European climate agency says this will likely be the hottest year on record - again

Friday - For the second year in a row, Earth will almost certainly be the hottest it’s ever been.

Climate adaptation finance gap swells to at least $187bn per year

Friday - This is according to the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP)’s ‘Adaptation Gap Report 2024’, which emphasises the increasing vulnerability of developing nations to the worsening effects of climate change and underscores the urgent need for much greater financial support.

Leaders from key countries to skip COP29 climate summit

Thursday - World leaders from major economies including the United States, the European Union and Brazil are planning to skip this year's United Nations climate change summit, known as COP29, in Baku, Azerbaijan.

EU accused of inviting fossil fuel executives to COP28 under false pretences

Thursday - The European Commission is facing criticism from politicians and campaigners for giving a free pass for senior oil and gas executives to attend last year’s COP28 summit in Dubai, United Arab Emirates.

How the media is failing us

Wednesday - COMMENT: Journalists setting global news agendas tend to have higher incomes and little personal experience of societal catastrophe. Our complacency and lack of scientific training encourage us to underplay the biggest story of them all, climate change.

Returning grazing land to native forests would yield big climate benefits

Wednesday - Removing cattle from carbon-rich soils in the eastern U.S. and western Europe while intensifying production elsewhere could drastically cut greenhouse gas emissions, with little hit to global protein production, a new study shows.

Global efforts to curb methane fall short as emissions keep rising

Wednesday - Methane emissions from the fossil fuel industry, including coal mining, remain close to a record level set in 2019.

We are in danger of forgetting what the climate crisis means: extinction

Tuesday - COMMENT: The catastrophic floods in Valencia remind us that the fate of human beings and animals is what is truly important.

Heat-related deaths and diseases rising due to climate change, experts warn

Tuesday - Lancet report says average person experienced 50 more days of dangerous temperatures than normal due to climate crisis.

An overlooked solution for climate-friendly buildings: Better floor plans

4 Nov 24 - A new algorithm-based method of designing floor plans for apartment buildings could reduce greenhouse gas emissions by ensuring more efficient use of space, according to a new study.

Nine years after the Paris Agreement, the UN confronts the world’s failure to reduce greenhouse gas emissions

4 Nov 24 - In one of three new reports on emissions, UN officials went as far as saying that the Paris Agreement’s goal of limiting warming to 1.5 degrees Celsius may be out of reach.

UN report obscures meat’s true climate impact

4 Nov 24 - A United Nations climate report made headlines last week with a stark warning: the planet is on track to heat by 2.6 to 3.1 degrees Celsius within the century.

Deadliest weather made worse by climate change - scientists

1 Nov 24 - Human-caused climate change made the ten deadliest extreme weather events of the last 20 years more intense and more likely, according to new analysis.

BRICS countries reject global climate action

1 Nov 24 - Sovereignty was the theme of this year’s BRICS Summit, the 16th annual conference of major oil producing and rapidly developing countries.

Authoritarianism is on the rise. Is climate change to blame?

1 Nov 24 - There's evidence that global warming creates fertile ground for political strongmen to come to power.

Planet-heating pollutants in atmosphere hit record levels in 2023

31 Oct 24 - Carbon dioxide concentration has increased by more than 10% in just two decades, reports World Meteorological Organization.

Fossil fuel transition pledge left out of COP16 draft agreement

31 Oct 24 - An earlier draft decision at the UN nature summit included a call to transition away from fossil fuels – but it has been cut from the latest version.

UN COP16 nature talks gridlocked as conservation funding trickles in

30 Oct 24 - Advocacy groups said the pledges – which brings the total raised by the fund to about $400 million – fell far short of the billions of dollars envisioned for the fund.

Alarm call as world's trees slide towards extinction

30 Oct 24 - Scientists assessing dangers posed to the world’s trees have revealed that more than a third of species are facing extinction in the wild.

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