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Study estimates 53,000 females have died on South Georgia since 2023, with ‘dramatic impact’ on future of the species

Advocates say conservative states’ push to define gender as ‘biological sex’ would backslide on decade-old language within the UN

The carbon budget to limit warning to 1.5C has effectively been exhausted, the latest stocktake warns alongside worrying findings for natural carbon sinks.

As Keir Starmer announces SMRs to be built in Wales, US ambassador says Britain should choose ‘a different path’

Fossil fuel emissions have hit a record high while many nations have done too little to avert deadly global heating

Ethiopia said on Tuesday it would host the United Nations' Cop32 climate summit in 2027, fending off a rival bid from Nigeria to land an influential role that will allow it to shape the agenda and outcomes of the event. The more immediate choice of host for next year's Cop31…

Stakeholders have spent months ironing out disagreements over how to distribute water from the sprawling basin

This live blog is now closed. You can read the full Guardian coverage of the climate talks in Brazil here

Working with jaguars in Brazil’s Pantanal was a huge source of joy. But the wildfires are getting worse. This is Abbie’s story