climate change

Humans are unequivocally warming the planet, and that’s triggering rapid changes in the atmosphere, oceans and polar regions, and increasing extreme weather around the world, the Intergovernmental…

Coastal areas in lower latitudes likely to be worst affected Extreme sea level events will become 100 times more frequent by 2100 across many parts of the world as a result of rising global…

Graphics from a new book show causes and consequences that are hard to detect with the naked eye. In a new book, Atlas of the Invisible, the geographer James Cheshire and designer Oliver Uberti…

ShareAction says lack of plans to tackle climate crisis and biodiversity loss casts doubts on banking’s sustainability pledges. Europe’s 25 largest banks are still failing to present comprehensive…

Environmental activists demand delay to Glasgow climate talks if costs and travel restrictions block attendance of those worst-hit The Cop26 climate summit in Glasgow should be postponed until the…

Conservations call for the impacts of climate change to be considered more closely. North Atlantic right whales are now a critically endangered species after the population plummeted due to warming…

Lizard species placed on endangered list The world’s largest lizard is in danger of extinction as rising water levels are shrinking its natural habitat.

‘We’re not sure what the other ecological consequences of these changes are’, scientist warns Climate change could be causing animals around the world to grow larger ears, beaks and tails, according…

Study finds agriculture and pesticide use threaten relatives of world’s most important crops, considered crucial to food security Wild relatives of some of the world’s most important crops,…

There’s a gap between what scientists are saying on climate change and what the public is actually understanding, a sobering new study finds. US residents were found to struggle to comprehend the…

In 2017, the heat waves, extreme wild fires, and flooding around the worldconfirmed beyond doubt that climate disruption is now a full-blown emergency.We have entered Churchill’s “period of…

‘Nightmarish summer’ in southern Europe coincides with publication of devastating new UN climate report.

Debbie Colson says the chancellor’s short-sighted approach to spending upfront will lead to a far larger global disaster

The COVID-19 pandemic and the climate emergency can no longer be seen as separate crises, researchers say. Climate change should be treated with the same urgency as the COVID-19 pandemic, according…

The climate crisis and warming waters may cause tuna to redistribute, threatening tuna-dependent economies in the Pacific, a new study concludes.

Warming sea and shifting food sources drive whales into areas where they risk ship strikes and entanglement in fishing gear. Climate change-induced warming in the Gulf of Maine has resulted in the…

Excellencies, Distinguished guests, Dear Colleagues,   I welcome today’s important dialogue on Accelerating Adaptation Solutions Ahead of COP26.   The Secretary-General has called the latest IPCC…

In a landmark ruling and a win for a bushfire survivors group, the Land and Environment Court has ordered the New South Wales Environmental Protection Authority (EPA) to take steps to safeguard…

"The greatest threat to global public health is the continued failure of world leaders to keep the global temperature rise below 1.5C and to restore nature," says the editorial backed by hundreds of…

US climate envoy John Kerry told Chinese officials that there was ‘no way’ for the world to solve the climate crisis without Beijing’s ‘full engagement and commitment’. The US and China have reached…