As the crisis becomes dominated by urgent survival needs, the political window to prevent further climate change will close.
“Eleven years to save the world” reads a common sign at the global…
The world's oceans act as a massive carbon sink trapping 50 times more than is in the atmosphere.
A global network of ocean sanctuaries is needed to help the seas store carbon and protect nature,…
MADRID - The number of people at risk of being forced from their homes by river flooding could surge to as many as 50 million a year by the end of the century if governments do not step up action to…
Madrid — A green economy is "not one to be feared but an opportunity to be embraced", UN Secretary-General António Guterres said on Monday, in a keynote speech to delegates at the opening of the…
Scientist's theory of climate's Titanic moment the 'tip of a mathematical iceberg'
Formula for climate emergency shows if ‘reaction time is longer than intervention time left’ then ‘we have lost…
Ρεκόρ ζέστης, αύξηση των φυσικών καταστροφών, λιώσιμο των πάγων: οι αποδείξεις των καταστροφικών συνεπειών της ανθρώπινης δραστηριότητας στον πλανήτη πολλαπλασιάζονται, καθιστώντας πιο επιτακτική…
Political leaders and climate diplomats are to meet in Madrid for two weeks of talks amid a growing sense of crisis.
According to UN Secretary General António Guterres, "the point of no return is no…
How did the leaders of the main parties, minus Boris Johnson, address the biggest issue of our times? Four writers respond
Zoe Williams:It showed the insufficiency of politics in the face of this…
The world’s use of coal-fired electricity is on track for its biggest annual fall on record this year after more than four decades of near-uninterrupted growth that has stoked the global climate…
Millions of tonnes belched into atmosphere as bad as shipping and aviation emissions combined, researchers find
The methane emissions leaking from the world’s coalmines could be stoking the global…
With homes under water in South Yorkshire, near record flooding in Venice, and burgeoning wildfires in Australia, many people are asking if and how climate change is connected to these extreme…
Veneto’s regional council rejected a plan to combat climate change minutes before its offices on the Grand Canal, in Venice, were flooded, it has emerged as the city continues to battle high water …
Dr Tom Beer’s pioneering 1980s research into bushfires and climate change has, to his dismay, proved all too accurate
From his lounge in Brunswick, Melbourne, 72-year-old Dr Tom Beer has been…
The climate crisis will determine the lifelong health of today’s children, doctors have warned, noting that global heating was already causing harm.
Children are especially vulnerable and the global…
Thunberg: ‘My message to the Americans is the same as to everyone – to unite behind the science and to act on the science’
As Greta Thunberg departs the US to sail across the Atlantic for the second…
Although many have called for improvements to the German climate package, the government wants to impose a weaker formulation of the core climate protection goals.EURACTIV’s partner Der Tagesspiegel…
The European Investment Bank wants to purge its loan books of fossil fuels, including natural gas, by 2020. Although the Bank’s final decision is expected to be delivered on 15 October, resistance,…
I cover energy and climate change, and yet even I do little to reduce my own environmental footprint.
Why it matters: Because most people don't! Recent polling and research show that most of us don'…