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In SUVs and on planes, richest 1% drive climate-heating emissions
Swimming in tomatoes, Kenyan farmers count cost of COVID
Top companies urge action on nature loss ahead of UN talks
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Coronavirus and climate change
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Direct action on climate change
Norway to spend $1.8bn on carbon capture project
Protesters occupy Swiss square demanding action on climate change
Tropical Storm Beta to drop a foot of rain in Texas and Louisiana
Spinning clock in New York counts down time until climate disaster
Three dead after rare Mediterranean storm batters Greece
Firefighters in U.S. northwest aided by weather
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Fires and floods hurl climate change to fore of U.S. election
Greta Thunberg: Climate strikers plan 'safe' return to protests
Oregonians talk of shock and disbelief as U.S. wildfires rage
Surge in forest loss seen if Brazil reserves opened to mining
New Jersey governor signs law to protect poor from pollution
Rain aids effort to control blazes in U.S.; 1 firefighter dies
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In pandemic spotlight, public banks ponder a greener role
Burps to burgers: food companies work to slash cattle emissions
Q&A - The science behind the moo-ve from cattle methane emissions?
Storm Noul makes landfall in Vietnam, kills at least one person
Malaysia's battle against plastic waste spans beaches and shops
Hurricane Sally's rains wreak havoc on southeastern U.S. states
Crews battle U.S. West Coast fires amid 'apocalyptic' ruin
'Nobody has done anything': Amazon group decries illegal mining
analysis
All must come aboard for a smooth ride to carbon-neutral future
Colombian tribe left homeless by fighting and coronavirus
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South Africa’s battle between coal and climate
A Nobel for Thunberg? In an age of climate change, it is possible
Uganda reverses forest destruction by inviting in ... loggers
Sally weakens to tropical storm, leaves floods on US Gulf Coast
Brazil's soy frontier to grow at fastest pace in four years
Slow-moving storms may be latest hazard of climate change
Eight European nations urge Brazil to act on Amazon deforestation
EU exec wants tougher 2030 climate goals & billions in green bonds
EU parliament votes to allow some gas projects to get green money
Global net-zero goal would require $1-2 trln a year investment
Military demand for land puts northern Kenya's farmers on edge
Headaches and hospital visits as smoke blankets the U.S. West
Climate change and COVID land Nepal's tea production in hot water
Hurricane Sally threatens 'catastrophic flooding' on US Gulf Coast
Wildfire smoke causes record pollution in Oregon
U.N. says global goals to protect nature need women to succeed
Fear of more corona-like pandemics as land rights 'under siege'
In busy Atlantic hurricane season, storm names to be all Greek
As world misses UN wildlife targets, bright spots offer hope
Lego intensifies search for sustainable bricks
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About our Climate coverage

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

Opinion

Mitzi Jonelle Tan, Disha Ravi & ... Fridays for Future

It's time to #FightClimateInjustice

Despite the COVID-19 pandemic, youth activists are relaunching strikes for faster, fairer action on climate threats
Stephen Eisenman Anthropocene Alliance

Monster hurricanes are now inevitable - but flooding is not

Here's how to cut the risks of disaster
Eric Dinerstein RESOLVE

Does the world need a global safety net?

It's time to conserve more land, to deal with climate change and biodiversity loss, and to prevent more pandemics
Antonio Inguane and Bruno ... Cadasta Foundation

Preserve nature or survive: Amazon farmers’ COVID-19 dilemma

The coronavirus pandemic has disrupted small-scale farmers’ entire supply chains

In Depth

'Nobody has done anything': Amazon indigenous group decries illegal mining
analysis
All must come aboard for a smooth ride to carbon-neutral future
analysis
Indigenous land intrusions help drive higher virus death toll in the Amazon
'Cadillac insurance'? Hunt for private firefighters as California burns

Videos & Pictures

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How coronavirus is affecting climate change
Somaliland: One land's quest to defuse a climate 'timebomb'
City of Dry Lakes | Bangalore in 360
Can planting trees really stop climate change?
When disasters and conflicts collide: Colombia
Land of Little Rain

Editor's Picks

U.N. says global goals to protect nature need women to succeed
'Not seeing the urgency': Communications failure blamed for climate inaction
UK citizens' assembly wants 'fair' path to 2050 net-zero emissions goal
Brazil court decision sparks fears indigenous land could be handed to farmers