Climate Weekly: Petcoke, a looming public health threat

It sounds cute. When Karl Mathiesen searched for it on a stock photo website, he got a dog in 3-D glasses holding a soft...

Gender remains one of climate change’s great inequalities

Women have fewer opportunities to make decisions on how to deal with global warming – we must change this. Gender often remains the untold story...

Trump tells UN of intention to leave Paris climate accord – in full

On Friday, the Trump administration dropped the UN a legally unnecessary but politically charged note regarding its intention to leave the Paris climate agreement. Under the...

Twelve activists denied entry to Poland for UN climate summit, says campaign group

Members of Climate Action Network claimed the Polish authorities had blacklisted campaigners from eastern Europe and central Asia The post Twelve activists denied entry to...

UN outlines 2030 goals to save planet’s biodiversity

The draft plan will be used as the basis of negotiations at a meeting in Kunming, China, where governments are to agree on global...

Global carbon emissions rise in 2017 driven by China

Global carbon dioxide emissions from fossil fuels and industry are expected to rise 2% in 2017, mainly driven by increases in China and other developing...

Offshore wind deployment boom ‘too slow’ to meet EU climate target

Europe needs between 230 and 450 GW of offshore wind by 2050 to decarbonise its energy system, according to the EU Commission The post Offshore...

David Attenborough: Climate change may one day be abhorred like slavery

Just as 19th century attitudes toward slavery have transformed, so too may the public perception of ecological destruction come to be reviled, the naturalist...

Pacific islanders: Shipping must comply with Paris climate goals

Rising seas have already contributed to the loss of five of my country’s islands. More are expected to disappear as our shared planet warms.So...

Spain offers to host Cop25 climate talks after Chile withdraws

UN talks were scheduled to be in Santiago, but may now move to Madrid, Chile's president said The post Spain offers to host Cop25 climate...

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