More than 70% of adaptation plans for European cities are ‘inconsistent’. Nearly half of the 327 cities assessed have not published an adaptation plan, leaving us unsure as to whether or how they are trying to reduce climate threats.
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Methane: Where it comes from and why we're running out of time. Methane concentrations have risen faster over the past five-year period than in any period since record-keeping began.
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Zebrafish bred for heat tolerance show no apparent tradeoffs in fitness or metabolism. Global warming is already very tough for animals in the wild, but it may be toughest for creatures like fish, whose body temperatures are controlled by the water temperatures around them.
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Green raw deal: House Republicans targeting clean energy tax credits in budget proposal. “The legislation would reverse the most reckless parts of the engorged climate spending in the misnamed Inflation Reduction Act.”
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Number of internally displaced breaks new record with no let-up in conflicts, disasters, with the United States alone making up about one in four of those displaced. With weather hazards continuously worsening owing to climate change, there is little to suggest that the trend will not continue.
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Trump’s energy secretary denies freezing federal funding, asking ‘What does frozen mean’? With energy projects nationwide still in limbo, companies impacted by Trump-era “review” left searching for answers on unfinished projects.
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European companies are increasingly lobbying for strong climate action, research has found, in a “profound shift” that analysts say challenges the narrative that businesses see green rules as a threat to profits.
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Car use and meat consumption drive emissions gender gap, research suggests. Men emit 26% more planet-heating pollution than women from transport and food, with the gap shrinking to 18% after controlling for socioeconomic factors such as income and education.
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Dairy companies ‘turning blind eye’ to global methane emissions, report suggests. Animal agriculture accounts for 32% of global emissions of methane, a greenhouse gas about 80 times more potent than carbon dioxide over a 20-year period.
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Glaciers are melting faster than ever, threatening biodiversity and ecosystem stability worldwide
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How to make electric vehicles that don't trash forests with mining. Using battery technology that is less reliant on minerals can avert worsening environmental damage caused by the stampede to secure materials for EVs.
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A catastrophic algal bloom, fueled by warming oceans and calm marine conditions,is killing marine life on the shores of South Australia (SA) on an unprecedented scale. Experts, beach goers and officials describe it as an unfolding “marine apocalypse”.
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Heat extremes in southern Africa might continue even if net-zero emissions are achieved
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Revoking EPA climate rule could trigger carbon boom. Trump’s move to kill the power plant climate regulation could offer a lifeline to coal while sinking renewable energy.
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How carmakers fought EU rules and won. After months of lobbying, lawmakers watered down a provision aimed at cutting CO2 emissions from cars.
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Evaporative coolers are a popular and climate-friendly cooling option in arid regions, but temperatures in New Mexico are rising beyond what the home appliances can manage.
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UK windfall tax can fund switch to green jobs for North Sea oil workers. Campaigners call for energy profits levy to be made permanent to enable ‘just transition’ from fossil fuels.
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Tory energy spokesman claims UN climate experts are ‘biased’, and says Kemi Badenoch could pull UK out of Paris climate agreement.
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Solar panel manufacturing is booming in red states. “We’ve now got five times as much solar panel manufacturing capacity in the U.S. as we did just two years ago.”
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Alert to climate change, which intensifies flooding events, UK authorities are strengthening their defenses and turning to solutions more sympathetic with the environment.
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From Oak Flat to Ukraine: Trump’s feverish lust for green energy resources. Trump doesn’t care about the climate or green energy policies, which he’s called a “scam.” Still, he understands that whoever commands those resources has the power to navigate the future of the global economy.
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Climate crisis threatens the banana, the world’s most popular fruit, research shows. Almost two-thirds of banana-growing areas in Latin America and the Caribbean may no longer be suitable for growing the fruit by 2080.
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After Blair’s bombshell, will Labour stick with or abandon net zero? Under pressure from Reform and from the former PM, Keir Starmer is facing a series of tests of his resolve on green policy.
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Aphids are plaguing gardeners this spring due to the warm weather, with higher numbers of the rose-killing bugs expected to thrive in the UK as a result of climate breakdown.
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Texas has just introduced a striking new piece of legislation, Senate Bill 715, which has shaken investor confidence across the energy sector, not just within renewables. It is, in reality, an aggressive intervention into existing contractual arrangements.
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