Revealed: the 1,200 big methane leaks from waste dumps trashing the planet

There have been more than 1,000 huge leaks of the potent greenhouse gas methane from landfill waste dumps since 2019, the Guardian can reveal. Analysis…

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A deal on loss and damage, but a blow to 1.5C – what will be Cop27’s legacy?

On the eve of the Cop27 climate conference that has just finished in Sharm el-Sheikh, the UN secretary general, António Guterres, warned of the stark…

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‘It was like an apocalyptic movie’: 20 climate photographs that changed the world

An iceberg threatens a village in Greenland, July 2018, Magnus Kristensen For a week in July 2018, a giant 100m-tall iceberg loomed over a tiny…

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‘It’s a hellfire!’: how are India and Pakistan coping with extreme heat?

India and Pakistan have experienced their hottest April in 122 years. Temperatures are nearing 50C. Such extreme heat dries up water reservoirs, melts glaciers and…

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