climate change

Researchers are investigating how net entanglement is affecting humpback whale populations.

Meet the team tracking humpback whale scars in Iceland

Different languages have different ways of describing the problems of the climate crisis.

6 must-know European phrases to understand the climate crisis

Child activists join a march through Westminster during a 'climate strike' demonstration, part of the global 'Fridays for Future' movement

Seven in ten children fear climate change, survey shows

New analysis suggests that plants can pass on climate adaptation tips to their offspring.

Plants help their offspring cope with climate change, research shows

People walk arround the remains of the church of Sant Roma de Sau as it emerges from the low waters of the Sau Reservoir, north of Barcelona, Spain.

Catalonia introduces restrictions on water use as Spain prays for rain

Coca-Cola, Unilever, and Nestle have all been named in the top five most polluting companies for plastic waste

Coca-Cola is named world’s worst plastic polluter for a fifth year

The top military spenders, which include Britain, the US and France, also emit the most greenhouse gases.

These wealthy nations are spending 30 times more on arms than climate

18/11/2022

G20 Leaders raise their garden hoes for a group photo during a tree planting event at the Taman Hutan Raya Ngurah Rai Mangrove Forest

G20 leaders agree to keep 1.5C warming target ‘within reach’

16/11/2022

U.S. President Joe Biden shakes hands with Chinese President Xi Jinping as they meet on the sidelines of the G20 leaders' summit in Bali, Indonesia, November 14, 2022. REUTERS

US and China to resume some cooperation on climate change

15/11/2022

The not-for-profit search engine is adding a feature that will rate the climate pledges of major corporations.

Ecosia introduces climate ratings for big companies on search results

14/11/2022

N Secretary-General Antonio Guterres speaks at the COP26 UN Climate Summit in Glasgow, Scotland last year.

World leaders must bring us back on track at COP27, UN chief warns

04/11/2022

Restrictions on access to COP27 - including hosting it in an isolated resort - will curb civil society participation in the event, activists have warned

COP27 will be ‘controlled and curated,’ activists warn

01/11/2022

Activists from Germany's Uprising of the Last Generation hold a sign reading, "What if the government doesn't have it under control?"

Why did these German activists glue themselves to a dinosaur display?

31/10/2022

Nice, as well as Antibes, Cannes and other coastal locations on the French Riviera are at the greatest risk of a tsunami in France.

Is Europe at risk from tsunamis? Inside France's secure warning centre

29/10/2022

Wind turbines from the Judet de Constanta wind power plant in a field of sunflowers in Romania.

Europeans want leaders to prioritise renewable energy, survey finds

28/10/2022

Fossil fuel emissions. The Australian Securities and Investment Commission (ASIC) has fined Tlou Energy $53,280 (€34,260) for making “factually incorrect” statements

Australian energy company fined €35,000 for greenwashing

27/10/2022

Experts are sounding a new alarm about the effects of climate change for parts of the Caribbean: the depletion of already strained drinking water throughout much of the region

View: We need to listen to vulnerable nations about loss and damage

25/10/2022

Displaced people stand on flooded highway, following rains and floods during the monsoon season in Sehwan, Pakistan.

EU countries seek common stance on climate compensation ahead of COP27

24/10/2022

Sanya Mangrove Park, China

China's sponge cities are a ‘revolutionary rethink’ to stop flooding

22/10/2022

Climate change is going to worsen the impact of 58 per cent of diseases, 2022 research has warned.

'Terrifying’: Experts explain what climate change will do to disease

20/10/2022

62 per cent of reinsurance companies have plans to stop covering coal projects, a new report has revealed.

Coal 'uninsurable' as climate change prompts insurance industry u-turn

19/10/2022

Researchers hope we could cool the earth by launching fleets of planes that spray sun-blocking aerosols into the atmosphere

Could reflecting sunlight back into space help reverse global warming?

14/10/2022

The US Dakota plane crashed in the Swiss Alps in 1946 during World War Two

WWII plane pulled from melting Swiss glacier 76 years after it crashed

14/10/2022

The Svalbard Global Seed Vault preserves the world's crop seeds from war, disease and other catastrophes.

Arctic doomsday vault helps countries prepare for the unknown

13/10/2022

Petteri Taalas, Secretary-General of the WMO, says the war in Ukraine is accelerating the development of and investment in green energies over the longer term.

War in Ukraine a ‘blessing’ for climate, says UN weather chief

12/10/2022