The Latest Breaking News on Climate

A billion-dollar purported price tag for a new national park has dropped jaws and raised eyebrows as loggers and environmentalists resume hostilities.

Long one of the world's top sources of ocean plastic, the Philippines is hoping new legislation requiring big companies to pay for waste solutions will help clean up its act.

Experts say financial movements mean poor nations will in effect get billions less in value from £300bn pledge

A final week-long round of talks on a treaty to end plastic pollution has opened in Busan, South Korea, with deep differences between nations emerging almost immediately. The ‘high ambition coalition' – which includes France – will be fighting for a legally binding framework that will definitively curtail global plastic…

Temperatures unlikely to exceed -20C in parts of Canada, while a red weather warning has been issued for Sri Lanka

The hiker was said to be wearing traction devices and well-prepared for winter conditions

Pistachio farmers are having a bumper year – and looking forward to many more. These recipes will help you make the most of the glut

Rich countries still need convincing that giving money to poorer nations is very much in their interests too

Households using heat pumps use only half the amount of imported energy as those with gas boilers, new analysis has found.