Antarctic sea-ice at 'mind-blowing' low alarms experts

The sea-ice surrounding Antarctica is well below any previous recorded winter level, satellite data shows, a worrying new benchmark for a region that once seemed resistant to global warming.

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez tells climate marchers to be ‘too big and too radical to ignore’ – as it happened

Demonstration falls days before the United Nations climate ambition summit, at which Joe Biden is expected to be a no-show   Tens of thousands march in New York City to protest fossil fuels Dharna Noor

Guardian reporter among winners of climate journalism awards

Covering Climate Now cites Damian Carrington for investigating ‘carbon bombs’ and super-emitting methane leaks  

Key ‘Bidenomics’ architect calls for spending ‘race to the top’ on green tech

Biden adviser Heather Boushey urges UK and Europe to increase climate friendly investment to reboot growth

AOC to headline rally at New York climate march ahead of UN summit

March on Sunday will cap a week of more than 650 global actions and is expected to be the largest US climate march in five years

‘Towns were erased’: Libyan reporters on the ‘horrifying, harrowing’ aftermath of floods

Journalists who reported on last week’s catastrophic storm say the country’s bloody political tussle has contributed to the collapse of services

Oil companies granted licences to store carbon under the North Sea

Government hopes companies including Shell will be able to store up to 10% of the UK’s annual carbon emissions

‘People feel unprotected’: Greeks lose faith in state after Storm Daniel and a summer of wildfires

Before the catastrophe in Libya, the cyclone brought devastation to Thessaly – and there are fears the climate crisis will bring more

A non-partisan green movement is impossible today given its opponents

Claims that net zero by 2050 is too expensive feel like a ploy to keep oil and gas profits flowing

Pressure and pay drive exodus of US wildfire fighters: ‘The fatigue is real’

Staffing levels could worsen if Congress doesn’t pass a permanent pay raise before current bonuses are phased out

‘Monstrous’ sea lice and jellyfish invasions blighting Scottish salmon farms

Vegan charity and its drones reveal that parasites are infesting fish reared for UK supermarkets

Marks & Spencer replaces plastic bags for life with paper ones

New paper carrier bags are water-resistant and capable of carrying up to six four-pint milk bottles Marks & Spencer has replaced plastic bags for life with paper carrier bags in an attempt to reduce its impact on the environment.

Rainforest carbon credit schemes misleading and ineffective, finds report

System not fit for carbon offsetting, puts Indigenous communities at risk and should be replaced with new approach, say researchers  

Weather tracker: Libya floods caused by Storm Daniel ‘medicane’

Country hit by record rainfall that followed Mediterranean storm with similarities to tropical cyclone

New fossil fuel projects ‘very unwise economic risk’ says global energy chief

Fatih Birol, head of International Energy Agency, says countries planning expansion are ‘misjudging market trends’

BP must not backtrack on climate action after CEO’s exit, say campaigners

Outgoing chief executive Bernard Looney presided over plans to cut fossil fuel output by end of decade

PRESS RELEASE: Applications for the Prestigious 2023 UN Global Climate Action Awards Now Open

Bonn, Germany, 18 September 2023 – Starting today, young people taking bold leadership on climate change can nominate their work for the 2023 United Nations Global Climate Action Awards.

Press Release: Responding to cascading global crises, SDG Summit launches new phase of accelerated action on the Sustainable Development Goals

United Nations General Assembly marks halftime for the SDGs

California is suing major oil companies for downplaying the risks of fossil fuels

Could this be a reckoning day for big oil?