Scientists and politicians say we are facing a planetary crisis because of climate change.
But what's the evidence for global warming and how do we know it's being caused by humans?
How do we know…
It’s the phrase that will be on every world leader’s lips at the Cop26 summit – and it summarises the ambitious plan that will be central to efforts to limit the ravages of the climate crisis. So…
A key pledge ahead of an upcoming climate change conference has still not been met and the money is not sure to be available before 2023.
The UK government has set out a new financing plan ahead of…
The world's poorest countries say they are worried about getting to the COP26 climate summit in Glasgow in November.
Twenty are on the UK's Covid red list - meaning hotel quarantine for arrivals.…
The threats to our cities seem endless - from flash flooding to pollution, overcrowding to the risk of pandemics.
To help avert crises, many cities have invested in technology - the theory being…
The UK rushed out its climate plan just days before Cop26 – and it shows. The planet can’t afford further bluster and delay
In politics, timing is everything. Last week the government set out its…
Singapore is home to a third of the world's coral reefs - a staggering amount for a tiny country.
Coral reefs protect the world's coastlines, are home to thousands of fishes and are a vital part of…
Government urged to carry out comprehensive review of curriculum and decarbonise school estate by 2030
Climate crisis education should become fully embedded in the system, unions have urged.
A…
One of world’s biggest oil exporters more than doubles its annual target to reduce carbon emissions.
One of the world’s largest oil producers, Saudi Arabia, has announced it aims to reach net zero…
Climate finance plan needed to gain backing of developing nations for any deal at Glasgow talks
The world’s poorest countries are set to benefit from a new climate funding plan to help them cope…
Gas will be winding its way out of the energy system
Gas prices are continuing to surge around the world. The cost of gas is at unprecedented levels and global markets are buckling under the strain…
In the run-up to the global summit in Glasgow, we revisit families with children – now teenagers – born at the time of the 2009 climate conference.
They are entering their teenage years and aspire…
This is no time for climate fatalism. We need science, societies and states to be in alignment for our crucial next steps
In the fight against global warming, the 2015 Cop21 meeting that yielded the…
Speaking at an event in Riyadh on Saturday, Prince Charles said there was a 'dangerously narrow window' to accelerate climate action. In a video message to the Saudi Green Initiative Forum, just a…
Economists have failed to take account of ‘immense risks and potential loss of life’, says author of landmark review
Many economic assessments of the climate crisis “grossly undervalue the lives of…
Lance Lau Hin-yi is an 11-year-old Hong Kong schoolboy who has spent nearly every Friday standing outside the gate of his school before class, raising awareness about climate change.
He says he…
GENEVA, 27 October - Nations will gather next week in Glasgow to increase climate ambition, to fulfil financial pledges to the Green Climate Fund and to reach agreement on rules to operationalise the…
In the last decade, more than 40 million children have had to flee their homes because of conflict and the climate crisis.
To raise awareness about the hardships they experience, but also the…