climate change

Exclusive: Research ‘adds to growing evidence about the co-benefits of responding to climate change and air pollution together’, a scientist tells The Independent. Air pollution from Europe’s coal…

Daniel Zarrilli is leaving New York’s top climate post after eight years and says more needs to be done to tackle fossil fuels. Following an eight-year tenure as New York City’s climate tsar, a…

President says new plan will allow ‘transformational progress’ by bolstering investments in clean energy and electric vehicles. Joe Biden has said his new infrastructure plan will allow “…

To limit warming, action plans from countries and companies must be fair, rigorous and transparent.

Techno Fixes will not Save our Planet In his latest book, How to Avoid a Climate Disaster: The Solutions We Have and the Breakthroughs We Need, Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates lays out a plan to…

The green finance revolution risks leaving out emerging markets, including some of the world’s most vulnerable nations to climate change.

Richer nations also urged to ensure make-or-break climate talks this year are a success. The world’s richest G7 group of countries must double the amount of finance they are offering to poor…

In China, scientists have turned vast swathes of arid land into a lush oasis. Now a team of maverick engineers want to do the same to the Sinai

The Australian Academy of Science warns that limiting global heating to the Paris goal is now ‘virtually impossible’. Is it right? by Graham Readfearn and Adam Morton Australia’s leading scientists…

Lifesaving research on fighting drought and climate change at risk after snap decision to halt crucial funding. For two years, the Rwandan-born scientist Anita Etale has been leading efforts to…

A new study by the Met Office gives examples of how two of the UK’s most important farming sectors are likely to be impacted by climate change. The study – published in Climate Risk Management –…

The UK Government has been accused of turning COP26 into a “greenwashing platform” after partnering with a firm that has been condemned by environmental groups for sourcing palm oil products from…

Exclusive: Crop losses caused by extreme weather disasters can drive food shortages and price spikes, says study lead author The impact of heatwaves and droughts on crop production in Europe has…

At virtual forum to launch review of federal oil and gas leases, one indigenous leader called the government program an ‘environmentally racist horror show’. The fossil fuel industry has done a U-…

The decision is precedent-setting for the insurance industry. Axa SA, France’s biggest insurer, is dropping German energy giant RWE AG as a client in a decision that highlights how taboo the coal…

While Covid ravaged across the world, air pollution killed about three times as many people. We must fight the climate crisis with the same urgency with which we confronted coronavirus.

One of President Joe Biden's first acts in office put an end to a decade-long fight over the Keystone XL — a pipeline that would have carried climate-polluting tar sands from Alberta, Canada into the…

Minerals Council of Australia has been accused of trying to export its ‘negative approach to climate policy’ The Minerals Council of Australia has weighed into a European Commission climate policy…

The climate crisis disproportionately impacts women—and women of color in particular. This is why women must lead on its solutions.

Today’s targets are nowhere near enough, we must speed up change and halve global emissions in the next decade