UK faces another autumn and winter of flooding, Met Office warns

Flooding around the town of Upton upon Severn in Worcestershire during Storm Henk in January. Photograph: David Davies/PA

US lawmakers push to exclude lucrative chemicals from official PFAS definition

The Pentagon in Virginia in 2022. The action comes as the military has attempted to evade responsibility for its PFAS pollution elsewhere. Photograph: Patrick Semansky/AP

A Community Program Is Transforming New York Schoolyards into Climate-Resilient Spaces

In Brooklyn, one of New York City’s five boroughs, a new schoolyard features newly-planted native trees offering shade and bright playground equipment that sits adjacent to a track and turf field. Colorful murals celebrating the diversity of its Boreum Hill neighborhood surround the area.

IFAA FORUM: JUST TRANSITION. A CLIMATE, ENERGY AND DEVELOPMENT VISION FOR AFRICA

The Institute for African Alternatives is pleased to host Fadhel Kaboub on Monday, 16th September 2024, at 6 pm. Dr Kaboub will give an overview of the report “Just Transition: A Climate, Energy and Development Vision for Africa,” in which he is a co-author. This is an online IFAA Forum.

How to Talk to Anxious Children About Climate Change

Olivia Vesovich, one of 16 youth plaintiffs in Held v. Montana, on her favorite hiking trail in Missoula, Montana in July 2023. Credit: Tailyr Irvine/The Washington Post via Getty Images.

M. Santamouris, Anita Lawrence Professor of High Performance Architecture ranked 451st in the world.

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Top UK food firms urged to do more to cut ‘staggering’ emissions

Dairy cattle on a farm. Globally the food industry produces 30% of all emissions. Photograph: Rodrigo Abd/AP

Storm Boris batters northern Italy bringing severe flooding and landslides

Global heating is making El Niño and La Niña forecasts less reliable, BoM says

The Bureau of Meteorology has Australia on ‘La Niña watch’ but says that if it does develop it is likely to be short-lived and weak. Photograph: Nadir Kinani/The Guardian

Floods in Poland and wildfires in Portugal show reality of climate breakdown, says EU

Workers at Wrocław zoo, close to the Oder River, build flood reinforcements on Wednesday. Photograph: Maciej Kulczyński/EPA

Superyacht and private jet tax could raise £2bn a year, say campaigners

Private jets are up to 14 times more polluting, for each passenger, than commercial planes according to Transport & Environment. Photograph: Attila Bodzsoni/Alamy

More than £494bn subsidies a year in developing world harmful to climate, says report

A new report points toward subsidies for dirty industries as an obstacle for clean climate finance. Photograph: Matias Delacroix/AP

Australia is a mess. Cop31 is a chance to redefine ourselves from climate laggard to global leader

A submerged rubbish bin on the Gold Coast after flash floods in 2023. ‘Cop31 could be a defining moment in our nation’s history – a turning point where Australia can embrace its climate potential and chart a new course.’ Photograph: Dave Hunt/AAP

More floods are coming to Britain, but you ought to know this: the system that should protect us is a scandal

Labour’s first stage of government resembles a vast forensic excavation. As it works through the Conservatives’ midden of horrors, it discovers an ever greater legacy of underinvestment, neglect and corruption.

Green Hydrogen industry in Africa, for Africa: the basics

The environment was meant to be ‘back on the priority list’ under Labor. Instead we’ve seen a familiar story

Federal environment minister Tanya Plibersek will next month host what has been billed as a ‘global nature positive summit’ in Sydney. Photograph: Lukas Coch/AAP

Did you know climate change made the entire Earth wobble for nine days! What?

Resisting fascism includes respecting our environment and fellow species

Empty docks at the Antelope Island Marina due to record low water levels on the Great Salt Lake, near Syracuse, Utah, in 2022. Photograph: Rick Bowmer/AP

‘We empower ourselves’: the women cleaning up Bolivia’s Lake Uru Uru

Dayana and Tatiana Blanco walk amid the rubbish that has accumulated in Lake Uru Uru.

If Trump and Vance win the election, this is what's at stake

A hulking steel plant in Middletown, Ohio, is the city’s economic heartbeat as well as a keystone