The global energy transition is now “unstoppable” due to “smart economics”, UN secretary-general António Guterres has said in an online speech titled: “A moment of opportunity.” His comments coincide ...

UK potatoes, South Korean cabbage and west African cocoa are just some of the foods that became markedly more expensive after extreme weather events in recent years, according to new research. The ...

The EU does not want to enter a “race” with China to develop new clean-energy technologies that leads towards “low incomes” or “lower environmental standards”, according to Teresa Ribera, the bloc’s ...

Flash flooding in central Texas on Friday has killed at least 82 people, including dozens of children who were attending summer camps over the holiday weekend ...

The “vast majority” of the UK government’s plans to prepare for climate hazards have made virtually no progress over the past two years, according to the Climate Change Committee (CCC). In that time, ...

Global temperatures in the first quarter of 2025 were the 2nd warmest on record, extending a remarkable run of exceptional warmth that began in July 2023.

Nations have agreed to introduce a worldwide carbon-pricing system for international shipping to drive the sector towards net-zero emissions.

A new study warns that global declines in soil moisture over the 21st century could mark a “permanent” shift in the world’s water cycle.

Climate change and “unsustainable human activities” are driving “unprecedented changes” to mountains and glaciers, threatening access to fresh water for more than two billion people, a UN report warns ...

The UK’s greenhouse gas emissions fell by 3.6% in 2024 as coal use dropped to the lowest level since 1666, the year of the Great Fire of London, according to new Carbon Brief analysis. Major ...

Large-scale banana plantations in Latin America and the Caribbean could face a “dramatic” reduction in “suitable” growing area by 2080.

IPCC meeting in Hangzhou, China, marked the third time that governments have failed to agree on a timeline for the organisation’s AR7.