Shapps repeats the fairytale that we will be walking and cycling for almost half of all trips in our cities and towns by 2030. But there was not a penny in his plan to support this, writes Donnachadh…
Pacific north-west prepares for triple-digit temperatures just months after heat resulted in hundreds of deaths in region
The Oregon governor declared a state of emergency on Tuesday as the region…
It could be days before officials will be able to assess the damage California’s largest wildfire has done to a small town
It could be days before officials will be able to assess the damage done to…
Nkengué, Cameroon, Aug 10 (Reuters) - For more than six decades, the cocoa that Richard Ambassa Mbassiga harvested from his plantation in central Cameroon paid for everything his family needed.…
Jambiani — Nasir Hassan Haji never thought of herself as a farmer or a swimmer, but as she waded into Zanzibar’s blue waters with goggles pulled over her headscarf to examine her floating sponge farm…
Spain and Portugal are bracing for temperatures above 40 degrees Celsius (104 degrees Fahrenheit) in coming days, as a mass of hot, dry air from Africa pushes north into the Iberian peninsula.…
Alexandria, Egypt’s second-largest city and ancient capital, has long been threatened by rising sea levels. But in recent years, the rise has accelerated rapidly, endangering the economy, lives and…
For many years, offshore wind turbines have been fixed to the seabed, meaning they could only be located in shallow areas. The problem is that most countries’ coastlines soon descend to much deeper…
Many scientific findings continue to be disputed by politicians and parts of the public long after a scholarly consensus has been established. For example, nearly a third of Americans still do not…
The world watched in July 2021 as extreme rainfall became floods that washed away centuries-old homes in Europe, triggered landslides in Asia and inundated subways in China. More than 900 people died…
The money tied up in fossil fuels is everyone’s problem, writes Anna Isaac
There’s a £16 trillion problem that’s been keeping central bankers past and present up at night: “stranded assets”. It’s…
Populations in flood-prone regions is increasing, with 57 countries especially susceptible
From Germany to New York City, this summer has demonstrated the destructive force of floods. Now, a new…
Every few years, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) – the United Nation’s climate science body – produces a major report on the state of the climate crisis. However you slice it,…
Exclusive: IPCC says gas, produced by farming, shale gas and oil extraction, playing ever-greater role in overheating planet
Cutting carbon dioxide is not enough to solve the climate crisis – the…
Ten, twenty, thirty years ago, today’s headlines were the predictions of fringe extremists.
And yet, they’ve come true.
Conversations about how to avoid what’s coming aren’t important any longer.…
‘Beyond 2050, sea level projections become increasingly sensitive to the emission choices we are making today’.
Lasting sea level rise has been set in motion and will be irreversible for hundreds to…
The government’s plan to replace fossil gas with “blue” hydrogen to help meet its climate targets could backfire after US academics found that it may lead to more emissions than using gas.
In some…
The role that humans have played in driving the climate crisis is “unequivocal”. That is one of the key takeaways of a landmark report from the UN’s Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC)…
Facing a reckoning over their contribution to the climate emergency, companies are coming out with a record number of pledges
by Jocelyn Timperley
For climate campaigners, 26 May seemed like the…
This is Why it Feels Like We Might Not Have a Future Anymore
I don’t know if you’ve noticed, but the world is on fire. That’s a symptom of a grim trend. We’re losing the battle for the future. Is…
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