Lobbyists representing industry responsible for a quarter to a third of global emissions participated in key talks at the UN climate summit More than 300 industrial agriculture lobbyists have participated at this year’s UN climate talks taking place in the Brazilian Amazon, where the industry is the leading cause of deforestation, a new investigation has found. The number of lobbyists representing the interests of industrial cattle farming, commodity grains and pesticides is up 14% on last year’s summit in Baku – and larger than the delegation of the world’s 10th largest economy, Canada, which brought 220 delegates to Cop30 in Belém, according to the joint investigation by DeSmog and the Guardian. Continue reading...
Scientists have identified potential sites for the UK's first 'direct air capture machine' (DAC) which would extract CO2 from the air and turn it to stone underground.
[Capital FM] Nairobi -- Kenya's Cabinet Secretary for Environment, Climate Change and Forestry, Dr. Deborah Mlongo Barasa, delivered the collective stance of the Africa Group of Negotiators during a pivotal ministerial briefing at the COP30 conference here.
My advice to you if you want to avoid repeating 2025 is to pay far greater attention to the quality of your research sources Sussan Ley, as your teacher I’m duty bound to give you an honest appraisal of your work. I’ve just read your team research assignment on Australian energy and climate policy and I’m afraid to say that unless you and your other team members pull up your socks, you will be forced to repeat 2025. Continue reading...
This story has been made freely available as a public service to our readers. Please consider supporting SCMP’s journalism by subscribing. Hongkongers will feel even colder than the actual temperature due to a “wind chill effect” as the mercury is expected to drop to around 14 degrees Celsius (57.2 Fahrenheit) over the next few days, the weather forecaster has warned. Tse Shuk-mei, acting assistant director of the Hong Kong Observatory, said on Tuesday that a cold front had passed the coast of...
The SNP Government's hopes of a green jobs bonanza are fading after an oil giant scrapped plans to develop a pioneering windfarm off Aberdeen.
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[This Day] A coalition of international and local civil society groups on Monday called on the Nigerian government to urgently integrate the experiences of frontline communities into national climate mitigation and adaptation strategies, warning the country risks falling further behind in its response to the escalating climate crisis.
Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans, Volume 130, Issue 11, November 2025.
Brazilian Indigenous leader and environmentalist Cacique Raoni Metuktire appealed for support for Indigenous peoples and their land. From the podium of the Peoples’ Summit, Cacique Raoni warned negotiators at the UN climate conference in Belém that without recognizing Indigenous peoples’ land rights, there will be no climate justice. “It is getting warmer and warmer. And […]
As an Indigenous woman, I would like to see more of us at the negotiating table. Because you cannot be deciding about our life, about where we live, at the national level or even at the global level. There should be inclusion of all voices at the ground level. —Immaculata Casimero, a leader of the Wapichan Women’s Movement
A small group of countries is aiming to impose a fee on private jets and premium commercial fares. The revenue would help nations adapt to warming.
This is a re-post from The Climate Brink “Super pollutants” – short-lived climate pollutants like methane (CH4) and some refrigerants (halocarbons) – are having a moment. There were numerous sessions on the topic during the recent New York Climate Week, and a number of companies are exploring investments in reducing these emissions as part of their climate goals. Reducing emissions of short-lived climate pollutants (SLCPs) is, by itself, an unambiguously good thing. Methane in particular is responsible for around a third of all warming to-date from well-mixed greenhouse gases in the atmosphere, and reductions in emissions can have a rapid cooling effect on the planet. It is when methane (or other SLCPs) are used to offset or neutralize CO2 emissions –...
For decades, the Amazon rainforest has quietly absorbed vast quantities of human-generated carbon dioxide, helping to slow the pace of climate change. Recent evidence, however, suggests that this vital natural buffer may be weakening – though uncertainties remain.To help close this critical knowledge gap, European and Brazilian researchers have gathered deep in the Amazon to carry out an ambitious European Space Agency-funded field campaign.
If the world were to implement all of the blue climate solutions, including protecting mangroves, restoring wetlands, investing in blue carbon in all shapes and sizes, and marine carbon dioxide removal, it would result in a 35 percent reduction of the CO₂ emissions. —Ocean scientist Kerstin Bergentz
CEO of Australian Chamber of Commerce and Industry calls Sussan Ley’s new policy ‘a bit of a plan not to have a plan’, echoing business scepticism Get our breaking news email , free app or daily news podcast Sign up for climate and environment editor Adam Morton’s free Clear Air newsletter here Business and energy industry leaders have warned the Coalition that abandoning a net zero emissions target will not cut power bills, undermining the core promise of Sussan Ley’s signature new policy. The chief executive of the Australian Chamber of Commerce and Industry (ACCI), Andrew McKellar, dismissed the policy as a “bit of a plan not to have a plan”, as the Coalition’s traditional business allies distanced themselves from it. Continue reading...
The park service has long tried to present a wide range of perspectives on historical events. The Trump administration could reverse that.
Some experts think AI could be used to lower, rather than raise, planet-heating emissions – others aren’t so convinced Cop30: click here for full Guardian coverage of the climate talks in Brazil Artificial intelligence is often associated with ludicrous amounts of electricity, and therefore planet-heating emissions, expended to create nonsensical or misleading slop that is of meagre value to humanity. Some AI advocates at a major UN climate summit are posing an alternative view, though – what if AI could help us solve, rather than worsen, the climate crisis? Continue reading...
If you've piled on the pounds recently, a surprising factor could be to blame - climate change.
Hurricane Melissa hit as poverty and political instability deepens across Haiti while hunger, cholera cases and gang violence surges.
Since taking office in 2022, the Albanese government has approved 32 coal, oil and gas developments – six of them since the 2025 election.
[Namibian] The president might be correct in moving the management of oil and gas under her office because the history of the industry in Africa shows "it needs close monitoring".
What's in a name? While many companies in the renewable energy sector opt for trading names containing buzzwords such as ‘green’ and ‘energy’, it can be difficult to differentiate in a burgeoning marketplace.
It used to be that drawing heat from deep in the Earth was practical only in geyser-filled places such as Iceland. But new approaches may have us on the cusp of an energy revolution.
[Daily Maverick] In the wake of Environment Minister Dion George's dismissal from office during COP30, for the first time South Africa is not being represented by a head of state at the annual global forum where nations will agree on legally binding or non-binding international actions to address the climate crisis - an increasingly deadly threat that South Africa knows all too well.
[Daily Maverick] POWERX, South Africa's first licensed, private electricity trader, has extended its partnership with Manganese Metal Company (MMC), securing the supply of 100% renewable hydroelectric energy to MMC's new High Purity Manganese Sulphate Monohydrate (HP MSM) project in Mbombela.
Brazil wanted the U.N. summit to make it a leader on climate, despite signing off on oil drilling near the Amazon and gutting environmental permit law.
Video: 00:02:09 Copernicus Sentinel-6B was launched on 17 November 2025, ready to continue a decades-long mission to track the height of the planet’s seas – a key measure of climate change. The satellite was carried into orbit on a Falcon 9 rocket from the Vandenberg Space Force Base in California, US.Sentinel-6B follows in the footsteps of its predecessor, Sentinel-6 Michael Freilich, which was launched in 2020. The mission is the reference radar altimetry mission that continues the vital record of sea-surface height measurements until at least 2030.Copernicus Sentinel-6 has become the gold standard reference mission to monitor and record sea-level rise. The mission’s main instrument is the Poseidon-4 dual-frequency (C-band and Ku-band) radar altimeter. Developed by ESA, the altimeter...
The latest guardian of our oceans has taken its place in orbit. The Copernicus Sentinel-6B satellite is now circling Earth, ready to continue a decades-long mission to track the height of the planet’s seas – a key measure of climate change.
It creates a state-backed incentive program to develop 1.2 gigawatts of nuclear power.
This blog is now closed South African man’s visa cancelled after neo-Nazi rally outside NSW parliament Get our breaking news email , free app or daily news podcast Factchecking five Coalition claims about net zero, from power prices to the $9tn cost As Liberals join Nationals in abandoning a 2050 emissions target, we unpick some of the opposition’s talking points. Continue reading...
The country has downgraded its participation in a global forum that regulates trade in wildlife after the firing of its environment minister.
[Daily News] Belem, Brazil -- THE Tanzanian government has made great efforts that have been able to complete infrastructure affected by climate change in many areas, the Chief Executive Officer of the Rural and Urban Roads Agency (TARURA), Engineer Victor Seff, revealed in Belem, Brazil, today.
[RFI] Camel livestock in Morocco is on the decline, due to the effects of climate change and diminishing pastures. Camels are part of the fabric of life for Saharan populations, providing meat, income, employment, and an essential draw for tourists. RFI met camel breeders in the Guelmim, the "gateway to the Sahara".
[IPS] If we do not have our land and healthy territory, we do not have healthy food, and without food we do not survive. Food must become a centerpiece in the global climate discourse, and it is not just about any food, but healthy food that aligns with our ancestry and local traditions and spirituality. --Juliana Kerexu Mirim Mariano, activist
Thailand's carbon-intensive industries are under growing pressure to fast-track their green transition after the new government announced an ambitious plan to accelerate the country's net zero goal by 15 years, from 2065 to 2050.
The report, by the UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) suggests that 'eco-fear' could lead to drug abuse, as people try to manage their emotions around climate change.
Brazilian farmers want to end a ban on planting soya on cleared land, which critics say would spur deforestation.
Nature Climate Change, Published online: 17 November 2025; doi:10.1038/s41558-025-02509-5Author Correction: The carbon hoofprint of cities is shaped by geography and production in the livestock supply chain
Marina Silva says contentious plan would be ‘ethical answer’ to climate crisis but does not commit Brazil to it Brazil’s environment minister, Marina Silva, has urged all countries to have the courage to address the need for a fossil fuel phaseout, calling the drawing up of a roadmap for it an “ethical” response to the climate crisis. She emphasised, however, that the process would be voluntary for those governments that wished to participate, and “self-determined”. Continue reading...
An agreement to supply Ukraine with US liquefied natural gas (LNG) was signed in Athens on Sunday during the official visit of Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky to Greece. Zelensky and Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis attended the signing of the deal between Greece’s gas supplier DEPA and Ukraine’s Naftogas, as did the US ambassador to Greece Kimberly Guilfoyle. The gas will be supplied via pipelines from the northern Greek port of Alexandroupolis to the Ukrainian port of Odesa....
In Florida, a new pilot program teaches doulas how to prepare pregnant people for hurricanes, flooding, and extreme heat — addressing a growing climate and maternal health crisis.
There are a lot of solar power companies out there, and not all of them are worth doing business with. Take extra care when approaching these three.
‘Less expensive and time consuming’ model helps with fast and accurate predictions, possibly saving lives and property When then Tropical Storm Melissa was churning south of Haiti, Philippe Papin, a National Hurricane Center (NHC) meteorologist, had confidence it was about to grow into a monster hurricane. As the lead forecaster on duty, he predicted that in just 24 hours the storm would become a category 4 hurricane and begin a turn towards the coast of Jamaica. No NHC forecaster had ever issued such a bold forecast for rapid strengthening. Continue reading...
A listing of 28 news and opinion articles we found interesting and shared on social media during the past week: Sun, November 9, 2025 thru Sat, November 15, 2025. Stories we promoted this week, by category: International Climate Conferences and Agreements (11 articles) Landmark Paris Agreement set a path to slow warming. The world hasn't stayed on it The world has seen faster climate change than expected since the Paris Agreement a decade ago The Independent News, Seth Borenstein, Nov 09, 2025. Amid squabbles, bombast and competing interests, what can Cop30 achieve? Climate summit in Brazil needs to find way to stop global heating accelerating amid stark divisions The Guardian, Fiona Harvey, Nov 09, 2025. Climate conference's webpages emit 10 times more carbon...
The Coalition has revealed the power policy it will take to the next election that will rely on fossil fuels.
Prime minister and Victorian premier announced services would begin from 30 November, more than a week early. Follow the day’s news live Get our breaking news email , free app or daily news podcast Total fire ban in parts of New South Wales While a storm system continues to affect parts of New South Wales’ east, the state’s west faces extreme fire danger. I expect it will be pretty much what the Nationals have wanted all along because it’s been really clear that they have set the agenda in terms of the energy and climate policy of the Liberal Party. I’m genuinely concerned and genuinely disappointed that this has happened because we do need to take action on climate change. I think my a lot of my community will be going ‘Why on earth has the Coalition done this if they are...
Set to track sea levels across more than 90% of Earth’s ocean, the mission must first get into orbit. Here’s what to expect. Sentinel-6B, an ocean-tracking satellite jointly developed by NASA and ESA (European Space Agency), is ready to roll out to the launch pad, packed into the payload fairing of a SpaceX Falcon 9 […]
The average Australian generates about 22kg of e-waste yearly. Here’s how to responsibly recycle your unwanted devices Change by degrees offers life hacks and sustainable living tips each Saturday to help reduce your household’s carbon footprint Got a question or tip for reducing household emissions? Email us at changebydegrees@theguardian.com It takes time, money and fossil fuels to make the electronics that underpin modern life. From the mining of rare earths and metals to processing, manufacture and shipping, the engineering and logistical innovations that make it possible to buy a new phone every year produce incredible amounts of waste. According to the latest Global E-Waste Monitor, the world is generating 62m tonnes of e-waste annually and is on track to reach 82m tonnes...
As Liberals join Nationals in abandoning a 2050 emissions target, we unpick some of the opposition’s talking points Sign up for climate and environment editor Adam Morton’s free Clear Air newsletter here Are you trying to make sense of some of the big claims made by Liberal and National party MPs for abandoning their support for Australia reaching net zero emissions by 2050? We’re here to help. Continue reading...
Offsets were meant to be a last resort for mitigating environmental damage from development projects, but rapidly became the default Get our breaking news email , free app or daily news podcast The federal government risks repeating grievous mistakes made in NSW with its proposals to change the way developers compensate for damage to the environment, scientists and legal experts have warned. As the Coalition tears itself apart again over climate , Labor’s plan to overhaul biodiversity offsets – and nature laws more broadly – has coasted under the radar with comparatively little scrutiny. Continue reading...
Carolina Hurricanes forward Seth Jarvis suffered an upper-body injury after a high stick from a teammate. The 23-year-old, a key offensive player with 10 goals this season, left Friday's game and did not return. His absence raises concerns about the team's scoring depth and line rotations as they await updates on his condition.
Opposition parties rounded on the government over the numbers sent to South America and the size of the entourage, which will create an estimated 500 tonnes of CO2.
Thousands of people marched through the streets of Belem on Saturday to press for action from negotiators holding tough talks at the United Nations’ Cop30 climate conference in the Amazonian city. Under a baking sun, indigenous people mixed with activists gathered in a festive atmosphere, blasting music from speakers, carrying a giant beach ball of Earth and holding a flag of Brazil emblazoned with the words “Protected Amazon”. It was the first major protest outside the annual climate talks...
Illegal logging, gold mining, and drug trafficking: Organized crime in Brazil is sabotaging efforts to combat global warming. This issue has long been overlooked at climate conferences. Is that finally about to change?
South Wales fire service describes ‘large-scale incident’ as England braces for cold weather warnings A major incident has been declared in the aftermath of Storm Claudia, with more rain and flooding expected across Britain and Ireland on Saturday. Four severe flood warnings had been issued by Natural Resources Wales as of 6am. This means there was a “significant risk to life and significant disruption to the community is expected”. Continue reading...
Protesters in Pokemon costumes stomped around the United Nations climate conference on Friday to send a message to Japan: end financing of coal and natural gas projects across Southeast Asia and other regions of the Global South. The Stop Japan’s Dirty Energy Plans protest aligned with the first of two thematic days with a focus on energy during the annual climate conference known as Cop30, held this year in Belem on the edge of the Brazilian Amazon. Organisers of the protest said the...
Ford denies having created ‘defeat devices’ in legal action on behalf of 1.6 million owners against five carmakers About a million Ford diesel cars were sold in the UK with serious defects in components supposed to curb toxic exhaust emissions, the high court has been told. The highly polluting vehicles were produced and sold between 2016 and 2018 after Ford’s engineers became aware of the issues, and many were never formally recalled or fixed, lawyers said. Continue reading...
Traffic Sign Recognition (TSR) systems are reading speed limit signs incorrectly and telling drivers the speed limit is up to 100mph, with some models accelerating on their own.
White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt claimed climate change is a fallacy, criticizing California's environmental policies as a "Green New Scam." Her remarks contradict the scientific consensus on global warming. The article also briefly mentions the release of Jeffrey Epstein's emails and social media reactions to climate change denial.
NASA's 1967 ATS-3 satellite captured Earth's first true-colour image, revolutionizing weather forecasting and planetary understanding. This breakthrough, using a novel scanning camera, allowed scientists to distinguish cloud layers and storm patterns with unprecedented clarity. The vivid global portrait fostered environmental awareness, bridging science and public consciousness, and laid the foundation for modern satellite imaging.
NASA will provide live coverage of prelaunch and launch activities for Sentinel-6B, an international mission delivering critical sea level and ocean data to protect coastal infrastructure, improve weather forecasting, and support commercial activities at sea. Launch is targeted at 12:21 a.m. EST, Monday, Nov. 17 (9:21 p.m. PST, Sunday, Nov. 16) aboard a SpaceX Falcon […]
Strong winds and persistent rain continued throughout the afternoon, as conditions at Cheltenham were inevitably worsened by the first day's racing.
The fossil-fuel era is drawing to a close, but at a pace far too slow for the planet’s good or a fair transition to a clean energy future The weather in Belém, wrote the Guardian’s environment editor, offers a convenient metaphor for the UN climate talks being held in the Brazilian city. Sunny mornings begin in blazing optimism before the Amazon’s clouds gather and the deluge begins. Cop30 has followed the same pattern. It opened with sunshine – an agenda agreed on day one. The storms were deferred for later “consultations” on climate finance, carbon border tariffs and the question of how to close the yawning gap between national climate pledges and the Paris agreement’s safe pathway. These await Cop30’s second week. They are likely to be more than mere squalls. The International Energy...
Dozens of nations are pushing for a roadmap to phase out oil, coal and gas at the UN climate summit in Brazil. But a bloc of powerful oil-producing countries and industry lobbyists are putting up a fight.
Los Angeles, Santa Barbara and Ventura counties prepare for deluge and possible landslides this weekend A powerful storm was making its way across California on Friday, prompting evacuation warnings as the state braced for the potential of floods, mudslides and even tornadoes over the weekend. Heavy rain began to pummel northern and central California on Thursday evening, as officials and forecasters warned that hazards unleashed by the strong storm were likely to amplify as it moved south. Continue reading...
Filming has recently wrapped on a major advertising campaign for Italian fashion house Prada, promoting its Prada Sport line. The campaign stars Jake Gyllenhaal, with parts of the production shot on a glacier and inside an ice cave in Iceland. The Icelandic production company Norður handled the local production.
Researchers in Sweden and Denmark have for the first time managed to successfully isolate and sequence RNA molecules from the 13ft-tall Ice Age beasts.
The Paulatuk Energy Working Group has a goal of becoming carbon neutral. But everyone – from residents to those leading the project – agree making sure homes don’t waste that energy is a critical part of the target.
Dozens of Indigenous activists blocked the entrance of the Cop30 summit venue on Friday, demanding that the Brazilian government halt all development projects in the Amazon, including mining, logging, oil drilling and the building of a new railway for transporting mining and agricultural products. The protesters staged a sit-in creating long queues and forcing delegates to use a side entrance to resume their negotiations on tackling the climate crisis Cop30 – latest updates Continue reading...
If we do not have our land and healthy territory, we do not have healthy food, and without food we do not survive. Food must become a centerpiece in the global climate discourse, and it is not just about any food, but healthy food that aligns with our ancestry and local traditions and spirituality. —Juliana Kerexu Mirim Mariano, activist
Astronomers are tracking interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS after JWST and NASA missions detected an extreme CO₂ outburst that challenges current theories about how comets form and evolve beyond our solar system.
They plug into a standard outlet, hang on the sill, and slash climate-warming pollution. The post New window-mounted heat pumps make ditching fossil fuels easier appeared first on Yale Climate Connections.
[Leadership] The House of Representatives has agreed to investigate the non-reporting and non-remittance of Equity Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) to Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPCL).
The end of the agreement means the building formerly called the Woodside Building will again be known as Building 94.
[Liberian Investigator] Liberia has made a significant move toward youth-focused climate governance after the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and UNICEF signed the Declaration on Children, Youth, and Climate Action at COP30, committing both organizations to prioritize young people at the forefront of national and global climate efforts.
[Capital FM] Nairobi -- Kenya and the European Union on Thursday signed four major financing agreements worth Sh4.8 billion to support the country's green transition, strengthen climate resilience, and accelerate the shift toward a circular economy.
Hwang Seong-yeol stood at the edge of a golden field, watching nervously as a combine harvester crawled through his rice, churning up mud and stalks. Its steady hum filled the damp autumn air as grain poured into a truck waiting at the other end of the muddy paddy. It was the final day of what Hwang said was one of his toughest seasons in three decades of farming. He and other farmers feel helpless against increasingly erratic weather that they link to climate change and damage to their crops....
South Korea's major refiners, including SK Innovation and S-Oil, got back on track during the third quarter after a streak of losses in early in 2025
Dozens of Indigenous protesters blocked the front of the COP30 summit venue in Belem, Brazil, on Friday morning, staging a sit-in that forced delegates to use a side entrance to resume their negotiations on tackling climate change.
Explore the true EV environmental impact by comparing carbon emissions of electric vs gasoline vehicles and their role in advancing green transportation.
Investigation by Guardian and Carbon Brief finds just a fifth of funds to fight global heating went to poorest 44 countries Cop30: click here for full Guardian coverage of climate talks in Brazil China and wealthy petrostates including Saudi Arabia and UAE are among countries receiving large sums of climate finance, according to an analysis. The Guardian and Carbon Brief analysed previously unreported submissions to the UN, along with data from the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD), that show how billions of dollars of public money is being committed to the fight against global heating. Continue reading...
Enbridge is seeking to place part of the Line 5 oil pipeline in an underground tunnel, which is the subject of an ongoing legal fight.
"Plan C for Civilization" takes stock of the amateurs and experts who see promise in using technology to cool the Earth.
The beef industry faces intense international scrutiny for its hefty carbon footprint and role in deforestation.
[Global Witness] With one in every 25 COP30 attendees a fossil fuel lobbyist, massive industry presence intensifies calls to protect climate negotiations from corporate capture
The urgency of linking climate action with social and wider environmental priorities is clear. Climate change, environmental degradation and violent conflict are often deeply connected and even mutually reinforcing. At the same time, climate action can either support or undermine efforts to improve social justice and halt environmental degradation. These connections are nowhere more visible […]
[AI London] First-of-its-kind mapping with multi-country research reveals depth and scale of fossil fuel industry's potential harm
One in every 25 participants at 2025 UN climate summit is a fossil fuel lobbyist, according to Kick Big Polluters Out Cop30: click here for full Guardian coverage of climate talks in Brazil More than 1,600 fossil fuel lobbyists have been granted access to the Cop30 climate negotiations in Belém, significantly outnumbering every single country’s delegation apart from the host Brazil, new analysis has found. One in every 25 participants at this year’s UN climate summit is a fossil fuel lobbyist, according to the analysis by the Kick Big Polluters Out (KBPO) coalition, raising serious questions about the corporate capture and credibility of the annual Cop negotiations. Continue reading...
From Taradell to Galicia, cooperatives are supplying cheap, clean electricity to homes and helping tackle fuel poverty It began in the small Catalan town of Taradell as a plan to provide local people with allotments where they could grow their own food. Four activists came together with the aim of promoting good environmental practices in local agriculture and business, as well as supplying renewable energy. The project, however, was about much more than growing vegetables. Continue reading...
[UN News] Hailed by Brazil as "a crucial moment to demonstrate the strength of the health sector in global climate action," a blueprint for global health systems to adapt to rising temperatures and extreme weather has been launched at the COP30 UN climate conference.
Climate advocates fear the project, proposed by Japanese oil and gas giant Inpex, would turn the area into the ‘world’s largest carbon dumping ground’ Sign up for climate and environment editor Adam Morton’s free Clear Air newsletter here Oil and gas giant Inpex has proposed Australia’s largest carbon capture facility in waters off the Northern Territory, which climate advocates have warned could turn Darwin into a carbon dumping ground. The Bonaparte carbon capture and storage (CCS) project proposes to pipe and store 8m to 10m tonnes of carbon dioxide (CO 2 ) into an underground aquifer located about 250km offshore west of Darwin, according to documents lodged with the federal environment department. Continue reading...
China has successfully deployed the world’s largest power-generating kite, capable of harnessing the potential of energy-dense, high-altitude winds to provide cheaper power than traditional surface turbines. The 5,000 square-metre (53,820 square-foot) high-altitude wind power capture kite was unfurled at a test site at Alxa Left Banner in the Inner Mongolia autonomous region on Wednesday, according to state broadcaster CCTV. Resembling a parachute, the power-generating kite was developed by the...
Nature Climate Change, Published online: 14 November 2025; doi:10.1038/s41558-025-02493-wAnthropogenic climate change is exacerbating soil moisture droughts globally, but most studies only consider surface layers. Now, a study reveals that global soil moisture droughts are often also found in deeper layers, and that in a warming climate deep soil moisture droughts are projected to become longer lasting and more severe.
California has now reached 16,942 megawatts of available battery storage — about one-third of the estimated capacity needed to reach the state's goal of 100% clean energy by 2045.
Un report del Carbon Project allerta su nuovi record di Co2
The storm could trigger dangerous flash floods and mudslides, but it may also extinguish California’s wildfire season.
Canada’s spy agency says it has observed intelligence threats targeting country’s government and private sector Canada’s domestic spy agency says Russia and China have a “significant intelligence interest” in Canada’s Arctic, and are targeting both the country’s government and its private sector. In his annual speech on threats facing Canada, Dan Rogers, director of the Canadian Security Intelligence Service (CSIS), flagged mounting concerns over hostile nations growing increasingly emboldened in the Arctic. Continue reading...
The government has announced that three 'small modular reactors' (SMRs) will be built at a new power station in Wylfa, on the coast of Anglesey in North Wales.
Emily Kwong and Regina Barber of NPR's Short Wave discuss new findings about the ocean of Saturn's moon Enceladus, the secrets behind chameleons' eye movements and the energy use behind AI computing.
While President Trump decries climate change as a “con,” China’s Xi Jinping is going all-in on green tech. The latter approach is providing some hope as the COP30 climate conference gathers in Brazil.
Climate change crisis offers us a real chance to bring a new vision, one that's rooted in fairness, dignity and harmony with nature. The global community here has the ability and opportunity to balance people, profit, and planet in a way that has not been achieved in the past. —Binaifer Nowrojee, human rights lawyer and president of the Open Society Foundations (OSF)
Figures show none of US ‘big four’ – CBS, NBC, ABC and Fox – appear to have sent teams to cover summit in Belém Thousands of media professionals are at the United Nations climate talks in Brazil. Almost none of them appear to be from the four major US broadcasters. Nearly 4,000 members of the media registered to attend the global climate conference, known as Cop30, according to a preliminary list released by the United Nations climate body on Tuesday. But none of the “big four” US broadcasters – CBS, NBC, ABC, and Fox – appear to currently have teams present at the talks. Continue reading...
Mining crew had hit unknown pocket of water last Saturday about three-quarters of a mile into the mine Crews have found the body of the coal miner missing since a West Virginia mine flooded on Saturday, said the state’s governor, Patrick Morrisey, on Thursday. Crews found the body inside Alpha Metallurgical Resources Inc’s Rolling Thunder Mine near Belva, about 50 miles east of the state capital of Charleston. Continue reading...
Shadow Minister for Energy and Emissions Reduction Dan Tehan has been called out for failing to answer key questions about his party's new stance on emissions.
Two of the three charges against Rep. LaMonica McIver, D-N.J., from altercation with ICE agents can go forward, a federal judge ruled Thursday.
Risk of flooding in parts of England and Wales as storm that has battered Canary Islands makes land Flooding could hit parts of the UK with forecasters issuing an amber warning for rain. Storm Claudia, which was named by the Spanish meteorological service, will bring heavy downpours and strong winds on Friday for much of the country. Some areas could have up to 8cm of rain, with deep flood water posing a danger to life. Continue reading...
The International Energy Agency, once known for an anti-renewables bias, now says a more ambitious transition will lower prices Sign up for climate and environment editor Adam Morton’s free Clear Air newsletter here Just as the Liberal party walked away from a firm net zero emissions target , the International Energy Agency report told the world that a more ambitious clean energy transition means lower household power bills. The timing is exquisite. Continue reading...
Funding cuts are hitting scientists researching geoengineering like solar radiation modification and carbon dioxide removal
This story was originally published by the Guardian and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. California’s governor, Gavin Newsom, has said Donald Trump is an “invasive species” whose dismissal of the climate crisis is an “abomination,” in a fiery attack at the UN climate talks in Brazil—from which Trump and his administration have been completely absent. Newsom […]
[The Conversation Africa] Rising temperatures, changing rainfall patterns and extreme weather events create ideal conditions for pathogens and their vectors - such as mosquitoes, midges and ticks - to thrive.
Hailed by Brazil as “a crucial moment to demonstrate the strength of the health sector in global climate action,” a blueprint for global health systems to adapt to rising temperatures and extreme weather has been launched at the COP30 UN climate conference.
Bogi Nils Bogason, CEO of Icelandair, says that the carbon tax the airline must pay puts the company at a disadvantage compared to competitors outside Europe — and stresses that the Icelandic government must respond.
Decades after his initial climate warning, NASA scientist James Hansen now highlights an alarming acceleration in climate shifts. His team's research points to a potential collapse of the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation (AMOC) within 20-30 years, a critical system regulating global temperatures. This could trigger catastrophic weather changes, but solutions like carbon fees and public awareness offer hope.
[The Conversation Africa] Carbon offsets are a way for companies or countries that pollute the air to "cancel out" some of their carbon emissions by funding projects that protect forests, plant trees, or provide clean energy - sometimes on the other side of the world. Polluting companies in the US, Europe, Asia or elsewhere can buy one carbon credit from a green project anywhere in exchange for emitting one metric tonne of carbon dioxide (CO₂). But do these projects benefit the African countries that host them? Rural development
Net Zero Secretary Ed Miliband said he made 'no apologies' for choosing a UK firm to build the country's first small reactor on the site instead.
[ENA] Addis Ababa -- Ethiopia reaffirmed its steadfast climate leadership on the sideline of COP30 high-level event titled "From Baku to Belém: Ethiopia's Progress on Climate Resilience and Green Growth (Stocktake)," co-organized by the Government of Ethiopia and UNDP at the Ethiopian Pavilion in Brazil.
The adaptive potential of reef-building corals in a warming world
Climate groups call backflip a ‘disaster’ while moderate Liberals worry about impact on winning back urban electorates Get our breaking news email , free app or daily news podcast The former Liberal prime minister Malcolm Turnbull says his party’s decision to dump a net zero emissions target shows it “does not take climate change seriously”, accusing the opposition of “a Trumpian campaign against renewables”. But while moderate sources are alarmed about the impact on winning back or retaining urban electorates, and climate groups called the backflip a “disaster”, the Liberal decision to scrap its own 2050 target and unwind Labor’s 2035 and renewable energy pledges has been praised by conservative MPs and campaigners. Continue reading...
The International Energy Agency pointed to President Donald Trump’s fossil fuel policies as one reason for an extended run for oil, gas and coal.
Sussan Ley appears to have given up trying to meet voters where they are, instead allowing conservative MPs to dictate policy to keep her job – and keep the Coalition together Get our breaking news email , free app or daily news podcast Six months ago on Thursday, the new Liberal leader, Sussan Ley, stood in the opposition party room at Parliament House and promised the Coalition would meet voters “where they are”. Six months on – and after another messy few weeks for the Liberals and Nationals – Ley was back in the same spot confirming the Liberals had dumped support for net zero emissions by 2050 . Continue reading...
To help soften the impact of the bloc’s green transition, governments and lawmakers want to postpone rollout of Emissions Trading System 2.
The move will enable state regulators to advance carbon capture projects, though some observers say Texas’ approval plans are ambitious.
World oil output exceeded demand by 500,000 barrels a day during the period, according to a report.
The Oscar-winning actor, who had just returned from the COP30 conference on climate change in Brazil, got to know Goodall through his own environmental conservation work.
[FrontPageAfrica] As the world turns its eyes toward COP30 the pivotal United Nations Climate Change Conference currently ongoing in Belém, Brazil, Liberia's presence and visibility carry immense significance. For a country endowed with vast natural resources yet burdened by economic vulnerabilities, Liberia's active participation at another global climate summit represents not just a diplomatic milestone but a transformative opportunity to shape its future within the global climate agenda.
[Afrobarometer] From household practices to policy priorities, climate change is impacting life across Africa.
Carbon emissions from burning fossil fuels are forecast to reach a new high in 2025 but could soon peak.
Michael Miller tells Senate misinformation inquiry platforming climate deniers and net zero critics part of ‘great democracy and healthy debate’ Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updates Sign up for Guardian Australia’s free weekly media newsletter here A senior News Corp Australia executive has defended the company’s platforming of climate science deniers, saying its news outlets were not part of a “denial machine” spreading misinformation. News Corp Australia’s executive chair, Michael Miller, told a Senate inquiry into climate and energy misinformation there was no coordination across the organisation’s news outlets to feature voices sceptical of climate action or Australia’s current goal to reach net zero greenhouse gas emissions. Sign up to get Guardian Australia’s...
The geomagnetic storm, caused by powerful bursts of energy from the sun, also postponed the launch of two Mars-bound Nasa spacecraft in the US Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updates Get our breaking news email , free app or daily news podcast Skywatchers enjoyed a stunning treat on Wednesday night, with the southern lights visible across large parts of Australia and New Zealand. The aurora australis that lit up the sky resulted from what has been dubbed a “cannibal” solar storm. Continue reading...
Emission-rate increases will accelerate in the U.S. and E.U. but will slow in China and India, according to a report published Wednesday.
Global emissions from fossil fuels are expected to hit another record high in 2025, but China’s carbon emissions appear to be reaching a peak
Fossil fuel emissions have hit a record high while many nations have done too little to avert deadly global heating The world is still on track for a catastrophic 2.6C increase in temperature as countries have not made sufficiently strong climate pledges, while emissions from fossil fuels have hit a record high, two major reports have found. Despite their promises, governments’ new emission-cutting plans submitted for the Cop30 climate talks taking place in Brazil have done little to avert dangerous global heating for the fourth consecutive year, according to the Climate Action Tracker update . Continue reading...
The Global Carbon Budget report looks at CO2 emissions and relates the figures to the thresholds set out in the 2015 Paris Agreement. The study has been published amid the backdrop of the COP30 summit.
Shadow cabinet will hear the proposals at 9am before Sussan Ley makes a public announcement. Follow today’s news live Get our breaking news email , free app or daily news podcast Teal independent MP Sophie Scamps said the Coalition’s position on net zero policies signals the “death knell” of the Liberal party as Sussan Ley appears poised to dump emissions targets . Scamps appears on the Today Show this morning, where she was asked about apparent wins yesterday in Canberra by conservatives looking to dump the net zero targets. I think it signals the death knell of the Liberal party. They’ve been led around by the nose by the likes of Barnaby Joyce and Gina Rinehart for way too long. We have been facing climate change, which is the issue of our era, and the Liberal party...
Two climbers disappeared in the area on November 4, 1994. One was found in 2000.
Prime Minister Anutin Charnvirakul has vowed to end flooding by next month and provide monthly compensation to affected farmers whose farmland has been used as water retention areas until the floods subside.
Caribbean nations face an increasing threat from super hurricanes, which can cost a significant fraction of their GDP. Climate change is expected to make the strongest hurricanes stronger. The post The Caribbean has a super-hurricane problem appeared first on Yale Climate Connections.
STATEMENT: IEA Releases Its World Energy Outlook 2025 darla.vanhoorn… Wed, 11/12/2025 - 14:30 Paris (November 12, 2025) – Today, the International Energy Agency (IEA) released its flagship World Energy Outlook report, projecting that global electricity demand will outpace previous growth expectations. This surge is being driven by transport and industrial electrification, heating, cooling, data centers, and rising demand in emerging economies. The report shows both the opportunities presented by the global energy transition as well as the risks of inaction. Following is a statement from Taryn Fransen, Director of Global Research and Data, WRI Polsky Center for the Global Energy Transition: “ A clean, reliable...
In a small blow to the search for extraterrestrial life, a nearby star shot out a strong enough coronal mass ejection to strip away the atmosphere of any rocky planets that could have been in the way.
This is a re-post from The Climate Brink There are a lot of things I agree with in Bill Gates’ new memo on climate change. The recent cutbacks on international spending on vaccination, malaria control, feeding the hungry, and poverty alleviation by many of the richest countries (driven in part by a desire for more military spending) is a catastrophe that will cost thousands if not millions of lives. Adaptation is a critically important part of addressing climate change, and a world with more prosperity and less inequality is one where we can better deal with the impacts of climate change – at least up to a point. But in other areas I feel that it needlessly sets up a conflict between laudable goals: we can both mitigate emissions and alleviate poverty...
STATEMENT: COP30 Elevates Major Efforts to Unite Local, Regional and National Governments on Climate Action nate.shelter@wri.org Wed, 11/12/2025 - 11:51 Belém, Brazil (November 12, 2025) — As part of the COP30 Action Agenda, Brazil announced a suite of efforts to accelerate climate action across all levels of government, from local to regional to national. The Government of Brazil launched the Multilevel Governance Solutions Acceleration Plan on November 11, and Brazil and Germany were announced as the first co-chairs of the Coalition for High Ambition Multilevel Partnerships (CHAMP), marking the start of the global coalition’s implementation beyond COP30. The COP30 Presidency and UNEP Cool Coalition also launched the Beat the Heat initiative , with 185 cities...
PARIS — Global wine production rose slightly in 2025, but output remained below average for a third consecutive year as vineyards faced extreme and volatile weather, the International Organisation of Vine and Wine (OIV) reported.
[Independent (Kampala)] São Paulo -- With the United Nations Climate Conference (COP30) in Belém, Brazil, underway, it is clear that the world's widely shared commitment to a just energy transition is falling by the wayside. In the year since governments signed on to the agreement at COP29 to scale up climate finance - with a goal of mobilizing $1.3 trillion annually by 2035 - wealthy countries have been retreating from their financial pledges. Worse, these signs of bad faith are coming just as the costs of climate adaptation and
STATEMENT: COP30 Action Agenda Accelerates Transition Across Major Sectors nate.shelter@wri.org Wed, 11/12/2025 - 09:27 Belém, Brazil (November 12, 2025) — The COP30 Presidency and High-Level Climate Champions released the COP30 Action Agenda , which unites commitments from civil society, businesses, investors, cities, states and countries into a coherent framework tied to the Paris Agreement goals. The Action Agenda features six key axes guided by the Global Stocktake findings, including energy, industry, and transports; forests, ocean and biodiversity; agriculture and food systems; resilient cities, infrastructure and water; human and social development; and enabling issues of finance, technology and capacity-building. Following is a statement from Ani Dasgupta...
The party’s imminent move to abandon the 2050 climate goal makes the environment the loser and Labor the biggest winner Get our breaking news email , free app or daily news podcast Fronting the media after a marathon party room meeting on Wednesday, shadow energy minister Dan Tehan said the Liberals’ imminent move to dump net zero policies was built on two foundational principles. The first was that Australia must have a stable and reliable energy grid with affordable power for households and business. The second required emissions to be reduced in a responsible and transparent way that “ensures Australia does its fair share”. Continue reading...
The aurora borealis is usually seen near the Arctic, but solar winds and magnetic turbulence are sparking some of the best light shows in centuries throughout the US.
These books and reports will bring you up to speed on the latest climate developments, from emissions gaps to climate justice. The post Must-reads to mark the start of COP30 in Belém, Brazil appeared first on Yale Climate Connections.
India should push for the rollback of 25% tariffs on Russian crude oil before finalizing a trade deal with the US, according to GTRI founder Ajay Srivastava. This move, coupled with India's reduced Russian oil imports, could enhance market access and boost competitiveness in key sectors.
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Security has been tightened at the COP30 climate summit in Brazil after Indigenous activists and other protesters burst through barriers at the venue on Tuesday night. Indigenous groups from across Latin America sent representatives with demands for an end to logging, mining, farming and fossil fuel extraction in the Amazon.
Daniel Pullen offers beautifully composed and striking images of the destruction that climate change has brought to his lifelong home.
A report from Nasittuq Corporation shows an employee working with the logistics company on Brevoort Island was taking photos of a polar bear when a second bear attacked and killed him.
Climate change and the associated rising temperatures are melting more and more frozen ground in the Arctic. This dissolved matter contains large amounts of organic carbon which is flowing into the central Arctic ocean. In a new study, scientists led by Alfred-Wegener-Institute quantified how much terrestrial organic matter accumulates in the central Arctic Ocean. Using chemical fingerprints, they were able to assess how fast it degrades, thus releasing additional CO2 to the ocean. These findings are an important basis to project how inputs from land affect Arctic marine ecosystems and the ability of the ocean to store CO2 in a warming climate. The results are published in the journal Nature Geoscience.
Australia’s richest person, Gina Rinehart has previously donated to Institute of Public Affairs but thinktank won’t say if she remains a donor Get our breaking news email , free app or daily news podcast A thinktank known for its rejection of the climate crisis and a conservation group that has opposed renewable energy projects refused to identify their funders during a fiery Senate inquiry into climate and energy misinformation on Wednesday. Chair of the committee, Greens senator Peter Whish-Wilson, asked Rainforest Reserves Australia’s vice-president, Steven Nowakowski, who had funded nine full-page newspaper advertisements promoting an open letter attacking a shift to renewable energy and promoting nuclear. Continue reading...
[Leadership] The Regional Climate-Resilient Rice Production Project (RICOWAS) has intensified efforts to strengthen climate change resilience and boost rice productivity among smallholder farmers across Nigeria's northern states.
[DW] Belem, Brazil -- Young African activists at COP30 in Brazil are calling for climate funding, political inclusion, and justice for communities hit hardest by the climate crisis.
Exclusive: ‘Deep-rooted injustices’ affect billions of people due to location of wells, pipelines and other infrastructure A quarter of the world’s population lives within three miles (5km) of operational fossil fuel projects, potentially threatening the health of more than 2 billion people as well as critical ecosystems, according to first-of-its-kind research. A damning new report by Amnesty International, shared exclusively with the Guardian, found that more than 18,300 oil , gas and coal sites are currently distributed across 170 countries worldwide, occupying a vast area of the Earth’s surface. Continue reading...
The demonstrators waved yellow flags protesting oil drilling in the Amazon.
The climate will suffer under proposal to let nations avoid some emissions cuts by instead funding climate projects elsewhere, experts say.
The climate crisis is getting worse and requires fundamental changes to societies, economies, and our global financial architecture in response. While extreme economic inequality is on the rise – the world’s billionaires now hold more wealth in the world than every country except the U.S. and China – the impacts of climate change are also […]
The International Energy Agency warns that the world will exceed the 1.5-degree warming threshold in all scenarios.
Alistair Carmichael has warned that the windfall tax on North sea oil and gas risks thousands of high quality jobs.
[Shabelle] Mogadishu, Somalia -- Somalia's Minister of Environment and Climate Change, Major General Bashir Mohamed Jama, has called for strengthened implementation of the country's Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs) in a speech at a high-level climate meeting organized in cooperation with the United Nations.
Watchdog’s flagship report says rise in low-carbon electricity will make transition ‘inevitable’, despite Trump’s calls to carry on drilling Renewables will grow faster than any major energy source in the next decade, according to the world’s energy watchdog, making the transition away from fossil fuels “inevitable”, despite a green backlash in the US and parts of Europe. The world is expected to build more renewable energy projects in the next five years than has been rolled out over the last 40, according to the flagship annual report from the International Energy Agency (IEA). Continue reading...
With US President Donald Trump skipping the UN’s climate summit in the Amazon, California Governor Gavin Newsom grabbed the spotlight on Tuesday and unleashed a barrage of attacks on the fossil fuel agenda of his political nemesis. The well-coiffed Democrat - seen as a potential 2028 presidential candidate - blasted Trump for twice leaving the Paris climate accord and for “doubling down on stupid” through his support of Big Oil. Newsom said a future Democratic administration would rejoin the...
On October 26, East Timor officially acceded to the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (Asean) at the opening of the annual summit, as the 11th member of the regional bloc. Known officially as Timor-Leste, the country gained full independence on May 20, 2002, after a United Nations-supervised referendum in 1999. With a population of 1.4 million and its capital in Dili, East Timor is rich in oil and natural gas reserves located in the Timor Sea. The country also exports coffee, vanilla and...
Fung-wong has brought heavy rains and triggered floods in Taiwan, with water rising above waist level in several parts of the country.
The most powerful solar flare of 2025 has launched a ball of energy toward Earth that could trigger widespread auroras across the United States tonight.
SA’s Leah Blyth says Australia ‘can’t afford’ net zero target. Follow today’s news live Get our breaking news email , free app or daily news podcast Removing CO 2 from atmosphere vital to avoid catastrophic tipping points, leading scientist says Removing carbon from the atmosphere will be necessary to avoid catastrophic tipping points, one of the world’s leading scientists has warned, as even in the best-case scenario the world will heat by about 1.7C. Continue reading...
In 2003, a decade after the humiliation of the Yinhe incident – when a Chinese container ship was left stranded for weeks after the United States jammed its Global Positioning System (GPS) – Beijing set its sights on bypassing the American satellite network. At first, it turned to the European Union, pledging €230 million (then US$260 million) to join the Galileo project, an independent satellite navigation system designed to reduce Europe’s reliance on GPS. But the partnership did not last....
Land Use Changed the Climate. Now Climate’s Changing the Land shannon.paton@… Tue, 11/11/2025 - 16:34 Land-use change has long been recognized as a major contributor to global warming. Deforestation and agriculture alone account for nearly 25% of human-caused greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions . One might think this effect is uni-directional: Cutting down trees, plowing up grasslands and draining wetlands release GHGs that fuel climate change. But satellite monitoring shows that this relationship is a two-way street. Climate change itself is increasingly leading to the loss and degradation of forests, grasslands, wetlands, rivers and even farms, creating a dangerous feedback loop. Hotter, Drier Conditions Accelerate Forest Fires Let’s look at wildfires. As the graphic...
Putting Nature on a Balance Sheet: What It Is and Why It Matters alicia.cypress… Tue, 11/11/2025 - 16:00 We face a paradox: Nature underpins the global economy — providing clean air, water regulation, flood protection, and pollination — yet remains largely invisible in most economic and financial decisions. This is not because its value is insignificant, but because nature is not seen as a critical asset that’s necessary for the economy. The failure to fully recognize and embed nature’s value in economic and financial decisions has contributed to rapid ecosystem degradation and climate instability that now threatens economic resilience, food security, human health and quality of life. According to the International Monetary Fund , nature loss is financially...
STATEMENT: Mexico Announces Strong New Climate Commitment nate.shelter@wri.org Tue, 11/11/2025 - 13:30 MEXICO CITY (November 11, 2025) – Mexico has officially approved and presented its new Nationally Determined Contribution (NDC) at COP30. The plan marks a milestone in the country’s climate policy, introducing for the first time an absolute emissions cap for 2035 that covers all greenhouse gases and sectors of the economy. Reinforcing its contribution to the Paris Agreement’s objectives, Mexico has committed to reducing emissions to 364–404 million tons of carbon dioxide equivalent (MtCO₂e) unconditionally, and to 332–363 MtCO₂e with international support — a level the government estimates represents a reduction of more than 50% compared to the business-as-usual...
WRI Joins New Beat the Heat Initiative on Cooling Solutions for Cities, Launched at COP30 sarah.brown@wri.org Tue, 11/11/2025 - 13:19 Today, WRI joined, as a partner, the Beat the Heat (Mutirão contra o Calor Extremo) initiative, a new effort launched at COP30 led by the COP30 Presidency and the UN Environment Programme (UNEP)’s Cool Coalition. Beat the Heat helps accelerate the implementation of local solutions to mitigate extreme heat, which contributes to more than 500,000 deaths a year. It also aims to advance sustainable cooling mechanisms through new technical assistance and financing pathways. The initiative invites countries, cities and regions to join a collective effort to turn UNEP’s Global Cooling Pledge into meaningful local action and operationalize...
The move would set up a clash with Gov. Gavin Newsom, a chief critic of the president and an opponent of oil exploration in the Pacific.
A sudden shift in the early season Arctic blast is set to bring freezing temperatures and a possible blizzard to the West.
As climate leaders gather in the Amazon, the world’s green transformation is speaking with a southern accent—powered by markets, technology, and a new economic logic.
Alexander Wurm, 53, and his daughter Serena died in Florida crash as they were flying supplies to Jamaica The founder of a church ministry and his 22-year-old daughter have been identified as the victims of a deadly plane crash in Florida on Monday as they were flying hurricane relief supplies to Jamaica . Alexander Wurm, 53, and his daughter Serena died when their twin-engined Beechcraft King Air crashed into a residential neighborhood in Coral Springs on Monday morning shortly after takeoff from Fort Lauderdale’s executive airport. Continue reading...
‘It’s not only our traditional knowledge that can help mitigate climate change—we can also influence scientific knowledge,’ says Indigenous leader Elcio Severino da Silva Manchineri at COP30.
[Daily News] Belem -- November 10th, 2025: As the UN Climate Conference (COP30) also knows as the "implementation COP" and the "COP of Truth" opens in Belém, AGRA is calling for a decisive shift from talk to action with ambition and urgency, urging a farmer-first breakthrough that puts soils, youth, and food systems at the center of global climate action.
The number of confirmed deaths from Hurricane Melissa in Jamaica rose to 45, with 15 other people missing, authorities said Tuesday. The death toll is expected to rise, with officials still trying to reach two towns that remain cut off since the catastrophic Category 5 storm made landfall in western Jamaica on Oct. 28.
The public stoush is really about whether the party will drop the charade or maintain it while shuffling some words Want to get this in your inbox when it publishes? Sign up for the Clear Air Australia newsletter here The best thing that can be said about the Coalition’s internal brawl over whether to abandon its support for reaching net zero emissions by 2050 is that it has some honesty in it. Not much honesty, but if you look closely you may see some light breaking through. The federal Liberals and Nationals have never supported the idea of reaching net zero by 2050. Some individual MPs have, but not the parties. We know this because they have not backed a policy to help meet it since Scott Morrison adopted the target in 2021 to try to deflect rising pressure at home and abroad...
It was the fifth reported attack on the Saratov Oil Refinery this fall and the seventh so far in 2025.
The Science Advisory Board could influence the Trump administration's plans to revisit a host of regulations.
[Nile Post] Global greenhouse gas emissions could drop by about 12% by 2035 compared to 2019 levels if all current national climate pledges are fully implemented, according to a new update from the United Nations Climate Change Secretariat (UNFCCC).
[Capital FM] Belém, Brazil -- The East African Community (EAC) is presenting a united regional front at the 30th UN Climate Change Conference (COP30) in Brazil, advocating for expanded access to climate finance for Least Developed Countries and vulnerable communities.
China has unveiled new measures designed to channel private capital into traditionally state-funded infrastructure projects, as Beijing steps up efforts to reduce investment restrictions and bolster the private economy. The 13-point document released on Monday by China’s cabinet, the State Council, includes measures to encourage private investment in major projects in a range of sectors – from power generation to transport. Any project in areas including rail, nuclear power, hydropower, oil and...
I have been working on climate policy since the late 1990s. I was in the room when Europe’s early carbon market discussions were shaping the architecture that would eventually underpin the Kyoto Protocol. That framework—built around international cooperation and market-based mechanisms—was born at a time when climate change was understood as a global problem requiring […]
President Trump stated India has reduced Russian oil imports and indicated tariffs on New Delhi will be lowered. This follows earlier claims by Trump that Prime Minister Modi pledged to wind down Russian oil purchases, though India has denied awareness of such a call.
[Capital FM] Nairobi -- Kenya has urged the international community to step up support for climate-resilient urban development, emphasizing the need to reach the most vulnerable communities.
The administration heralded the agreement with Baker Hughes as “an important step forward” for the large liquefied natural gas project.
The move comes amid speculation that DOE is preparing to issue emergency orders directing some retiring coal plants to stay open.
[Global Witness] At COP30 in Belém, Global Witness is driving forwards a policy agenda that puts people - not polluters - first
This video includes personal musings and conclusions of the creator climate scientist Dr. Adam Levy . It is presented to our readers as an informed perspective. Please see video description for references (if any). Video description Bill Gates just published a climate think piece that has taken the internet by storm. While conservatives are claiming he's backtracked on climate change, the truth is much more subtle. So what does the Microsoft founder, Gates, get right and wrong about climate change? And why might he be downplaying the risks at a crucial moment for our planet's climate? Support ClimateAdam on patreon: https://patreon.com/climateadam
A small turboprop plane on a hurricane relief mission to Jamaica crashed Monday morning into a pond in a gated residential neighbourhood of the Fort Lauderdale suburb of Coral Springs, killing two people shortly after takeoff and narrowly missing homes, authorities and a local resident said.
[UN News] COP30 opened in Belém on Monday with a clear message: the era of half-measures is over. Climate change is here, devastating communities and driving up costs, but solutions are within reach. Clean energy is surging, resilience saves lives, and cooperation can still bend the curve further.
Both climate activists and skeptics have slammed the destruction of miles of the Amazon rainforest in order to build a road for a two-week climate change summit.
World’s biggest polluter on track to hit peak emissions target early but miss goal for cutting carbon intensity China’s carbon dioxide emissions have been flat or falling for 18 months, analysis reveals, adding evidence to the hope that the world’s biggest polluter has managed to hit its target of peak CO 2 emissions well ahead of schedule. Rapid increases in the deployment of solar and wind power generation – which grew by 46% and 11% respectively in the third quarter of this year – meant the country’s energy sector emissions remained flat, even as the demand for electricity increased. Continue reading...
A draft five-year plan for offshore oil development proposes selling leases on the West Coast, Gulf of Mexico and Alaska.
A small turboprop plane on a hurricane relief mission to Jamaica crashed on Monday morning into a pond in a gated residential neighbourhood of the Fort Lauderdale suburb of Coral Springs, killing two people shortly after takeoff and narrowly missing homes, authorities and a local resident said. The Coral Springs Police Department confirmed the deaths in a statement on Monday afternoon. Police did not provide further details about the occupants of the plane and did not immediately return messages...
Discover how tracing space dust in Arctic seafloor sediment can help us understand how ice coverage changed over millennia, without the need for satellites.
An Arctic blast is bringing freezing temperatures and snow to much of the United States, including the Great Lakes where up to a foot of snow fell Monday.
Websites produced for COP conferences emit up to 10 times more carbon than average internet pages, according to a new study.
The Ministry of Public Health and the Bangkok Metropolitan Administration (BMA) jointly launched a campaign entitled “Knowing PM2.5 for Sustainable Protection" on Monday to educate the public on how to protect themselves as smog season returns.
More than 1.4 million people were forced to flee their homes nationwide.
U.N. climate negotiations began Monday on the edge of the Brazilian Amazon as leaders pushed for accelerating efforts to curb global warming by drastically reducing the carbon pollution that causes it. But top U.S. negotiators were absent.
At this year’s climate summit, the United States is out and Europe is struggling. But emerging countries are embracing renewable energy thanks to a glut of cheap equipment.
Ministers and high-ranking officials from nearly 200 countries have gathered in the Amazonian city of Belem, with Brazil insisting this will be “the Cop of implementation”. Hundreds lined up for Cop30 on opening morning, with some in Indigenous headdresses and others in trouser suits , writes Dharna Noor, fossil fuels and climate reporter for the Guardian US. The conference is being held in a massive temporary building in Belem’s Parque da Cidade area. It was still under construction just days ago, but now seems to be ready to use. Continue reading...
More than 155 million Americans are under a winter weather alert due to an Arctic blast sweeps from the Midwest to the Northeast, bringing the first snow of the season and the coldest air.
The United States has put more heat-trapping carbon dioxide into the air from the burning of coal, oil and natural gas than any other country.
The storm displaced more than 1.4 million after hitting Monday and setting off floods and landslides.
[Namibian] The Prospect of of Namibia becoming an oil-producing nation remains a well-covered topic from the country's cafés to its boardrooms.
Sir Keir Starmer agreed a 'substantial package' of agreements with Brussels in May this year (pictured) that includes a commitment to reducing carbon emissions.
As energy prices climb, tenants’ associations have reported a surge in residents seeking advice on saving money on heating costs. Meanwhile Germany's Environment Minister confirmed that subsidies for climate-friendly heating systems will stay.
Installing a dedicated charger is good option – so too is switching to an EV tariff and charging at night or smartly Could leasing a used electric car help you afford one? When you buy an electric vehicle you need to think about how you will charge it at home. The two main things you will need are a charger and a smart meter. Continue reading...
They were cowboys amid the mesas in a corner of New Mexico. For years they coexisted with an oil company — until one day they couldn’t. The post The David vs. Goliath story of a ranching family and an oil giant appeared first on Yale Climate Connections.
A Washington Post analysis of Democratic lawmakers’ appearances and social media posts show they are going quiet on climate.
Politicians, oil giants and climate activists hang on his every word. The Trump administration has blasted him. How did Fatih Birol get so big?
Talking about climate change may be politically radioactive, but adjusting to its effects is no longer optional.
Super typhoon Fung-wong hit the Philippines’ northeast late on Sunday and is forecast to cause widespread damage and flooding rains across Luzon as it moves west.
Destructive winds and rainfall hit archipelago, while a cold spell in Florida prompts fears of falling iguanas Typhoon Fung-Wong, locally known as Uwan, is the second in a week to affect the Philippines after making landfall on Sunday evening. The weather system prompted warnings for heavy rainfall and life-threatening storm surges across much of the country, with sustained winds of 115mph (185km/h) and gusts of about 140mph recorded on Sunday by the national meteorological agency. By the time Fung-Wong moves past the Philippines early this week, more than 200mm of rainfall is expected to have fallen on Luzon, the country’s most populous island. Continue reading...
The Congo Basin, a region of tropical forest larger than India, is at a point where further damage may rob the world of a crucial bulwark against climate change. That was the conclusion of the first comprehensive scientific report about the state of the environment in a region that stretches from Cross River in Nigeria to the Rift Valley in East Africa. An executive summary of the 800-page report, authored by 177 experts from across the basin and beyond, was released on Monday for the Cop30...
The Bureau of Ocean Energy Management is proceeding with leasing in the Gulf of Mexico and Cook Inlet despite environmental questions.
Oil companies are once again pushing the Supreme Court to stop a flood of cases that could force them to pay billions.
The analysis also examines water use and offers a road map for lower emissions through states with considerable renewable resources.
Battered by declining production and the departure of Western partners, Chad’s oil industry is betting its future on Beijing. In a high-stakes diplomatic pivot, the landlocked central African country has aimed to double its current output of 150,000 barrels per day, relying on China and allies like the United Arab Emirates (UAE) to revive its energy sector. Leading the massive effort is the China National Petroleum Corporation (CNPC), which according to Chadian officials, is set to expand its...
[New Times] The African Development Bank (AfDB)has approved a grant of $9.4 million (approx. Rwf13.7 billion) to Rwanda to finance the Nature-Based Flood Adaptation Project, aimed at strengthening the climate resilience of communities and water infrastructure in the western districts of Karongi and Rusizi.
[Premium Times] On the sidelines of the summit, Mr Shettima held bilateral meetings on carbon market cooperation, aimed at unlocking between $2.5 billion and $3 billion annually in carbon finance for Nigeria
[Shabelle] Belem, Brazil -- Somalia's Deputy Prime Minister Salah Ahmed Jama said that climate financing should be viewed as a global partnership for sustainable transformation, not as an act of charity.
[New Times] Once plagued by frequent droughts and low yields, farmers in Ngoma, Kirehe, Kayonza, and other districts in Eastern Province are embracing climate-smart agriculture (CSA) to boost productivity, conserve soil, and build resilience to climate shocks.
Typhoon Fung-wong blew out of the northwestern Philippines on Monday after setting off floods and landslides, knocking out power to entire provinces, killing at least four people and displacing more than 1.4 million others
[Shabelle] Belem, Brazil -- Somalia's Deputy Prime Minister Salah Ahmed Jama on Friday attended the COP30 climate summit in Belem, Brazil, urging swift global action to curb the worsening impacts of climate change.
[The Conversation Africa] Agriculture, forestry and other land uses together account for about 62% of Africa's greenhouse gas emissions. At the same time, land degradation, deforestation and biodiversity loss are eroding Africa's resilience.
In Oiapoque, Brazil, hopes that oil will transform the economy hangs in air, after the government granted state-owned company Petrobras an exploratory license off the remote Amazonian city's coast. At the same time, on the same coast, Brazilian president is hosting the world's annual climate talks.
Logan Stankoven scored the winner in the third period and added an assist as the Carolina Hurricanes came back from a two-goal deficit to down the Toronto Maple Leafs 5-4 on Sunday in the annual Hockey Hall of Fame game.
Oil stains on your car's seats are unsightly and can devalue your car, so it's important to take care of them as soon as possible. Here's what to do.
Fall reported by Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors as UN calls for accelerated action in buildings sector to meet global climate goals The growth in global demand for “green” office buildings has slowed after Donald Trump’s assault on environmental protection policies caused a slump in interest in the US, according to a survey of construction industry professionals. Building occupiers and investors across North America and South America expressed significantly lower growth in demand for green commercial buildings, a shift that “seems to be in response to a change in US policy focus”, according to a survey of members of the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (Rics). Reported demand across the rest of the world also fell, albeit not as sharply. Continue reading...
Typhoon Fung-wong has left the Philippines after causing at least two deaths and forcing over a million to evacuate. The storm, which made landfall as a "super typhoon," damaged homes and roads, particularly in Aurora province. Schools and offices were closed as the weakened typhoon heads towards Taiwan, following the deadly Typhoon Kalmaegi.
At Cop30, the first UN climate summit held in the heart of the Amazon, the stage is set for a fundamental reframing of climate diplomacy. For too long, the Global South has been cast as a passive aid recipient, a problem to be managed rather than a partner in solutions. But as delegates gather in Brazil’s gateway to the world’s largest rainforest, they will confront a different reality: a tropical belt that holds the keys to our climate future and a generation of evidence showing that South-led...
BELEM, Brazil - Every year, the UN climate conference conjures hundreds of headlines on global efforts to spare the world from climate catastrophe. This year's begins on Monday in the Brazilian rainforest city of Belem.
The world has changed dramatically in the decade since leaders celebrated a historic climate agreement in Paris a decade ago, but not quite in ways they expected or wanted.
This story was originally published by Grist and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. As Kristen Moreland waited for the livestream to buffer, her thoughts drifted to the years she’d devoted to defending Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, the northeastern sweep of Alaska where the mountains give way to the coastal plain. On screen, the chatter […]
New Zealand authorities said on Sunday that extra aircraft were being sent to fight an out-of-control wildfire that has burnt through around 1,100 hectares (4.2 square miles) of national park in the country’s central North Island. Firefighters began battling the fire in Tongariro National Park, a popular hiking spot, on Saturday afternoon and around 40 hikers had to be airlifted to safety. However, firefighting efforts were suspended overnight for safety reasons. Fire and Emergency New Zealand...
After a century of oil extraction in the Baldwin Hills, pressure is mounting to free the 1,000-acre oil field for a better use. But long-held plans for a park may now face competition from the need for housing.
With the pace of climate change speeding up, extreme weather and other impacts are taking an increasing toll on populations and environments across the globe. Here are some of the developments this year in climate science. Warmer, faster Global temperatures are not just climbing, they are now climbing faster than before, with records logged for 2023 and 2024, and at points in 2025. That finding was part of a key study in June that updated baseline data used in the science reports done every few...
Super Typhoon #UwanPH (FUNG-WONG) has made landfall over Dinalungan, Aurora. Max winds 185 km/h, gusts 230 km/h. TCWS No. 5 in effect. High risk of storm surge > 3.0m.
Exclusive: report by Stand.earth says subsidiary of power plant received truckloads of whole logs at biomass pellet sites Drax power plant has continued to burn 250-year-old trees sourced from some of Canada’s oldest forests despite growing scrutiny of its sustainability claims, forestry experts say. A new report suggests it is “highly likely” that Britain’s biggest power plant sourced some wood from ecologically valuable forests as recently as this summer. Drax, Britain’s single biggest source of carbon emissions, has received billions of pounds in subsidies from burning biomass derived largely from wood . Continue reading...
This story has been made freely available as a public service to our readers. Please consider supporting SCMP’s journalism by subscribing. The Hong Kong Observatory will issue a No 1 typhoon signal on Monday due to Tropical Cyclone Fung-Wong, while temperatures are expected to drop to around 20 degrees Celsius (68 Fahrenheit) by midweek. The forecaster said the storm would continue moving towards Luzon in the Philippines before entering the South China Sea on Monday and track northwards towards...
We need to protect the future of the millions of boys and girls on the frontlines of the climate crises around the world. I want world leaders to understand that this future starts now and, with urgency, position education at the core of climate resilience. —Adenike Titilope Oladosu, ecofeminist and Pan-African climate activist
[The Conversation Africa] Around the world, societies are looking for ways to live with climate change. Adapting to a hotter and harsher future means scientists, governments and communities must find ways to protect essential resources like land, homes, farms and water. Buildings need to stay cooler and withstand storms and floods, and crops need to survive more severe rains and droughts. Biologist and climate change scientist Serafino Afonso Rui Mucova studies how nature responds to human activity and changing weather in
[UN News] The last week of COP30 has begun in Belém with a palpable sense of urgency. Ministers and senior officials are now stepping into the spotlight, as negotiations move from technical wrangling to political decision-making. The stakes? Nothing less than charting a credible path to climate justice in a world running out of time.
Chinese scientists have developed a catalyst that can turn biomass and coal-derived syngas directly into building blocks for plastic and synthetic rubber with higher efficiency and sustainability than existing methods. The iron-based nanoparticle catalyst converts syngas, or synthesis gas, into hydrogen and carbon-based compounds called olefins by coupling two reactions that separately have limitations but together have synergistic effects. This process produces olefins with a large variety of...
A shortage of workers with skills to make Scotland's buildings more energy efficient is putting the government's goal to meet climate change target at risk, MSPs have been told.
India’s education system is facing mounting climate pressure, with 54 million students affected by heatwaves and drought in 2024. Girls are bearing the heaviest burden as water scarcity, migration, and school closures disrupt their learning. Similar patterns worldwide show how climate extremes are deepening gender gaps and pushing vulnerable students out of classrooms.
[ENA] Addis Ababa -- Ethiopia's plan to establish a nuclear power plant marks a crucial step toward diversifying its energy sources and expanding access to electricity across the country, Russian Ambassador to Ethiopia Evgeny Terekhin said.
India's state-run oil companies have secured a one-year deal to import 2.2 million tonnes of cooking gas from the US, marking a significant diversification of its energy sources. This move is expected to help balance trade, a key concern for the US administration, and reduce reliance on traditional Gulf suppliers.
Doing so would make a big difference to the climate. The post How satellites can help us find and clean up methane super-polluters appeared first on Yale Climate Connections.
Hurricanes can bring saltwater floods. Officials often warn about the risk of EV batteries interacting with salt water, but power tools can also be affected.
With 80 percent of climate finance going to developed nations and just USD 5.5 billion, or 0.8 percent of climate finance, going to small-scale farmers and micro or small agri-food enterprises globally, rice farmer Mohd Yaseen Khan fears erratic weather will ruin him.
Oil prices dipped slightly amid the news, while investors were said to be assessing the long-term impacts of the Ukrainian attacks on crude exports.
As the summit goes into its second week, complex issues remain with anxiety growing over conference outcomes Colombia will host a first international conference on the phase out of fossil fuels in April next year, according to advocates of more ambitious action to eliminate the main source of the gases that are heating the planet. The South American country, which has demonstrated strong climate leadership in recent years, is among a group of 17 nations that have joined the Fossil Fuel Non-Proliferation Treaty Initiative which held a press conference on its plans at Cop30 on Monday. Continue reading...
Vital supplies are due to start flowing from the Balkans as energy infrastructure faces sustained Russian attack.
Decision announced at Cop30 climate conference signposts risks for Australia’s reliance on fossil fuel exports, analysts say Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updates Get our breaking news email , free app or daily news podcast The Australian government has been urged to prepare for a shift away from thermal coal exports and accelerate green industries after one of its main international customers signed up to close all coal-fired power plants by 2040. South Korea, Australia’s third-biggest market for coal burned to generate electricity, announced at the Cop30 climate conference in Brazil that it was joining the “powering past coal alliance”, a group of about 60 nations and 120 sub-national governments, businesses and organisations committed to...
China’s Overseas Industrial Parks Provide a Path to Industrial Decarbonization alicia.cypress… Mon, 11/17/2025 - 08:15 A decade ago, few would have imagined that state-of-the-art clean-energy technologies could be deployed in remote regions, like the Indonesia island of Sulawesi, which straddles the equator between the Indian and Pacific oceans. But last year, a steel mill in the Indonesia Morowali Industrial Park began covering its roof with solar photovoltaic (PV) panels, replacing 65.9 megawatts (MW) of power previously generated by an on-site coal power plant. This 270 million yuan ($37.5 million) investment from a Chinese company will help the steel mill cut about 100,000 metric tons of carbon dioxide emissions each year. Similar projects are starting to occur...
The weather has turned colder with the risk of snow and ice in parts of the UK as Simon King explains.
Lingering thunderstorms pose risk of mudslides in areas around Los Angeles recently ravaged by wildfires A powerful atmospheric river weather system has mostly moved through California but not before causing at least six deaths and dousing much of the state. Early Monday lingering thunderstorms pose the risk of mudslides in areas of Los Angeles county that were recently ravaged by wildfire. Continue reading...
Emerging research on the nexus between climate, peace and security (CPS) supports the integration of climate adaptation and mitigation methods to advance sustainable peace. While climate change itself may not be the direct cause of conflict, its cascading effects such as resource scarcity, displacement, and economic stress could become focal points of tension. Although […]
The last week of COP30 has begun in Belém with a palpable sense of urgency. Ministers and senior officials are now stepping into the spotlight, as negotiations move from technical wrangling to political decision-making. The stakes? Nothing less than charting a credible path to climate justice in a world running out of time.
When the gates closed for the last time at Grangemouth, they didn’t just shut a refinery – they closed a chapter of Scotland’s industrial story. Hundreds of skilled jobs disappeared overnight, along with the confidence of a community that has given so much.
[Namibian] In a world striving for sustainability, Michelle Lingam's aspirations for her solar installation business highlight a troubling paradox: despite the critical role of women entrepreneurs in combating climate change, they continue to be largely excluded from formal financing. When Lingam sought a loan to expand her business, she anticipated rigorous scrutiny. What she did not foresee was the same entrenched obstacle her peers have encountered for years - collateral.
Motor oil classifications help you to choose the right oil viscosity for different driving temperatures, and keep your engine healthy for longer.
Heavy rainfall hit Galicia region first before slowly moving across western parts of the Iberian peninsula Portugal and Spain are again recovering from flooding after Storm Claudia brought heavy rain and strong winds last week. The storm developed from an area of low pressure that had earlier driven early season cold and snowy conditions through eastern parts of Canada and the north-eastern US through early November. The system tracked eastwards across the Atlantic during the second weekend of November before slowing and stalling to the north-west of the Iberian peninsula, caught in the trough of an increasingly amplified, or wavy, jet stream. Spain’s meteorological service AEMET named the storm last Monday before the arrival of several bouts of heavy rainfall, which slowly pushed through...
US President Donald Trump supports new sanctions targeting Russia. Countries trading with Moscow could face severe penalties. Iran may also be included. Senators are proposing even stronger measures, including tariffs on oil purchases. These actions aim to pressure nations supporting Russia's actions in Ukraine. The goal is to isolate Russia economically and end the conflict.
As the talks continue, some countries are pushing for a detailed “road map” for a global transition away from oil, gas and coal.
[New Times] As delegates gathered in Brazil this year for the UN Climate Change Conference (COP), discussing strategies to curb global emissions and restore ecosystems, Kigali was quietly hosting Rwanda's own climate revolution led by the youth.
A new study suggests heatwaves will not revert back towards preindustrial conditions for at least 1,000 years after emissions target reached Sign up for climate and environment editor Adam Morton’s free Clear Air newsletter here Heatwaves will become hotter, longer and more frequent the later net zero emissions is reached globally, new research suggests. Scientists at the ARC Centre of Excellence for 21st Century Weather and Australia’s national science agency, the CSIRO, simulated how heatwaves would respond over the next 1,000 years, examining the differences for each five-year delay in reaching net zero between 2030 and 2060. Continue reading...
Video: 00:01:45 Copernicus Sentinel-6B was launched on 17 November 2025, ready to continue a decades-long mission to track the height of the planet’s seas – a key measure of climate change. The satellite was carried into orbit on a Falcon 9 rocket from the Vandenberg Space Force Base in California, US.Sentinel-6B follows in the footsteps of its predecessor, Sentinel-6 Michael Freilich, which was launched in 2020. The mission is the reference radar altimetry mission that continues the vital record of sea-surface height measurements until at least 2030.Copernicus Sentinel-6 has become the gold standard reference mission to monitor and record sea-level rise. The mission’s main instrument is the Poseidon-4 dual-frequency (C-band and Ku-band) radar altimeter. Developed by ESA, the altimeter...
The SIC’s harbour income is set to come in £3.377m below expectations due to a reduction in tanker income and fewer oil shipments.
The country’s gas network spans hundreds of thousands of miles and accounts for nearly half of national methane.
Five farmers sued state utility Korea Electric Power and its power-generating subsidiaries, alleging that their reliance on coal and other fossil fuels has accelerated climate change and damaged their crops.
[New Times] World leaders, negotiators, and climate experts from across the world have gathered in Belém, Brazil, from 10 to 21 November, for COP30, this year's Conference of the Parties under the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change.
[UN News] Climate change is already fueling a global health emergency, killing more than half a million people each year through extreme heat and threatening hospitals worldwide, according to a major report released on Friday at COP30 in Belém, Brazil.
[The Conversation Africa] Across rural Zambia, small solar home systems and lanterns have transformed daily life. Between 2018 and 2022, more than one million small solar devices were sold across the country. These range from tiny solar lanterns to home kits capable of powering radios, TVs and phone chargers.
Energy Environ. Sci. , 2025, Accepted Manuscript DOI : 10.1039/D5EE04445F, Paper Cheng-Lin Miao, Lu Feng, Xiao-Xue Wang, De-Hui Guan, Xin-Yuan Yuan, Ji-Jing Xu Organic additives are effective in solving the intractable problems of aqueous zinc-metal batteries (AZMBs). However, the structure design principles and structure-activity relationship of the additives are still elusive. Herein, a... The content of this RSS Feed (c) The Royal Society of Chemistry
Saunders says ‘it is the right time for me to take a step back and focus on my family and myself’, week after state Nationals dump net zero commitment Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updates Get our breaking news email , free app or daily news podcast The New South Wales Nationals leader, Dugald Saunders, has stepped down from the role ahead of a party room meeting, citing family reasons. It comes as the state Coalition faces similar turmoil to its federal counterpart over climate policy. The NSW Nationals voted last week to abandon a net zero emissions target by 2050. Continue reading...
The rift between two provinces at odds over a proposed pipeline is straining Canada's unity as it seeks to become an energy superpower.
ATHENS - Ukraine signed a deal with Greece on Sunday for winter deliveries of American liquefied natural gas to Kyiv, as Ukrainian energy infrastructure is battered by Russian strikes.
Ending use of coal, oil and gas is essential in tackling climate crisis – but even talking about it is controversial Continue reading...
President to overhaul state energy firms after $100m kickback scheme alleged by anti-corruption investigators Volodymyr Zelenskyy has announced a plan to clean up Ukraine’s energy sector after an $100m (£76bn) kickback scheme was alleged by anti-corruption investigators, in the worst scandal of his presidency. Over the weekend, the Ukrainian president announced an overhaul of key state energy companies including a complete change of management at Energoatom, the nuclear power operator at the centre of the alleged criminal scheme. Continue reading...
A climate scientist with decades of experience has joined the growing opposition to what critics of climate change alarmism call nonsense science.
Zelenskyy says Nataliia Khodemchuk is victim of ‘new tragedy caused by Kremlin’, four decades after disaster The widow of the first Soviet engineer to die in the Chornobyl nuclear power plant explosion was killed on Friday in Russia’s massive drone and missile attack on the Ukrainian capital, Kyiv. Volodymyr Zelenskyy described Nataliia Khodemchuk as the victim of a “new tragedy caused by the Kremlin”, nearly four decades after her husband, Valerii, was killed inside Chornobyl’s nuclear reactor number four. Continue reading...
Storm Claudia moved away on Sunday after delivering over a month's worth of rain to parts of England and Wales.
Flood warnings still in place in England and Wales, as plunging temperatures forecast with possible snow and ice Emergency services are continuing to deal with severe flooding caused by Storm Claudia. A major incident was declared in Monmouth, south-east Wales, where people were rescued or evacuated from homes that were flooded during torrential rain on Friday. Continue reading...
Nationals and Liberals agree on new emissions plan after joint party room as opposition leader promises new immigration policy within weeks Get our breaking news email , free app or daily news podcast A future Coalition government would strip emissions reductions from the objectives of the electricity market operator, focusing instead on lowering consumer power prices, and track cuts achieved by similar nations to form Australia’s carbon targets. Coalition MPs endorsed the plan in a special partyroom meeting on Sunday afternoon, days after conservative Liberals engineered moves to drop net zero by 2050 policies to match their junior partner, the Nationals. Continue reading...
The Coalition's decision to abandon net zero would do little to shift public opinion, according to Labor frontbencher Penny Wong.
Saudi Arabia's Mohammed bin Salman will visit Trump in Washington on November 18 for their first direct talks since the Gaza ceasefire. The meeting is expected to center on defense, nuclear power, technology, and Israel.
Demonstrators marched through the city centre on a day of global action to coincide with the COP30 climate talks in Brazil.
In this post-truth environment, the interests of coal and gas are somehow able to win the hearts and minds of voters Get our breaking news email , free app or daily news podcast During the last parliament I negotiated an amendment to the Climate Change Act to lock in Australia’s carbon emissions target as a floor – not a ceiling. I did it to promote government ambition to exceed the target and, having covered the first Trump administration ’s withdrawal from the Paris agreement, to provide a legislative buffer against backsliding by a future Australian government. Continue reading...
Exclusive: Growth has been steady even since Trump’s re-election, building on increase from $20bn to $157bn, says thinktank Get our breaking news email , free app or daily news podcast Surging Australian demand for pro-environment investments has overcome a US-led backlash, with potential global ramifications, against green finance brought on by Donald Trump’s re-election, even if backers are less vocal about their projects. Green, sustainable and social investments have risen from $20bn to $157bn in the past five years, with $137bn backing projects with environmental benefits, according to new research from Impact Investing Australia (IIA) and the Centre for Social Impact. Continue reading...
Demonstrators marched through Glasgow city centre on a day of global action to coincide with the COP30 climate talks in Brazil.
Despite US objections, India continues to be a major buyer of Russian crude oil, ranking second globally in October with $2.5 billion in purchases. This trend persists as Western nations urge limitations on imports financing Russia's war in Ukraine. China remains the top buyer of Russian fossil fuels overall.
Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres, Volume 130, Issue 22, 28 November 2025.
Gaza City — Displaced Palestinians in Gaza woke up Friday morning to inches of water flooding their tents, after heavy rainfall overnight left their shelters and belongings soaked with no way to dry them out. Officials in Gaza have received “hundreds of pleas for help,” Mahmoud Basal, the spokesperson for Gaza Civil Defense, told journalists, … The post Heavy rainfall floods the camps of displaced Palestinians in Gaza appeared first on Egypt Independent.
Feeling overwhelmed by divisive opinions, endless rows and unreliable facts? Here’s how to weather the data storm We all live in history. A lot of the problems that face us, and the opportunities that present themselves, are defined not by our own choices or even the specific place or government we’re living under, but by the particular epoch of human events that our lives happen to coincide with. The Industrial Revolution, for example, presented opportunities for certain kinds of business success – it made some people very rich while others were exploited. If you’d known that was the name of your era, it would have given you a clue about what kinds of events to prepare for. So I’m suggesting a name for the era we’re living through: the Information Crisis. Continue reading...
Embattled Hungarian leader says he won an indefinite reprieve from sanctions on oil and gas from Russia, but the US has since disputed this As Viktor Orbán would tell it, he had the perfect meeting with Donald Trump. After visiting the White House last week, the embattled Hungarian prime minister quickly declared victory, saying he had secured an indefinite exemption from US sanctions on oil and gas imported from Russia . The deal would shield Hungarians from skyrocketing energy prices ahead of parliamentary elections next year and potentially boost Orbán’s chances of extending his 15-year rule. Continue reading...
The NSW Land and Environment Court invalidated the approval for the Ulan coal mine expansion near Mudgee, based on a precedent set in July.
For four long months and counting, the residents of Bang Ban, a low-lying district in Thailand’s ancient city of Ayutthaya, have lived their lives under water. Elderly residents must be ferried to safety by raft, schools stand closed and under the muddy surface, ruined rice fields rot. Even Ayutthaya’s 700-year-old stupas have been submerged, their crumbling towers jutting through a murky brown deluge that shows no sign of retreat. Annual floods are not unusual here. Each monsoon season, the...
Tripling the Adaptation Finance Goal Is Possible — Here’s What It Takes alicia.cypress… Fri, 11/14/2025 - 17:22 Accelerating adaptation finance is an increasingly urgent priority for global climate action, particularly for developing countries and communities facing the brunt of climate impacts. At this year’s UN Climate Change Conference (COP30) in Belém, Brazil, there’s an opportunity for negotiators to adopt a new adaptation finance goal. There are different views of what such a goal could look like. Some developing nations have emphasized that any goal would likely not meet adaptation needs. Meanwhile, many developed nations have resisted a new goal, pointing to last year’s agreement on a new goal of at least $300 billion for all climate finance (known...
The U.S. Chamber of Commerce urged the Supreme Court to block new California laws that will require thousands of companies to disclose their emissions and their impacts on climate change.
Greenland’s melt is expected to slow the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation, but research suggests a collapse of the West Antarctic ice sheet could in some cases prevent it from shutting down
The storm has brought flooding and downpours, with some areas expecting up to a month's worth of rain in a day.
Activists hail from various parts of the world, yet they consistently convey the same message: the foundation of a just transition cannot be based on lies and false solutions.
Calgary-based pipeline operator Enbridge has announced a US$1.4 billion expansion of its Mainline and Flanagan South pipelines used to ship oil sands crude to markets in the U.S.
Prime Minister Anutin Charnvirakul has ordered all provincial governors to put measures in place to prevent wildfires, haze and fine-dust air pollution (PM2.5), which typically occur during Thailand’s cool and dry seasons and significantly impact public health and the environment.
Illuminated landscapes release more carbon at night than darker areas, according to new research.
Reliance Industries is set to establish a 1 GW AI-focused data centre in Andhra Pradesh, complementing Google's earlier investment. This move aligns with the state's ambition to become a major data centre hub, aiming for 6 GW capacity. The agreement also includes a 6 GW solar power project and an integrated food park.
Bob’s Blog: NASA’s latest mission, designed to study the effects of the solar wind on the atmosphere of Mars, was ironically delayed on the launch pad due to a solar storm affecting conditions here on Earth.
Senate inquiry hears how ‘propagandised misinformation’ is drowning out legitimate concerns in Australia’s regions over renewable energy Get our breaking news email , free app or daily news podcast Plans for a community battery in Narrabri had been going well – there was a $500,000 federal government grant, the shire council had agreed on a site and it had the necessary approvals to start building. The battery project – in a council car park – was proposed by local not-for-profit Geni.Energy, with the idea to soak up solar energy during the day for use later. Continue reading...
Hungary remains heavily dependent on Russian fossil fuels and has sought exemptions and threatened to veto EU sanctions since Moscow's 2022 invasion of Ukraine.
Disease outbreaks from South America to Europe have been worsened by rising global temperatures, experts say Surging cases of yellow fever and dengue in South America highlight the growing assault on people’s health from the climate crisis, with infectious diseases spread by mosquitoes and deadly heat also now pushing into temperate regions such as Europe, experts have warned at the Cop30 climate summit. There have been 356 cases of yellow fever in South America and 152 deaths so far this year, largely in the Amazon region, according to Pan American Health Organization figures . Apart from a large spike in 2017 and 2018, this is the largest number of yellow fever cases for any year in the continent, bar one, since 1960. Continue reading...
As the world gathers in Brazil for the UN climate talks, the country’s livestock sector – one of the largest in the world – is understandably in the spotlight. Livestock are a significant contributor of greenhouse gas emissions in Brazil (and around the world) and have been linked to deforestation, but these animals represent so […]
A scandal, involving kickbacks at Ukraine’s state nuclear power company, has revived concerns about European money being siphoned off by graft instead of helping fight Russia.
[UN News] Floods, heatwaves, droughts and storms are forcing millions from their homes every year. Most never cross a border; they remain internally displaced yet uprooted all the same. But experts warn that in the not-so-distant future, entire nations could disappear beneath rising seas or become uninhabitable through drought.
Kürzungen der Fördermittel treffen Wissenschaftler, die sich mit Geoengineering wie der Modifizierung der Sonneneinstrahlung und der Entfernung von Kohlendioxid befassen. Während Sie dies lesen, werden giftige Abgase aus Kraftwerken, Auspuffrohren von Autos und Verkehrsflugzeugen ausgestoßen. Das von ihnen ausgestoßene Kohlendioxid kann Tausende von Jahren in der Atmosphäre verbleiben. Selbst wenn es uns gelingt, die Nutzung fossiler Brennstoffe in Zukunft weitgehend einzustellen, müssen wir dennoch die Auswirkungen einiger dieser Emissionen rückgängig machen, um unsere Klimaziele zu... Der Beitrag So zerstört Trump mutige Pläne zur Bekämpfung des Klimawandels erschien zuerst auf Rolling Stone.
A winter storm bearing down on Central California this week whipped up a wildfire, prompting evacuations, but also helped dissipate some of the flames.
My dog contributes to climate change. I love him anyway.
The COP30 Special report on health and climate change: delivering the Belém Health Action Plan, notes that rising temperatures and collapsing health systems are claiming more lives, and calls for immediate and coordinated action to protect health in a rapidly warming world. It follows the launch of the Belém Health Action Plan, a flagship initiative of Brazil’s COP 30 Presidency, unveiled on the dedicated Health Day of COP30 – 13 November 2025.
Spectating from afar during the Cop30 UN climate summit in Belem on the edge of Brazil’s Amazon forests, it is easy to despair. Despite 30 years of concerted global diplomacy and exhaustive scientific evidence of the gravity of global warming, carbon dioxide emissions continue to rise, as do global temperatures. Brazil’s rainforest continues to burn. Global oil and gas production remains robust. Governments procrastinate and funding promises still fail to materialise. Worst of all, the world’s...
With COP30 underway, the climate crisis is in the spotlight. Here are the key facts about how rising temperatures are disrupting our planet.
Oil industry attorneys have sought to move lawsuits against fossil fuel companies to federal court, where they believe they're more likely to win.
BELEM, Brazil - Two years after nations agreed to transition away from fossil fuels, dozens are pushing to go even further at the COP30 climate summit, setting up a showdown with oil powers.
Center-right legislators also agreed to scrap a binding target to cut emissions by 43 percent of 2005 levels by 2030 if they return to power.
Former ACCC chair condemns proposed exemption allowing minister to approve projects that don’t comply with law Get our breaking news email , free app or daily news podcast The former competition watchdog chief Graeme Samuel says the government should axe its proposal to allow the environment minister to make decisions in breach of national laws if it is deemed in the “national interest”. Samuel, who led a 2020 review of the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation (EPBC) Act, also argued a loophole that effectively exempts native forest logging from the laws “shouldn’t be there”. Continue reading...
[SNA] Ankara, Nov. 13, 2025 (SUNA) - The Sudanese Embassy in Ankara arranged meetings for the State Minister at the Ministry of Finance and Economic Planning with major Turkish companies active in infrastructure, renewable energy, and waste management.
[Global Witness] Campaigners are hailing today's COP30 launch of a new global initiative aimed at advancing the recognition, protection, and participation of environmental defenders in climate decision and policy-making.
From deforestation to emissions trading, vital policies are being watered down in the name of ‘competitiveness’. But Europe is shooting itself in the foot Climate action has long been a flagship European policy. As negotiators gather in Brazil for Cop30 , however, Europe’s leadership risks faltering. Things were very different a decade ago in Paris, when a landmark deal to limit global heating to 1.5C was achieved at Cop21. That agreement relied on an understanding between the US and China – one that would be difficult to replicate today. Its ambition was elevated by Europe acting in concert with a broad coalition of global south countries. The Paris climate agreement paved the way for the European Green Deal in 2019, which enshrined into law the ambition of climate neutrality in the...
[Afreximbank] Belem, Brazil, 13 November 2025 -- At the ongoing 2025 United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP30) in Belem, Brazil, African Export-Import Bank (Afreximbank) is strategically advocating for a climate agenda that aligns with Africa's sustainable development and industrialisation ambitions as outlined by its President, Dr. George Elombi.
[The Conversation Africa] Picture an electric car that could go 600, 700 or even 1,000 miles on a single charge. That's much farther than the longest-range electric vehicles on the U.S. market, according to Car and Driver magazine - and twice as far the official rating for the long-range, rear-wheel-drive Tesla Model 3, which has a maximum rated range of 363 miles.
A pair of NASA spacecraft ultimately destined for Mars will study how its magnetic environment is impacted by the Sun. The mission also will help the agency prepare for future human exploration of Mars. NASA’s ESCAPADE (Escape and Plasma Acceleration and Dynamics Explorers) spacecraft launched at 3:55 p.m. EST, Thursday, aboard a Blue Origin New […]
Baroness Brown of Cambridge said that if water companies started charging more per litre for water, they could help stop taps running dry in the coming decades.
Hours after the wind-whipped Pack fire ignited in Mono County on Thursday afternoon, damaging homes, a storm rolled in, bringing with it much needed precipitation.
If the government cuts a deal with them, it risks repeating the mistakes of the Abbott era, sacrificing progress for politics This week the National Liberal Coalition has rewound the clock a decade. When Tony Abbott’s government abolished the Climate Commission in 2013, I knew it was a political act of climate vandalism. Abbott simply didn’t want to hear the facts: that pollution from coal, oil and gas were cooking our planet . For a decade after, denial evolved: from shouting that global heating wasn’t real, to claiming it could be solved later. Continue reading...
How to Get Finance Flowing to Climate Adaptation margaret.overh… Thu, 11/13/2025 - 15:58 From floods and droughts to economic shocks and displacement, the costs of climate change are rising rapidly. Climate-related disasters caused an estimated $417 billion in economic losses in 2024 alone. Without urgent investment in resilience, global GDP could shrink by up to 10% by 2050 . Many developing countries will face even steeper drops. Yet finance to adapt to these threats remains scarce, fragmented and difficult to access — particularly for the poorest and most vulnerable. Developing countries (excluding China) need $400 billion annually by 2035 to address adaptation and resilience finance requirements. Present flows remain far from that level: According to CPI...
Scotland needs 'at least one million more' immigrants to 'work the land' and tackle climate change , a Green MSP has claimed.
The United States is largely absent from the United Nations climate negations in Brazil. So who is stepping up?
[Daily Trust] Oil prices have climbed as fresh U.S. sanctions targeting Russia's energy exports tightened global supply, lifting Brent crude futures to their highest level in weeks.
At the UN Climate Conference venue in Belém, young activist João Victor da Costa da Silva is trying to make his case heard by negotiators. The 16-year-old Da Silva has a specific request for the parties: the needs of young people with disabilities should be addressed through the lens of climate justice. Belém native Da […]
Open access notables Robust increase in observed heat storage by the global subsurface , Cuesta-Valero et al., Science Advances Changes in heat storage within the different components of the climate system alter physical and biogeochemical phenomena relevant for human societies and ecosystems. Among such processes, permafrost thawing, soil carbon storage, and surface energy exchanges depend on the persistent heat gain by the continental subsurface. Nevertheless, there are not enough data to estimate ground heat storage at the global scale after the year 2000. We solve this problem by expanding the database of geothermal data with remote sensing observations from satellite platforms. Estimates from satellite data show a heat gain between 16.4 ± 3.4...
Energy Environ. Sci. , 2025, Accepted Manuscript DOI : 10.1039/D5EE02120K, Paper Open Access This article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported Licence. Geoffrey A. Ozin, Abdelaziz Gouda, Nazir Kherani, Nhat Truong Nguyen, Juan Manuel Restrepo Florez, Mohini M. Sain, Camilo Viasus, Jessica Ye, Abhinav Mohan, Otavio Augusto Titton Dias, Vijay K Tomer, Andrew Wang, Tamlyn Slocombe, Alan Aspuru-Guzik, Jiabao Shen, Mohamad Hmadeh The transition to sustainable hydrogen production is critical to decarbonizing the global energy system and reducing reliance on carbon-intensive methods such as steam methane reforming (SMR). Methane pyrolysis has emerged... The content of this RSS Feed (c) The Royal Society of Chemistry
Lawmakers approved proposals to slightly weaken EU carbon emissions targets for 2040. Another vote on corporate supply chain standards was even more contentious as it required populist support to pass.
On the campaign trail in 2024, President Donald Trump promised to halve Americans’ energy bills by January 2026. After his win, his administration pushed policies that undoubtedly contributed to their rise. They tried to squash cheap, local energy from renewable sources while bankrolling the dying coal industry. They put tariffs on materials needed to keep […]
Climate Action Tracker report finds pledges made in past year have not cut the forecast for global heating More than half of all delegation members at Cop30 have withheld or obscured details of their affiliations , potentially concealing conflicts of interest and undermining trust in the Cop process, warns Transparency International. According to the campaign group’s examination of the UNFCCC’s official list of registered participants, 54% of participants in national delegations either did not disclose the type of affiliation they have or selected a vague category such as “Guest” or “Other”. Yet, at Cop30, thousands of delegates still do not share enough information, most from within national delegations. If Cop30 is indeed the Cop of truth, the lresidency and the UNFCCC Secretariat should...
Electric cars will get a 25% discount and electric vans and HGVs 50% in changes to be introduced in January London’s congestion charge will rise by 20% in January to £18 and electric vehicle drivers will be liable to pay to enter the heart of the capital for the first time. EVs will no longer be exempt from the levy, Transport for London said, but will pay a lower rate. Electric car drivers will get a 25% discount, while electric vans and HGVs will pay 50% of the full charge. Continue reading...
As the COP30 climate conference gets underway in Brazil, the world’s attention is once again drawn to the plight of the Amazon – the planet’s largest and most vital rainforest. With the European Space Agency’s Earth Explorer Biomass satellite now in orbit, ESA is helping Brazil prepare to transform this new mission’s groundbreaking data into actionable knowledge for protecting the rainforest and confronting climate change.
One email, released by Democrats on House oversight committee, says Trump ‘spent hours’ with one trafficking victim. Plus, Al Gore wonders if ‘bullying’ Trump prompted Bill Gates to backtrack on climate Don’t already get First Thing in your inbox? Sign up here Good morning. Newly released emails suggest Donald Trump knew about the conduct of the late child sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, including one memo in which Epstein said “of course [Trump] knew about the girls” he trafficked, and another that said Trump had “spent hours” with one victim at Epstein’s house. What do the emails say? One message from Epstein to his co-conspirator Ghislaine Maxwell, sent in April 2011, mentions Trump by name, saying: “I want you to realize that that dog that hasn’t barked is trump.. [victim’s...
A West Virginia coal miner was found dead Thursday after being trapped in a flooded mine for more than a week. He helped save fellow miners.
The target would allow controversial use of overseas carbon offsets to help meet a 90 percent reduction.
Warning comes as scenario in which global demand continues to grow until 2050 is included in IEA outlook report The world is producing more oil than it needs and by next year there could be a glut of 4m excess barrels a day entering the market, according to the global energy watchdog. The International Energy Agency said the surplus in 2026 was likely to be larger than previously forecast, despite a decision from the biggest oil producers to pause their plan to increase crude exports. Continue reading...
[This Day] In a major push for environmental sustainability, the Association of Licensed Telecom Operators of Nigeria (ALTON) and the Nigeria Liquefied Natural Gas Limited (NLNG) are set to collaborate with ITREALMS Media on the 2025 ITREALMS E-Waste Dialogue.
The Met Office has issued two amber rain warnings for parts of central England and South Wales tomorrow, both running from 12pm to midnight, as Storm Claudia hits the UK.
Australia and New Zealand witnessed a spectacular aurora australis, a 'cannibal' solar storm causing vibrant pink, violet, and green lights. This G4 geomagnetic storm, one of the strongest, was caused by colliding solar energy bursts. Another viewing opportunity is expected tonight, though geomagnetic activity is declining.
A week after China commissioned its third aircraft carrier, the Fujian, newly leaked images, including satellite imagery and other photos, suggest that the fourth might be nuclear powered. US military website The War Zone reported on Wednesday that China’s new Type 004 aircraft carrier, which is under construction at the Dalian shipyard in the northeastern province of Liaoning, showed a hull structure apparently similar to that of American nuclear-powered supercarriers. Citing social media posts...
For farmers in the nation’s breadbasket, surviving this storm is no guarantee against the next one.
The Hurricane six-cylinder engine almost entirely usurped the HEMI V8 in RAM trucks until very recently. What do owners say? Is it actually reliable?
The most aggressive goal of the Paris Agreement is out of reach, according to a new analysis by the Global Carbon Project.
Starmer's £2.5B Rolls-Royce SMR gamble at Wylfa promises nuclear jobs and energy security—while the US slams the 'disappointing' snub. Explore the global fallout from Britain's bold nuclear pivot.
Ahead of COP30 in Belém, Brazil, this week, most countries that filed emissions plans with net-zero goals are relying on carbon removals to reach their target, according to an analysis.
The project is part of the company's plans to power AI with a suite of natural gas plants in oil fields like the Permian Basin.
The department outlined ConocoPhillips’ test wells and seismic studies while saying it won't plan environmental analyses on numerous U.S. onshore oil and gas lease sales.
Three small modular reactors are confirmed for the site, with the potential for up to eight.
[Nile Post] The 2026 election campaigns have placed environmental survival at the heart of political discourse in the Elgon region.
[ENA] Addis Ababa -- Ethiopia has achieved a significant diplomatic success, securing the official endorsement of the Africa Group of Negotiators (AGN) to host the 32nd UN Climate Change Conference (COP32) in Addis Ababa in 2027.
[The Conversation Africa] Mount Kilimanjaro in Tanzania is sold to the world as frozen romance and pure nature. But the real story today is at its feet, not its peak.
The Liberal Party has opted to ditch its commitment to achieving net-zero emissions by 2050, but will stick with a key climate change treaty.
Future Coalition government would not withdraw from Paris climate agreement altogether, Liberal frontbench decides a day after five-hour party room debate Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updates Get our breaking news email , free app or daily news podcast The Liberal party will abandon a firm net zero emissions target, siding with the Nationals to end the Coalition’s commitment to the climate goal. The Liberal shadow ministry agreed a future Coalition government would not withdraw from the Paris Agreement, which was a red-line that could have prompted the resignation of moderate Liberals such as Andrew Bragg and Maria Kovacic. Continue reading...
Global carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions from fossil fuels are set to reach a record high in 2025, a worrying new report reveals.
Preliminary data on this year’s carbon emissions reinforces the fact that we need to act as fast as possible to avoid the worst impacts of climate change.
But there are signs that greenhouse gas pollution in China might be slowing, according to a new analysis.
The Liberals will finally lock in a formal position on climate change and energy policy after a protracted party room meeting in the nation's capital.
The Liberals are preparing to unveil their new climate change and energy policy after a marathon meeting of MPs and senators in the nation's capital.
Exclusive interview with ex-US vice-president at Cop30 also reveals his hope around much-maligned climate summit Fear of being bullied by Donald Trump may have prompted Bill Gates to row back on the climate crisis , Al Gore has speculated, as he slammed the billionaire’s new position as “silly”, and the US president for his anti-climate stance. Trump, “the most corrupt president in American history”, was “badly damaging the US economy” by pulling away from renewable energy and promoting fossil fuels, the former US vice-president warned. Continue reading...
The fossil fuel industry has polluted our art, and now it’s polluting our information. So, we clearly say: stop the lies. —Brazilian political scientist Rayana Burgos
A nationwide alert system for PM2.5 fine dust pollution, including real-time updates through the cell broadcast system, is in the works as air quality in Bangkok is worsening to the “orange” level with the onset of the cool season.
Former US vice-president also critical of Donald Trump and Bill Gates as negotiations begin in earnest Hello comrades, this is Nina Lakhani in chilly New York City taking over the blog for the next few hours. Thanks very much to my colleague Matt Taylor in London Town who will be back in the hot seat on Friday morning. Leading climate activists and influencers have signed a letter criticising PR firm Edelman over its role at the Cop30 summit in Brazil. Continue reading...
The world’s leading energy agency has declared that the age of electricity has begun, with surging renewables set to displace coal, oil and then gas.
Global oil and gas demand could grow until 2050, the International Energy Agency (IEA) said on Wednesday, in a dramatic departure from its previous forecast of a speedy transition to cleaner fuels that would result in oil demand peaking before 2030.
RELEASE: Global Leaders Unite to Put Jobs and Skills at the Center of the New Economy at COP30 sophie.brady@wri.org Wed, 11/12/2025 - 11:20 Belém, Brazil (November 12, 2025) – Today at the COP30 UN climate conference, leaders from governments, businesses, civil society and philanthropy launched a new global effort that puts people’s jobs and skills at heart of the transition to a low-carbon and resilient economy. Developed in collaboration with the COP30 Presidency and a broad coalition of international partners, the Global Initiative on Jobs & Skills for the New Economy aims to accelerate investment in human capital, foster social inclusion, and align workforce development with national climate and economic strategies. The Initiative responds to growing...
[Premium Times] "This is why, at COP30, we hope to demonstrate that Africa can lead in Carbon capture..."
[Liberian Investigator] Liberia has launched a new €5 million agricultural initiative aimed at restoring degraded soils, boosting climate resilience, and enhancing the livelihoods of thousands of smallholder farmers. The 2025-2029 STAR-P/ILSA Project, co-financed by the European Union through the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD), was officially unveiled by the Ministry of Agriculture in Monrovia.
COP30 Brazil, though shadowed by the absence of many world leaders, remains a pivotal milestone in the global fight against climate change, tasked with building on the Paris Agreement’s momentum. Yet the glaring lack of commitment, coupled with withdrawals from the accord casts a grim shadow over the future. The planet continues to warm, and […]
German Galushchenko said he supported the move while the investigation was underway. A new board for the department governing nuclear energy will also be named.
[Independent (Kampala)] Kampala, Uganda -- Uganda Development Bank Limited (UDB) has announced its role as the lead sponsor of the Ugandan Pavilion at the upcoming United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP30), set to take place from November 10 to 21 in Belém, Brazil. The pavilion will serve as the central hub for all of Uganda's engagements during the global climate summit.
Global oil and gas demand could grow until 2050, the International Energy Agency said on Wednesday, departing from previous expectations of a speedy transition to cleaner fuels following U.S. criticism about its climate focus.
Gov. Gavin Newsom made green energy a priority. But as President Donald Trump makes oil the focus of U.S. energy policy, even California considers “Drill, baby, drill.”
Scientists have warned that the Gulf Stream is on the verge of collapsing - a disastrous event that could plunge the northern hemisphere into a new ice age.
Hundreds of South Korean engineers who were arrested and detained during an immigration raid at a Hyundai-LG Energy Solution battery plant in Georgia in September are preparing to sue US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), alleging unlawful detention and mistreatment. According to industry sources and a report by ABC News earlier this week, roughly 200 of those detained in the weeklong ordeal are preparing to file a lawsuit against ICE, alleging racial discrimination, human rights...
[This Day] InfraCredit, has announced its credit enhancement of CEESOLAR Energy Limited's local currency debt issue under a co-financing arrangement with the Climate Finance Blending Facility (CFBF).
COP30 in Brazil commenced amidst heavy rain and flooding that disrupted venues and press conferences, drawing ironic commentary. The opening day also saw activists clash with security, resulting in minor injuries and highlighting concerns over Indigenous participation and resource allocation for the event.
Energy Environ. Sci. , 2025, Accepted Manuscript DOI : 10.1039/D5EE04804D, Paper Chunlin Xie, Shengfang Liu, Jin Wang, Xianghui Meng, Shuyi Yu, Jiaming Zhang, Haijun Peng, Dan Sun, Yougen Tang, Hai-Yan Wang Anode-free sodium batteries (AFSBs) offer superior cost, energy density, and manufacturing advantages over sodium-ion batteries (SIBs) by eliminating the conventional anode. However, their development is fundamentally hindered by dead sodium... The content of this RSS Feed (c) The Royal Society of Chemistry
[Premium Times] Nigeria's small-scale fishers and women traders face twin threats of piracy and climate change - and a government with no clear plan to help.
Global emissions continue to rise a decade after the Paris Agreement. However, solar, wind and EV growth demonstrate that climate action can work. Here's what has been achieved and what remains urgent.
Senior Liberal sources say 28 speakers wanted to jettison the 2050 net zero emissions target entirely, 17 expressed desire to retain it in some form, while four were on the fence Get our breaking news email , free app or daily news podcast The Liberal party is poised to abandon a net zero emissions target after senior MPs advocated dumping the climate goal at a marathon meeting in Canberra on Wednesday. The Liberal shadow ministry will gather at 9am on Thursday to resolve a position after an almost five-hour meeting in Parliament House confirmed a majority of MPs wanted Sussan Ley to follow the Nationals in walking away from the commitment. Continue reading...
Scientists say "many lines of evidence" convey the dangers of extreme weather. But too much information risks muddling the public's perception about the effects of climate change, some researchers say.
The hurricane's Caribbean rampage spotlights a contentious issue of how much industrialized nations should pay to help developing countries adapt to climate change.
Dozens of people at EPA and state hearings have given nearly identical comments: They got help from the American Petroleum Institute.
Turkey is the third-largest buyer of Russian oil after China and India.
[Premium Times] Cooling demand set to triple by 2050, driving climate change and overloading power grid.
The International Energy Agency once projected that oil and gas demand could level off by 2030. Now it’s backing off, sort of.
[The Conversation Africa] Storms, drought, floods and heatwaves are a disaster for small scale farmers in Africa, who can't all afford insurance. Yet new, technologically advanced and cheaper types of agricultural insurance exist and could be rolled out across Africa. These include picture-based insurance that relies on smartphone photos to assess crop damage, and insurance coupons that allow farmers to purchase insurance for times when they know the weather might be bad. In a policy note to the Group of 20 most powerful economies
The California governor painted the president as a threat to American competitiveness by letting China dominate the renewable energy industry.
For a Coalition desperate to prove it can govern again, ignoring millennials and gen Z is a curious kind of strategy The 2025 election defeat should have been a wake-up call for the Liberal party on the issue of climate and young people, yet it it seems like the message is still not getting across. As it meets today to determine the future of its net zero policy, the party seems hellbent on accelerating itself further towards irrelevance among the growing cohort of voters demanding stronger action on climate change. Continue reading...
An oil trade group said drilling off Southern California was of interest. But the environmental pushback would be considerable.
Gavin Newsom is most senior US politician at annual talks, heading alternate delegation in Trump’s absence California governor Gavin Newsom has said Donald Trump is an “invasive species” whose dismissal of the climate crisis is an “abomination”, in a fiery attack at the UN climate talks in Brazil – from which Trump and his administration have been completely absent. Newsom is the most senior American politician at the Cop30 summit in Belém, after Trump took the unprecedented step of not sending a delegation to the talks. Newsom sought to fill the notable void of official US activity by lambasting the president for tearing up climate policies and pushing for burning more of the fossil fuels that have caused dangerous global heating. Continue reading...
A future Democratic administration would rejoin the Paris Agreement 'without hesitation'.
A liberal California city is launching another initiative to promote recycling with 'lid lifters' checking residents' trash in the early morning hours.
The third season of this Apple TV+ natural history docuseries invites viewers to experience life during one of Earth’s most dramatic climatic shifts.
Plan, which Gavin Newsom, the governor, has said would be ‘dead on arrival’, will allow six lease sales from 2027 to 2030 The Trump administration is planning to allow oil and gas drilling off the California coast for the first time in decades, according to a draft plan shared with the Washington Post. The move is guaranteed to set up a battle with the state’s governor, Gavin Newsom , a staunch opponent of offshore drilling. Continue reading...
But the Foreign Minister also warned that Moscow would resume nuclear testing if another nuclear power did so first.
The 34-year-old, who had only worked there for two days, walked past a large polar bear warning sign and appeared to have kept a safe distance. But he did not realize that a second animal was lurking nearby.
10bn tonnes must be captured from the air every year to limit global heating to 1.7C, says Johan Rockström Cop30: click here for full Guardian coverage of the climate talks in Brazil Removing carbon from the atmosphere will be necessary to avoid catastrophic tipping points, one of the world’s leading scientists has warned, as even in the best-case scenario the world will heat by about 1.7C. Johan Rockström of the Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research, who is one of the chief scientific advisers to the UN and the Cop30 presidency, said 10bn tonnes of carbon dioxide needed to be removed from the air every year even to limit global heating to 1.7C (3.1F) above preindustrial levels. Continue reading...
Adopting a vegan diet is one of the most effective ways of slashing your impact on the environment, a study has found.
If Ireland fails to meet 2030 emissions targets, it risks EU fines of almost $61b.
President Donald Trump is looking to open a new ICE facility in a liberal costal city, according to officials. There is currently a location in a nearby city that is holding illegal immigrants.
NY Times: India can now get half its electricity demand from wind, solar, and hydropower.
Europe's space agency is pioneering a groundbreaking project, HOBI-WAN, to generate protein from gases like hydrogen and carbon dioxide in space. This innovative technology, developed with Solar Foods, could provide astronauts with a sustainable food source, reducing reliance on Earth resupply missions for long-duration Moon and Mars journeys. The experiment aims to prove the viability of gas-based fermentation in microgravity.
RELEASE: New Coalition Launches at COP30 to Accelerate Clean Energy Growth in Latin America sophie.brady@wri.org Tue, 11/11/2025 - 09:42 Launched by the WRI Polsky Center for the Global Energy Transition and partners, the initiative will help companies scale clean energy solutions, decarbonize sectors and generate green jobs across the region. (Belém, BRASIL) November 11, 2025 — At COP30 in Belém, Brazil, the WRI Polsky Center for the Global Energy Transition – in partnership with Global Renewables Alliance (GRA), Global Wind Energy Council (GWEC) and Climate Group’s RE100 initiative – today launched the Latin America Clean Energy Coalition (LACEC), a major initiative to rapidly scale corporate clean energy adoption and accelerate Latin America's transition to...
Tuesday’s thematic day covers a gamut of topics ranging from adaptation and the bioeconomy to cities and infrastructure. But for the bigger topics of emissions and finance, nations are still setting out their positions. China’s carbon dioxide emissions have been flat or falling for 18 months, analysis reveals, adding evidence to the hope that the world’s biggest polluter has managed to hit its target of peak CO 2 emissions well ahead of schedule. Rapid increases in the deployment of solar and wind power generation – which grew by 46% and 11% respectively in the third quarter of this year – meant the country’s energy sector emissions remained flat, even as the demand for electricity increased. Continue reading...
Donald Trump has granted Hungary a one-year exemption from US sanctions for buying Russian oil and gas, a White House official told CNN Friday, after Hungary’s Prime Minister Viktor Orbán met the US President in Washington. For months, Trump has berated European Union countries for continuing to buy oil and gas from Russia, saying this … The post Trump grants Hungary one-year exemption from Russian energy sanctions appeared first on Egypt Independent.
[New Times] Rwanda has achieved 81 percent of its 'unconditional mitigation target', a milestone that underscores the effectiveness of domestic climate efforts and national frameworks in implementing the Paris Agreement, according to the Minister of Environment.
[Namibian] Namibia has secured US$3 million (N$51.8 million) from the Green Climate Fund to develop national adaptation plans (NAPs), engaging young people in climate resilience, entrepreneurship, and environmental stewardship.
Energy Environ. Sci. , 2025, Accepted Manuscript DOI : 10.1039/D5EE05276A, Paper Mingqiang Cheng, Juanjian Ru, Shukai Miao, Yixin Hua, Qibo Zhang, Cunying Xu, Zhipeng Zhou, Ding WANG, Wenchao Zhang, Jiexi Wang, Zaiping Guo The selective recovery of metals from spent lithium-ion batteries (LIBs), particularly from Ni-based ternary (NCM) cathode materials, is a significant challenge due to their complex elemental composition. Herein, we present... The content of this RSS Feed (c) The Royal Society of Chemistry
[Premium Times] He highlighted Nigeria's vulnerability to climate change, noting that its impacts exacerbated existing health challenges, strain infrastructure, and increased the burden of diseases in rural and urban communities alike.
The House returns to vote on a bipartisan bill that could end the government shutdown. And, at the COP30, data show the world is still far from meeting its climate goals.
Resistance from landowners is visible across the country as companies pursue new oil, gas and carbon projects.
The decision to skip further environmental reviews applies to offshore oil and gas lease sales mandated by the Republican-backed law.
Democratic election wins last week reignited arguments on how — or if — candidates should discuss climate change on the campaign trail.
Delhi's worsening air pollution is forcing residents to make difficult life choices, with many relocating to cleaner cities like Bengaluru. The choking smog is impacting health, prompting families to leave and professionals to time work trips away from the city. While some can escape, many are left hoping for government intervention to fix the crisis.
[This Day] Abuja -- Professor Emeritus of Petroleum Economics, Wumi Iledare, has aligned with the recent view by the Chairman of the Organisation of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) Board of Governors, Ademola Adeyemi-Bero, that Nigeria should end the wholesale export of its crude oil.
Nations have begun climate negotiations at the COP30 summit in Brazil. Studies show the world is not on track to avoid the most damaging impacts of climate change.
Residents living along the banks of the Chao Phraya River in Bangkok's Klong Toey district are bracing for more floods, as authorities plan to increase the discharge rate of the Chao Phraya Dam in Chai Nat on Tuesday.
COP30 in Brazil has commenced with a primary focus on mobilizing $1.3 trillion annually for developing countries by 2035 to combat the climate crisis. Discussions on the inaugural day centered on setting key agenda points, including climate finance, response to new climate action pledges, and trade measures like the EU's Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism.
This story has been made freely available as a public service to our readers. Please consider supporting SCMP’s journalism by subscribing. Hong Kong’s weather forecaster will keep the No 1 signal in force during the day on Tuesday as Typhoon Fung-wong edges closer to the city, with the chance of issuing a higher warning remaining limited. At 9am, Fung-wong was estimated to be about 530km (330 miles) southeast of Hong Kong and was forecast to move north at about 10km/h (6.2mph) across the...
A small plane carrying hurricane relief supplies to Jamaica crashed into a pond in Coral Springs shortly after taking off from Fort Lauderdale Executive Airport. Initial rescue efforts found no victims, and the operation has now transitioned to recovery. The aircraft was on a humanitarian mission to aid communities devastated by Hurricane Melissa.
The Energy Secretary has returned to the UK after his initial trip to the Cop30 summit last week and will fly out for the next stage which starts on Saturday.
Two people were killed when a plane bringing much-needed supplies to storm-ravaged Jamaica crashed in Florida on Monday.
Aircraft headed to island on a Hurricane Melissa aid mission crashed into a pond in a neighborhood in Coral Springs A small turboprop plane on a hurricane relief mission to Jamaica crashed Monday morning into a pond in a gated residential neighborhood of the Fort Lauderdale suburb of Coral Springs, killing two people shortly after takeoff and narrowly missing homes, authorities and a local resident said. The Coral Springs police department confirmed the deaths in a statement Monday afternoon. But police did not provide further details about the occupants of the plane and did not immediately return messages seeking more details. Continue reading...
As COP30 gets underway, Brazil's president calls for urgent climate action. UN analysis shows global emissions will only decline 12% by 2035, well short of the target for limiting warming.
Residents of Banff were busy cleaning up Monday morning after a strong wind storm toppled trees and blocked roads overnight in the mountain town.
Marcus Decker was served with deportation order while in prison for unveiling Just Stop Oil banner over Dartford Crossing A climate activist who served one of the longest prison sentences in modern British history for a peaceful protest has won his appeal against deportation . Marcus Decker was jailed for two years and seven months for a protest in which he climbed the Queen Elizabeth Bridge over the Dartford Crossing and unveiled a Just Stop Oil banner in October 2022. He was served with an automatic deportation order while in prison. Continue reading...
Anti-corruption agency says state nuclear power operator Energoatom taking illicit payments of 10-15% Ukraine’s anti-corruption bureau said on Monday that it was conducting a large-scale investigation into the country’s energy sector, alleging kickbacks in transactions involving the state nuclear power operator, Energoatom. The bureau, which operates independently of the government, alleged that several senior figures were involved. Ukrainian media identified one of them as Timur Mindich , a businessman and associate of Ukraine’s president, Volodymyr Zelenskyy. Continue reading...
Fortunately, a new study outlines a strategy to significantly curb AI's water consumption and carbon emissions.
A scientist from the British Antarctic Survey has contributed to a major new international publication, coordinated by the UK National Commission for UNESCO, which highlights the accelerating decline of glaciers … The post UK scientists contribute to global UNESCO report warning of unprecedented glacier loss appeared first on British Antarctic Survey.
This is a re-post from Yale Climate Connections Joe Rogan has one of the most popular podcasts on Spotify and Apple Podcasts and a combined 50 million followers on YouTube, Spotify, and Instagram. And like nearly all of today’s most popular online shows , Rogan’s spreads climate misinformation. In an October episode of his podcast, Rogan interviewed two octogenarian fringe climate contrarians, Richard Lindzen and William Happer, who together have been spreading climate misinformation since at least 2012 . For over two hours, the trio discussed climate myths and conspiracy theories, many of them identical to the misinformation Lindzen and Happer were peddling well over a decade ago. ( See here for a brief debunking...
Faltering governments will be blamed for famine and conflict abroad, and face stagnation and inflation at home, says climate chief at start of Cop30 Governments failing to shift to a low-carbon economy will be blamed for famine and conflict abroad, and will face stagnation and rising inflation at home, the UN’s climate chief warned on Monday at the start of the Cop30 climate talks. Simon Stiell, the executive secretary of the UN framework convention on climate change, addressed the gathering of ministers and high-ranking officials from nearly 200 countries , in a stark portrayal of the price of failure on the climate crisis. Continue reading...
The cold air will reach the Great Plains on Monday, bringing gusty wind and red flag warnings in the region, according to forecasters.
Critics say that fifth Pfas Trump’s EPA has proposed for approval this year would put food and water supply at risk The Trump administration is poised to again approve a new Pfas “forever chemical” pesticide ingredient, a move that is drawing criticism from public health advocates who say the nation’s food and water supply is being put at more risk from the dangerous compounds. The substance would be sprayed on corn, soybeans and wheat, and it marks the fifth Pfas pesticide ingredient the US Environmental Protection Agency has proposed for approval under Donald Trump’s second term as US president. Continue reading...
Marcus Decker is supported by climate experts, religious leaders and celebrities as he fights being first person in UK to be ‘deported for peaceful protest’ A climate activist who is appealing against his deportation after serving one of the longest prison sentences in modern British history for peaceful protest has criticised his “crazy double punishment”. Marcus Decker was jailed for two years and seven months for a protest in which he climbed the Queen Elizabeth Bridge over the Dartford Crossing and unveiled a Just Stop Oil banner in October 2022. Continue reading...
This story was originally published by Vox and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. As President Donald Trump sees it, environmental regulations that attempt to improve efficiency and address climate change only make products more expensive and perform worse. He has long blamed efficiency regulations for his frustrations with things like toilets and showerheads. He began his second […]
In 1995, as one of the Ogoni Nine, he was hanged after protesting against Shell’s oil pollution. With education and a move towards renewable energy, we can honour his legacy Earlier this year, my father, Ken Saro-Wiwa , and his eight colleagues, known collectively as the Ogoni Nine , were pardoned for a crime they never committed. After peacefully campaigning against environmental degradation of Ogoniland in Nigeria at the hands of the oil industry, they were imprisoned by the military dictatorship on false charges of treason and incitement to murder, following a trial condemned by the international community as a sham. On 10 November 1995, the men were executed by hanging. Continue reading...
The electric cars of the Formula E racing championship can accelerate faster than Formula 1 cars and their top speeds are catching up – but battery capacity would let them down in a head-to-head
South African cricket legend Jonty Rhodes voiced concern over Delhi's severe air quality, contrasting it with his clean Goan home. The capital endured a thick smog, with AQI readings in the 'very poor' category, nearing 'severe'. Delhi's environment minister highlighted government efforts while criticizing the previous administration's decade of inaction on pollution.
[Liberian Observer] As world leaders gather in Brazil for the 30th Conference of the Parties (COP29) to reinforce global action on climate change, Liberia's credibility as a forest conservation champion is coming under severe strain. In the Southeastern region of the country, especially Grand Gedeh County, thousands of hectares of pristine forest are being razed to make way for cocoa cultivation -- a trend that environmentalists warn could erase decades of progress in forest protection and climate resilience.
After bully-like behavior last month over a small emissions levy, diplomats will be relieved if the US stays away from climate talks For years, countries around the world pressed the US to engage with them in addressing the climate crisis and to show it was serious about taking action. Now, with key United Nations climate talks under way in Brazil this week, other nations have been quietly hoping the US stays well away. Under Donald Trump , who has called the climate crisis “the greatest con job ever perpetrated on the world”, the US has not only pulled back from climate action but openly agitated for greater global fossil fuel use and for other countries to tear down their own climate policies. Continue reading...
Typhoon Fung-wong triggered floods and landslides, cut power to entire provinces and killed at least four people, including two children, before barreling out of the Philippines on Monday. Fung-wong, known locally as Uwan, follows on the heels of Typhoon Kalmaegi, which killed almost 200 people in the central part of the archipelago nation, as well … The post More than 1.4 million evacuated as second typhoon in a week slams into the Philippines appeared first on Egypt Independent.
At COP30, the international community again will try to agree on targets to limit catastrophic global temperature rise. But many barriers remain before steep greenhouse gas cuts are realized.
Scotland’s first commercial wind farm is to deliver five times more energy following a number of upgrades.
[UN Women] As global leaders gather in Belém, Brazil, for the thirtieth UNFCCC (United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change) Conference of the Parties (COP30), UN Women is calling for the adoption of a transformative, well-funded, and accountable Gender Action Plan (GAP), a framework that ensures climate policies and actions take gender equality into account. Its adoption at COP30 will shape the next decade of global climate action and determine whether gender
Scientists from leading institutions offered evidence of worsening impacts as leaders meet for the COP30 climate summit.
Chris Kerr says he wants to return to Jamaica days after experiencing Hurricane Melissa while vacationing on the tropical island, saying he wants to help rebuild.
The Industry Ministry is calling for investment in electric vehicle (EV) battery recycling in order to deal with a surge in scrapped batteries, as well as to grow the EV battery production and supply chain.
[AIM] Maputo -- Belem, (Brazil), 9 Nov (AIM) - Mozambican President Daniel Chapo on Friday called for "climate justice resting on predictable and accessible financing', for the construction of resilient infrastructures and the promotion of climate adaptation projects in vulnerable countries such as Mozambique.
[This Day] Abuja -- Vice President Kashim Shettima has reiterated Nigeria's determination to continue to use its influence to lead the way in seeking solutions to climate change matters in Africa and beyond.
[AI London] Marking 30 years since the Nigerian government's brutal execution of nine leading environmental activists - the Ogoni Nine - for fighting to protect the Niger Delta from oil giant Shell, Amnesty International is calling for their full exoneration. The anniversary coincides with the start of the UN climate talks (COP 30) in Brazil.
Brazil’s André Corrêa do Lago says countries should follow China’s lead on clean energy as conference begins Cop30: what are the main issues? Net zero to NDCs: your Cop30 jargon buster Rich countries have lost enthusiasm for combating the climate crisis while China is surging ahead in producing and using clean energy equipment, the president of the UN climate talks has said. More countries should follow China’s lead instead of complaining about being outcompeted, said André Corrêa do Lago, the Brazilian diplomat in charge of the Cop30 conference , which begins on Monday. Continue reading...
A joint operations base will be set up, bringing together national park rangers, border patrol police and army personnel to combat illegal gold mining inside Thong Pha Phum National Park in Kanchanaburi, on the orders of Natural Resources and Environment Minister Suchart Chomklin.
[The Conversation Africa] When BP and Shell sold the South African Petroleum Refinery (Sapref) in 2024 to the Central Energy Fund, a government entity, for R1 (or six US cents), environmental advocates warned that Sapref had not taken any steps to clean up pollution. Neither had it made reparations for harm inflicted on the health of nearby residents from over six decades of crude oil processing. The refinery is in the port city of Durban, on South Africa's east coast.
Bangkok, along with some parts of Pathum Thani and Nonthaburi provinces, face higher risk of floods over the next several days as authorities increased the water discharge rate of the Chao Phraya Barrage in Chai Nat in the wake of recent rainfall, warned the Geo-Informatics and Space Technology Development Agency (Gistda).
Typhoon Fung-wong blew out of the Philippines after setting off floods and landslides, knocking out power to entire provinces, killing at least four people and displacing more than 1.4 million.
A weakening Typhoon Fung-wong departed the Philippines over the South China Sea on Monday morning, after its driving winds and heavy rain killed at least two people and forced more than a million to evacuate. Fung-wong, with a footprint that spanned nearly the entirety of the archipelago, slammed into the country’s eastern seaboard on Sunday evening as a “super typhoon” after uprooting trees and swamping towns further south. It landed just days after Typhoon Kalmaegi swept through the islands of...
This story has been made freely available as a public service to our readers. Please consider supporting SCMP’s journalism by subscribing. Hong Kong’s weather forecaster will issue the No 1 warning signal at 12.20pm on Monday as Severe Typhoon Fung-Wong draws nearer, expected to be closest to the city later this week. The Hong Kong Observatory said it would assess the need to issue a higher typhoon warning signal on Tuesday, when local winds are set to strengthen for two days. It added that...
Today marks 10 years since the Met Office named its first storm, Storm Abigail, launching a public-facing initiative that has since become a cornerstone of weather communication in the UK.
Floods, storms and droughts have uprooted people across the globe as rising temperatures intensify conflict and hunger Climate-related disasters forcibly displaced 250 million people globally over the past decade, the equivalent of 70,000 people every day, according to a report by the UN refugee agency (UNHCR). Floods, storms, drought and extreme heat are among the weather conditions driving conflict and displacement, alongside slow-onset disasters such as desertification, rising sea levels and ecosystem destruction, which are threatening food and water security. Continue reading...
New York Times: People with panels got power back almost immediately after the storm.
If you live in a region where you need to store your bike for the winter, you may wonder if you need to change the oil first. Here's what you need to know.
Research which polled a representative sample of 2,000 people also found over a third of Coalition voters believed the climate would not change at all Get our breaking news email , free app or daily news podcast About 40% of Australian women without kids say they are hesitant to have children because of climate change, a new survey suggests. The survey, on attitudes about the impacts of global heating, also found that half of Australians were very or extremely concerned about climate change and two in five believed the climate would be “much hotter” in 2050. Continue reading...
Exclusive: David Bailey plays down concerns after HSBC and Barclays quit UN-backed Net Zero Banking Alliance A Bank of England executive has insisted that UK banks are still showing a “vibrant” commitment to climate goals despite the recent demise of a global net zero target-setting group. David Bailey, the executive director of prudential policy at the Bank’s regulatory arm, the Prudential Regulation Authority (PRA), played down concerns surrounding the fact that significant lenders including HSBC and Barclays had followed their US peers in dropping membership of the UN-backed Net Zero Banking Alliance (NZBA). Those exits led to the closure of the once-lauded NZBA last month. Continue reading...
Americans have shown a tremendous amount and variety of opposition – more than some may realize A young white woman in yoga clothes berating masked ICE agents in a parking lot this spring. A pope speaking up again and again for immigrants. Furious judges dressing down the Trump administration and ruling against it time after time after time, in response to the blizzard of lawsuits filed by human rights and environmental groups, states, cities and individuals. A senator speaking nonstop for 25 hours and another flying to El Salvador to find out what happened to his kidnapped constituent. The biggest day of protest in US history as an estimated 7 million people showed up for No Kings on 18 October in small towns and red counties as well as big blue cities. Weekly protests at Tesla salesrooms...
A listing of 28 news and opinion articles we found interesting and shared on social media during the past week: Sun, November 2, 2025 thru Sat, November 8, 2025. Stories we promoted this week, by category: Climate Change Impacts (6 articles) Revisiting The Category 6 Conversation After Hurricane Melissa Forbes, Marshall Shepherd, Nov 1, 2025. Insurer calls for climate action as severe weather drives premiums up A major insurer is warning Australians to expect rising home insurance premiums, in part due to increasingly frequent and damaging weather events. Australian Broadcasting Corp., Samuel Yang and Yiying Li, Nov 03, 2025. The ground is swallowing homes in this Native village in Alaska. Residents have no choice but to move The climate crisis is causing...
Minister of Local Development and Acting Minister of Environment Manal Awad asserted Egypt’s significant steps toward diversifying its energy mix, aiming for 42 percent clean electricity by 2030. She highlighted Egypt’s leading projects in solar, wind, and green hydrogen—along with investments in energy efficiency, infrastructure upgrades, and green ammonia—as key pillars of a low-emission energy … The post Egypt aims for 42 percent clean energy share by 2030 appeared first on Egypt Independent.
ISABELA, Philippines, Nov 9: The Philippines evacuated over 100,000 residents across its eastern and northern regions as Fung-wong intensified on Sunday into a super typhoon ahead of its expected arrival later in the day, threatening to unleash torrential rains, destructive winds, and storm surges.
Super Typhoon Fung-wong, the biggest storm to threaten the Philippines this year, started battering the country's northeastern coast ahead of landfall on Sunday, knocking down power, forcing the evacuation of more than a million people and prompting the defence chief to warn many others to evacuate to safety from high-risk villages before it's too late.
Fung-wong was preparing to hit the Philippines just days after the country was battered by typhoon Kalmaegi which killed 204 people More than 900,000 people have been evacuated from eastern and northern regions of the Philippines as the latest storm to hit the country – Fung-wong – intensified on Sunday into a super typhoon , with work and classes suspended across several regions, including Metro Manila. Packing sustained winds of 185km/h and gusts of up to 230km/h, the super typhoon is threatening to unleash torrential rain, destructive winds and storm surges. Continue reading...
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