From green energy to rivers, environment at heart of nine plans in king’s speech

Planning changes, investment in infrastructure, a new national green energy company, a crackdown on water companies and more public transport – although Keir Starmer did not dwell on the green aspects of

Fossil fuel extraction compatible with climate action, says COP29 host Azerbaijan

BRUSSELS — Azerbaijan, the host of this year’s global climate talks, has suggested that continued fossil fuel extraction is compatible with the Paris Agreement. 

Frantic digging at scene of deadly Ethiopia landslides

At the scene Ethiopia’s deadliest landslides men are still digging through mounds of mud with their bare hands, spades and pick axes to find those missing - their efforts punctuated by the wails of women and children mourning the 229 people whose bodies have so f

World breaks hottest day record twice in a week

The record for the world's hottest day has tumbled twice in one week, according to the European climate change service. On Monday the global average surface air temperature reached 17.15C, breaking the record of 17.09C set on Sunday.

Homes to be powered by grass cuttings

Thousands of people will soon be able to power their hobs and boilers with gas made from grass. The cuttings are being taken from verges in South Gloucestershire and converted into biomethane using an anaerobic digester.

People swim, drive and wade through deep floodwater in Manila

People in the Philippines have been battling knee-deep floodwater after Typhoon Gaemi lashed the country's capital.

US cities are advertising themselves as 'climate havens'. But can they actually protect residents from extreme weather?

Climate change is leading to more intense heatwaves and storms in many parts of the United States, so can some cities provide a refuge from extreme weather?

What science says about staying cool in a heatwave

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Ahead of hurricane weather, vetiver is stabilising this Caribbean island's crumbling hillsides

The Caribbean is bracing its

London must prepare for floods and heatwaves - report

  London must better prepare for severe floods and heatwaves, a report has warned.

Why electric vehicles struggle in extreme cold

Tree bark plays vital role in removing methane from atmosphere, study finds

Microbes in the bark of trees play a vital role in removing methane from the atmosphere, scientists have discovered.

Sunday was world’s hottest ever recorded day, data suggests

World temperature records were shattered on Sunday on what may be the hottest day scientists have ever logged, data suggests.

Kamala Harris could set ‘new high bar for climate ambition’, advocates say

Kamala Harris has a strong record on the environment that will provide a vivid contrast with Donald Trump, who has vowed to rescind climate change policies should he return to the White House, according

UK government faces claim over alleged failure to protect people in climate crisis

Photograph: Doug Paulley, pictured at home in West Yorkshire, called for ‘a new adaptation programme that recognises the acute threat disabled people face’. credit: Christopher Thomond/The Guardian

German punks launch ‘invasion’ of holiday island favoured by elite

Photograph: Aktion Sylt said it aimed to make ‘safe retreats for fascist subsidy collectors, tax-evading Nazi heirs and backward world destroyers things of the past!’ Photograph: Fabian Bimmer/Reuters

It’s easy to blame petrostates – but self-proclaimed ‘climate leaders’ like the US and UK are driving the crisis

Photograph: A climate activist at a protest in London against the Rosebank oil field project, 2023. Photograph: Daniel Leal/AFP/Getty Images

Extreme wealth has a deadening effect on the super-rich – and that threatens us all

On a calm and beautiful morning off the coast of south Devon last week, I was watching a small pod of dolphins from my kayak.

The Guardian view on GB Energy: a good idea turns up just in time

Sir Keir Starmer’s legislative plan to green Britain has arrived not a moment too soon.

‘Massacred for TikTok likes’: is social media feeding the slaughter of 2.6m birds in Lebanon?

Shell casings litter a meadow on Mount Terbol in northern Lebanon.