Climate news

explainer
1.5C warming limit in doubt as countries lag on emissions
Indian villagers cling to coal despite damaged farms and homes
analysis
Climate finance shortfall threatens global warming goals
News Package
Setting the stage for COP26
In Depth
As it looks to solar, Los Angeles targets an inclusive green shift
Nations' emission pledges still fall short of global climate goals
Rich states set to fall short of $100 bln climate funding goal
Biden convenes world leaders to discuss climate ahead of COP26
Coronavirus compounds climate disasters but shows action can work
Indonesian environment ministry to appeal air pollution verdict
analysis
More funds needed for nature-rich nations to make global deal fly
Glasgow climate summit at risk of failure, U.N. chief warns
Could a U.N. human rights and climate change envoy be created?
UN says world likely to miss climate targets despite COVID pause
UK climate envoy to visit South Africa to discuss shift from coal
Al Gore-backed climate project to track emissions in real-time
Pollution to products? Recycled carbon emissions come to consumers
In race to net zero, cities champion community-led green solutions
Haiti farmers hit hard by storms and drought with little support
EU pledges 4 billion euros more in climate funds for poor nations
Biden's lofty climate goals clash with political, economic reality
China's hard climate stance with U.S. imperils Glasgow talks
Extreme weather will cost U.S. over $100 bln this year
U.S., EU pursuing global deal to slash planet-warming methane
Firms sucking carbon from air see boost from climate 'code red'
Heavy downpours from Nicholas batter Texas, Louisiana
interview
Meet Ebony Twilley Martin, Greenpeace USA's first Black director
explainer
How climate inaction is fuelling a youth mental health crisis
Stop funding coal abroad, NGO group to top investor Bank of China
As COP26 nears, pressure grows on Asia to cancel new coal projects
Killings of Colombia environmental activists hit record, NGO says
Green lawmakers urge EU to speed up climate change measures
Environmental threats are biggest challenge to human rights -UN
Climate change could trigger internal migration of 216 mln people
Scientists scramble to harvest ice cores as glaciers melt
Shanghai suspends schools, flights as typhoon approaches China
Villagers flee homes as Spanish wildfire blazes for fifth day
Indonesia ends deforestation pact with Norway, citing non-payment
UN chief urges China, US to keep spats out of climate fight
IUCN votes to protect Amazon forest from 'apocalyptic scenario'
Poor nations say logistics may exclude them from climate talks
Surging wind industry faces its own green dilemma: landfills
Deforestation in Brazil's Amazon falls for 2nd month, remains high
Harvard University to end investment in fossil fuels
U.S. clean energy sector must expand hiring beyond white men
U.S. Treasury official seeks insurance changes for extreme weather
Google to replenish 20% more water than it uses by 2030
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About our Climate coverage

We focus on the human and development impacts of climate change.

Opinion

Bronson Griscom Conservation International

The most promising carbon capture technology is nature

Each year, Earth’s vegetation and oceans capture and store half of human emissions - a massive ecological subsidy to the global economy, entirely taken for granted.
Helen Clark Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (EITI)

Collective action can stop corruption in the extractives sector

The countries most affected, and the industries where so much of the corruption takes place, need to be at the forefront of putting in reforms
Simon Zadek Finance for Biodiversity (F4B) Initiative

How to make finance work for healthier, more sustainable food

Like the clean energy revolution, the private sector must invest in a rapid, fair and green transition of today's unviable global food system
João Campari & Juan-Lucas ...

More biodiverse food systems will tackle climate and nature crises

The ways we feed ourselves - through just a few crops and animals - are unsustainable for people and planet

In Depth

Firms sucking carbon from air see boost from 'code red' climate crisis
analysis
Two years on, forest pact's 'good intentions' do little to protect Amazon
As nature shifts, climate change forces rewrite of U.S. conservation strategy 
insight
INSIGHT - If your coffee's going downhill, blame climate change

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

Warming-hit nations get closer to creating U.N. climate rights envoy
explainer
How climate inaction is driving a mental health crisis in children
As climate talks near, pressure grows on Asia to cancel new coal projects
Hurricane Ida power failures prompt calls for more solar energy, tougher grids