sharp rise in number of droughts, floods and wildfires has claimed 1.23 million lives and affected 4.2 billion people.
Extreme weather events have increased dramatically in the past 20 years, taking…
Trillions of dollars of GDP depend on biodiversity, according to Swiss Re report.
One-fifth of the world’s countries are at risk of their ecosystems collapsing because of the destruction of wildlife…
Climate emergency activist Greta Thunberg on Saturday endorsed Democrat Joe Biden, urging climate voters to make their voices heard in the U.S. presidential election.
We Indigenous people are fighting to save the Amazon, but the whole planet is in trouble because you do not respect it.
Dear presidents of the nine Amazonian countries and to all world leaders that…
The 2020 Nobel Peace Prize has been awarded to the United Nations World Food Program for its efforts to combat hunger, foster conditions for peace in conflict-affected areas and prevent the use of…
The first nine months of 2020 are tied with the annual records of 2011 and 2017 - with at least two more months of hurricane and wildfire season to go this year.
The number of climate change-driven…
The COVID-19 pandemic has shown the power of governments to address urgent challenges. Across the world, countries have implemented unprecedented fiscal measures in response to the crisis. This shows…
Rising temperatures in the air and the water surrounding Greenland are melting its massive ice sheet at a faster rate than anytime in the last 12 millennia, according to a new study published…
Fragile Planet is a record of the dramatic changes that are shaping our planet. Containing more than 230 photographs, the book documents the effects of climate systems and forces of nature on our…
The Earth is changing faster than at any point in modern history as a result of human-caused global heating. From the mid-19th century, when we began burning fossil fuels on an industrial scale, we…
Planning permission granted to Cumbria project that will extract 2.7m tonnes of coal per year.
Plans to open the UK’s first new deep coalmine in 30 years have been given the go-ahead by councillors…
B20 has submitted its 25 policy recommendations to the G20 Leaders imploring bold, collaborative and decisive action to put growth on a resilient and sustainable path that benefits all.
B20 Saudi…
It was only in the mid-20th century, in the wake of the shattering impact of World Wars and when capitalism and communism were competing for global dominance, that we began to measure the success of…
Dr Robin Russell-Jones on China’s carbon emissions, Kit Hill on renewables, and Penny Kent on the Guardian’s climate promise.
Re Barbara Finamore’s article (What China’s plan for net-zero emissions…
The change will take thousands of years, but we only have a century to stop it.
Antarctica contains more than half of the world's freshwater in its sprawling, frozen ice sheet, but humanity's…
Backing for law demanding 60% reduction from 1990 levels puts capitals under pressure.
EU capitals have been put under pressure to agree to reducing greenhouse gas emissions by 60% by 2030 compared…