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10 07 2021 | 07:42

Sixty years of climate change warnings: the signs that were missed (and ignored)

The effects of ‘weird weather’ were already being felt in the 1960s, but scientists linking fossil fuels with climate change were dismissed as prophets of doom.

10 07 2021 | 07:40

Inside the Canadian town wiped off the map by a heat wave: ‘I watched my pets burn alive’

‘I stayed up all night watching the town burn down. It was so scary,’ says one Lytton resident. Nine foot high flames were lapping at Pierre Quevillon’s Lytton home when he bundled his two dogs into…

10 07 2021 | 07:27

As Climate Change Fries the World, Social Media Is Frying Our Brains

More than 5 billion mobile connections and 3.6 billion social media accounts may add up to existential risk.

10 07 2021 | 07:17

How colonialism’s legacy makes it harder for countries to escape poverty and fossil fuels today

While fossil fuels were powering wealthy nations’ economic growth in the 19th and 20th centuries, many countries across the Global South remained largely impoverished.

10 07 2021 | 07:12

Forget GDP, ‘vulnerability index best gauges aid’ to small islands.

Commonwealth research says UVI is better measure of small island states’ aid needs, especially on climate Small island nations on the climate crisis frontlines have been overlooked in overseas aid,…

08 07 2021 | 14:06

UK Government confirms coal power phase out will be brought forward to 2024

From 1 October 2024, Great Britain will no longer use coal to generate electricity, a year earlier than planned. The move is part of ambitious government commitments to transition away from fossil…

08 07 2021 | 13:58

John Kerry warns we are not moving fast enough to meet global climate goals.

US Special Presidential Envoy for Climate John Kerry has warned we are not moving fast enough to meet global climate goals. On the 1 July at the Climate Innovation Forum 2021, John Kerry, US Special…

08 07 2021 | 13:42

‘Humiliation and discrimination’: Environmental defenders facing ‘unprecedented attacks’ in Latin America

Communities ‘are being killed as they seek to uphold their environmental, human and spiritual rights’, one defender tells The Independent Frontline defenders of the land and natural world in Latin…

08 07 2021 | 13:32

Extreme temperatures kill 5 million people a year with heat-related deaths rising, study finds

More people died of cold than heat in past 20 years but climate change is shifting the balance. More than 5 million people die each year globally because of excessively hot or cold conditions, a 20-…

08 07 2021 | 12:45

Small majority believe there is still time to avert climate disaster – survey

Survey in 16 countries finds just over half of consumers believe their own behaviour can help A small majority of people believe there is still time to make a difference and slow global heating, a…

08 07 2021 | 11:44

'Bombshell' Secret Footage of ExxonMobil Lobbyists Sparks Calls for Climate Accountability​

While ExxonMobil's decades of sowing public doubt about climate science and the impact of fossil fuels have provoked various lawsuits, secretly recorded videos released Wednesday expose how the…

08 07 2021 | 10:51

Nordic countries endure heatwave as Lapland records hottest day since 1914

Kevo in Lapland recorded a temperature of 33.6C after Finland registered record heat in June. Nordic countries have registered near-record temperatures over the weekend, including highs of 34C (93.…

08 07 2021 | 10:47

Amazon Says Pandemic Growth Increased Carbon Emissions by 19%.

Amazon.com Inc. said its carbon emissions rose in 2020 due to pandemic-fueled business growth, highlighting the challenge of balancing a fast-growing business with pledges to minimize environmental…

08 07 2021 | 10:37

Once-in-a-millennium heat dome lodges over US and Canada in preview of future climate disaster

Officials warn a ‘prolonged, dangerous, and historic heatwave’ will persist through the week. Canada has recorded its highest temperatures on record as the country’s west, along with the US Pacific …

07 07 2021 | 11:22

New Zealand experiences hottest June on record despite polar blast

Average temperatures for the month were 2C higher than normal, with 24 separate locations hitting their own records New Zealand has experienced its hottest June since records began more than 110…

07 07 2021 | 11:11

Government ‘exploiting nature more than it is protecting it’, MPs warn in damning biodiversity report

‘Toothless’ policy and lack of expertise among long list of failures identified in existing efforts to reverse catastrophic impacts on natural world A damning report by MPs has described government…

07 07 2021 | 10:22

Greta Thunberg attacks world leaders: ‘When the protests get too loud, you make the protests illegal’

Politicians are ‘role-playing’ and ‘pretending to wage war against fossil fuels’, activist says Greta Thunberg has torn into global leaders’ response to the worsening climate crisis, accusing them…

06 07 2021 | 14:00

World Bank: Protecting nature could avert global economic losses of $2.7 Trillion per year

A new World Bank report has estimated that the collapse of select ecosystem services provided by nature could result in a decline in global GDP of $2.7 trillion annually by 2030.

06 07 2021 | 12:52

UN: Asia-Pacific Climate Week 2021 Kicks Off

UN Climate Change News, 6 July 2021 – The Virtual Thematic Sessions of Asia-Pacific Climate Week 2021 (APCW 2021) kicked off today. APCW 2021 will be held from 6 to 9 July and is hosted by the…

06 07 2021 | 12:07

Extreme Heat Wave Melts Cables, Buckles Roads in Northwest.

Another day, another cascade of high temperature records broken across the Pacific Northwest as a heat wave unlike any in recent memory continued into a third day. In Washington, Oregon, and British…