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This is the one time of year where the eyes of the world are all on climate change. When it makes the news every single night, and everyone hopes that, miraculously, almost 200 countries will somehow put aside insurmountable differences to come together and solve this crisis in a tidy…

Exclusive: UK energy secretary says at Cop29 that people see the economic advantages of making the transition

Some cafes and visitor centres to close with job losses while reserves in Suffolk and Hertfordshire among those in peril

Flooding from hurricanes Helene and Milton inflicted billions of dollars in damage across the Southeast in September and October 2024, pushing buildings off their foundations and undercutting roads and bridges. It also caused dozens of electric vehicles and other battery-powered objects, such as scooters and golf carts, to catch fire.

After rare accord with Biden White House on climate, China may now be more wary of adopting robust policy measures

Until the 1960s it rained a lot. We ate wild game, fish, there were plenty of rivers, but since then they’ve been drying up. This is José’s story

Oil giants commit $500m for sustainable energy, but campaigners say lobbyists have seized control of climate talks.

In the first ruling of its kind, the Dutch Hague District Court in 2021 ordered a fossil fuel company, Shell, to slash its emissions. This decision would have required the oil and gas giant to cut its emissions by 45% by 2030 (compared with 2019 levels) across its operations and…

Australasian Centre for Corporate Responsibility accuses Australian oil giant of misleading and false claims in closing arguments

For millions of New Yorkers in the concrete jungle and beyond, the spate of wildfires at their backdoor was unthinkable.

At least 123 oil and gas bosses and staff invited as ‘guests’ by Azerbaijani government and given host country badges, the Guardian has learned