Hundreds of the world’s leading climate scientists expect global temperatures to rise to at least 2.5C (4.5F) above preindustrial levels this century, blasting past internationally…
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Poorer nations must be transparent over climate spending, says Cop29 leader
Poor countries must demonstrate clearer accounting and transparency to back up their calls for trillions of dollars of climate finance, the president of global climate…
View More Poorer nations must be transparent over climate spending, says Cop29 leaderCop29 summit to call for peace between warring states, says host Azerbaijan
This year’s Cop29 UN climate summit will be the first “Cop of peace”, focusing on the prevention of future climate-fuelled conflicts and using international cooperation…
View More Cop29 summit to call for peace between warring states, says host AzerbaijanBritain’s climate action plan unlawful, high court rules
The UK government’s climate action plan is unlawful, the high court has ruled, as there is not enough evidence that there are sufficient policies in…
View More Britain’s climate action plan unlawful, high court rulesMethane emissions from gas flaring being hidden from satellite monitors
Oil and gas equipment intended to cut methane emissions is preventing scientists from accurately detecting greenhouse gases and pollutants, a satellite image investigation has revealed.…
View More Methane emissions from gas flaring being hidden from satellite monitors‘It’s pretty gloomy out there’: new NFU chief Tom Bradshaw fights to give food producers a better deal
‘This is the first time I’ve had my lawn cut by somebody else,” says Tom Bradshaw, the new president of the National Farmers’ Union. Just…
View More ‘It’s pretty gloomy out there’: new NFU chief Tom Bradshaw fights to give food producers a better dealHow climate policies are becoming focus for far-right attacks in Germany
Raising his voice above the pounding drums and honking tractors, Lutz Jankus, a city councillor from the far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD), distanced himself from…
View More How climate policies are becoming focus for far-right attacks in GermanyDeveloped countries accused of bowing to lobbyists at plastic pollution talks
Campaigners are blaming developed countries for capitulating at the last minute to pressure from fossil fuel and industry lobbyists, and slowing progress towards the first…
View More Developed countries accused of bowing to lobbyists at plastic pollution talks‘Water everywhere’: Shropshire farmers race to salvage harvest after record rain
With his farm almost entirely surrounded by the banks of the River Severn in north Shropshire, Ed Tate is used to flooding on his land…
View More ‘Water everywhere’: Shropshire farmers race to salvage harvest after record rainUN-led panel aims to tackle abuses linked to mining for ‘critical minerals’
A UN-led panel of nearly 100 countries is to draw up new guidelines to prevent some of the environmental damage and human rights abuses associated…
View More UN-led panel aims to tackle abuses linked to mining for ‘critical minerals’