Up to five Chinese vehicle assemblers, leveraging their technology and production advantages in building electric cars, are likely to make the list of the world’s top 10 carmakers by 2030, disrupting the pecking order in the global automotive industry, according to global consultancy McKinsey. “The industry will undergo some major changes by 2030,” Guan Mingyu, a senior partner of McKinsey, told reporters in a media briefing on Thursday. “Indeed, we have already seen some signs that tremendous...
Energy Environ. Sci. , 2025, Accepted Manuscript DOI : 10.1039/D5EE05379J, Paper Libin Zeng, Xinyue Wang, Dashuai Wang, Xianyun Peng, Zhibin Liu, Na Wu, Kexin Wang, Zhongjian Li, Bin Yang, Qinghua Zhang, Lecheng Lei, Paolo Samorì, Yang Hou Electrochemical conversion of methane (CH4) represents a sustainable route for converting greenhouse gases into valuable liquid fuels and chemicals. However, achieving high-yield products at industrially relevant current densities remains a... The content of this RSS Feed (c) The Royal Society of Chemistry
Follow today’s news live Get our breaking news email , free app or daily news podcast Hanson-Young says environmental action and business interests linked Hanson-Young was asked if she could guarantee the targets wouldn’t damage the economy or business. She said the Greens were looking at the connection between the two, pointing to the devastating algal bloom in South Australia that had smashed local industry, fishing and tourism. You cannot continue to pretend that somehow the economy is off over there while the environment has nothing to do with it and that the climate has nothing to do with it. If we want a strong economy, we have to transition. We’ve got to do it faster. And the community wants it. No one told South Australians that when the climate crisis hit, they wouldn’t...
Canada’s Prime Minister Mark Carney signed an agreement with Alberta’s premier on Thursday that rolls back certain climate rules to spur investment in energy production, while encouraging construction of a new oil pipeline to the West Coast. Under the agreement, the federal government will scrap a planned emissions cap on the oil and gas sector and drop rules on clean electricity, in exchange for a commitment by Canada’s top oil-producing province to strengthen industrial carbon pricing and...
A strong winter storm is set to bring snow and ice to a large swath of the US starting today, which will impact travel for millions of Americans this weekend.
Exclusive: Unknown culprit suspected of spraying glyphosate on protected trees hoped to stop peat erosion and flooding Trees planted as part of a nature restoration project on Prince William’s land in Dartmoor national park have been deliberately poisoned with herbicide, sparking outrage and a hunt for the culprit. The willow trees, on Duchy of Cornwall land, were planted as part of a project to stop peat erosion, store carbon and reduce the risk of flooding. Continue reading...
India is set to open its nuclear energy sector to private companies. This move aims to boost energy security and technological advancement. The government plans to increase nuclear power capacity significantly by 2047. A new bill will be introduced to facilitate this major policy shift. This reform follows the successful opening of the space sector to private players.
Government urged to address situation that could mean homes and businesses going without on coldest days Business live – latest updates Ministers have been warned that Britain could face a looming gas supply crisis by the end of the decade and should draw up plans to guard against the emerging risk. The government’s energy advisers urged ministers to address an “emerging risk to gas supply security” that could mean homes and businesses going without gas during a prolonged period of cold weather. Continue reading...
In the wake of Hurricane Helene, No Taste Like Home aims to rebuild trust between students and the land Juniper Stewart just turned 12. She wears a cropped orange sweater and her ginger curls in a bob. She used to like Taylor Swift, but now she’s more into the Cranberries and other indie rock. Juniper also knows how to identify a Pilobolus mushroom, which grows on “cow poop”, according to Juniper. She can confidently harvest plantain leaf, a ubiquitous wild plant that’s tasty in salads and sautées, and useful as a poultice on stings and poison ivy. She has paper bags full of sourwood leaves drying at home to make tea, and she’s delighted by the fact that when you touch jewelweed seed pods, they explode. Continue reading...
Alberta Premier Danielle Smith has said her government has been negotiating a "grand bargain" on carbon capture and an oil pipeline with the federal government.
[Leadership] Nigeria could lose over $1 billion in direct agricultural export earnings and more than $3 billion in total economic value each year if it does not align with the European Union Deforestation Regulation (EUDR).
[People's Dispatch] Despite official US boycott, participants agreed for shared responsibilities in dealing with the challenges of climate change and reforms in the UN with the objective of equitable global governance
More humans are in the water, while climate change is altering the natural range of many shark species.
Oil prices hit four-year lows amid Ukraine-Russia peace talks. JP Morgan predicts Brent could plunge to $30s per barrel by 2027, potentially pushing US petrol below £0.80/L.
CAIRO, Nov 25 (MENA) – President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi on Tuesday welcomed Claudio Descalzi, the CEO of Italy’s Eni, praising the long-standing partnership between the government and the energy company, which accounts for about 40 percent of Egypt’s natural gas output, according to a presidential statement. Sisi commended Eni’s social responsibility programs, noting the company’s … The post Sisi praises Eni partnership as Italian energy giant plans $8 bln in new investments in Egypt appeared first on Egypt Independent.
Open access notables Observed large-scale and deep-reaching compound ocean state changes over the past 60 years , Tan et al., Nature Climate Change Multiple climate-related stressors affect the ocean, including warming, acidification, deoxygenation and variations in salinity, with profound effects on Earth system cycles, marine ecosystems and human well-being. Nevertheless, a global perspective on the combined impacts of these changes on both surface and subsurface ocean conditions remains unclear. Here, applying a time-of-emergence methodology to observed physical and biogeochemical variables, collectively referred to as compound climatic impact-drivers, we show individual and compound ocean state changes have become increasingly prominent globally over the past...
Nuns in Florida,turned to a local jeweler for help with holy relics ravaged by floods. He managed to restore the treasures, which seemed at first unsalvageable.
Chris Packham says conservationists like him have not done enough to protect nature.
[Independent (Kampala)] Kampala -- Vivo Energy expands Shell network to 195 Sites with launch of modern Mawanda road station
The Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act changes are an improvement, but the rush to pass them was purely political Sign up for climate and environment editor Adam Morton’s free Clear Air newsletter here We should start at the beginning in assessing the Labor-Greens deal to revamp Australia’s national environment law . And the beginning is that, ideally, you would not start from here. Despite its name, the 1999 Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation (EPBC) Act was designed under John Howard to allow developments to go ahead, usually with conditions attached that may limit the damage to nature. Continue reading...
A newly discovered, faint radio emission, the Hectometric Continuum, emerges only after sunset and pulses through Earth's upper atmosphere for several hours. This natural radiation, undetectable from the ground, originates from plasma interactions within the magnetosphere and has surprised scientists due to its nighttime-only appearance and sensitivity to calm space weather.
On the 32nd anniversary of New Oriental, a private Beijing-based education services provider, the company’s founder, Yu Minhong, wrote an internal letter to his staff about his trip to the South Pole. “I am standing in the icy world of Antarctica, surrounded by vast expanses of pure white, emerald-like icebergs and boundless tranquillity,” he wrote. “The glaciers shimmer with a captivating glow under the sunlight, as if to silently declare the power of time and the meaning of perseverance.” He...
The deal to re-write the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act marks an end to a five-year struggle to fix the broken system Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updates Get our breaking news email , free app or daily news podcast Labor has struck a deal with the Greens to overhaul federal environmental protection laws on parliament’s final sitting day of the year, ending a five-year struggle to deliver on Graeme Samuel’s blueprint to fix the broken system. The Greens have agreed to support Labor’s re-write of the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation (EPBC) Act after securing further concessions from the government amid tense and prolonged negotiations. The deal will sideline Sussan Ley’s Coalition, which refused to yield on their...
Oil and gas firms were supposed to start reducing methane, a powerful driver of climate change. The agency is giving them more time and may cancel the requirement.
In its annual State of the Industry report, Enserva says total oil and gas capital spending is expected to drop by 5.6 per cent this year and by a further 2.2 per cent in 2026.
Energy Minister Stephen Lecce announced on Wednesday that the province had approved a plan from Ontario Power Generation to refurbish the plant's CANDU reactors.
The West Coast Oil Tanker Ban came into effect in 2019 and prohibits tankers from carrying more than 12,500 metric tons of crude oil along the northern coast of B.C.
Environment and Climate Change Canada will now be using a colour-coded system to make it easier to understand the severity of extreme weather.
The UN climate talks at COP30 once again brought the critical issue of climate finance to the forefront of global discussions. However, while much of the debate revolved around traditional forms of aid directed at developing countries most vulnerable to the impacts of climate change, a faster, more transformative approach lies in expanding access to […]
This is a re-post from The Climate Brink I still spend a decent amount of time engaging with folks who disagree with me on X (nee Twitter). One thing there has recently caught my eye is the integration of Grok, xAI’s large language model (LLM), into twitter engagements. Users can ask Grok questions and get answers, and in many cases (particularly for scientific questions) these answers are not necessarily what they are looking for: Grok is somewhat of an outlier in the LLM space as its developers have tried to manipulate its outputs to fit their ideological priors (with some unfortunate results ). But even Grok is surprisingly consistent at giving scientifically accurate answers to questions about topics like climate change, vaccines, evolution, GMOs...
The first high-resolution images have been received from Copernicus Sentinel-1D and were shared publicly for the first time at the European Space Agency’s Ministerial Council, held today in Bremen, Germany. Glaciers in Antarctica, the tip of South America, as well as the city of Bremen, are visible in these stunning radar images.
Strategy paper released with budget allows new oil and gas projects to move ahead if they are linked to existing fields The government has ruled out new North Sea oil and gas exploration or lower taxes for fossil fuel companies as it struggles to protect workers from the industry’s collapse. In a strategy paper, Ed Miliband confirmed the crackdown on new North Sea exploration – although the energy secretary will still allow new offshore fossil fuel projects to move ahead as long as they are linked to existing fields. Continue reading...
EPA had previously said rule reducing fine particle matter from vehicles and industrial sources could prevent thousands of premature deaths a year The Trump administration is seeking to abandon a rule that sets tough standards for deadly soot pollution, arguing that the Biden administration did not have authority to set the tighter standard on pollution from tailpipes, smokestacks and other industrial sources. The action follows moves by the administration last week to weaken federal rules protecting millions of acres of wetlands and streams and roll back protections for imperiled species and the places they live. In a separate action, the interior department proposed new oil drilling off the California and Florida coasts for the first time in decades, advancing a project that critics...
Drivers of electric cars will pay a road charge of 3p per mile, while plug-in hybrid drivers will pay 1.5p per mile from April 2028.
Tom Hiddleston narrates the third season of the Prehistoric Planet franchise.
How Multilevel Action Advances Colombia's Economic Transformation and Climate Goals sarah.brown@wri.org Wed, 11/26/2025 - 08:16 Cities are on the front line of climate impacts. They are home to most of the world’s population and economic activity and generate the majority of global emissions. Yet they’re also hubs of innovation and implementation, putting them at the center of efforts to tackle the climate crisis and accelerate the transition to a low-carbon, resilient economy. But, when it comes to climate action, much of the attention focuses on the role of national governments, while the essential role of collaboration among city, regional and national governments is often overlooked. From transportation and housing to energy and waste, what happens in cities...
The Trump administration's changes to the Rural Energy for America Program are facing bipartisan pushback.
[Global Witness] The high ambition articulated by the Brazilian COP Presidency at COP30's opening had notably faded by the end of the second week, reflecting the sobering realities of consensus-based decision-making
About 1 million households and more than 2.7 million people have been impacted by floods in 12 southern provinces triggered by heavy rains, said officials.
Rescuers recovered more bodies in the search for dozens of people buried under landslides or swept away after torrential rains unleashed flash floods and triggered landslides on Indonesia’s Sumatra island, increasing the death toll to 17 and leaving six people missing, officials said on Wednesday. Rescue teams were struggling to reach affected areas in six regencies of North Sumatra province after the monsoon rains over the past week caused rivers to burst their banks, tearing through hilly...
Delhi emerges as India's most polluted region, with PM2.5 levels a staggering 20 times the WHO guideline. A new satellite study reveals the Indo-Gangetic airshed remains critically polluted, while the Northeast, particularly Assam-Tripura, is a growing concern. This year-round crisis demands a shift from city-centric to airshed-based pollution management.
In Sydney, public transport is suffering delays especially the T1 western line with trains not running between Parramatta, Richmond and St Marys.
Bogotá, Colombia — As US military activity ramps up in the Caribbean and the Pacific, Colombia’s president alleged the Trump administration’s pressure campaign on Venezuela is more about accessing the South American country’s oil than fighting drug trafficking. “(Oil) is at the heart of the matter,” Gustavo Petro told CNN in an exclusive interview, noting … The post CNN exclusive: Colombian president says oil is ‘at the heart of’ US pressure campaign on Venezuela appeared first on Egypt Independent.
The agency proposed extending the length of time that 11 plants can dispose of toxic coal ash in large, unlined ponds.
But even beach funding supporters warn requests to boost spending will face a challenging budget climate in the Florida Legislature.
In Brazil, an agricultural method is promoting the growth of native vegetation and preparing new forests for climate change.
The Transport Ministry has launched a PM2.5 reduction drive, pushing for the "Green List" registration of buses and trucks to support Bangkok's Low Emission Zone (LEZ).
[The Conversation Africa] India and South Africa are both navigating one of the toughest challenges of the 21st century: shifting their electricity systems away from ageing coal-fired power stations while ensuring people still have reliable, affordable energy.
Firefighters are bracing for catastrophic conditions as a blistering heatwave grips much of Australia, bringing soaring temperatures and heightened fire risk through Friday.
As Australians face a maelstrom of interconnected disasters, the climate catastrophe has become just one of many things to doomscroll about Guardian Essential poll: only a quarter of older Australians believe climate change can be prevented The Cop30 climate talks have ended in Brazil with a collective shrug of the shoulders after the Goliaths of the fossil energy industry once again flexed their muscles to show the world who is really in control. As our Pacific Island neighbours pleaded for their very survival, more than 1,600 industry lobbyists crashed the party, joining forcing with the Saudis and Russians to kibosh the phase-out of fossil fuels. Continue reading...
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Fuel from the pipeline, operated by BP, was first spotted in a ditch near an Everett, Washington, blueberry farm Investigators have identified the source of a leak in the Olympic pipeline two weeks after fuel was first spotted in a ditch near an Everett, Washington, blueberry farm. Oil and gas company BP, the operator of the pipeline, shared in a statement that it had determined the leak occurred in a 20in pipeline and not a neighboring 16in pipeline, allowing that pipeline to be restarted. Continue reading...
Beyond the Headlines: COP30’s Outcomes and Disappointments wil.thomas@wri.org Tue, 11/25/2025 - 16:44 The 2025 UN climate talks wrapped on Saturday, Nov. 22 after negotiations pushed into overtime. The resulting decision secured some important wins, both inside and outside the negotiations. But it omitted some of the big-ticket items many hoped to see. With efforts to halt temperature rise severely off track and climate disasters becoming ever-more destructive , the summit (COP30) aimed to establish clear pathways to deliver past pledges and put the world on a safer track. A key question was how countries would address lagging ambition in their new climate commitments (NDCs). Hopes that countries would commit to roadmaps to end fossil fuel use and halt deforestation...
Greta Thunberg and a group of environmental activists undertook a shocking protest in Venice, dyeing the Grand Canal bright green to raise awareness about insufficient fossil fuel regulations at a UN climate summit. However, their bold actions resulted in a two-day prohibition and fines, as many deemed their approach disrespectful to the historic UNESCO site.
The Environmental Protection Agency will no longer defend Biden-era limits on fine-particle pollution, which causes heart and lung disease.
With over 40 years in the energy sector, Frank's experience reflects a belief that enduring partnerships grow from respect and dialogue across diverse contexts.
Results show a ‘general sense of gloom’ as fewer Australians now believe climate change is caused by humans compared with March Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updates Get our breaking news email , free app or daily news podcast Twice as many older Australians than young adults believe the world cannot do anything to prevent the worst effects of our rapidly heating climate, according to the latest Guardian Essential poll. The poll of 1,020 Australians last week,also found just 53% of people think climate change is happening and is caused by human activity. That has declined one point from March 2025, when 54% of respondents said the same. Continue reading...
The SonTierra ensemble uses rhythms and melodies to start conversations about climate change. The post Songs for a fevered Earth appeared first on Yale Climate Connections.
Thailand’s navy will deploy an aircraft carrier to the flood-stricken south, as public outcry mounts over the government’s response to a crisis that has hit about 2 million people and left an entire southern city under water. Heavy late monsoon rains, compounded by the La Nina climate pattern, have battered Southeast Asia for weeks, with scores killed in floods and landslides in central Vietnam and Thailand, and floods now striking south into Malaysia. Five days of continuous rains have pounded...
Campaigners say closure of loophole making it cheaper to export rather than recycle will boost circular economy The UK could end its reliance on exporting plastic waste by 2030 to support the creation of 5,400 new jobs and take responsibility for the environmental impact of its waste, according to research. The report said up to 15 new recycling facilities could be built by the end of the decade, attracting more than £800m of private investment. The increase in capacity would help generate almost £900m of economic value every year, providing at least £100m in new tax revenues annually. Continue reading...
Evidence that the whales and other marine animals are particularly vulnerable to sound is driving calls for quieter vessels The delicate clicks and whistles of narwhals carry through Tasiujaq, locally known as Eclipse Sound, at the eastern Arctic entrance of the Northwest Passage. A hydrophone in this shipping corridor off Baffin Island, Nunavut, captures their calls as the tusked whales navigate their autumn migration route to northern Baffin Bay. But as the Nordic Odyssey, a 225-metre ice-class bulk carrier servicing the nearby iron ore mine, approaches, its low engine rumble gives way to a wall of sound created by millions of collapsing bubbles from its propeller. The narwhals’ acoustic signals, evolved for one of Earth’s quietest environments, fall silent. Continue reading...
[Global Witness] An investigation by Global Witness links some of the world's most popular chocolates, including Mars, Magnums, KitKat, Hersheys and Dairy Milk, to a new deforestation crisis in Liberia
[The Conversation Africa] Delhi: 442. Lahore: 334. Beijing: 16. These are the levels of PM 2.5, one of the principle measures for air pollution, on November 19.
A report catalogs halting progress since the Oil & Gas Decarbonization Charter was signed at the U.N. climate summit in 2023.
The British government says it will force down bills and emissions by insulating millions of cold, drafty homes. That plan is unraveling.
Energy officials plan to announce the winners of the country's 25th onshore petroleum auction next month, a move meant to increase reserves and strengthen long-term economic growth.
A popular oil change location in Chicago has some trouble with two cars that it serviced. Here's what happened and how the franchise made up for it.
Energy Environ. Sci. , 2025, Advance Article DOI : 10.1039/D5EE04114G, Paper Qingping Yu, Rong Liu, Licheng Wei, Zhenying Zheng, Lifeng Zhang, Hu Yang, Qingyu Kong, Jihao Zhang, Zhiwei Hu, Qilei Song, Xiaoping Gao, Nanjun Chen, Xiaoqing Huang We present Ru–W nanoclusters integrated with W single atoms on a N-doped carbon substrate (RuW/W–NC) for AEMFCs, where RuW/W–NC with a Ru loading of 0.1 mg cm −2 achieves a high power density of 2.03 W cm −2 and can be run stably at 1 A cm −2 for 100 h. To cite this article before page numbers are assigned, use the DOI form of citation above. The content of this RSS Feed (c) The Royal Society of Chemistry
Antarctica's ozone hole is showing significant recovery, appearing smaller and breaking up earlier this year. Scientists attribute this positive trend to global efforts under the Montreal Protocol, which has reduced ozone-depleting chemicals. While weather plays a role, the long-term outlook for the ozone layer's full recovery by the late 2060s remains promising.
It's been the wettest November on record for several Southern California cities. But experts say that despite the auspicious start, it's still too soon to say how the rest of California's traditional rainy season will shape up.
A polar vortex — a large area of low pressure — is heading south from the Arctic, bringing with it cold weather across many parts of Canada.
Delhi government issued advisory on Monday for 50 per cent on-site staff for offices to combat rising air pollution, following directions from the Commission for Air Quality Management. This measure aims to reduce exposure and vehicular emissions, with staggered timings already in effect for government offices until 2026.
As Mumbai sees increased energy demand from new datacenters, particularly from Amazon, the filthiest neighbourhood in one of India’s largest cities must keep its major coal plants Each day, Kiran Kasbe drives a rickshaw taxi through his home neighbourhood of Mahul on Mumbai’s eastern seafront, down streets lined with stalls selling tomatoes, bottle gourds and aubergines–and, frequently, through thick smog. Earlier this year, doctors found three tumours in his 54-year-old mother’s brain. It’s not clear exactly what caused her cancer. But people who live near coal plants are much more likely to develop the illness, studies show , and the residents of Mahul live a few hundred metres down the road from one. Continue reading...
The vandalism, which risked permanent damage to the beloved UNESCO World Heritage site, was the environmental activist group's latest stunt protesting climate change, specifically Italy's opposition to including restrictions on fossil fuels in a deal struck at the COP30 summit in Brazil on Friday.
The agency's inspector general says EPA has saved $514.5 million by following through on the office's recommendations.
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A clip from the upcoming series "Prehistoric Planet: Ice Age" shows how iconic ice age creatures adapted to their changing environment as temperatures rose and ice sheets started to melt.
China has brought online the world’s first commercial supercritical carbon dioxide power generator – a revolutionary clean energy technology pioneered by the China National Nuclear Corporation (CNNC). This power generator, which uses carbon dioxide instead of steam to transfer heat, has been connected to the grid from a steel production plant in China’s southwestern province of Guizhou to produce electricity from waste heat, according to a social media post by CNNC’s Nuclear Power Institute of...
French winemakers are gathering on Monday to discuss a growing crisis in the industry, and request help from the government in the face of ongoing pressures including climate change, US tariffs and falling wine consumption.
Khao Laem Ya-Mu Ko Samet national marine park in Rayong province is asking people to refrain from stacking rocks during their visits to a popular cliff, as it disrupts the ecosystem.
Firefighters call for long-term investment and say UK is dangerously underprepared as climate crisis worsens Wildfires have devastated more moorland, forests and fields in the UK this year than at any time since records began, putting huge pressure on the country’s fire service, figures show. The Global Wildfire Information System estimates that by November, wildfires had burned 47,026 hectares (116,204 acres) in 2025 in the UK – the largest area in any year since monitoring began in 2012, and more than double the area burned in the record-breaking summer of 2022. Continue reading...
Amid the climate crisis, China’s quiet leadership in the fight for a sustainable future offers a reason for optimism, particularly for the Global South. After two weeks of contentious negotiations, Cop30 in Brazil concluded with an uneasy deal that sidestepped any mention of fossil fuels, exposing deep divisions and mounting frustrations. Indeed, even as Cop30 convened, the world was already suffering “summit fatigue”. After decades of lofty declarations and limited follow-through, many question...
Heavier precipitation, partially caused by climate change, is stressing our aging infrastructure. The post U.S. dams, levees, stormwater, and wastewater systems get D to D+ grades, need almost $1 trillion in upgrades appeared first on Yale Climate Connections.
As the impact of global warming becomes more obvious, you might expect countries to step up climate action and preparation, but we’re seeing the opposite happen
In 1997, scientists and bureaucrats gathered in Japan to talk about greenhouse-gas emissions. At Lincoln Center, a group of actors rehash all the drama—in front of the original negotiators.
Government panel’s final report calls for ‘radical reset’ of planning and environmental rules to get reactors built faster and cheaper Business live – latest updates The UK has become the “most expensive place in the world” to build a nuclear power station because of overly complex bureaucracy and regulation, according to a government review. The nuclear regulatory taskforce was set up by Keir Starmer in February after the government promised to rip up “archaic rules” and slash regulations to “get Britain building”. Continue reading...
There’s a way to reduce both the climate and water harms of data centers: build them in places with lots of wind and solar energy.
We're still behind on our global warming targets after the big summit in Brazil.
A joint declaration at the Cop30 summit in Brazil – reached without United States participation after Washington again pulled out of the Paris climate pact – has kept fragile climate cooperation alive for the Global South, even as the talks fell short of a fossil fuel phase-out. Observers said the outcome revealed both the limits of a strained multilateral system and the room that still existed for developing nations to influence the global energy transition, with several pointing to the UN...
[Scrolla] South Africa pushes ahead at the G20 summit after the United States walks out of all talks and rejects climate change in the final declaration. President Cyril Ramaphosa says skipping the summit undermines the first African G20 presidency and warns he will "hand over to an empty chair".
The Philippines is one of the countries most at risk of the climate emergency due to its low-lying island geography. With sea temperatures rising, the country deals with increasingly frequent and intense typhoons, rising sea-levels that threaten coastal communities, and changing rainfall patterns that disrupt agriculture. The country is one of the smallest contributors to climate change but one of the places most affected by its impacts. Gideon Mendel’s visceral portraits from his project Drowning World show people in Bulacan province dealing with the climate emergency in their daily lives Continue reading...
The decision is symbolic for Japan, and the strongest signal yet that the country is reembracing nuclear power and slashing carbon from its energy mix.
At least 15 coal-fired plants are being kept online to power artificial intelligence as the administration rolls back pollution rules.
A new study estimates that the deadly 2003 heat wave would cause up to 32,000 deaths each week under 3 degrees Celsius of warming.
The move would channel more funds to developing countries as traditional climate aid wanes.
Plans for a new nationwide UK digital ID are sparking widespread public concern, but some critics including far-right politicians are fuelling fears with unproven claims that it will be used to boost government control over people’s lives. They have warned that a digital ID would be used to store data on vaccinations and carbon footprint and limit access to flying and food, which the government has vehemently denied. British Prime Minister Keir Starmer in September said the ID card would be...
We’ve done most of the hard work. And now we must be ambitious.
In 2014, the term “polar vortex” burst on the scene across Canada and the U.S. as temperatures plunged. In some places, it was colder than it was on Mars. Well, get ready to hear more about it.
[Tunis Afrique Presse] Tunis -- The African Union (AU) and the European Union (EU) are celebrating in November 25 years of a "unique" partnership and strengthened economic, political, and social ties.
[UN News] In a pivotal outcome at COP30 in Belém, Brazil, countries agreed on a sweeping package to scale up climate finance and accelerate implementation of the Paris Agreement - but without a clear commitment to move away from fossil fuels.
[UN News] Do higher living standards in developing countries have to mean more polluting, fossil-fuel dependent industries? Or is a low-carbon alternative possible? As the world grapples with climate change, economic inequality, and rapid technological shifts, next week's Global Industry Summit will tackle these questions, bringing together governments, business leaders, and innovators to shape solutions that balance prosperity with sustainability.
Opposition claims key diplomatic role at next year’s conference in Turkey would make Bowen a ‘part-time minister’ while Australians face inflated energy prices Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updates Sign up for climate and environment editor Adam Morton’s free Clear Air newsletter here Experts have dismissed claims Chris Bowen cannot remain a senior minister while playing a leading role in international climate negotiations, with one describing the argument as evidence of an Australian “culture cringe”. Australia failed in its long-running bid to co-host the Cop31 climate summit with Pacific nations next year after Turkey refused to withdraw from the consensus process despite limited support. Sign up to get climate and environment editor Adam Morton’s Clear...
Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans, Volume 130, Issue 12, December 2025.
Ocean carbon removal, touted as a climate solution, faces significant hurdles. A new EU report cautions that these unproven technologies lack evidence of effectiveness, measurability, or environmental safety. Experts warn of potential damage to marine ecosystems and new climate risks if deployed prematurely, stressing the need for robust scientific data and strict monitoring before large-scale implementation.
If we want to cut harmful emissions we might begin with the hot air emanating from the Net Zero cult.
For all its flaws, the Brazil conference underlined the wish by a global majority for clean energy and climate action – and the UK will keep leading the way Ed Miliband is the secretary of state for energy security and net zero Sweaty, maddening, sleepless. That’s what it was like to be part of Cop30 in Brazil. And yet more than 190 countries came together in the rainforest of the Amazon and reaffirmed their faith in multilateralism, the Paris agreement and the need to redouble our efforts to keep global warming to 1.5C. We went to Cop because working with other countries to tackle the climate crisis is the only way to protect our home and way of life. We know the UK produces just 1% of emissions , which is why, as the prime minister said in Belém, our government is “all-in” on working...
Instead of jetting off to climate change confabs in Brazil, maybe Newsom should focus on changing the climate for jobs at home.
The government has offered to make changes to the bill to both the Greens and the Liberals hoping to reach a deal on legislation that can pass the Senate Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updates Get our breaking news email , free app or daily news podcast Years of debate about environmental law reform have come down to a tense standoff in the final sitting week of federal parliament for the year, with Labor claiming it can do a deal that will pass the Senate by Thursday. The government is still pushing to pass its major changes, despite not yet having reached an agreement with either the Greens or the Coalition. Sign up to get climate and environment editor Adam Morton’s Clear Air column as a free newsletter Continue reading...
Did the talks succeed or fail? The verdict must take account of the geopolitical minefield they took place in Cop30 in Belém wrapped up on Saturday night more than 24 hours later than planned, and with an Amazonian rainstorm thundering down on the conference centre. The United Nations structure just about held, as it has done these past three weeks despite fire , savage tropical heat and blistering political attacks on the multilateral system of global environmental governance. Dozens of agreements were gavelled through on the final day, as the most collective form of humanity worked to resolve the most complex and dangerous challenge that our species has ever faced. It was chaotic. The process very nearly collapsed and had to be rescued by last-ditch talks that lasted into the early morning...
Chinese education giant New Oriental has ignited online controversy after its founder posted an internal message from his holiday in Antarctica while employees were reportedly frustrated with long working hours. The message from Yu Minhong, which was designed to mark the company’s 32nd anniversary, has been slammed as self-serving and tone deaf. New Oriental was founded in 1993 in Beijing and began as a provider of Test of English as a Foreign Language (TOEFL) and Graduate Record Examinations...
Despite nearly 80 developed and developing countries standing firm demanding an end to the use of planet-warming fossil fuels, there is no mention of fossil fuels in the final COP30 agreement, only an oblique reference to the 'UAE consensus.'
A tentative thaw in India–China ties is rekindling hopes that the two Asian giants could move from strategic rivalry to clean-energy cooperation at a moment when the Global South is searching for leverage in climate negotiations. This cautious warming, after four years of strained relations, has unfolded alongside renewed trade in green-energy components and their increasingly aligned push at Cop30 in Brazil for more climate finance and fairer rules, a convergence that analysts say could subtly...
After a series of all-night meetings and fears the summit could collapse, an agreement has been gavelled through at Cop30 We have some texts, but we do not have the big one yet (the global mutirão decision). So far, we have the final versions on the mitigation work programme , the global stocktake , gender , loss and damage , and the global environment facility . Continue reading...
Nearly 200 countries attended COP30, which aimed to commit the world to take more action on climate change.
Europe is once again embroiled in a prolonged argument over how to keep deforestation-linked timber out of its markets. The European Union’s deforestation regulations, once promoted as a bold step forward, have instead become a symbol of hesitation and uneven political will. Some governments want delays and others push for exemptions, creating persistent uncertainty. For Asia, observing this from afar, the indecision carries more consequence than might initially be apparent because the region...
Extinction Rebellion activists said an environmentally harmless dye was released into 10 Italian cities' waterways, lakes and fountains to emphasise 'the massive effects of climate collapse'.
COP30 — the 30th United Nations Climate Change Conference — has shown that water efficiency is an opportunity and not an obstacle, argues Deirdre Michie, Chair of Scottish Water .
STATEMENT: G20 Leaders Tackle Climate Action, Finance and Just Transition at 2025 Johannesburg Summit darla.vanhoorn… Sat, 11/22/2025 - 12:48 Johannesburg (November 22, 2025) — Leaders from the Group of 20 major economies adopted a joint declaration at the G20 Summit in Johannesburg. This is the first time the Summit has been held on African soil. Taking place from 22–23 November, alongside COP30 in Belém, South Africa used its presidency to make the priorities of developing nations central to the conversation ‒ from climate resilience and debt sustainability, to just energy transition and the responsible use of critical minerals. Following is a statement from Ani Dasgupta, President & CEO, World Resources Institute: “The G20 Declaration...
World governments agreed on Saturday to a compromise climate deal at the Cop30 conference in Brazil that would boost finance for poor nations coping with global warming but omit any mention of the fossil fuels driving it. In securing the accord, countries attempted to demonstrate global unity in addressing climate change impacts even after the world’s biggest historic emitter, the United States, declined to send an official delegation. “We should support it because at least it is going in the...
Nearly 200 countries at the U.N. climate summit reached a deal that didn’t include a road map to curtail the use of fossil fuels, the main drivers of climate change.
Dozens of countries had called for a clear "roadmap" to transition away from the use of coal, oil and natural gas. The U.S. did not participate in the negotiations.
The annual climate conference was meant to finish on Friday but countries remain deeply divided.
Nearly two weeks of talks in the Amazon ended with commitments to do more, but no firm movement on the most divisive issues — including turning away from fossil fuels.
After the Trump administration threatened countries with tariffs and visa restrictions, a first-ever global carbon tax is left to an uncertain future.
The EPA proposes to narrow the scope of a key part of the Clean Water Act – a change criticized by environmental groups but welcomed by businesses.
Rachel Reeves is now considering action in next week's Budget to remove the cost of things like connecting wind farms to the grid from energy bills and pay for them through general taxation.
UK energy secretary says UN climate talks must find way to keep proposals alive despite significant resistance Supporters of a global phaseout of fossil fuels must find “creative” ways to keep the proposal alive, including making it voluntary rather than binding, the UK energy secretary, Ed Miliband, has said in the closing stages of the UN climate talks. As the Cop30 summit in Brazil carried on past the Friday night deadline, the prospect of countries agreeing on the need for a roadmap to a global “transition away from fossil fuels” looked increasingly dim. A first draft of the potential outcome text from the summit had contained the formulation, but in the updated draft text produced on Friday by the Brazilian presidency it had been excised. Continue reading...
Experts say there is 'definitely a possibility' Tropical Cyclone Fina could strengthen to a category-three system as it bears down on Darwin.
A global race is on to secure Arctic resources, particularly rare earths, as nations seek alternatives to China's dominance. Melting ice is unlocking Greenland's mineral wealth, attracting significant investment and sparking discoveries of crucial metals for electronics and defense. Sweden is also developing its own substantial rare earth deposits, though challenges in remote Arctic mining remain.
The state was to get $400 million for solar energy in disadvantaged communities. The Trump administration took it all back. The post Known for its oil, Texas became a renewable energy leader. Now it’s being unplugged. appeared first on Yale Climate Connections.
A sanctioned Russian oil tanker reversed course while en route to Venezuela after encountering a U.S. Navy destroyer in the Caribbean, according to vessel-tracking data reviewed by Bloomberg.
Many countries and environmentalists expressed outrage that the main cause of climate change was not included in a draft deal as the U.N. summit draws to a close in Brazil.
André Corrêa do Lago issues plea to preserve Paris agreement with countries far from reaching agreement on scheduled final day An informal stocktake plenary is now underway [see live feed at the top of the blog]. Here the presidency will update parties on the state of the negotiations. My colleague Damian Carrington will be keeping across the main developments. Continue reading...
US sanctions on Russia's Rosneft and Lukoil, effective November 21, 2025, are impacting India's oil imports. Russian crude loadings for India have significantly dropped, forcing refiners to seek alternative sources. While direct procurement from sanctioned entities will cease, Russia's oil may continue to flow through less transparent channels, impacting global trade dynamics.
BELéM (BRAZIL) - A breach, a blockade, and a blaze: tumultuous UN climate talks head into their final day Friday in the Brazilian Amazon, with countries still sharply split over fossil fuels.
By faulting pollution floating in from across international borders, the city could sidestep requirements to cut smog-forming emissions.
A row over fossil fuels has broken out at COP30 but this is also likely to be a negotiating tactic.
State regulators said the rules would cost $12 million annually but save $34 million per year in health and environmental costs.
A draft agreement between nearly 200 countries at the COP30 conference to address climate change does not mention fossil fuels, which are the largest contributor to the problem.
The Meteorological Authority has issued a warning regarding Saturday’s expected weather conditions in Cairo and the governorates, as the region experiences the peak of the heatwave. Temperatures in Cairo are expected to reach a record high of 33∘C during the day, while Southern Upper Egypt will record 35∘C. In its official statement, the Meteorological Authority … The post Weather alert for Egypt: Heatwave peak continues on Saturday appeared first on Egypt Independent.
Skeptical Science is partnering with Gigafact to produce fact briefs — bite-sized fact checks of trending claims. You can submit claims you think need checking via the tipline . Are changes in solar activity causing climate change? The rise in global temperatures over the past century cannot be explained by the small changes in the sun’s energy output. The sun varies slightly in brightness through several natural cycles, including an 11-year sunspot cycle, but these shifts are small and largely cancel out over decades. Satellite measurements show total solar irradiance actually drifted slightly downward since the late 1970s, which would have caused mild cooling, not rapid warming. Over longer timescales, research has found that solar changes account...
[Premium Times] A fire outbreak on Thursday has disrupted activities at the Blue zone axis of the ongoing United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP30) in Belém, Brazil, forcing the temporary closure of the Blue Zone where formal negotiations are taking place.
A fire at the COP30 climate summit in Belem, Brazil, disrupted crucial negotiations on fossil fuels and climate finance. The blaze, likely from electrical equipment, forced thousands to evacuate but was quickly controlled. This incident, the third major disruption, occurred as delegates raced against time to reach a vital global climate action deal, with UN chief urging ambitious compromise.
Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres, Volume 130, Issue 22, 28 November 2025.
The Energy secretary has reshaped the department to promote fossil fuels, nuclear power and critical minerals.
Social impacts of climate change are already worsening, and long-term impacts can lead to stunted education. —Saqib Huq, Managing Director at the International Centre for Climate Change and Development
Representatives of small island states said their economies depend on keeping global warming below 1.5 degrees Celsius.
Igunaq is a delicacy made from fermenting walrus for months underground. But thawing permafrost and unstable ground are bringing the practice into question leading to changes in the tradition, and in some cases, health concerns.
[Daily News] Dodoma -- MINISTER of State in the Vice -President's Office (Union and Environment), Engineer Hamad Masauni, has outlined plans to expand Union and environmental education for stakeholders, including the media.
The United States has sanctioned dozens of individuals, entities, vessels and aircraft accused of participating in Iran's oil-shipping networks.
Exclusive: The Guardian understands Brazil had been planning to drop a roadmap to a transition away from fossil fuels amid opposition from petro states Countries supporting a phase-out of fossil fuels at the Cop30 climate summit in Brazil have threatened to block any agreement that does not include such a commitment, in a significant escalation of tensions at the crunch talks, the Guardian can reveal. The simmering row over a potential roadmap for the “transition away from fossil fuels” boiled over on Thursday night when a group of at least 29 countries signed a strongly worded letter to Brazil, the Cop presidency. The leaked letter demanded that the roadmap be included in the outcome of the talks, which are due to end on Friday but likely to carry on into the weekend. Continue reading...
The Supreme Court has prohibited new mining leases in the Aravali hills to protect them from desertification, while allowing existing operations to continue. The court mandated the preparation of a sustainable mining management plan for the entire range across four states, emphasizing ecological impact analysis and restoration measures.
Canadian country music star Corb Lund is waiting to hear if his application for a petition against coal mining in the eastern slopes will be approved by Elections Alberta.
Event thrown into confusion and 13 treated for smoke inhalation after conference centre evacuated Brazilian president will take fossil fuel phase-out plan to G20 summit Talks at the Cop30 climate summit in Brazil were disrupted on Thursday after a fire broke out in the venue, triggering an evacuation just as negotiators were preparing to try to land a deal to strengthen international efforts to address the climate crisis. Thirteen people were treated for smoke inhalation, organisers said in a statement, after the fire broke out in the pavilion area of the conference centre in Belém, Brazil. Continue reading...
US speaker emerita criticizes Trump’s anti-climate stance and his remarks to the UN general assembly “President Trump is the biggest con job in American history,” said Nancy Pelosi, the US speaker emerita, to reporters on Thursday while criticizing his anti-climate agenda. Donald Trump told the UN general assembly in September that the climate crisis was “the greatest con job ever perpetrated on the world”. But he was “projecting”, Pelosi said at a press conference. The meeting was convened by Democrats on the Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works to comment on the US’s official absence from the United Nations Cop30 climate summit in Belém, Brazil, where 195 countries are represented. Continue reading...
Thursday’s announcement by Reliance Industries that it had stopped importing crude oil from Russia was a seemingly significant concession to Washington.
The gloomy arguments in favor of solar geoengineering are compelling; so are the even gloomier counter-arguments.
Iqaluit's only beer can recycling facility closed down in July after 31 years leaving residents with nowhere to recycle the cans. Since then Derek Allerton has been collecting cans he finds littered on the streets.
Met Office warnings for snow and ice remained in force across the UK today, with more ice alerts for tomorrow morning. A UK Health Security Agency amber cold health alert will be active until Saturday.
A NOAA hurricane hunter aircraft measured a 252-mile-per-hour gust at the ocean surface as the monster storm approached Jamaica.
Brazilian president underlines need to reduce emissions as Turkey set to host next year’s summit Guteress has told delegates that “communities on the frontlines are watching too” as he reminds them of flooded homes, failed harvests and lost livelihoods. “Please engage in good faith to reach ambitious compromise,” he pleaded. “1.5c must be your only red line. This is the hour for leadership. Be bold. Follow the science. Put people before profit and please keep your eyes on the finish line. Continue reading...
SunCable says massive energy project proposed in NT could position Australia as global leader, but critics are concerned about scale Sign up for climate and environment editor Adam Morton’s free Clear Air newsletter here Energy company SunCable says a massive solar farm it has proposed building in the Northern Territory could power an AI data centre precinct in the region to position Australia as a global leader in “green industrial development”. The development would be Australia’s largest solar farm and would generate up to 20GW of electricity, or 10 times the output of a large coal-fired station. It would add to the company’s plans to build a 12,000 ha solar farm at Powell Creek Station south of Elliott as part of its proposed Australia-Asia Power Link project. Sign up to...
Open access notables Observed changes in the temperature and height of the globally resolved lapserate tropopause , Ladstädter et al., Atmospheric Chemistry and Physic The tropopause is a key indicator of atmospheric climate change, influenced by both the troposphere and stratosphere. Here we present a global view of tropopause changes, using high-resolution GNSS radio occultation data from 2002 to 2024. We identify significant trends in lapse rate tropopause (LRT) temperature and height with seasonal and regional detail. The tropical LRT has warmed, with particularly strong warming ( >1 K per decade) over the South Pacific during austral spring and summer, while height changes remain largely insignificant. Outside the tropics, LRT temperature...
Former EPA official John Reeder, who sparred with the first Trump administration, agreed to resolve conflict-of-interest allegations.
[IPS] Less than one percent of adaptation finance targets health, even as climate-sensitive diseases multiply. Africa alone will need roughly $300 billion annually by 2030 to build resilient systems and respond to climate-related loss and damage.
The country is considered a key player in global efforts to fight pollution and address global warming.
Swarthmore is working to ditch fossil fuels by storing heat underground to warm and cool its campus. The post This college is turning the Earth into a giant battery appeared first on Yale Climate Connections.
[Liberian Observer] At COP30 in Belém, Brazil, Liberia delivered a powerful national statement that resonated across Africa and the global African diaspora. Speaking at the High-Level Segment, Dr. Emmanuel K. Urey Yarkpawolo, Executive Director of the Environmental Protection Agency of Liberia (EPA), championed a bold vision: African unity as the driving force for climate justice, and Liberia's leadership through concrete action.
[Liberian Investigator] BELÉM -- The Environmental Protection Agency of Liberia is urging stronger climate finance, cleaner mining technologies, and a just transition for workers and communities as part of the country's effort to overhaul its mining sector. The call was made Tuesday in a keynote address at the Liberian Pavilion at COP30 in Belém, Brazil--an appeal aimed at positioning mining as a driver of both economic growth and climate action.
It’s a climate-vulnerable nation, while also being the world’s sixth-largest greenhouse-gas emitter. Global investment in climate action is vital Continue reading...
Just outside Belém, the Amazonian city where the world is meeting to discuss climate change, electricity is a very recent arrival.
Photographer Paul Goldstein spent time with a colony of Emperor penguins while guiding in the Antarctic this month.
[Nyasa Times] On a road in Kenya's Makueni County, a woman loads sacks of pigeon pea onto a motorbike. Her landscape is rehabilitated, soils restored, seeds climate-resilient, markets ready, and a weather alert on her phone shows when it will rain. Each element exists because financing, science, extension servicesand markets worked together. It shows what COP30 can deliver if finance, infrastructure, inputsand knowledge reach smallholders simultaneously.
Less than one percent of adaptation finance targets health, even as climate-sensitive diseases multiply. Africa alone will need roughly $300 billion annually by 2030 to build resilient systems and respond to climate-related loss and damage.
Northern leopard frogs were found near the site of what would be one of state’s largest fossil fuel operations. The post Will this threatened frog stop drilling near Denver? appeared first on High Country News.
Six groups asked the Bureau of Land Management to address whether thousands of oil and gas leases are now in question.
AES Solar, Europe’s longest-running solar panel maker, is expanding fast as demand for PV, storage and heat pumps grows, securing its future with new investment.
Rich nations and international funding agencies need to make it easier to obtain money for adapting to the ills of a warming planet, advocates for poorer governments say at COP30.
India, China and other countries are challenging CBAM in climate talks.
As Dow takes steps to grow its chemical business, the US-based company is looking back to ensure it has left no or little carbon footprint behind.
Cleanup was underway Wednesday in a wooded, remote area of Ventura County after about 420 gallons of crude oil inundated a waterway, officials said, and crews were working to beat the upcoming storm.
The verified wind reading is just another record-breaker associated with Hurricane Melissa, a deadly category 5 monster hurricane that is tied for the strongest Atlantic Hurricane to make landfall on record.
The heat in the Hangar Convention Center of the Amazonia, in the northeastern Brazilian city of Belém, has reached the negotiation rooms of the climate summit. Over the past 72 hours, one of the most delicate and significant discussions of this climate meeting has been taking place: the path to progressively abandon the production and […]
Fortnight-long event to be held in Antalya but Australian climate change minister Chris Bowen expected to lead the negotiations Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updates Get our breaking news email , free app or daily news podcast Turkey will host the Cop31 climate conference after the Australian government dropped its push to hold the event in Adelaide at the last moment despite having invested in a more than three-year campaign. But Australia’s climate change minister, Chris Bowen, is expected to lead climate negotiations at the summit in Turkey’s Mediterranean resort city of Antalya in November 2026 under a compromise deal to resolve a standoff between the two countries. Continue reading...
In the eyes of many developing country leaders, the success of COP30 hinges on the billions of dollars they need to prepare for climate disasters.
California is considering adopting new rules to better identify and more quickly to respond to dangerous methane leaks and underground fires at landfills statewide.
GTRI has urged the Trump administration to immediately lift the 25% tariff on Indian crude oil imports from Russia. Citing India's substantial reduction in Russian oil purchases and increased energy trade with the US, the GTRI argues the original rationale for the surcharge no longer applies.
Newly released emails show Epstein peddling climate denial myths to scientist Lawrence Krauss while Trump’s first term was getting underway. The post Jeffrey Epstein, climate change doubter appeared first on Yale Climate Connections.
Facility that was site of worst nuclear disaster in US history will provide power for Microsoft datacenters The Trump administration has announced a $1bn federal loan to restart the nuclear power plant at Pennsylvania’s Three Mile Island that is under contract to provide power to Microsoft’s datacenters. The US energy secretary, Chris Wright, said on Tuesday that the loan to Constellation Energy, the plant’s operator, would “ensure America has the energy it needs to grow its domestic manufacturing base and win the AI race”. Continue reading...
North Sea heavyweight Ithaca Energy has increased its exposure to the West of Shetland basin as it works on plans for big oil field developments in the area.
Ezequiel Sánchez, a 63-year-old Mexican fisherman, owes everything to the sea. “My life, my work, my family,” he says, pointing around his office, which is located just a block from the ocean in Puerto Morelos town, in the southeastern state of Quintana Roo, Mexico. Sánchez, who is married and has one son and three daughters, […]
We want to hear about how these shifts showed up in your everyday lives this year The climate crisis is reshaping our lives: extreme weather events are intensifying, extinctions are accelerating and the urgency for both adaptation and intervention only increase. But there are also the smaller, more personal impacts. Perhaps it’s not being able to fish with your kids in the place where your childhood memories were made because the river has dried up. Maybe it’s not being able to gather around a campfire in the summer, due to wildfire risks and restrictions. It can be the loss of a favorite tree, a personal sacrifice you’ve made for the greater good, or a change you’ve observed through the seasons. Continue reading...
Governments across the continent have attacked green rules with increasing ferocity – all while professing their commitment to existing climate targets • Don’t get This Is Europe delivered to your inbox? Sign up here To little fanfare and few international headlines, Denmark just announced one of the world’s most ambitious climate targets. The unusually wind-powered and cycle-friendly Nordic nation – whose ruling Social Democrats suffered a setback in elections on Tuesday – promised on Monday to cut planet-heating pollution by at least 82% by 2035 from 1990 levels. The goal inches past the UK’s landmark 81% target for that year and races ahead of the EU’s rather wide goal of 66.3% to 72.5%. Continue reading...
[The Point] A rapid increase in demand may leave Africa no choice but to make a substantial investment in nuclear energy.
Report commissioned by conservationists suggests some recorded new growth is misclassified or otherwise not equivalent to losses in species-heavy forests Get our breaking news email , free app or daily news podcast At face value, the amount of forest in Australia is officially increasing, and has been since 2008. But if an old-growth tree is felled in a forest and seedlings grow elsewhere, is the official account ecologically sound? Not according to new analysis, which suggests that the way Australia calculates forest cover obfuscates the impacts of ongoing deforestation. Continue reading...
Two years since countries agreed to transition away from coal, oil and gas, billions are still pouring into the industry, and emissions are at record levels. Could countries meeting in Brazil be about to change that?
This story was originally published by Canary Media and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. Restrictions on solar and wind farms are proliferating around the country, with scores of local governments going as far as to forbid large-scale clean-energy developments. Now, residents of an Ohio county are pushing back on one such ban on renewables—a move that […]
An interview with the psychoanalyst at the center of the hit Showtime docuseries ‘Couples Therapy.’ The post Couples therapist Orna Guralnik thinks climate change is affecting your relationship appeared first on Yale Climate Connections.
Fallout from increased emissions linked to president’s ‘America First’ policies expected to most affect those in poor, hot countries This article is co-published with ProPublica, a non -profit newsroom that investigates abuses of power . New advances in environmental science are providing a detailed understanding of the human cost of the Trump administration’s approach to climate. Continue reading...
The louder the lobbying, the clearer the fear. Ten years on, the Paris Agreement has reshaped energy politics, and the pushback from the fossil fuel sector is real.
[UN News] A page feels like it's turning. After years of debate, the long-awaited roadmap for phasing out fossil fuels may finally be written into the official decisions of COP30.
Almost two out of three corals across popular tourism spots at the world heritage-listed Ningaloo reef have died after an unprecedented marine heatwave hit the Western Australia region, scientists have discovered. The areas in Ningaloo's northern lagoon have undergone a 'profound ecological simplification' with coral species that were keystones to the habitat among those killed 'Deathly silent': two out of three corals in world heritage-listed Ningaloo reef have been killed, scientists confirm Continue reading...
“Fair and accurate resource evaluation should be the minimum expectation,” said an attorney for environmental groups.
A 25-person startup is developing technology to block the sun and turn down the planet’s thermostat. The stakes are huge — and the company and its critics say regulations need to catch up.
Tech companies are promoting AI to help solve global warming, while greens push regulations to soften AI’s environmental footprint.
If countries follow their climate plans, global methane emissions in 2030 will be 8 percent below 2020 levels, a U.N. official said.
The Japanese governor overseeing the region that is home to the world’s largest nuclear power plant is set to give the approval this week for its restart, the Kyodo news agency reported on Wednesday. The approval will clear one of the remaining milestones in Tokyo Electric Power Company’s quest to bring the Kashiwazaki-Kariwa plant back online, more than a decade after the Fukushima nuclear disaster led to its shutdown. Niigata prefecture Governor Hideyo Hanazumi is set to announce his approval...
Scientists are increasingly concerned that the planet is headed for massive, irreversible changes due to global warming. In some cases, those changes have already begun.
Analysis published at Cop30 summit shows adhering to pledges offer world hope of avoiding climate breakdown Sticking to three key climate promises – on renewables, energy efficiency and methane – would avoid nearly 1C of global heating and give the world hope of avoiding climate breakdown, analysis published at the Cop30 climate summit suggests. Governments have already agreed to triple the amount of renewable energy generated by 2030, double global energy efficiency by then, and make substantial cuts to methane emissions. Continue reading...
[IPS] We did not start this fire, but we are being handed the bill. The wealthy country's bill. It's time to pay it.The USD 1.3 trillion roadmap is only a starting point; delivery and accountability are the real tests of success. --Evans Njewa, Chair of the Least Developed Countries Group on Climate Change
If it makes impact on Friday, it would be the earliest cyclone of the season to make landfall in Australia since 1973 Sign up for climate and environment editor Adam Morton’s free Clear Air newsletter here If tropical cyclone Fina crosses the Northern Territory coast on Friday, it could equal the earliest cyclone to make landfall in Australia. Fina, a category one cyclone about 370km north-east of Darwin, was moving east and expected to intensify to category two before turning south on Thursday. Continue reading...
In a struggling area of Lincoln, a program pays for repairs and energy efficiency upgrades in rental buildings. In return, landlords must keep rents affordable.
Oil is the lifeblood of a vehicle's engine, but can it evaporate over time? Here's what you need to know to ensure your vehicle is running at its best.
Countries from Africa, Asia, Latin America, Pacific and Europe plead for transition to be central outcome of talks Cop30 live – latest updates More than 80 countries have joined a call for a roadmap to phasing out fossil fuels, in a dramatic intervention into stuck negotiations at the UN Cop30 climate summit . Countries from Africa, Asia, Latin America and the Pacific joined with EU member states and the UK to make an impassioned plea for the “transition away from fossil fuels” to be a central outcome of the talks, despite stiff opposition from petrostates and some other major economies. Continue reading...
Energy Environ. Sci. , 2025, Accepted Manuscript DOI : 10.1039/D5EE05519A, Perspective Anchun Tang, Minsi Li, Xueliang Sun, Weihan Li All-solid-state lithium metal batteries (ASSLMBs) are widely regarded as promising candidates for next-generation energy storage systems due to their high energy density and intrinsic safety. However, the full realization of... The content of this RSS Feed (c) The Royal Society of Chemistry
Team Canada won't be completely awash in red-and-white at the upcoming Winter Games thanks to a new Olympic collection that widens the colour palette to maroons and glacier-inspired blue-greens.
On Amazon, five of the top 10 best-selling oil filters come from FRAM, which may come as a surprise to anyone who is familiar with the brand.
[African Union] We, Heads of State and Government of Member States of the African Union, guided by the principles of Agenda 2063 and sustainable development goals, gathered for the second Africa Climate Summit (ACS2) in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, from 8 to 10 September 2025, in the presence of other global leaders, intergovernmental organizations, Regional Economic Communities, United Nations agencies, private sector, civil society organizations, Indigenous Peoples, Local Communities, farmers' organizations, children, youth,
[Daily Trust] All On, an impact investment company committed to increasing energy access for Nigeria's underserved and off-grid communities, has announced a follow-on investment of US$250,000 in ICE Solar Commercial Power Limited ("ICE Solar"), a fast-growing provider of Energy-as-a-Service solutions for Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) across Nigeria.
Mehdi Paryavi, founder and CEO of the International Data Center Authority (IDCA), examines the global debate over the environmental impact of A.I. and data centers, arguing that the future of climate progress depends on how nations build and deploy their digital infrastructure. Paryavi explains why robust data center and A.I. ecosystems can be key to lowering global emissions, powering more efficient economies and enabling the scientific breakthroughs needed for long-term climate resilience.
The Amazon rainforest could face a renewed surge of deforestation as efforts grow to overturn a long-standing ban that has protected it.
Exclusive: Tshering Tobgay says his country is doing ‘a lot more than our fair share’ on climate and west must cut emissions ‘for the happiness of your people’ The wealthy western countries most responsible for the climate crisis would improve the health and happiness of their citizens by prioritising environmental conservation and sustainable economic growth, according to the prime minister of Bhutan, the world’s first carbon-negative nation. Bhutan, a Buddhist democratic monarchy and biodiversity hotspot situated high in the eastern Himalayas, is among the world’s most ambitious climate leaders thanks to its people’s connection with nature and a strong political focus on improving gross national happiness rather than just GDP, Tshering Tobgay told the Guardian. Continue reading...
With a direct letter sent to nations and a draft text released on Tuesday, host country Brazil is shifting the UN climate conference into a higher gear. The letter sent late on Monday comes during the final week of the first climate summit in the Amazon rainforest, a key regulator of climate because trees absorb carbon dioxide, a greenhouse gas that warms the planet. Cop30 President Andre Correa do Lago later released a proposal with 21 options for negotiators to choose from on four sticky and...
A lawsuit over automated shopping reveals a deeper struggle over who will control the next generation of AI and what happens when autonomous agents start acting on our behalf Hello, and welcome to TechScape. I’m your host, Blake Montgomery. Lies, damned lies and AI: the newest way to influence elections may be here to stay Elon Musk’s Grok AI briefly says Trump won 2020 presidential election AI is guzzling energy for slop content – could it be reimagined to help the climate? How Google’s DeepMind tool is ‘more quickly’ forecasting hurricane behavior Anthropic announces $50bn plan for datacenter construction in US SoftBank sells stake in Nvidia for $5.8bn as it doubles down on OpenAI bets US markets struggle amid tech sell-off and economic uncertainty Continue reading...
Baby oil played a big part in the “Act Bad” rapper’s “Freak-Off” parties with his girlfriends and male escorts.
Some of you might be shocked that even though fossil fuels are 86 percent of the cause of climate change, it took 28 years before the words 'fossil fuels' could even be mentioned in the COP document. It is as absurd as Alcoholics Anonymous holding 28 years of conferences before they get the backbone to mention alcohol in an outcome document. —Kumi Naidoo, President of the Fossil Fuel Non-Proliferation Treaty
RELEASE: More Coastal and Island Countries Include Ocean Action in Climate Plans – But Biggest Climate Opportunities Still Untapped, WRI Report Warns sophie.brady@wri.org Tue, 11/18/2025 - 07:15 The report comes as six countries join the Blue NDC Challenge at COP30 to accelerate ocean action in national climate commitments – including Belgium, Cambodia, Canada, Indonesia, Portugal and Singapore Belém, Brazil (November 18, 2025) – The ocean is increasingly being recognized in national climate plans – but most countries are still overlooking the most powerful actions to cut emissions and build resilience, according to a new report led by World Resources Institute (WRI), with Ocean Conservancy and Ocean & Climate Platform, released today at COP30 in Belém...
Five-year collaboration between MIT and GE Vernova aims to accelerate the energy transition and scale new innovations.
A wide swath of the western U.S. may be in for below-average temperatures as forecasts suggest an Arctic blast is looming.
Scientists warn that without significant climate action, the species could be functionally extinct by 2070 because of climate change.
[UN News] The last week of COP30 has begun in Belém with a palpable sense of urgency. Ministers and senior officials are now stepping into the spotlight, as negotiations move from technical wrangling to political decision-making. The stakes? Nothing less than charting a credible path to climate justice in a world running out of time.
We need to protect the future of the millions of boys and girls on the frontlines of the climate crises around the world. I want world leaders to understand that this future starts now and, with urgency, position education at the core of climate resilience. —Adenike Titilope Oladosu, ecofeminist and Pan-African climate activist
The soggy weather that has drenched Southern California since the weekend has mostly moved out of the area, giving residents a brief respite from the rain before another storm moves in later in the week.
Scientists have identified potential sites for the UK's first 'direct air capture machine' (DAC) which would extract CO2 from the air and turn it to stone underground.
The visit is expected to bring new momentum to bilateral investment discussions. Saudi officials plan to highlight opportunities across sectors including renewable energy, healthcare, tourism, logistics, and digital industries.
The Cameron LNG expansion would add to the growing supply of U.S. liquefied natural gas headed overseas.
The French oil major is bulking up in the power sector as it pursues a diversification drive that targets 20 percent of energy sales from electricity by 2030.
My advice to you if you want to avoid repeating 2025 is to pay far greater attention to the quality of your research sources Sussan Ley, as your teacher I’m duty bound to give you an honest appraisal of your work. I’ve just read your team research assignment on Australian energy and climate policy and I’m afraid to say that unless you and your other team members pull up your socks, you will be forced to repeat 2025. Continue reading...
A shortage of workers with skills to make Scotland's buildings more energy efficient is putting the government's goal to meet climate change target at risk, MSPs have been told.
[This Day] A coalition of international and local civil society groups on Monday called on the Nigerian government to urgently integrate the experiences of frontline communities into national climate mitigation and adaptation strategies, warning the country risks falling further behind in its response to the escalating climate crisis.
India's state-run oil companies have secured a one-year deal to import 2.2 million tonnes of cooking gas from the US, marking a significant diversification of its energy sources. This move is expected to help balance trade, a key concern for the US administration, and reduce reliance on traditional Gulf suppliers.
Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans, Volume 130, Issue 11, November 2025.
Brazilian Indigenous leader and environmentalist Cacique Raoni Metuktire appealed for support for Indigenous peoples and their land. From the podium of the Peoples’ Summit, Cacique Raoni warned negotiators at the UN climate conference in Belém that without recognizing Indigenous peoples’ land rights, there will be no climate justice. “It is getting warmer and warmer. And […]
As an Indigenous woman, I would like to see more of us at the negotiating table. Because you cannot be deciding about our life, about where we live, at the national level or even at the global level. There should be inclusion of all voices at the ground level. —Immaculata Casimero, a leader of the Wapichan Women’s Movement
Energy Environ. Sci. , 2025, Accepted Manuscript DOI : 10.1039/D5EE04802H, Paper Wenyan Du, Qi Huang, Yaokang Lv, Ziyang Song, Lihua Gan, Mingxian Liu Organic p-type cathodes for Zn-organic batteries (ZOBs) have high-voltage (1.0-1.2 V), but face limited redox capacity (generally < 250 mAh g -1 ) due to low-density active sites. Here we... The content of this RSS Feed (c) The Royal Society of Chemistry
Several flights are delayed and parts of Iowa, Minnesota, Wisconsin and Michigan could see six to 10 inches of snow Parts of the US midwest and the Great Lakes region are bracing for a strong storm this weekend, as an estimated 82 million Americans travel to gather in celebration of Thanksgiving. Some parts of the country are expecting cold, snowy conditions, and the weather has already caused some travel delays. On Thursday morning more than 800 flights were already delayed, most in the northern states. Continue reading...
In what are dangerous times for democracies around the world, parliament’s overhaul of nature laws in the EPBC Act shows ambitious reform remains possible Sign up for climate and environment editor Adam Morton’s free Clear Air newsletter here Get our breaking news email , free app or daily news podcast The passage of long overdue reforms to the Environmental Protection and Biodiversity Conservation (EPBC) Act demonstrates powerfully that democratic governance is alive and well in Australia. The Australian parliament has done its job and passed 21st-century reforms that support a modern economy, enable the creation of new and sustainable jobs while promising not to destroy, but in fact improve, the health of the natural world. Continue reading...
The domestic cat (Felis catus) descends from the African wildcat Felis lybica lybica. Its global distribution alongside humans testifies to its successful adaptation to anthropogenic environments. Uncertainty remains regarding whether domestic cats ...
Global News has confirmed Canadian Identity and Culture Minister Steven Guilbeault, the former federal environment minister, has resigned from cabinet.
Prime minister says deal ‘sets the state for an industrial transformation’, but project is likely to face wide opposition Mark Carney has agreed an energy deal with Alberta centred on plans for a new heavy oil pipeline reaching from the province’s oil sands to the Pacific coast, a politically volatile project that is expected to face stiff opposition. “It’s a great day for Alberta and a great day for Canada,” the prime minister said on Thursday as he met the Alberta premier, Danielle Smith. He said the agreement “sets the state for an industrial transformation” and involved not just a pipeline, but nuclear power and datacentres. “This is Canada working,” he said. Continue reading...
Climate data offers clues to what might have happened to people of the Indus River Valley and how that might relate to our own warming world.
Environment group warns of ‘major risk’ to groundwater, which supplies 90% of Northern Territory water supply Get our breaking news email , free app or daily news podcast A plan by fossil fuel company Santos to expand gas exploration in the Beetaloo basin has been criticised by environmentalists who fear it may mark the beginning of a fracking rush in the Northern Territory. Santos has published plans to drill 12 fracking wells at Tanumbirini Station, a 5,000 sq km cattle station about 340km south-east of Katherine. Continue reading...
Scientists at Utrecht University in the Netherlands have identified a remarkable way the Gulf Stream could be saved - but there is a catch.
Energy Environ. Sci. , 2025, Accepted Manuscript DOI : 10.1039/D5EE06107E, Paper Long Pan, Kaining Cao, Mufan Cao, Min Gao, Yuan Zhang, Yang Zhou, Zhengming Sun Tellurium-based aqueous batteries (TeABs) promise high theoretical capacity but are constrained by sluggish Te 0 /Te 4+ conversion and rapid capacity fading. Here, we introduce a dilute electrolyte-heterostructure interlocking (DEHI) strategy that couples a... The content of this RSS Feed (c) The Royal Society of Chemistry
[New Times] This month, at the 30th UN Climate Conference (COP3O) in Brazil, Rwanda signed the International Declaration to Triple Global Nuclear Energy Capacity by 2050, a move that officials at Rwanda Atomic Energy Board (RAEB) expect to position the country for finance and technology transfer.
[The Conversation Africa] A court ruling in France could give African countries more power to hold corporations to account when they pretend to be environmentally friendly. The Paris Judicial Court found global oil and gas giant TotalEnergies guilty of misleading commercial practices, in a case brought by three environmental organisations.
Asia’s oil-dependent economies could soon find further relief as a peace deal between Moscow and Kyiv edges closer, raising the prospects of Russia resuming crude supply to global markets and again reshaping supply dynamics that have significantly influenced prices since the war in Ukraine broke out in 2022. Analysts told This Week in Asia that the potential accord had already led to lower oil prices amid heightened expectations that sanctions against Moscow might soon be lifted, potentially...
The European Space Agency has signed a letter of intent with Norway to advance the prospect of a new ESA Arctic Space Centre to be hosted in Tromsø.
Spain 's weather agency AEMET issued an orange storm alert on Thursday for Majorca and warned that huge waves were expected to hit the eastern coast of the island.
When ice freezes and melts, it creates vortices that drag warmer waters from the depths to the surface, where they eat away at the continent's rapidly degrading ice shelves.
Energy Environ. Sci. , 2025, Advance Article DOI : 10.1039/D5EE04460J, Paper Carlos D. Rodríguez-Gallegos, Oktoviano Gandhi, Huixuan Sun, Shi An Ting, Even Hjetland, Avi Alcalay, Philippe Selve, Daniel Reinhardt, Michael Chochole, Thomas Reindl Global analysis reveals that offshore floating PV could meet the global electricity demand several times over, with extensive areas already suitable for cost-competitive deployment. To cite this article before page numbers are assigned, use the DOI form of citation above. The content of this RSS Feed (c) The Royal Society of Chemistry
[Liberian Observer] The Rural and Renewable Energy Agency (RREA) has successfully completed full solar electrification of multiple public health facilities across Southeastern Liberia, marking a major milestone in the nation's drive to expand energy access and improve essential services.
US group Dekleptocracy identifies chemicals used for military vehicles’ lubricants and tyres as potential vulnerabilities A US group has identified several obscure but potentially key sanctions it says could seriously disrupt Russia’s war effort in Ukraine after last month’s targeting of the Kremlin’s biggest oil firms. Previous rounds of sanctions have been applied to Russian energy companies, banks, military suppliers and the “shadow fleet” of ships carrying Russian oil. Continue reading...
JAKARTA - Floods and landslides brought about by torrential rain in North Sumatra province of Indonesia have killed at least 28 people, with rescue efforts hampered by what an official described as a “total cut-off” of roads and communications.
Cyclone Senyar could bring more extreme weather to Indonesia this week.
A pending framework agreement between Ottawa and Alberta to build an oil pipeline will not prompt Steven Guilbeault, a former Greenpeace activist, to quit Mark Carney's cabinet.
Anthony Albanese announces Greens have agreed to support Labor’s rewrite of the EPBC Act. Follow today’s news live Get our breaking news email , free app or daily news podcast ‘We are very close’ on environment bill, Hanson-Young says Hanson-Young says she’s feeling more positive about a deal on the environment bill than she was at the start of the week. I don’t expect that we will get everything we want. We’re just trying one last time [on the basis] that I wanted more protections for our forests, and protections for climate, of course. If we can get movement on those issues, I’ve always said that I’m up for helping the government improve these laws. We’re not there yet. But I’m feeling more positive than I was at the beginning of the week. There’s no requirements on them...
Ottawa and Alberta are poised to announce a memorandum of understanding, affirming support for a pipeline to the B.C. coast that's being described as 'Northern Gateway 2.0.'
Young activists behind a landmark case allege "Ontario's repeal of its own emissions targets is an 11th hour attempt to escape accountability on its toothless climate plan."
Amazon Employees for Climate Justice says that over 1,000 workers have signed a petition raising “serious concerns” about the company’s “aggressive rollout” of artificial intelligence tools.
Fram might be the most recognizable brand name for automotive oil filters after years of production, but who actually makes the brand's filters today?
Hundreds of Oregon high school students walked out of school after ICE agents detained a 17-year-old male.
North Sea oil industry leaders warned the Chancellor's decision to leave the windfall tax in place in the Budget could lead firms to slash investment and jobs.
Launched just a little over three months ago, Copernicus Sentinel-5A has returned its first images – including a global map of ozone, maps of nitrogen dioxide over the Middle East and South Africa, formaldehyde over parts of Africa, and emissions of sulphur dioxide from an active volcano in Russia – showcasing the mission’s powerful capability to monitor atmospheric gases worldwide.
'Canada can be an energy superpower, both in conventional and clean energy,' Finance Minister François-Philippe Champagne said ahead of a Liberal caucus meeting Wednesday.
Exclusive : Former US secretary of state calls for more demanding steps from Australia as it takes over presidency of next year’s UN climate summit Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updates Get our breaking news email , free app or daily news podcast Australia’s government, which will preside over the next UN climate summit , should gather the world’s 25 biggest greenhouse gas emitting countries and push them to draw up a roadmap to end the era of fossil fuels , former US secretary of state John Kerry has said. Only by “hard-nosed” confrontation with fossil fuel producers, and reducing their consumption in major economies, would the world be able to tackle the climate crisis, he said. Continue reading...
Starting in September 2026, reversal of ‘temporary’ 5p-a-litre cut in duty introduced by Rishi Sunak aims to keep EVs attractive to motorists Budget 2025 – live updates Fuel duty will be frozen again, but only for five months until September 2026, the chancellor has announced, as she confirmed a new 3p-a-mile charge for electric cars from 2028. Rachel Reeves will freeze fuel duty in April at 52.95p a litre for petrol and diesel, a 16th successive year without a rise, but the so-called “temporary” 5p cut introduced by Rishi Sunak will be reversed in stages from September. Continue reading...
While greenhouse gas emissions fell 2.2% or 9.9m tonnes last financial year, new policies are needed to meet the 2035 target Sign up for climate and environment editor Adam Morton’s free Clear Air newsletter here Australia’s greenhouse gas emissions fell 2.2% last financial year, in what the Albanese government says is the largest annual drop due to reduced fossil fuel use outside the Covid-19 pandemic. About half of the 9.9m tonnes reduction was due to an increase in solar and wind generation pushing coal-fired power out of the system, according to new government data to be released on Thursday. Continue reading...
[Premium Times] During an inspection of True Metals, the battery-recycling plant at the centre of the investigation, the minister found workers operating in what she described as "hazardous and dehumanising conditions."
While no hurricanes struck the U.S., Hurricane Melissa left behind devastation in the Caribbean.
This story was originally published by Inside Climate News and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. It’s not often that the governors of California and Florida are on the same page, but this week they’re aligned in opposition to the White House’s latest plan to expand offshore oil drilling near both their shores. The Trump […]
The oil major shut the pipeline system down on Nov. 17 following intermittent shut-offs after a farmer discovered a gas sheen in a drainage ditch on a blueberry farm north of Seattle.
The proposed Western Gateway Pipeline from Phillips 66 and Kinder Morgan would deliver gasoline, diesel and jet fuel to Arizona and California from as fast east as Missouri by 2029.
[Leadership] The Renewable Energy Association of Nigeria (REAN) has launched a new policy brief, recommending a shift to naira-denominated concessionary financing for renewable energy developers and consumers in Nigeria.
The president’s energy strategy is projected to generate more pollution, but so far production has not risen significantly and price drops have been modest, analysts say.
Torrential rains unleashed flash floods and triggered landslides on Indonesia’s Sumatra island, killing at least 10 people and leaving six others missing, police said Wednesday.
[Premium Times] "The world is changing, but Nigeria is not abandoning oil and gas; we are repositioning them," he said.
A new report finds the state needs to cut emissions 4.5 percent annually, year after year, to meet its goals.
Just Climate is trying to allocate capital into areas it’s identified as falling through the cracks of environmental investment strategies.
Thailand's automotive industry faces mounting challenges as severe floods in the South threaten to disrupt domestic car sales and delay economic recovery during the remainder of this year, according to the Federation of Thai Industries (FTI).
Current geopolitics might suggest that Western scientists have been in general alignment with the United States in the global race for fusion energy – but some of Europe’s top nuclear physicists are placing their bets on China. Scepticism over US fusion goals and chronic delays at the 33-nation International Thermonuclear Experimental Reactor (ITER) project in France have created an opening for a new leader in the field, and China appears poised to fill it. Targeted for completion in 2027, the...
The deadly floods have affected 2 million people, the majority of whom are still cut off from help.
The province committed to reducing its annual emissions by 37.5 per cent below 1990 levels by 2030 in the wake of the 2015 Paris Agreement on climate change.
Ten months into Donald Trump's second term, communities across the US are scrambling to keep clean energy projects alive as federal support dries up.
A food bank worker shot from behind by an ICE agent last month pleaded not guilty on Tuesday to assault on a federal officer using a deadly or dangerous weapon.
For many environmental advocates, the COP30 climate negotiations ended this weekend in disappointment. The annual United Nations conference, which brought together more than 190 countries in Belém, Brazil, concluded without any firm plans to phase out fossil fuels—a key step scientists say is urgently necessary to address the climate crisis. In part, experts say, that’s […]
Why COP30 Was a Breakthrough for Cities margaret.overh… Tue, 11/25/2025 - 15:53 Cities and states have aimed higher and moved faster on climate action than national governments. The reason is simple: To local leaders, climate problems and solutions matter because their constituencies are directly impacted by them. Extreme heat, flooding and air pollution make people's lives worse. Cleaner air, convenient public transportation, and access to parks and nature make them better. Cities are also at the root of climate change. They already house the majority of the world's population and generate 75% of all greenhouse gas emissions . By 2050, there will be another 2.5 billion urban dwellers globally . Many cities are leading the way on what effective climate action can...
[New Era] President Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah told the G20 Summit in Johannesburg on Saturday that Namibia needs US$15 billion to meet its climate goals, warning world leaders that the country cannot meet its adaptation needs without major international support.
The national parks will also be free next year to residents on eight holidays, including President Donald Trump’s birthday.
[This Day] The Director-General of the National Council on Climate Change (NCCC), Mrs. Tenioye Majekodunmi, has stated that Nigeria will enhance its efforts to promote a green economy aimed at mitigating climate change.
[SAnews.gov.za] The Minister of Forestry, Fisheries and the Environment, Willie Aucamp, has welcomed the outcomes of the 30th Conference of the Parties (COP30) of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC).
[New Dawn] As COP30 concluded in Belém, Brazil, a noticeable shift in broad ocean ambition was observed. However, the deep sea - one of our planet's most vital carbon stores and a key climate regulator - remained largely absent from negotiations.
[Premium Times] "I have been doing this work for one year and three months now," he said. "My parents are poor farmers. I've written WAEC and passed, but there's no money to continue school. This is the only work I have for now."
This video includes personal musings and conclusions of the creator Dave Borlace . It is presented to our readers as an informed perspective. Please see video description for references (if any). Video description There is a quiet revolution happening across the vast content of Africa. Imports of solar PV panels jumped 60% in the 12 months to June 2025. Millions of microgrids and individual solar installations are now driving the electrification of just about every African nation. But fossil fuels still dominate most existing utility scale grids. So, can the people of Africa by pass the centralised monopolies and drive their own renewable prosperity. Because if they can, they might just save all of us! Support Dave Borlace and his "Just have a Think" channel on patreon: https://www.patreon.com/cw/justhaveathink
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[The Conversation Africa] US president Donald Trump's efforts to derail a successful wrap-up of the G20 summit in Johannesburg failed. Trump boycotted the meeting and the US told other countries through diplomatic channels not to sign a communiqué. Nevertheless, the 19 remaining countries and regional organisations signed a 30-page declaration. This called for, among other things, increased funding for renewable energy projects, more equitable critical mineral supply chains and debt relief for poorer countries. Senior
All prior five-year drilling plans — dating back to 1980 — reference National Environmental Policy Act analyses.
The West African nation was among a group of countries that pushed for a deal to reduce fossil fuels.
TotalEnergies denies it is liable for the damage that Hugues Falys has suffered.
Scientists warn that a warming climate is intensifying storms and rainfall across Southeast Asia, making floods and landslides increasingly destructive and frequent.
It took some oblique wording, but Saudi Arabia made a last-minute decision to sign deal that marks departure for Cop Dawn was breaking over the Amazonian city of Belém on Saturday morning, but in the windowless conference room it could have been day or night. They had been stuck there for more than 12 hours, dozens of ministers representing 17 groups of countries, from the poorest on the planet to the richest, urged by the Brazilian hosts to accept a settlement cooked up the day before. Tempers were short, the air thick as the sweaty and exhausted delegates faced up to reality: there would not be a deal here in Brazil. The 30th UN climate conference would end in abject failure. Continue reading...
Energy Environ. Sci. , 2025, Accepted Manuscript DOI : 10.1039/D5EE05181A, Review Article Min Xu, Hongmin Liu, Xinran Gao, Yitao Lou, Huakun Liu, Shi Xue Dou, Nana Wang, Zhongchao Bai All-solid-state lithium batteries (ASSLBs) offer exceptional energy density and safety, yet interfacial instability at both cathode and anode remains a major challenge. This review pioneers a unified, multiscale framework that... The content of this RSS Feed (c) The Royal Society of Chemistry
Energy Environ. Sci. , 2025, Accepted Manuscript DOI : 10.1039/D5EE05191F, Paper Wen Zhou, Gaohong Liu, Yanbing Mo, Xiao Zhu, Kaiyue Zhu, Xiaoli Dong The slow desolvation process and the low ionic conductivity of lithium-ion batteries (LIBs) pose significant challenges, severely limiting their performance in extreme environments. Herein, we propose a weakly-solvated electrolyte system... The content of this RSS Feed (c) The Royal Society of Chemistry
A wind project in Guysborough County, N.S., involving the Membertou First Nation has passed the environmental review stage.
Tłı̨chǫ Grand Chief Jackson Lafferty and YKDFN Chief Ernest Betsina signed a memorandum of understanding indicating the two nations will take lead on the Arctic economic and security corridor project.
A fragile Cop30 consensus is a win. But only a real bargain between rich and poor nations can weather the climate shocks that are coming This year’s UN climate talks in Brazil’s Belém ended without a major breakthrough. The text of the final agreement lacked a deal to shift away from fossil fuels , delayed crucial finance and the “mutirão” decision contained no roadmap to halt and reverse deforestation. But the multilateral system at Cop30 held together at a point when its collapse felt close. This ought to be a warning: next year’s conference of the parties must strike a better bargain between the rich and poor world. Developing countries are far from united on some issues. Over rare earth minerals China sees any move as targeting its dominance, while Africa sees it as essential for...
The ozone hole over the Antarctic was small in 2025 compared to previous years and remains on track to recover later this century. The hole this year was the fifth smallest since 1992, the year a landmark international agreement to phase out ozone-depleting chemicals began to take effect.
President Donald Trump inked a proclamation that exempts coal-using steel facilities from Biden-era regulatory updates to the Clean Air Act.
The Biden administration implemented tougher bonding rules for onshore oil and gas production on public lands.
This is a re-post from Yale Climate Connections of an article by Sanket Jain that just won a gold medal from the United Nations Correspondents Association With limited access to indoor cooling or study spaces, Kavya Waghmare often studies under trees. (Image credit: Sanket Jain) Every summer when extreme heat arrives in Dhakale, India, Pramila Waghmare notices her children’s grades drop, only to improve again when winter arrives. After three years of this pattern, she asked her neighbors and learned that heat waves seemed to be hurting the academic performance of at least 40 schoolchildren in her hamlet with a total population of less than 1,000. Schoolteachers told her that students in many nearby villages in Maharashtra state had similar problems, especially...
Violent underwater 'storms' are melting Antarctica's 'Doomsday Glacier' from below, a new study warns.
[Scrolla] Saws has issued Orange and Yellow level warnings for storms, hail and floods across Gauteng, Limpopo, Mpumalanga and parts of KZN. Western Cape and Northern Cape residents must brace for scorching heat, while other provinces face showers and gusty winds.
In its latest bid to protect fossil fuel interests, the White House also appears to exaggerate coke's importance to U.S. steelmaking.
[The Conversation Africa] It wasn't a comfortable process for the tens of thousands of delegates trying to hash out progress on climate change on the edge of the Amazon in Belém, Brazil. I experienced the challenges of the United Nations COP30 climate talks firsthand.
Alaska is warming faster than the global average and its coastal populations are particularly vulnerable, say climate scientists.
There are widespread concerns that deep-sea mining for metals will damage fragile ecosystems. But if mining ever goes ahead, hydrogen plasma could shrink the carbon footprint of smelting the metal ores
[Nile Post] At COP30 in Belém, Brazil, a broad alliance of governments, companies, Indigenous-peoples organisations and civil society announced the launch of the Scaling J-REDD+ Coalition, a global effort to accelerate jurisdictional REDD+ (J-REDD+) programmes, mobilise large-scale finance and channel it into forests, climate and livelihoods.
The 194 countries still taking part in UN climate negotiations reaffirmed the Paris Agreement following the US withdrawal, even if they agreed on little else
Hundreds of thousands of people have been displaced by deadly floods sweeping across Thailand and Vietnam, a crisis that has killed scores and stranded entire communities as meteorologists and climate analysts warn of heavier rains driven by La Nina and long-term warming. The scale of the inundation has highlighted how a late-season monsoon surge, layered onto fragile flood-management systems, is overwhelming towns and cities from southern Thailand to Vietnam’s central coast, with Malaysia...
Blazes that smoulder in the permafrost, only to reignite, are extending fire season though winter, leaving vegetation struggling to recover In May 2023, a lightning strike hit the forest in Donnie Creek, British Columbia, and the trees started to burn. It was early in the year for a wildfire, but a dry autumn and warm spring had turned the forest into a tinderbox, and the flames spread rapidly. By mid-June, the fire had become one of largest in the province’s history, burning through an area of boreal forest nearly twice the size of central London. That year, more of Canada burned than ever before. The return of cold and snow at the close of the year typically signal the end of the wildfire season. But this time, the fire did not stop. Instead, it smouldered in the soil underground, insulated...
New Delhi — It’s easy to tell when it’s smog season in New Delhi; the air gets darker, heavier and starts scratching the throats and testing the lungs of the city’s 34 million residents. Pollution been an issue for so long in the Indian capital that the city’s famous Red Fort is turning black, an … The post Lethal smog is back in the world’s most polluted capital. Residents have had enough appeared first on Egypt Independent.
Independent investigators said overly complex regulation had led to a 'relative decline' in the country's leadership position and higher energy costs for consumers.
[SADC] The G20 Leaders' Summit concluded with a bold declaration to build a more inclusive, resilient, and sustainable global economy. On 23 November 2025, leaders announced ambitious commitments spanning Africa's growth and industrialisation, disaster resilience, energy transitions, critical minerals, food security, financial stability, and responsible artificial intelligence (AI) innovation.
The fingerprints of Russia and Saudi Arabia are all over the decision text in Brazil. But a group of nations led by Colombia and the Netherlands offer hope Genevieve Guenther is the founding director of End Climate Silence The 30th conference of the parties (Cop30), the annual climate summit of all nations party to the UNFCCC, just ended . Stakeholders are out in the media trying spin the outcome as a win. Simon Stiell, climate change executive secretary for the UN is, for instance, praising Cop30 for showing that “climate cooperation is alive and kicking, keeping humanity in the fight for a liveable planet”. But let us be clear. The conference was a failure. Its outcome, the decision text known as the Global Mutirão or Global Collective Effort, is, in essence, a form of climate...
A growing number of GOP elected officials question the use of carbon capture and storage for oil and gas projects.
The company that specializes in liquefied natural gas disclosed in a filing that it’s also considering restructuring its debt through a court process in the United Kingdom.
The Trump administration has made it tougher for local regulators to reduce truck emissions. Some see warehouse rules as a work-around.
Annalena Baerbock pointed to droughts and other damage from climate extremes in places such as Chad, Syria and Iraq.
Most of the money dedicated to fighting climate change goes to causes other than agriculture, which accounts for a third of emissions.
Australia has been hit with wild weather as a devastating storm lashed one state while residents in another are being warned to brace for an intense heatwave.
[UN News] Leaders from across the world are debating how industry can help tackle some of the world's most urgent challenges - from climate change and food insecurity to the need for fairer supply chains - at the Global Industry Summit, which opened on Sunday in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
[Independent (Kampala)] Comment -- When daily news reports on the impact of yet another disruptive flood in Kampala, or the rising cost of matooke due to prolonged droughts, it raises public concern and frustration. Yet the effects of climate change, such as severe floods, droughts, landslides, and cyclones, are a reality in countries across eastern Africa, and Uganda is no exception. The recently launched Uganda Country Climate and Development Report (CCDR), prepared by the World Bank Group in concert with the government and other actors
[The Conversation Africa] Given the escalating scale of inequality in the world, shouldn't countries be banding together to set up an international panel on the issue, along the same lines as the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), the United Nations body set up to assess the science related to climate change? The idea of setting up an international panel on inequality has been recommended by the G20 Extraordinary Committee of Independent Experts on Global Inequality.
[Thomson Reuters Foundation] What's the context? Jiwoh Abdulai, Sierra Leone's environment minister, talks to Context about what climate change means in his West African nation.
Experts criticised “overly complex” rules and called for an overhaul of Britain's nuclear strategy.
This year's U.N. climate negotiations crashed out on a hard truth: It’s all about the money.
Getting to net zero CO 2 emissions globally means we can halt global warming. This requires a rapid phase-out. It’s physics With another set of global climate talks behind us, the Australian government faces some tricky tasks before it takes over negotiations at the next round of talks next year in Turkey. Cop30 in Belém, Brazil, did not deliver the bold fossil fuel phase-out roadmap we needed, but it did nudge the system forward with more scrutiny of fossil fuel producers. And despite the weakness of the outcome, one can gain some important comfort by the fact that Bélem – and the G20 in Johannesburg at the weekend – both solidly endorsed the Paris agreement, its central goal of keeping warming to 1.5C and the importance of net zero emissions. Cop30 agreed that an “ambition...
Rachel Reeves will 'sound the death knell' for North Sea oil and gas unless she scraps the windfall energy levy in her budget, the Scottish Tories have warned.
The deal calls for tripling climate funding for poorer nations by 2035.
Reaching agreement in divisive political landscape shows ‘climate cooperation is alive and kicking’, says UN climate chief The world is not winning the fight against the climate crisis but it is still in that fight, the UN climate chief has said in Belém, Brazil, after a bitterly contested Cop30 reached a deal. Countries at Cop30 failed to bring the curtain down on the fossil fuel age amid opposition from some countries led by Saudi Arabia, and they underdelivered on a flagship hope – at a conference held in the Amazon – to chart an end to deforestation. Continue reading...
Prime Minister Mark Carney on Sunday addressed speculation about whether an agreement is close for a new pipeline between Alberta and B.C.'s northern coast.
The Toyota Tundra has beeb a reliable and popular pickup truck in the U.S. market for years, but if you need towing capacity, other trucks have it beat.
A listing of 28 news and opinion articles we found interesting and shared on social media during the past week: Sun, November 16, 2025 thru Sat, November 22, 2025. Stories we promoted this week, by category: International Climate Conferences and Agreements (9 articles) Extreme Heat, Leaks and Security Issues Roil COP30 The United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change raised multiple concerns about the makeshift venue in Belém. Inside Climate News, Bob Berwyn, Nov 18, 2025. Keeping promises on renewables, energy efficiency and methane `would avoid nearly 1C of global heating` Analysis published at Cop30 summit shows adhering to pledges offer world hope of avoiding climate breakdown The Guardian, Fiona Harvey and Jonathan Watts in Belém, Nov...
Delhi awoke to dense smog, with the average Air Quality Index at 381, placing it in the 'very poor' category despite GRAP-IV measures. Bawana recorded 'severe' pollution at 435. Authorities revised GRAP, shifting 'severe' AQI measures to Stage III, allowing work-from-home decisions for government and private offices.
From woolly mammoths to giant sloths, via some lesser-known ice-age beasts like 'killer koalas', the visuals in this documentary are simply astounding
Despite Australia signing the Belem declaration, Albanese rejected suggestion Labor shouldn’t develop new gas fields Get our breaking news email , free app or daily news podcast The Albanese government is being urged to explain how it will drive a fossil fuel phase-out, after it joined dozens of countries at a UN climate summit to back a declaration that the world should quickly wean off coal, gas and oil. Australia signed up to the declaration on a just transition away from fossil fuels at a side event at the Cop30 conference in the Brazilian city of Belem, which finished on Saturday night local time, more than 24 hours after the scheduled close. Continue reading...
What did we learn from a climate summit that ended in a deal with no new mention of fossil fuels?
Australia may not be hosting Cop31, but the unprecedented Turkey partnership is a real chance to secure global influence and turbocharge a new green zeitgeist Sign up for climate and environment editor Adam Morton’s free Clear Air newsletter here The Cop30 climate conference has finally come to an end , with Australia having lost out on the grand prize of hosting next year’s gathering. But Australia’s formal partnership agreement with Turkey nevertheless provides an opportunity to secure unparalleled global influence and turbocharge our own transformation to a net zero, green export economy. Here are three ways to make it happen. First, Chris Bowen’s new role as Cop31 “president of negotiations” puts the climate and energy minister at the helm of the most complex and consequential...
Top End residents told to stay sheltered at home until authorities give the all-clear. Follow updates live Get our breaking news email , free app or daily news podcast Sloane said while it was only in the “final couple of days” she made the decision, now that she is in the job she is “committed”: I was probably finally convinced only in the final couple of days, to be honest, I had colleagues come and have chats. I have a really good relationship with Mark Speakman . It was a friendly chat with Mark. It was a hard chat, but it was a very friendly one. And then when I’m in, I’m in 100%. I think what a lot of people would do in my position is weigh up the pros and cons and think of all the reasons that I shouldn’t do it, but at the end of the day, the reasons I should outweighed...
The COP30 climate summit fails to secure new pledges to cut fossil fuels after running over time for more than 18 hours.
No agreements were made to phase out the global use of fossil fuels during the United Nations COP30 climate summit in Brazil that ended on Friday.
The final agreement, with no direct mention of the fossil fuels dangerously heating Earth, was a victory for countries like Saudi Arabia and Russia.
Two weeks of climate negotiations in the Brazilian city of Belem have closed with an agreement that calls for renewed commitments to tackle rising temperatures yet omits any mention of fossil fuels.
Wealthy countries agree to triple funds for countries to tackle climate impacts, but deforestation and critical minerals blocked from final deal The world edged a small step closer to the end of the fossil fuel era on Saturday, but not by nearly enough to stave off the ravages of climate breakdown. Countries meeting in Brazil for two weeks could manage only a voluntary agreement to begin discussions on a roadmap to an eventual phase-out of fossil fuels, and they achieved this incremental progress only in the teeth of implacable opposition from oil-producing countries. Continue reading...
STATEMENT: COP30 Delivers on Forests and Finance, Underdelivers on Fossil Fuels darla.vanhoorn… Sat, 11/22/2025 - 11:53 Belém, Brazil (November 22, 2025) — Today, negotiators concluded COP30 in Belém, Brazil. They reached an agreement to triple adaptation finance and to hold a series of dialogues on trade within the UNFCCC for the first time. However, the formal negotiations offered an inadequate response to the shortfall in ambition in national climate commitments, failing to explicitly agree on the roadmaps to transition away from fossil fuels and halt deforestation that many countries and stakeholders had advocated. The Brazilian COP President launched these roadmaps in its own capacity. Other major highlights from the summit include the launch...
Celebrations to McLean’s jaw-dropping goal picked up by seismic activity monitors at Glasgow Geothermal Observatory When Scotland qualified for the men’s football World Cup for the first time in 28 years, supporters were propelled into wild celebration – and even made the earth move in the process. According to the British Geological Survey (BGS), when Kenny McLean scored from the halfway line to seal a breathtaking 4-2 win over Denmark , which are ranked 18 places higher in the world than Scotland, the reaction at Hampden Park was equivalent to a very small earthquake. Continue reading...
Methanotrophs, including those that capture methane from the air, seem to outcompete methanogens in dry environments, a new study shows.
World governments agreed on Saturday to a compromise climate deal at the COP30 conference in Brazil that would boost finance for poor nations coping with global warming — but omitted any mention of the fossil fuels driving it.
My dog contributes to climate change. I love him anyway.
The final text of a proposed deal would be a disappointment for European countries and low-lying Pacific island nations.
It's the heart-warming tale of a teacher who brings a penguin back to life after he rescues it from an oil spill - a true story that is now a feelgood film starring Steve Coogan .
Millions in India's capital face a persistent health hazard from air pollution, with sustained high levels of PM2.5 linked to severe respiratory, cardiovascular, and neurological damage. This daily reality, especially during winter smog, significantly reduces life expectancy and disproportionately affects vulnerable populations, demanding systemic emission control.
What was once considered a climate holy grail comes with serious tradeoffs. The world wants more of it anyway.
Over the Hexi Corridor, a ribbon of fertile land on the edge of the Gobi Desert blessed by the Yellow River in western China, a gleaming forest of wind turbines and solar farms stretches to the horizon. This is Gansu, China’s renewables frontier, a major source of wind and solar energy. And yet, just beyond the dunes, another giant stirs. At the Changle Power Plant, turbines roar to life as another 1-gigawatt coal unit comes online – six reactors now pulsing with the energy that could meet the...
President of talks urges ministers and high-ranking officials to find common ground as conference nears its end Cop30 live – latest updates Climate crisis talks look likely to stretch well into the weekend in Brazil, with countries still far apart on the crucial issues of phasing out fossil fuels and cutting carbon. The Cop30 president, André Corrêa do Lago, urged ministers and high-ranking officials from more than 190 countries to find common ground : “We need to preserve this regime [of the Paris climate agreement] with the spirit of cooperation, not in the spirit of who is going to win or is willing to lose. Because we know if we don’t strengthen this, everyone will lose.” Continue reading...
The United States has retreated on climate. China, the only superpower at COP30 and the world leader in clean energy, is not filling the void.
Spinning vortices of water trapped under the Thwaites glacier ice shelf account for 20 per cent of the ice melt. They’re expected to get worse as the world warms
With China’s surge in renewable energy, greenhouse gases are reaching a turning point
Exclusive: Concession follows fierce criticism of the workaround but may not be enough to convince minor party Get our breaking news email , free app or daily news podcast Labor would prevent a contentious “national interest” exemption being used to approve coal and gas projects if the Greens agreed to support its nature laws, Guardian Australia can reveal. The offer follows a groundswell of criticism about the discretionary power, including from the author of the review that inspired the new laws, Graeme Samuel , and the former treasury secretary Ken Henry . Continue reading...
The Interior secretary, and Trump energy czar, also said China was attempting "intelligence gathering" on U.S. minerals.
In final hours of UN climate summit talks in Brazil, negotiators push to bridge divides on key issues including finance and moving away from coal, oil and gas
This story was originally published by the Guardian and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. More than 5,500 toxic sites nationwide could face coastal flooding by 2100 due to rising sea levels, according to new research. The study, published on Thursday in Nature Communications and led by scientists at the University of California, warns that if […]
If the company closes its Northern California pipeline, it would starve Bay Area refineries of in-state oil.
The groundbreaking research offers evidence that specific fossil fuel giants drove economic losses for decades. The post This study could reshape climate lawsuits against fossil fuel companies appeared first on Yale Climate Connections.
California faced evacuation warnings over flood risk, while Japan experienced heavy early season snowfall Evacuation warnings were issued last week in California as heavy rain brought the risk of flooding and landslides . The storms in the US were linked to a phenomenon known as an “atmospheric river” – a long filament of moisture-laden air that originates above the Pacific Ocean and provides vital replenishment of reservoirs and snowpack along the western coast of the US. However, they can also bring destructive volumes of rain, particularly along coastal areas. Elsewhere in the US, parts of Colorado experienced some of their longest stretches of snowless days ever this year, with Denver surpassing its third-latest snowfall date this week after recording its highest ever November temperature...
[FrontPageAfrica] Belém, Brazil -- In a major step toward enhanced regional collaboration on environmental governance and climate action, the Environmental Protection Agency of Liberia and the Environment Protection Agency of Sierra Leone today signed a milestone Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) in Belém, Brazil, on the margins of the United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP30).
The Enforcement Directorate conducted extensive searches at over 40 locations in Jharkhand and West Bengal as part of a money laundering probe into coal mafia operations. The investigation targets alleged coal theft, pilferage, and illegal mining, with significant financial losses to the government suspected.
Climate sceptics tell us that more people die of extreme cold than extreme heat. What’s the truth? I began by trying to discover whether or not a widespread belief was true. In doing so, I tripped across something even bigger: an index of the world’s indifference. I already knew that by burning fossil fuels, gorging on meat and dairy , and failing to make even simple changes, the rich world imposes a massive burden of disaster, displacement and death on people whose responsibility for the climate crisis is minimal. What I’ve now stumbled into is the vast black hole of our ignorance about these impacts. What I wanted to discover was whether it’s true that nine times as many of the world’s people die of cold than of heat. The figure is often used by people who want to delay climate action:...
LOS ANGELES (UNITED STATES) - President Donald Trump's administration is planning to open up millions of square miles (kilometers) of US coastal waters to oil and gas drilling, it said Thursday, in a step that could lead to a massive expansion of fossil fuel extraction.
A new independent evaluation of the Global Environment Facility’s food systems programs says they are delivering strong environmental and livelihood gains in many countries but warns that a narrow focus on farm production, weak political analysis, and shrinking coordination budgets are holding back deeper transformation. The Evaluation of GEF Food Systems Programs, prepared by the GEF […]
A NOAA hurricane hunter aircraft measured a 252-mph gust at the ocean surface as the monster storm approached Jamaica.
Walking away from oil and gas revenue would require a titanic shift in the nation’s economy.
[263Chat] Harare Mayor Jacob Mafume has called on residents to closely follow weather updates and use mobile alerts to avoid being caught in flash floods as the city steps up efforts to clear blocked drainage systems ahead of peak rains.
[UN News] As climate talks in Belém enter their final stretch, negotiators are working on three fronts: technical details, ministerial consultations, and Presidency-led discussions. Behind the jargon and complex frameworks lie fundamental choices for more than 190 countries - choices that could shape how the Paris Agreement, signed in 2015, is turned into real-world action.
Large swathes of the country were already below freezing on Friday morning, with the Met Office saying parts of England could dip to around -7C as an Arctic blast tightens its grip.
California air regulators adopted new rules designed to reduce methane leaks and better respond to disastrous underground fires at landfills statewide.
But Sunshine state Republicans might oppose drilling off state’s famous beaches that keep tourism dollars coming in The Trump administration on Thursday announced new oil and gas drilling off California ’s and Florida ’s coasts, setting the stage for a political showdown – including with Sunshine state Republicans who have largely opposed petroleum development in the Gulf of Mexico. This announcement comes as the US petroleum industry, despite contending with low crude prices , has been pushing for an entree to additional offshore drilling areas. The industry’s move for increased access also marks an effort to increase jobs and US energy independence, according to the Associated Press . Continue reading...
The reorganization reflects the ongoing shift in the federal government’s energy priorities: less renewable energy, more fossil fuels.
The Trump administration on Thursday unveiled a five-year plan to hold as many as 34 auctions for oil and gas drilling rights leases in the Gulf of Mexico and in federal waters off the coasts of Alaska and California. The Interior Department proposal is aligned with US President Donald Trump’s energy-dominance agenda to supercharge domestic fossil fuel production. It is likely to set off a fresh conflict with California Governor Gavin Newsom, a Democrat who is among the president’s harshest...
The plan would mark the first new oil and gas leases in federal waters of the Pacific Ocean in more than four decades.
Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva says he is ready to fight for transition roadmap despite opposition from some states All the coverage from Cop30 The Brazilian president, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, has told Cop30 delegates that he will take his fossil fuel transition roadmap to the G20 in Johannesburg this week to campaign for it, despite reports that petrostates have said they will not accept the plan. Before leaving Cop30 in Belém, the figurehead of the global south told civil society representatives he was ready to fight for the proposal to phase out oil, coal and gas in whatever forum was necessary. Continue reading...
[Nile Post] Global investment in the energy transition rose by 20 per cent between 2022 and 2024, reaching approximately Shs 8,676,000 billion (USD 2.4 trillion), according to a major new analysis released today by the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA) and the Climate Policy Initiative (CPI). Of this amount, about Shs 2,912,000 billion (USD 807 billion) was directed specifically toward renewable-energy technologies.
The Trump administration announced on Thursday new oil drilling off the California and Florida coasts for the first time in decades, advancing a project that critics say could harm coastal communities and ecosystems, as U.S. President Donald Trump seeks to expand U.S. oil production.
Offshore oil and gas drilling might resume in federally controlled waters near California and in waters near Florida after being banned for decades.
Oceans contribute to climate regulation by absorbing over a quarter of human-caused CO₂ emissions and around 90 percent of excess heat but attract only 1.7 percent of everything that’s invested in science.
The announcement comes as the Trump administration aims to expand U.S. fossil fuel production.
Exclusive: Guidance distributed to MPs seeks to pre-empt questions about plan’s compatibility with Paris agreement, indicating opposition is aware of potential breach Get our breaking news email , free app or daily news podcast Coalition MPs are being told to argue that the decision to dump a net zero emissions target is “entirely consistent” with the Paris agreement, despite leaked documents suggesting the opposition is aware such a position could conflict with Australia’s obligations under the climate pact. Guardian Australia has obtained talking points issued to MPs to help them stay on message about Sussan Ley’s new energy and emissions plan , which was finalised on Sunday after months of bitter infighting. Continue reading...
Snow falls in parts of UK with Met Office warning that worst-affected regions could face travel disruption and power cuts Hundreds of schools are closed and many roads are blocked or treacherous to drive on as the UK feels its first significant blast of winter, with snow blizzards, ice and freezing temperatures. Many parts of the UK experienced the coldest night of the season. The Met Office issued eight separate yellow snow and ice weather warnings for Thursday, covering Devon and Cornwall, parts of Kent, the east coast of England and East Anglia, north-east England, south-west and north-west Wales, Northern Ireland and northern Scotland. Continue reading...
Discovery Building takes shape The latest update from Rothera, our largest research station in Antarctica, where construction work on the new Discovery Building is advancing well as the summer season … The post 20 November 2025: Postcard from Rothera Research Station appeared first on British Antarctic Survey.
Solar Cycle 25 is hitting its chaotic peak, turning the aurora into a global spectacle and pushing once-sleepy outposts, dark-sky parks and Arctic hotels into full-blown sky-chasing mode.
Brazil's leader said he hopes “one day to convince the president of the United States that the climate crisis is serious” — and to join a phase-out of fossil fuels.
With US sanctions on the horizon, Indian oil refineries are redirecting their focus to the Middle East for crude oil supplies. A noticeable rise in tanker bookings from Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, Iraq, and the UAE highlights a major transformation in their sourcing strategy.
China’s intake of Russian liquefied natural gas (LNG) surged to an all-time high in October as Western sanctions forced a retreat by other buyers and redirected cargoes, while analysts said that key drivers included discounted prices and Beijing’s shift to non-US suppliers. Chinese customs data released on Thursday showed that imports from Russia jumped by 76.7 per cent, year on year, to 1.3 million tonnes – the first time monthly volumes from across the northern border topped 1 million tonnes,...
The main location for next year's United Nations Climate Change Conference, COP31, will be held in Turkey after leaders at this year's meeting reached a compromise.
[Liberian Investigator] Belém -- Liberia has issued a forceful appeal for Africans on the continent and across the diaspora to unite behind a common climate justice agenda, declaring that global climate negotiations must reflect the shared history, vulnerabilities, and aspirations of African-descended people everywhere.
On the evening of November 11, Britain's wind turbines set a new maximum wind record, reaching 22,711 megawatts (MW) for the first time.
Study finds rising seas could flood facilities handling waste, sewage, and oil and gas – and coastal states most at risk More than 5,500 toxic sites nationwide could face coastal flooding by 2100 due to rising sea levels, according to new research. The study, published on Thursday in Nature Communications and led by scientists at the University of California, warns that if heat-trapping pollution continues unabated, rising seas will flood a wide range of hazardous facilities including those handling sewage, toxic waste, oil and gas, as well as other industrial pollutants. Continue reading...
Carbon dioxide from burning fossil fuels is causing climate change. From renewables and green tech to tackling deforestation, what will it take to turn the tide on emissions?
Bolivia’s new president, Rodrigo Paz Pereira, took office on 8 November 2025. He has promised to prioritize bridging regional, political, and social divisions to build a long-term vision for the country. This political transition is timely in that it also adds a new dimension to Bolivia’s position at the 30th Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (COP30), which takes place this week in Brazil (1).
Sussan Ley’s offer allows a clear path to pass laws to rewrite Environmental Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act in final sitting week Get our breaking news email , free app or daily news podcast The Coalition has offered to help Labor rush through new nature laws if it agrees to gut environment protection, challenging Labor to side with business interests over green groups to implement the long-awaited changes. Environmental lawyers are urging the government against further weakening already flawed laws at the “behest of industry”. Continue reading...
[Daily News] Dar es Salaam -- TANZANIA is among the countries expected to benefit from up to 20 million US dollars for implementing projects aimed at addressing the impacts of climate change through the Loss and Damage Fund.
The nation’s drilling efforts are gaining fresh momentum after President Donald Trump indicated an interest in Pakistan’s “massive oil reserves" this year.
The rule to end most climate regulations is not expected until January, slipping from a planned December deadline.
The EU did not join 82 countries calling for a phase-out of oil, coal and natural gas.
Hosting the bloc's first summit in Africa, South Africa wants to prioritize issues affecting poor countries, including responses to disasters made worse by climate change.
[Capital FM] Nairobi -- Kenya's Cabinet Secretary for Environment, Climate Change and Forestry, Dr. Deborah Barasa, used her national statement at the United Nations Climate Change 30th Conference of the Parties (COP30) High-Level Segment to issue one of the strongest appeals yet for credible climate finance and concrete global action.
[New Times] The first week of COP30 talks in Belém, Brazil, has been marked by intense debate over adaptation finance and the Loss and Damage Fund, as negotiators push for stronger support for countries hardest hit by climate change.
Almost three years ago, hundreds of residents in Joshimath, India, were forced to leave after deep cracks appeared in the walls of some 800 homes because the ground was sinking around them. The town's location, climate change and heavy construction are being blamed.
President Trump blasted Jimmy Kimmel and ABC following the late-night host's show Wednesday, where the liberal comedian alleged the commander in chief was "bracing for Hurricane Epstein."
In December 2023, Jeremy Hewitt, B.C.'s assistant deputy minister for climate change, travelled to Dubai for the COP 28 Climate Conference.
Germany’s support for Brazil’s new rainforest protection fund adds momentum to a global effort that will reward forest conservation, penalize deforestation and direct resources to Indigenous and traditional communities.
As president Lula tries to find common ground between negotiating countries, planetary scientists say emissions must be urgently cut Mother Earth is watching over Cop30. “I am taking care to watch over all the decisions taken here about me,” she told the Guardian. The blessing card she presented said: “Knowing the powerful impact my thoughts can have on others and the environment, I choose to create a positive mindset.” This beautiful vision is in everyday life Nazaré Oliveira, an indigenous woman from Belém, and a descendant of the Potyguar people. She is part of the international spiritual organisation Brahma Kumaris , led by women and which uses meditation to emphasise the concept of identity as souls rather than bodies and the idea that humanity and nature are one. This is my fifth...
Faculty Advisors: Tom Bell, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institute Graduate Mentor: Sarah Lang, University of Rhode Island Oceans Group Introduction Faculty Advisor Tom Bell and Graduate Mentor Sarah Lang Isabella Showman Detecting Coastal Sea Ice Extent and Freshet Event Timing in Prudhoe Bay, Alaska Using Sentinel-1 C-SAR Isabella Showman, University of Washington The detachment of coastal […]
The depths of the Arctic Ocean have warmed more than scientists expected. New research has placed the blame on warmer water from Greenland
STATEMENT: Brazil and UK Announce Declaration to Improve Fertilizers for Food Security, Nature and Climate nate.shelter@wri.org Wed, 11/19/2025 - 12:11 Belém, Brazil (November 19, 2025) — At COP30, the governments of Brazil and the UK announced the Belém Declaration on Fertilisers , a ministerial call to action to improve the production and optimize the use of fertilizers in all their forms for food security, nature, and the climate. Japan also endorsed the call to action, along with a group of civil society organizations. Following is a statement from Richard Waite, Director, Agriculture Initiatives, World Resources Institute: “Synthetic and organic fertilizers are essential for achieving high crop and pasture yields and for feeding a growing global population...
The tech giant aims to offset its carbon emissions by bringing back a nuclear reactor in Pennsylvania.
Exclusive: André Corrêa do Lago says rise of clean energy must be acknowledged and rich countries need to do more Cop30 live – latest updates Cop30: click here for full Guardian coverage of climate talks in Brazil Oil-producing countries need to acknowledge the rise of clean energy, and rich countries will have to provide more assurances on finance if the chasm between negotiating nations at Cop30 is to be bridged, the president of the summit has said. André Corrêa do Lago, the veteran Brazilian climate diplomat in charge of the talks, said: “Developing countries are looking at developed countries as countries that could be much more generous in supporting them to be more sustainable. They could offer more finance, and technology.” Continue reading...
This is a re-post from The Climate Brink It's the COP time of the year: the 30th Conference of the Parties of the UNFCCC. In addition to countless delegates trekking down to Brazil, this also means the release of a number of high-profile reports approximately timed to the COP to maximize their impact. This year we have three new analyses that explore how much warming might be in store for us under current policies in place today as well as if countries meet their near-term nationally determined contributions under the Paris Agreement and their long-term net zero targets. The new analyses include updates to the high profile annually re-occurring estimates from the UNEP Emissions Gap Report , the IEA’s World Energy Outlook , and Climate Action Tracker...
Financing Adaptation: 11 Financial Instruments that Help Build Climate Resilience alicia.cypress… Wed, 11/19/2025 - 10:25 Climate adaptation has emerged as a high-return investment opportunity. A recent WRI analysis found that adaptation and resilience investments can unlock broad economic, social and environmental benefits that go far beyond simply avoiding losses, even when an extreme event doesn’t occur. The study — which evaluates the expected public benefits of 320 adaptation and resilience investments across agriculture, health, infrastructure and water — found that, on average, $1 invested in adaptation and resilience has the potential to generate more than $10 in benefits over 10 years. From Bonds to Blended Finance: How a Diverse Range of Financial Instruments...
Areas in the UK have been identified as having high potential for effective carbon capture and storage.
Billionaire hedge fund founder, climate change warrior and major Democratic donor Tom Steyer is running for governor. Fossil fuel and migrant detention facility investments will likely draw attacks from his fellow Democrats.
5 Key Insights on the State of US Clean Energy Jobs alicia.cypress… Wed, 11/19/2025 - 08:05 As a major source of new jobs, the clean energy industry represents an innovative and vital sector of the U.S. workforce. Workers with job titles like solar installer, energy storage engineer, battery manufacturing technician, energy efficiency auditor, electric vehicle charger maintenance worker and wind turbine technician, are all part of a workforce whose growth is outpacing overall employment growth despite overall economic slowdown and recessionary conditions in parts of the U.S. However, policy reversals by the Trump administration are creating an unpredictable environment for clean energy investors and developers, slowing the industry’s rapid growth and risking billions...
US sanctions on Russian oil giants Rosneft and Lukoil have significantly impacted India's crude imports, with shipments plummeting by 66% in November. Refineries are now wary of US penalties, leading to reduced new orders and expedited existing ones. This shift forces Russian exporters to adopt more opaque shipping methods to navigate sanctions.
Unter anderem in der aktuellen Bestätigungswelle dabei: Empire Of The Sun, Finch, Roy Bianco & Die Abbrunzati Boys, Nothing But Thieves, A Day To Remember, Wolf Alice & Billy Talent. Was schon längst klar war: Die Zwillings-Open-Airs – das Hurricane Festival in Scheeßel und das Southside Festival in Neuhausen ob Eck – finden auch im kommenden Jahr wieder statt. Und zwar vom 19. bis 21. Juni 2026. Tickets für beide Großevents sind bereits erhältlich. Die Ankündigung von insgesamt 58 weiteren Acts treibt den Ticketverkauf zusätzlich... Der Beitrag Hurricane & Southside 2026: SSIO, Florence + The Machine, Provinz & mehr bestätigt erschien zuerst auf Rolling Stone.
New advances in environmental science are providing a detailed understanding of the human costs of the Trump administration’s approach to climate change. Increasing temperatures are already killing enormous numbers of people. A ProPublica and Guardian analysis that draws on sophisticated modeling by independent researchers found that President Donald Trump’s “America First” agenda of expanding fossil fuels and decimating efforts to reduce emissions will add substantially to that toll, with the vast majority of deaths occurring outside the United States. Most of the people expected to die from soaring temperatures in the coming decades live in poor, hot countries in Africa and South Asia, according to recent research. Many of these countries emitted relatively little of the pollution...
[Capital FM] Nairobi -- The European Union (EU) is set to strengthen its cooperation with partners across the Indo-Pacific region, including African nations such as Kenya, focusing on security, economic resilience, and climate change at the upcoming 4th EU-Indo-Pacific Ministerial Forum.
[The Conversation Africa] Since it was set up in 1992, the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change has focused mainly on mitigation. Mitigating the effects of climate change is all about transitioning away from fossil fuels to renewable energy, improving energy efficiency and setting up new forests to absorb greenhouse gas emissions.
One expert says she is ‘starting to visualise the point where all we have left of corals and reefs is memories’ Sign up for climate and environment editor Adam Morton’s free Clear Air newsletter here Almost two out of three corals across popular tourism spots at the world heritage-listed Ningaloo reef died after an unprecedented marine heatwave hit the Western Australia region, scientists have said. The areas in Ningaloo’s northern lagoon had undergone a “profound ecological simplification” with coral species that were keystones to the habitat among those killed. Continue reading...
A warning for snow and ice reaches as far south as Cornwall, with much of western England and Scotland also facing yellow weather warnings.
Governments across Europe, the Pacific islands, Latin America and Africa embraced the call. The United States did not.
Denmark’s climate minister announced Monday that his government would submit a binding target to cut emissions by 82 percent by 2035 compared with 1990 levels.
Analysis of new-builds in Birmingham suggests all-electric homes not only use less energy but vary in peak usage Some of the first homes in the UK designed to meet new building standards put less pressure on the electricity grid than expected, a study has found. The all-electric properties in Handsworth, Birmingham, have heat pumps, which use electricity to provide heat rather than oil or gas. Continue reading...
[New Times] A group of Rwandan negotiators have outlined their expectations for the ongoing 30th United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP30) in Belém, Brazil.
China has told Japan it will suspend imports of Japanese seafood, Kyodo News said on Wednesday, citing a government source, as the bilateral tensions continue to spiral downwards. The suspension would come less than five months after Beijing announced it would lift a nearly two-year import ban on some Japanese seafood. Beijing had cited worries over Japan’s release of treated waste water from the Fukushima nuclear power plant. Before the ban in 2023, China, including Hong Kong, accounted for...
The Neoliner Origin set off on its inaugural two-week voyage from France to the US with the aim of revolutionising the notoriously dirty shipping industry It is 8pm on a Saturday evening and eight of us are sitting at a table onboard a ship, holding on to our plates of spaghetti carbonara as our chairs slide back and forth. Michel Péry, the dinner’s host, downplays the weather as a “ tempête de journalistes” – something sailors would not categorise as a storm, but which drama-seeking journalists might refer to as such to entertain their readers. But after a white-knuckle night in our cabins with winds reaching 74mph or force 12 – officially a hurricane – Péry has to admit it was not just a “journalists’ storm”, but the real deal. Continue reading...
[IPS] We need to protect the future of the millions of boys and girls on the frontlines of the climate crises around the world. I want world leaders to understand that this future starts now and, with urgency, position education at the core of climate resilience. --Adenike Titilope Oladosu, ecofeminist and Pan-African climate activist
Energy Environ. Sci. , 2025, Accepted Manuscript DOI : 10.1039/D5EE05206H, Paper Open Access This article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 3.0 Unported Licence. Yuan Shang, Yingna Ding, Ravindra Kokate, Ashutosh Rana, Jeffrey E Dick, Xinyuan Wu, Bram Hoex, Mingyue Wang, Nana Wang, Qihui Zhang, Priyank Vijaya Kumar, Dipan Kundu Aqueous zinc-ion batteries promise a safe, inexpensive, and sustainable platform for stationary energy storage, but their reversibility remains limited by dendrite and corrosion-mediated failure of the zinc anode. While low-concentration... The content of this RSS Feed (c) The Royal Society of Chemistry
The Trump administration has announced it is issuing a $1 billion loan to restart a Pennsylvania nuclear power plant.
India has fallen 13 ranks to 23rd in the Climate Change Performance Index, marking its biggest decline. Despite strong renewable energy growth, a rising trend in GHG emissions and a lack of a coal phase-out plan contributed to the drop. Experts suggest reducing new coal plants and continuing renewable expansion for a better future ranking.
A Trump administration proposal to allow more exploration for oil and gas violates environmental laws, the groups said.
We did not start this fire, but we are being handed the bill. The wealthy country’s bill. It’s time to pay it.The USD 1.3 trillion roadmap is only a starting point; delivery and accountability are the real tests of success. —Evans Njewa, Chair of the Least Developed Countries Group on Climate Change
The Met Office has issued an Amber weather warning with nearly a foot of snowfall expected in some areas as parts of Britain are gripped by an Arctic snap.
[African Union] The African Energy Commission (AFREC) has launched a new continental training on Renewable Energy in Nairobi today aimed at helping African Union (AU) Member States turn renewable energy concepts into bankable and buildable projects while fostering peer-to-peer knowledge exchange in Africa. The inaugural session brought together 45 energy sector officials from across the continent for an intensive, week-long course on planning, development and financing for renewable energy projects.
Despite some progress in slashing the highly potent greenhouse gas, experts say the world can, and must, go much further to cut methane pollution.
RELEASE: Brazil Pledges 100% Sustainable Management of National Waters by 2030, Joins the Ocean Panel at COP30 sophie.brady@wri.org Tue, 11/18/2025 - 11:37 Part of a global wave of commitments, Brazil's announcement underscores the ocean's critical role in tackling the climate crisis Belém, Brazil (November 18, 2025) – Today at COP30 in Belém, Brazil announced a landmark commitment to sustainably manage all 3.68 million km² of its national waters by 2030. Joining the High Level Panel for a Sustainable Ocean Economy (Ocean Panel) as its nineteenth member, Brazil brings important leadership and momentum to ocean-climate action. Brazil's ocean area is the tenth largest in the world, and boasts the longest coastline in South America. Its waters underpin an ocean...
Màiri McAllan has announced a major climbdown on the Scottish Government plans to introduce legislation which would require homes to be less reliant on fossil fuel powered heating systems.
So-called “mutirão decision” text provides first look at potential outcomes of UN climate summit – but don’t call it a cover text, say Brazilians If the world cannot solve the climate crisis within a capitalist system, “we should all go to bed and not wake up,” the influential economist Mariana Mazzucato has warned. A small but growing number of economists have suggested that capitalism is part of the problem , and that a healthy planet is not possible within such a system. But Mazzucato, professor of economics at University College London and one of the most respected thinkers working on public governance globally, disagrees. Continue reading...
Loganair is offering customers free rebooking due to the potential of weather-related disruption amid snow and ice.
Cold snaps and heat waves have contributed to tens of thousands of deaths in the United States over the past quarter-century, a new study says.
The EPA administrator offered some of his first public remarks on the controversial process that some say can boost plastic recycling rates.
Renewables are booming and emissions are easing, yet fossil-fuel states are holding back momentum on slowing climate change. Who are the surprising leaders and laggers in the latest climate rankings?
A page feels like it’s turning. After years of debate, the long-awaited roadmap for phasing out fossil fuels may finally be written into the official decisions of COP30.
Prime minister says fight over hosting rights jeopardises global unity needed for action to help Pacific islands Cop30: click here for full Guardian coverage of the climate talks in Brazil Get our breaking news email , free app or daily news podcast Anthony Albanese has said Australia will not stand in the way of Turkey hosting next year’s Cop31 climate summit, insisting the interests of Pacific Island countries should be prioritised amid a deadlock over where the 2026 event should take place. As this year’s Cop summit enters its final days in Brazil , Albanese said Australia wanted to win the hosting rights, but conceded the risk of the event defaulting to Germany would present a poor outcome for global action on climate change. Continue reading...
It is one of the world’s most vital carbon sinks, but this tropical rainforest is losing out when it comes to climate policy and funding In October 2023, leaders, scientists and policymakers from three of the world’s great rainforest regions – the Amazon, the Congo, and the Borneo-Mekong basins – assembled in Brazzaville, capital of the Republic of Congo. They were there to discuss one urgent question: how to save the planet’s last great tropical forests from accelerating destruction. For those present, the question was existential. But to their dismay, almost no one noticed. “There was very little acknowledgment that this was happening, outside of the Congo basin region,” says Prof Simon Lewis, a lecturer at the University of Leeds and University College London, and co-chair of the Congo...
[The Conversation Africa] Around the world, societies are looking for ways to live with climate change. Adapting to a hotter and harsher future means scientists, governments and communities must find ways to protect essential resources like land, homes, farms and water. Buildings need to stay cooler and withstand storms and floods, and crops need to survive more severe rains and droughts. Biologist and climate change scientist Serafino Afonso Rui Mucova studies how nature responds to human activity and changing weather in
This video includes personal musings and conclusions of the creator climate scientist Dr. Adam Levy . It is presented to our readers as an informed perspective. Please see video description for references (if any). Video description Climate change is here, today, and it's threatening our lives. Whether through the direct danger of extreme weather - from floods, to heatwaves, to wildfires - the dangers of diseases and new pandemics, or the harms from climate change's causes: whether that's toxic air or unhealthy diets. So let's take a look at all the ways climate change harms our lives, what we can do to protect ourselves, and what we have to gain by halting global warming. Support ClimateAdam on patreon: https://patreon.com/climateadam
India’s education system is facing mounting climate pressure, with 54 million students affected by heatwaves and drought in 2024. Girls are bearing the heaviest burden as water scarcity, migration, and school closures disrupt their learning. Similar patterns worldwide show how climate extremes are deepening gender gaps and pushing vulnerable students out of classrooms.
Energy Environ. Sci. , 2025, Accepted Manuscript DOI : 10.1039/D5EE05317J, Paper Xiaosa Xu, Junjie Chen, Jin Li, Zhenyu Wang, Zixiao Guo, Pengzhu Lin, Yu Wang, Jing Sun, Baoling Huang, Tianshou Zhao Anode-free solid-state lithium metal batteries are promising for energy storage owing to their maximum energy density, safety, and cost-effectiveness. However, their practical application remains hindered by fragile electrode-electrolyte interfaces (EEI)... The content of this RSS Feed (c) The Royal Society of Chemistry
Lobbyists representing industry responsible for a quarter to a third of global emissions participated in key talks at the UN climate summit More than 300 industrial agriculture lobbyists have participated at this year’s UN climate talks taking place in the Brazilian Amazon, where the industry is the leading cause of deforestation, a new investigation has found. The number of lobbyists representing the interests of industrial cattle farming, commodity grains and pesticides is up 14% on last year’s summit in Baku – and larger than the delegation of the world’s 10th largest economy, Canada, which brought 220 delegates to Cop30 in Belém, according to the joint investigation by DeSmog and the Guardian. Continue reading...
Chinese scientists have developed a catalyst that can turn biomass and coal-derived syngas directly into building blocks for plastic and synthetic rubber with higher efficiency and sustainability than existing methods. The iron-based nanoparticle catalyst converts syngas, or synthesis gas, into hydrogen and carbon-based compounds called olefins by coupling two reactions that separately have limitations but together have synergistic effects. This process produces olefins with a large variety of...
The legislation would close the "Halliburton Loophole" and strengthen other regulations on oil and gas production.
The nation, a major importer of thermal coal, will join about 60 countries in the Powering Past Coal Alliance.
[Capital FM] Nairobi -- Kenya's Cabinet Secretary for Environment, Climate Change and Forestry, Dr. Deborah Mlongo Barasa, delivered the collective stance of the Africa Group of Negotiators during a pivotal ministerial briefing at the COP30 conference here.
[ENA] Addis Ababa -- Ethiopia's plan to establish a nuclear power plant marks a crucial step toward diversifying its energy sources and expanding access to electricity across the country, Russian Ambassador to Ethiopia Evgeny Terekhin said.
The SNP Government's hopes of a green jobs bonanza are fading after an oil giant scrapped plans to develop a pioneering windfarm off Aberdeen.
This story has been made freely available as a public service to our readers. Please consider supporting SCMP’s journalism by subscribing. Hongkongers will feel even colder than the actual temperature due to a “wind chill effect” as the mercury is expected to drop to around 14 degrees Celsius (57.2 Fahrenheit) over the next few days, the weather forecaster has warned. Tse Shuk-mei, acting assistant director of the Hong Kong Observatory, said on Tuesday that a cold front had passed the coast of...
Doing so would make a big difference to the climate. The post How satellites can help us find and clean up methane super-polluters appeared first on Yale Climate Connections.
Hurricanes can bring saltwater floods. Officials often warn about the risk of EV batteries interacting with salt water, but power tools can also be affected.
With 80 percent of climate finance going to developed nations and just USD 5.5 billion, or 0.8 percent of climate finance, going to small-scale farmers and micro or small agri-food enterprises globally, rice farmer Mohd Yaseen Khan fears erratic weather will ruin him.
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