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The key goals of the Paris agreement will not be achieved

Ancient plants reveal that the vestiges of the North American ice sheet started expanding a few thousand years ago, but that climate change caused it to reverse course.

From off-the-scale fires in Indonesia to disruptions to the Panama Canal, predictions that this year’s El Niño would hit hard are panning out.

We now have a clearer picture of what happened in the decades following the asteroid impact that led to the extinction of almost all dinosaurs

The defence secretary says the UK needs to be ready for scenarios including impact to essential supply chains.

D’ici dix ans, l’un des plus grands glaciers du sud de l’Europe pourrait avoir disparu. L’Aneto fond à une vitesse spectaculaire, sous l’effet du réchauffement climatique. Maude Petit-Jové s’est rendue sur place pour constater l’ampleur de cette fonte et ses conséquences sur ce paysage emblématique des Pyrénées.

Helion now has another $225 million to help speed development of its first fusion power plant, due to provide Microsoft with electricity in 2028.

Cette somme représente moins de 0,5% du coût estimé de la reconstruction par le gouvernement népalais, soit 4,78 milliards de dollars.

Parmi les plus menacés figurent la Grande Barrière de corail en Australie, le Triangle de corail dans l’océan Pacifique occidental et en Asie du Sud-Est, la barrière de corail mésoaméricaine dans les Caraïbes, ainsi que les récifs coralliens de la mer Rouge.

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Shallow-water coral reefs are at high risk of disappearing by 2075, the IUCN has warned at a UN biodiversity conference. The loss would decimate fisheries and speed up coastal erosion

In its first global assessment, the world authority on threatened wildlife classified 96% of coral reef systems as "critically endangered."

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A postponement would clear the way for a deal to be struck on other key elements of Britain’s “reset” with the bloc.

Sollten sich andere EU-Institutionen anschließen könnte einige Verpflichtungen in der EU-Methanverordnung erst 2030 gelten.

Best case is now an overshoot to 1.8º C, accompanied by massive carbon removal.

A young family thought they had escaped the toxic legacy of Love Canal with a dream house near a creek in the suburbs. Then the men in the hazmat suits showed up.

Australia's biggest renewable energy project, which has faced financial and timeline challenges since its inception, could now cost $25 billion and is expected to be delivered in late 2029.

Without intervention, a crunch point for emergency supplies could come as soon as this winter under extreme circumstances, regulators warned.

Tour our miniature dream house to see how oil and gas became part of everyday products.

Dans le même temps, le climat de l'emploi poursuit son affaiblissement, explique l'institution.

La COP17 sur la biodiversité s'est ouverte lundi en Arménie. Moins connue que la COP Climat, elle attire cependant de plus en plus de participants face à une prise de conscience des enjeux.

C'est l'un des enjeux présentés par l'Unesco lors de la COP 17 sur la biodiversité. Près de 200 pays sont réunis en Arménie pour tenter de relancer les efforts de protection de la nature.

À Longyearbyen, la capitale administrative de l'archipel arctique situé à 1 300 kilomètres du pôle Nord, les 2 600 habitants ont été avertis qu'ils ne devaient plus boire l'eau du robinet en raison d'une contamination aux métaux lourds. Le phénomène est directement lié au dégel du pergélisol dans l'une des régions du monde qui se réchauffe le plus rapidement

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An estimated 1,500 people are dying prematurely in Ireland each year because of exposure to air pollution, despite the country meeting all existing European Union air-quality standards.

A dead whale washes up on rocky shoreline in Sydney's east, prompting Randwick Council to close two popular beaches.

A rush of new data centers could bring air pollution roaring back to levels not seen since the 2000s in Texas, which has become ground zero for the physical infrastructure behind generative AI. New and proposed data centers are demanding a tremendous amount of electricity. How developers and utilities meet that demand - with gas […]

Weidel said the far-right AfD is in "talks" to bridge differences with France’s National Rally that largely concern Russia.

To compete with Tesla, Rivian, and a host of Chinese automakers, GM’s fourth-gen EV platform will roll out a new central computer and electrical architecture that will debut in 2028 in the Cadillac Escalade IQ.

With a strong El Niño summer looming, modelling reveals fire seasons are 21 per cent longer than they were 50 years ago, cause $6b in damage a year, and 5.6 million homes are at risk.

Bushfires will cost the economy an average of $6 billion a year over the next 30 years, nearly triple previous estimates, a national study warns.

The Central Bank of Egypt (CBE) hosted a training programme on incorporating climate risks into micro- and macro-level stress testing for central banks, with the participation of 25 representatives from 11 central banks in member states of the Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa (COMESA), alongside a delegation from the COMESA Monetary Institute (C

Businesses are warning that plans to scale back Whitehall consultations risk making engagement "exclusionary."

With the world looking likely to exceed 1.5°C of warming, the plan is now to reduce our carbon emissions after overshooting the target. What lasting damage will this have?

As sea levels rise in the eastern Pacific, they are falling around Australia and the Coral Triangle, leaving some mangroves and corals high and dry

With the prospect of an unprecedented El Niño event over the coming months, the UN is warning of widespread disruption to global weather patterns, increased drought and flooding.

The decision to proceed with the Jackdaw gas field will make the UK complicit in pushing up greenhouse gas emissions and give other countries an excuse to do likewise, says Bill McGuire

How Jackdaw ignites arguments over climate and costs

Refrigerants startup Pascal has a new take on heat pump and cooling tech using a sponge-like material that promises to be 20% more efficient.

Le phénomène El Niño actuel va encore s’intensifier dans les prochains mois et pourrait atteindre une intensité sans précédent, selon l’Organisation météorologique mondiale (OMM) de l’ONU.

After wildfires scarred the Sacramento Mountains above Ruidoso, New Mexico, the community was under heightened threat of catastrophic flooding. Officials were aware but continued to promote the town to tourists who were oblivious to the danger.

Extreme weather threatens millions of manufactured homes. Researchers are looking for practical ways to make them more more wind resilient.

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A plan to funnel the heat given off by data centers into nearby homes has run aground in Germany. Across Europe, policymakers are weighing AI ambitions against climate objectives.

PARIS (FRANCE) - Global commitments to cut planet-heating emissions are falling far short of the Paris climate goals and put the world on course for 2.6C warming this century, the UN warned on Wednesday.

Un rapport des Nations unies rappelle la nécessité d'efforts drastiques et immédiats pour lutter contre le réchauffement climatique.

Le réchauffement devrait atteindre 1,7 ou 1,8°C dans le meilleur des scénarios de dépassement, affirme le rapport annuel du Programme des Nations unies pour l’environnement (Pnue), ce 21 octobre. Ce dépassement du seuil de réchauffement le plus ambitieux de l’Accord de Paris peut cependant n’être que « temporaire » selon l’ONU, qui prône de recourir au capta

The world has lost the opportunity to prevent global warming significantly exceeding the critical threshold of 1.5°C above pre-industrial levels, according to a United Nations report.

The best-case scenario now is that the planet will only temporarily breach 1.5°C of warming, but current climate pledges fall way short of that hope

The world is set to breach the critical 1.5-degree temperature limit, with Donald Trump's US withdrawal from climate action worsening the outlook, according to a UN report. But there is a small silver lining.

The U.S. is the only major economy where planet-warming pollution dramatically increased last year. The United Nations warns the planet is on track for catastrophic warming.

Exceeding a key global climate target is now "imminent and unavoidable", United Nations (UN) scientists have warned.

A quelques jours de l’ouverture de la COP31 en Turquie, le Progamme des Nations unies pour l’environnement prévoit, si les politiques actuelles se poursuivent, que le réchauffement atteindrait 2,8 °C d’ici à 2100 et s’accentuerait par la suite.

<p>PARIS: Conceived at the 2024 Biodiversity COP, the Cali Fund was meant to raise billions of dollars for nature protection — but has so far only collected $7,085. It is a sluggish start for a fund intended as a showcase for innovative financing that charges companies profiting from the use of genetic data derived from nature.</p> <p>The trickle of money hi

Several papers lead on remarks from the Duke of Sussex yesterday, where he said he hoped to reconcile with his family.

Enough renewable electricity to power almost half a million Irish homes was lost during the first nine months of this year because of limitations on the electricity system.