Climate news

Youth activists urge bigger say for climate-hit Africans
in depth
Can Canada's oil-rich Alberta capture a low-carbon future?
Deforestation in Brazil's Amazon rises for second month
News Package
Forests and climate change
In Depth
Ex-logger leads firefighters defending Indonesia's peatlands
Asian Development Bank to end coal, oil and gas financing
British spies warn of hacking threat to smart cities
Carbon emissions drop across Europe in 2020 - Eurostat
German climate ruling huge opportunity for Europe
South Pole, Mitsubishi eye up to $800m of carbon removal credits
COVID deaths dispute pits indigenous Brazilians against government
Climate finance hopes for poor nations pinned on G7 summit
U.N. chief urges 'substantial' G7 climate aid pledges
UN methane report ups pressure on EU to tackle greenhouse gas
World must go beyond 'hot air' at COP26 climate summit: UK PM
About 15% of Ivory Coast's cocoa farms 'are in protected forest'
China carbon emissions exceeded OECD total in 2019 -research
Energy sector to bear brunt of stepped up German climate law
U.S. solar jobs fell 7% in 2020 on pandemic, efficiency gains
How low can you go? Volkswagen throws down the emissions gauntlet
Facing climate risks, Vietnamese rice farmers switch to shrimp
COVID-19 seen slowing city shift to green transport
U.S. eyes nuclear reactor tax credit to meet climate goals
'Cooling gap' widens, despite rising heat, as virus hikes poverty
Unilever says majority of shareholders in favour of climate plan
Italy promises 'brutal' cuts to red tape delaying clean energy
Melting Antarctic could push seas to 'catastrophic' levels
Barclays offers vote on climate progress as activist heat rises
Germany sets tougher emission reduction targets after ruling
analysis
Forest emission reductions get a makeover, with $1 bln new funding
EU leaders want to challenge perceptions of lithium mining
'It's my home': Island activist who forced German climate action
Activist Thunberg says global leaders still in denial over climate
Retailers urge Brazil to scrap bill seen boosting deforestation
Senate Democrats propose to shift U.S. to EV transit buses
New 2030 emissions targets lower warming estimate but not enough
French parliament approves climate bill to green the economy
Merkel expects climate change law to go to cabinet in coming week
EU carbon price hits record above 50 euros per tonne
Australia to create disaster recovery office after fires, floods
Governments put on legal 'notice' over fossil-fuel export finance
French banks told to speed up response to climate change
U.S. approves massive solar project in California desert
Biden admin proposes phase out of climate-damaging refrigerant
Poland's plan to extend coal mine's life could cost it EU funds
Corn crop feeds prosperity in Bangladesh's flood-prone north
NGOs call on ADB to end fossil fuel loans amid climate reboot
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We focus on the human and development impacts of climate change.

Opinion

Paul Behrens Leiden University

Will renewable power take too much land? Probably not

Solar panels and wind turbines can take more space than fossil fuel power – but they can double up with other uses and bring big benefits
Tamara Wood and Edwin Abuya

It’s time for answers for Africa’s ‘climate refugees’

Experts are joining forces to figure out law and policy answers to deal with rising climate-driven migration in Africa
Saleemul Huq International Centre for Climate Change and Development

We must discuss the Paris accord every day, not once a year at COP

As the pandemic again threatens the annual UN climate summit, known as the COP, it's time to push on with a fresh approach that uses all opportunities for climate action
Andrew Norton International Institute for Environment and Development (IIED)

Aid cuts set UK on course to sleepwalk into a COP26 collapse

Britain's decision to trim its aid budget sends entirely the wrong message to world leaders - that under-delivering for vulnerable countries is OK

In Depth

analysis
Rich nations under fire for funding gas as 'bridge fuel' overseas
Pakistan sends in armed force to stop logging in northern forests
analysis
'Wilful ignorance': Flood-hit Australia urged to rethink climate adaptation
analysis
Businesses join hands to find 'right recipe' for zero-carbon industries

Videos & Pictures

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Young lives on the line: #climatecrisis
How coronavirus is affecting climate change
Can planting trees really stop climate change?
South Africa’s battle between coal and climate
City of Dry Lakes | Bangalore in 360
Land of Little Rain

Editor's Picks

Dispute over COVID-19 deaths pits indigenous Brazilians against gov't
'Cooling gap' widens, despite rising heat, as pandemic hikes poverty
Protecting nature can lower risk of armed conflict, says conservation body
John Kerry calls on scientists to lead fight against climate change denial