The Latest Breaking News on Climate

At the foot of Pakistan's impossibly high mountains whitened by frost all year round, farmers grappling with a lack of water have created their own ice towers.

A third of consumers admitted to ignoring what brands say about sustainability because it confuses them.

Early signs of water scarcity are emerging in parts of Scotland amid ongoing dry weather, an environment watchdog has warned.

Members of the International Maritime Organization (IMO) are divided over whether to approve a carbon tax on international shipping, ahead of a meeting starting on Monday to finalise emissions-reduction measures.

Europe's leading weather forecaster ECMWF shows that adding additional data improves wildfire predictions, and that data trumps AI model complexity.

The 2024 Atlantic hurricane season was the ninth in a row with above average activity, the WMO says.

El Niño, a climate troublemaker, has long been one of the largest drivers of variability in the global climate. Every few years, the tropical eastern Pacific Ocean seesaws between warm (El Niño) and cold (La Niña) phases. This reshuffles rainfall patterns, unleashing floods, droughts and storms thousands of miles from…

Two wildfires that started close to each other in the South Carolina mountains and burned an area over half the size of Hilton Head Island are nearly contained

Extreme weather is dangerous weather, and that’s particularly true for the heavy rainfall events that experts say are becoming more frequent with climate change

The 2025 Los Angeles wildfires reduced more than 15,000 structures to ash in a matter of days. Among the devastation were 11 public and private schools and 30 child care facilities. In all, the fires disrupted the education and daily lives of over 700,000 students.

Action urgently needed to save the conditions under which markets – and civilisation itself – can operate, says senior Allianz figure