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OPINION: Delayed climate policy costs more annually, with homes lost and whānau scattered.

Ireland’s climate watchdog says work urgently needed to restore flood plains and peatlands to prevent further flooding

The prince says 2026 was the first summer he felt "worried about the scale of the wildfires".

Several Middle Eastern countries are raising their preparedness by running safety drills at key sites, increasing food supplies and testing military capabilities. The move comes as Iran's attacks on shipping lanes strain supply chains and as US-Iran negotiations fail to reach a breakthrough, raising the prospects of a wider war. US President Donald Trump’s r

India will reiterate that developed countries must fulfil their financial obligations to developing nations; finance provided by developed countries must not add to the debt burden of developing countries, says Environment Minister Bhupender Yadav

<p>PARIS: Exceeding 1.5C of global warming will have “irreversible” consequences for glaciers, sea ice and the Earth’s frozen regions, two UN reports warned on Monday, calling for urgent action.</p> <p>The landmark 2015 Paris Agreement commits the world to limiting warming to well below 2C and pursuing efforts to hold it at 1.5C to try to avoid the worst eff

The Lagos State Government is targeting up to $50bn in climate investments from over 300 projects at the upcoming COP31 conference in Türkiye. Read More: https://punchng.com/lagos-targets-50bn-climate-investment-at-cop31/

The Yale professor moved climate change into mainstream economic analysis.

The King met the prime minister and Andrew Forrest aboard a 75-metre vessel powered by ammonia to highlight his interest in climate action.

Former President of Ireland Mary Robinson has been elected to lead an international organisation that is helping developing countries attract billions of dollars in investment to build cleaner, more sustainable economies and tackle climate change.

OTTAWA — Canada will present itself as an international climate leader when it sends a delegation to the annual UN climate talks next week in Turkey, despite its rollbacks of climate policy under Prime Minister Mark Carney.

Despite coming after a year of dangerous weather and signs that global warming is accelerating, COP31 is unlikely to deliver dramatic progress on climate action

Owning a home is billed as a way to build wealth. For many, it's turning into a trap.

As the cost of living rises, a poll for Grist from Data for Progress suggests voters are connecting the dots to a warming world.

The cuts, compounded by the rollback of Inflation Reduction Act grants, deepen decades of federal underinvestment in Indian Country.

Climate change has all but disappeared from Democrats' campaign pitches, replaced by promises to lower electricity bills. So what would the party really do for climate policy should it win control of Congress?

Climate change has all but disappeared from Democrats' campaign pitches, replaced by promises to lower electricity bills. So what would the party really do for climate policy should it win control of Congress?

While nitrogen gas is harmless, the production of fertilizers used to feed the world converts it into reactive nitrogen, and that comes with a cost.

Rarefied market includes jeans-wearing hipsters in their 20s and wealthy people in their 40s with family links to Ireland

Nigeria will require approximately $336.5bn between 2026 and 2035 to finance climate change mitigation and adaptation programmes, says an official. Read More: https://punchng.com/nigeria-needs-336-5bn-for-climate-action/

The Hunter Valley's climate has become increasingly compromised with the region's producers looking elsewhere for grapes.

VANCOUVER — Zoe Grames-Webb has told Canada's first youth-led climate trial she still remembers the "completely grey wall of smoke" she woke up to in 2017 while staying at a cabin on British Columbia's Sunshine Coast.

The event will bring researchers, farmers, governments, start-ups and businesses from around the world to New Delhi

In the dystopian future of The Seeker Effect, the orbit of a drowning Earth has shifted and times are out of joint. Five citizens, who have been let out of their isolation pods, must do anything to avoid returning to the pointlessness of incarceration.

<p>• Ex-health officials slam country’s ‘too little, too late’ disaster response; demand climate-proof hospitals, early warnings, heat action plans<br>• Study calls for climate change to be declared global health emergency<br>• Heat-related deaths rise 36pc since Paris accord; economic losses estimated at over $1tr</p> <p>ISLAMABAD: Health and environmental

Seagrass Restoration and Ecosystem Services Research Group (Sesreg) Universitas Hasanuddin&nbsp;(Unhas) bersama ...

He’s about to step up to the world stage at the UN climate change conference. But the energy minister has had high ambitions since childhood.

The US power sector could release 42 percent more planet-heating carbon dioxide pollution by 2030 than it did in 2025 as it builds out more fossil fuel infrastructure to meet data center electricity demand, according to a new analysis by the Sierra Club. That would essentially wipe out 15 years of greenhouse gas reductions. CO2 […]

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A recent study questioned the carbon intensity of electricity generated by such facilities

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Ancient ice discovered high in Tibet may be more than 128,000 years old, preserving an extraordinary record of Earth's climate that scientists previously thought had been lost. The discovery reveals a rare glimpse into the last ice age and could reshape our understanding of how glaciers survive dramatic changes in global climate.

Scepticism about the cause of climate change persists among the public, proving fossil fuel firms did a good job of sowing confusion

Canada's prime minister used to be an eco-warrior. Now, not so much.

Ecologist Steven Allison argues for the importance of microbes in fighting climate change in a convincing and hopeful book, The Age of Microbes, says Christa Lesté-Lasserre

It's not clear which countries will sign up and the U.S., the biggest developer of data centers, is no longer part of the COP process.

Climate change should formally be declared a global health emergency, experts have warned after they found that impacts on human health are outpacing the action countries are taking.

President Donald Trump said that his administration is "terminating" a Biden-era rule that aimed to cut planet-warming emissions of methane from oil and gas drilling.

SEOUL, Oct. 28 (Yonhap) -- South Korea will be at the forefront of efforts to co...

A new Lancet report finds the number of heat-related deaths has been growing since the 2015 Paris Agreement, despite real gains from the climate pact.

SEOUL, Oct. 28 (Yonhap) -- A foundation led by former U.N. Secretary-General Ban...

Many detrimental health indicators linked to climate change are moving in the wrong direction, the report's authors said.

A new Lancet report reveals the growing toll of climate change on human health, from rising heat deaths and drought to food insecurity and lost livelihoods.

Türkiye’s ambassador to Nigeria has called for a decisive shift from climate pledges to practical action, urging improved climate finance for developing na Read More: https://punchng.com/turkiye-urges-shift-from-climate-pledges-to-action-ahead-of-cop31/

Standard Bank cannot market itself as a champion of human rights and green progress while it bankrolls environmental destruction and community dispossession in east Africa. This matter is now before South Africa’s Advertising Regulatory Board.

The Commission says it's not giving up on slashing emissions but acknowledges that's no longer enough.

All that's left of a gargantuan ice sheet that once covered nearly 30 percent of North America is a Delaware-size ice cap in Canada. Scientists have found that the ice cap began to expand around 2,000 years ago—a sign of a new ice age—but it started shrinking in the 1960s

The UNFCCC’s 2026 NDC Synthesis Report found that even full implementation, including conditional pledges, would cut emissions only 9% below 2019 levels by 2035

Readers discuss the federal Coalition’s retreat from its climate policy to fund budget cuts.

Rising energy demand, driven by changing lifestyles and the growth of AI, is adding pressure to the global energy transition, IRENA chief Francesco La Camera told CNA's Roland Lim.

<p>Letter to PM argues series of wrong choices on North Sea oil, Heathrow, EVs and heat pumps will scupper net zero plans</p><p>Andy Burnham will “sleepwalk” into climate disaster if he fails to get a grip on a series of important policies whose combined impact could scupper plans to reach net zero, campaigners have said.</p><p>Big decisions on <a href="http

The latest climate pledges put forth by nations will cut global greenhouse gas emissions just 6% by 2035, a UN report has said, weeks before COP31 talks in Turkey.

Coalition to argue 18-point plan will show it has not downgraded climate ambitions, as Opposition claims

Oxfam research shows wealthiest contribute most to climate change but escape its consequences

We will all pay for this negligence. And it doesn’t have to be this way

Residents of Serua Island want to protect their ancestral home and the culture linked to it. The island also boasts "$100 million views."

Artificial intelligence (AI) and big data have overtaken climate change as the top risk among experts worldwide, underscoring growing concerns that technological development is advancing faster than regulators' ability to prepare for its potential consequences, says French insurer Axa.

An NGO has trained 100 women farmers in Doma LGA, Nasarawa State, on climate education and sustainable farming practices to improve their livelihoods. Read More: https://punchng.com/climate-change-ngo-trains-nasarawa-women-farmers-in-smart-agriculture/

A ministerial meeting chaired by Agriculture Minister T. Siddique also decided to formulate short- and long-term plans to mitigate the effects of climate change