Climate Impact

COP28 presidency hails “historic” victory as nations agree Loss and Damage Fund on day one

COP28 President Sultan Al Jaber has hailed a “historic” victory as world leaders agreed to a Loss and Damage Fund…

COP28 opens in Dubai as global temperature set for new record

DUBAI - The latest annual UN climate conference, COP28, opened in Dubai on Thursday 30 November with at least 70,000…

US announces $1.3bn to update country’s electricity networks

The US Government on Monday announced an investment of up to $1.3bn to build three huge transmission grid lines across…

Weekly data: infrastructure assets in advanced economies are most vulnerable to climate-related impacts

A new report seeks to counter two widely held maxims: first, that the physical risks of climate change on infrastructure…

Newsom shows Sunak the high road on climate action

When the history of the global push for net zero is written, chroniclers will mark last Wednesday as a pivot…

As Europe burns, the centre-right is backing away from climate action. Why?

Europeans this summer have been presented with a disjointed reality on their newspaper front pages. On one side, they have…

Weekly data: record number of flights in the sky as southern Europe burns

“The climate crisis is already here,” Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis told the Greek Parliament on Monday 24 July, following…

The climate is changing faster than we are

A succession of hottest-day records smashed, then smashed again. Flooding in the north-east of the US, Pakistan and southern Japan.…

Fossil fuel countries less concerned by climate change – survey

People in countries that are highly dependent on fossil fuel production for their energy needs or exports are less likely…

Students lay the foundation for a new generation of sustainable cooling in India

In the scorching heat in a town near Delhi, Jyoti Pandey rode her scooter packed with takeaway meals. Halfway through…