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02 11 2020 | 07:04

Africa is Warming Fast, and the Most Vulnerable Are Being Hit Hardest.

African nations are spending between 2% and 9% of their gross domestic product on climate adaptation and mitigation measures, according to the World Meteorological Organization. The African…

02 11 2020 | 06:45

Indigenous Women to Financial CEOs: Stop Abetting 'Climate-Wrecking' Tar Sands Industry.

A group of Indigenous women and their allies on Monday urged the heads of major global financial institutions to stop propping up the tar sands industry and sever all ties with the sector's "climate-…

02 11 2020 | 06:44

Attenborough records safety announcements for polar ship named for him after ‘Boaty McBoatface’ title ditched.

The £200m research vessel was named in honour of the veteran BBC broadcaster after the government ditched the title picked in a 2016 public poll. The Sir David Attenborough, the UK’s new polar ship…

30 10 2020 | 12:17

Mapped: How climate change disproportionately affects women’s health.

From supercharging extreme weather events to boosting the spread of infectious diseases, climate change is already having a huge impact on human health across the world.

30 10 2020 | 12:06

Dubai unveils plans to construct Coal-Fired Power Plant.

In the southern desert of Dubai in the UAE, a new wonder is rising but it’s not another skyscraper as the region is famed for, instead, a coal-fired power plant is underway. The construction of the $…

30 10 2020 | 11:18

Biden seeks youth vote on climate change with animated ad on Adult Swim.

With less than a week until Election Day, Joe Biden’s presidential campaign is looking to bolster turnout among young people concerned about climate change. And it’s doing so with a new ad running…

30 10 2020 | 10:38

Protecting nature is vital to escape 'era of pandemics’ – report.

Halting destruction of wild places could slow frequency of deadly outbreaks, say scientists. The world is in an “era of pandemics” and unless the destruction of the natural world is halted they will…

30 10 2020 | 10:28

2020 likely to be one of warmest years on record despite La Niña.

Climate crisis exacerbates extreme weather during natural events, say experts. La Niña climate event is under way, heralding a colder and stormier winter than usual across the northern hemisphere,…

29 10 2020 | 14:54

One thing you can do: Vote

The United States is the world’s second-largest emitter of planet-warming greenhouse gasses and the presidential election next week will have a big impact on the extent to which those emissions are…

27 10 2020 | 12:33

Climate change: 'Dangerous and dirty' used cars sold to Africa.

Millions of highly polluting used cars from rich countries are being "dumped" on developing nations, according to a UN report. Between 2015 and 2018, some 14 million older, poor quality vehicles…

27 10 2020 | 10:24

Feeling the heat over Arctic sea ice.

David Nowell thinks Extinction Rebellion should focus on insulating homes, running public transport cooperatives and campaigning for major economic reforms, while Iain Climie says late Arctic ice…

27 10 2020 | 09:35

Key player in war on climate change? The Pentagon.

In the final presidential debate Thursday night, Vice President Joe Biden called climate change an "existential threat to humanity" that we have a moral obligation to address. Whoever leads the…

27 10 2020 | 09:26

Climate change increasingly threatens human health, food and water security and socio-economic development in Africa.

Multi-agency report highlights the current and future state of the climate in Africa  Geneva/Addis Ababa, 26 October 2020 – Increasing temperatures and sea levels, changing precipitation patterns…

26 10 2020 | 10:28

Climate crisis: Extinction Rebellion blockades gates at Ineos refinery after government data shows firm is major source of pollutants.

‘We are here to expose the climate destruction that Ineos is causing,’ activists say. Extinction Rebellion activists have blockaded the gates of Ineos’s Grangemouth oil refinery, after government…

26 10 2020 | 10:21

Campaigners criticise global deal on carbon emissions from shipping.

Green groups say agreement will allow emissions to continue to rise in the next decade. Governments have rejected calls for tougher regulation of international shipping, settling instead for new…

25 10 2020 | 11:35

Climate activists, aged nine and 12, detained by police in India for protesting over air pollution.

Licypriya Kangujam and Aarav Seth put in back of police van after demonstrating in New Delhi, which is often blanketed in thick smog. A nine-year-old climate change activist in India was detained by…

25 10 2020 | 11:19

How the climate crisis is affecting wildfires around the world.

This year has seen wildfires of unprecedented scale, from California and the Amazon rainforest to remote corners of the Arctic. 

25 10 2020 | 11:12

Alarm as Arctic sea ice not yet freezing at latest date on record.

Delayed freeze in Laptev Sea could have knock-on effects across polar region, scientists say. For the first time since records began, the main nursery of Arctic sea ice in Siberia has yet to start…

25 10 2020 | 10:54

Rewilding 30 per cent of world’s land would halt extinctions and ‘absorb half of CO2 emissions’, major study finds

30x30 goal ‘critical’ in preventing species loss and climate breakdown ‘spinning out of control’ Last month, political leaders from 64 countries around the world all pledged to “reverse biodiversity…

25 10 2020 | 10:34

Protect the Antarctic Peninsula — before it’s too late.

Banning fishing in warming coastal waters and limiting tourism and construction on land will help to protect marine mammals and seabirds.