Ambitious draft goals to halt biodiversity loss revealed, with proposed changes to food production expected to ‘raise eyebrows’.
Eliminating plastic pollution, reducing pesticide use by two-thirds,…
As calls to end government subsidies of fossil fuels grow in intensity, a new report finds that Canadian governments have allocated billions of taxpayer dollars to building and expanding new…
But watchdog warns government that costs will double if it delays action to cut emissions
The UK’s climate targets will cost the government less over the next 30 years than the price of battling the…
Prime Minister Boris Johnson said the U.K. needs to find a way to lower the cost of electrifying domestic hot water and heating in order to meet its target for net-zero greenhouse gas emissions by…
The mammoth plan sets out how Europe will slash emissions over the next decade.
Although it sounds like an exercise program for the middle-aged — Fit for 55 is actually the European Commission's…
Rising temperatures may be hitting faster and harder than forecast, say climate scientists in wake of heatwave in US and Canada
The world needs to step up preparations for extreme heat, which may be…
Research into unproven technofixes isn’t a replacement for eliminating emissions, even if the debate over geoengineering is stuck on that concern.
Typical climate discourse is already polarizing…
A torrent of melted snow has flooded rivers and streams near Mount Rainier following record-setting heat throughout Washington.
“We had a huge amount of snowmelt over a short period of time,” said…
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.
More deaths expected as details of victims continue to emerge.
The death toll from a historic heatwave in the US northwest and Canada is expected to increase as temperatures reach 121F degrees, …
While fossil fuels were powering wealthy nations’ economic growth in the 19th and 20th centuries, many countries across the Global South remained largely impoverished.
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…
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.…
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 …
‘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…
Iraq’s electricity minister has resigned as protests erupt in Basra over the crippling shortages.
Provinces across Iraq’s south have halted work amid scorching temperatures and rolling blackouts…
Like humans, trees need water to survive on hot, dry days, and they can survive for only short times under extreme heat and dry conditions.
During prolonged droughts and extreme heat waves like the…
Some birds have mastered living in the scorching, dry environment of a desert. But even desert-adapted birds can't handle extreme temperatures like those seen during heat waves.
A heat wave is said…
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