To hear many journalists tell it, the spring of 2020 has brought a series of extraordinary revelations. Look at what the nation has learned: That our health-care system was not remotely up to the…
Emmanuel Macron has promised an extra €15bn (£13.7bn) for measures to combat the climate crisis over the next two years and a referendum on whether to introduce the crime of “ecocide” for harming the…
Such deadly heat may become regular occurrence later this century, scientists find.
The likelihood of the UK experiencing deadly 40C temperatures for the first time is “rapidly accelerating” due to…
Exclusive: IEA chief warns rebound in emissions would be missed economic opportunity.
The US is to join with other major powers including China, India and the EU in formulating plans for a global…
Report to outline aim to reduce emissions to 88% of 2010 levels
Huge sums for public transport and proposals for green vehicles
House Democrats will unveil an aggressive climate crisis “…
Dramatic change in Antarctica’s interior in past three decades a result of effects from tropical variability working together with increasing greenhouse gases
Climate scientists long thought…
Climate change campaigner said after UN summit, Angela Merkel queued up for a selfie.
Environmental campaigner Greta Thunberg has hit out at world leaders for wanting to be pictured with her to “…
In this extract from her Quarterly Essay, Judith Brett says mining has offered the Nationals a way to supplement their declining agricultural base
At the gala dinner in March this year to celebrate…
The number of fires in the vast north Asian region of Siberia increased fivefold this week, according to the Russian forest fire aerial protection service, as temperatures in the Arctic continued…
Rapid transformation needed, Kevin Anderson says, particularly in lifestyles of rich.
Kevin Anderson, one of the world’s leading climate scientists, had a familiar reaction to the latest report from…
The Committee on Climate Change (CCC) says that ministers must seize the opportunity to tackle climate change by implementing adequate schemes in the governments COVID-19 economic recovery scheme.…
With business leaders calling on the UK government for a 'green recovery' from Covid-19, it is time to rethink our tax system to make it green at its core. Rather than layering the tax code with…
A soon-to-be-released feature film exemplifies how independent media initiatives can be powerful tools for social and environmental justice organizing.
A survey of the members of the UK's Climate Assembly, who were chosen to resemble the national population in terms of both social demographics and views on environmental issues, found that almost…
A recovery that doesn’t protect the planet will be a disaster for health. I should know – I’m a doctor at the centre of Italy’s COVID-19 crisis, writes Roberto Romizi.
Roberto Romizi is a general…
Every summer, the Presena glacier in northern Italy is protected from the sun with huge reflective tarps.
A vast tarpaulin unravels, gathering speed as it bounces down the glacier over glinting snow…
Study says heatwaves, fires and floods, and rising sea levels pose major threat over coming years.
The rapidly accelerating climate crisis threatens the future of major sports events around the…