A temporary breach of the 1.5C global-warming limit is now “inevitable” following “decades of insufficient climate action”, ...

Between 19 and 30 October, 196 parties will gather to hammer out the precise wording of the dozens of legal texts that make ...

Some 58% of countries have met a UN call to submit new pledges on addressing nature loss – two years after the original ...

Sent out every other Thursday, China Briefing is a round-up of all the need-to-know information about climate and energy in China from the past fortnight. Every day, our China team trawls the media – ...

Media reports frequently claim that the world is facing “committed warming” in the future as a result of past emissions, meaning higher temperatures are “locked in”, “in the pipeline” or “inevitable”, ...

A power plant in Chattogram, Bangladesh. Credit: IHSAN EESA / Alamy Stock Photo A much-discussed “return to coal” by some countries in the wake of the Iran war is likely to be far more limited than ...

Dead trees around Manasquan Reservoir with low water levels, New Jersey, USA. Credit: Stephen Bonk / Alamy Stock Photo. Almost all global thresholds for a “safe and just” planet have already been ...

Workers put switches and connectors on solar panels at a factory in Jaipur, India. Credit: Manish Swarup / Alamy Stock Photo India’s carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions grew by 0.5% in the second half of ...

Clean power added more to global energy supplies than any other source in 2025, according to the latest Energy Institute statistical review of world energy. Outside the Covid pandemic, it was also the ...

UK chancellor Rachel Reeves has announced new measures to cut energy bills alongside a “pay-per-mile” electric-vehicle levy as part of Labour’s second budget. The policy changes are expected to cut ...

Renewable energy will overtake coal to become the world’s top source of electricity “by 2026 at the latest”, according to new forecasts from the International Energy Agency (IEA). The rise of ...

Storm winds of up to 60 mph creating high waves lashing over Saltcoats promenade, UK December 2024. Credit: Findlay / Alamy Stock Photo The year 2024 was the fourth warmest on record for the UK, ...