Countries are for the first time considering restrictions on the global production of plastic – to reduce it by 40% in 15 years – in…
View More Countries consider pact to reduce plastic production by 40% in 15 yearsTag: Paris climate agreement
‘Grownup’ leaders are pushing us towards catastrophe, says former US climate chief
Political leaders who present themselves as “grownups” while slowing the pace of climate action are pushing the world towards deeper catastrophe, a former US climate…
View More ‘Grownup’ leaders are pushing us towards catastrophe, says former US climate chief2023 smashes record for world’s hottest year by huge margin
2023 “smashed” the record for the hottest year by a huge margin, providing “dramatic testimony” of how much warmer and more dangerous today’s climate is…
View More 2023 smashes record for world’s hottest year by huge marginFrom carbon capture to King Charles: what to look out for at Cop28
King Charles King Charles is one of the world’s most recognised and respected voices on the environment, and was a key figure at the Paris…
View More From carbon capture to King Charles: what to look out for at Cop28World stands on frontline of disaster at Cop28, says UN climate chief
World leaders must “stop dawdling and start doing” on carbon emission cuts, as rapidly rising temperatures this year have put everyone on the frontline of…
View More World stands on frontline of disaster at Cop28, says UN climate chiefFrance is Europe’s biggest supporter of ‘carbon bomb’ projects, data shows
France is Europe’s biggest supporter of “carbon bomb” extraction projects that hold enough fossil fuels to pump out more than a gigaton of CO2 each,…
View More France is Europe’s biggest supporter of ‘carbon bomb’ projects, data shows‘A critical moment’: UN warns world will miss climate targets unless fossil fuels phased out
Governments are failing to cut greenhouse gas emissions fast enough to meet the goals of the Paris agreement and to stave off climate disaster, a…
View More ‘A critical moment’: UN warns world will miss climate targets unless fossil fuels phased out‘Absolute scandal’: UAE state oil firm able to read Cop28 climate summit emails
The United Arab Emirates’ state oil company has been able to read emails to and from the Cop28 climate summit office and was consulted on…
View More ‘Absolute scandal’: UAE state oil firm able to read Cop28 climate summit emailsWorld likely to breach 1.5C climate threshold by 2027, scientists warn
The world is almost certain to experience new record temperatures in the next five years, and temperatures are likely to rise by more than 1.5C…
View More World likely to breach 1.5C climate threshold by 2027, scientists warnHalf of glaciers will be gone by 2100 even under Paris 1.5C accord, study finds
Half the planet’s glaciers will have melted by 2100 even if humanity sticks to goals set out in the Paris climate agreement, according to research…
View More Half of glaciers will be gone by 2100 even under Paris 1.5C accord, study finds