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COP28: Five reasons for optimism on climate

It's easy to feel overwhelmed by bad news about climate change. Even for those of us used to covering it every day as journalists, it can sometimes seem relentless.

Sultan Al Jaber says Cop28 'has already made history' at start of second week

Sultan Al Jaber just held a press conference to kick off week two of Cop28 after a rest day.

What happens if the 1.5C target for global heating is missed?

The world’s most ambitious climate target is under threat, both from physics and politics. But what would it mean for the planet and its inhabitants if humanity were to abandon the goal to limit global heating to 1.5C above preindustrial levels?

Mass deaths of elephant seals recorded as bird flu sweeps across the Antarctic

Bird flu is spreading in the Antarctic, with hundreds of elephant seals found dead, and fears it could bring “one of the largest ecological disasters of modern times” if the highly contagious virus reaches the remote penguin populations.

The week in wildlife – in pictures: fluffy kiwi chicks, a ‘swimming’ mole and a lucky duck

This photo, entitled Nightly Elevator, won the behaviour category in the

‘Our tapestries open ears’: the South African women stitching monumental tales of love and loss

Standing at the foot of the giant hanging tapestry, Veronica Betani recalls the bitter period that is depicted in its colourful threads: mourning women watching over orphaned children, a hospital room filled with gaunt bodies, a burial.

New York will plant thousands of trees using new tech to maximize foliage impact

New York City is poised to get a lot more trees.

Awful as it was, Thatcherism did transform Britain. Starmerism just promises more of the same

There is nothing wrong with the Labour leader, Keir Starmer, noting the transformative nature of Margaret Thatcher’s administrat

‘A tough neighbourhood’: how Gulf scientists are reaching across political divides to help coral reefs

‘In Sweden they train crows to pick those up,” shouts a passerby, unhelpfully, as my colleague and I fill our jam jars with hundreds of cigarette butts. Half an hour later, it’s plastic bottles, tin cans and a pair of boxer shorts.

How all of G20 is missing climate goals — but some nations are closer than others

Not a single G20 country has policies in place that are consistent with the Paris agreement’s goal of limiting global heating to 1.5C and meeting their “fair share” of emissions redu

Australia commits $150m to climate finance for vulnerable Pacific countries

The Australian government has pledged A$150m climate finance for Pacific countries but has not contributed to a newly created global loss and damage fund.

Mining billionaire Andrew Forrest in scathing attack on oil and gas industry

The Australian mining billionaire Andrew Forrest has used the backdrop of the Cop28 climate summit to pay for ads in more than 10 major newspapers around the world attacking the oil and gas industry and call

‘Unprecedented mass coral bleaching’ expected in 2024, says expert

Record-breaking land and sea temperatures, driven by climate breakdown, will probably cause “unprecedented mass coral bleaching and mortality” throughout 2024, according to a pioneering coral scientist.

The Roman forts near Hadrian’s Wall are full of historical riches – and the climate crisis is destroying them

Aremarkable discovery was made 50 years ago at Vindolanda, the Roman fort below Hadrian’s Wall.

Climate change: How is my country doing on tackling it?

With world leaders at COP28 in Dubai, there is a renewed sense of urgency to limit emissions to curb the harshest impacts of climate change.

Deep Sea Mining Company Sues Greenpeace Amid Standoff at Sea

As Greenpeace activists continued to occupy a deep sea mining research ship in

As fossil fuel phase-out gathers steam, resistance builds

Saudi Arabia is one of the strongest opponents of a decision at Cop28 to out fossil fuels, as tensions grow near the end of the first week of negotiations.

Opec rails against fossil fuel phase-out at Cop28 in leaked letters

The Opec oil cartel has warned its member countries with “utmost urgency” that “pressure against fossil fuels may reach a tipping point with irreversible consequences” at Cop28

After Cop28, know this: Sunak and his rightwing allies around the world have no interest in saving our planet

Not only did Rishi Sunak spend more time travelling to Cop28 on his private jet than attending the conference itself, he also delivered a

Cop28 bulletin: Fossil fuel phase-out language takes shape

Negotiators are locked in feverish marathon talks to hammer out the final technical draft of the global stocktake.