The Latest Breaking News from Climate Change

Bad planning is the root cause of the flooding we have seen – and yes, climate change makes the consequences a lot worse, writes water engineer Jan Heijs.

Deep below the ocean surface, the light fades into a twilight zone where whales and fish migrate and dead algae and zooplankton rain down from above. This is the heart of the ocean’s carbon pump, part of the natural ocean processes that capture about a third of all human-produced carbon…

Climbing specialist and Greenpeace activist, Imogen Michel, led a team of four onto the giant oil platform on Tuesday - and they plan to stage their protest for as long as possible.

On the Flathead Reservation, a living document speaks to thousands of years of history while facing new challenges

It may no longer be possible to limit global warming to 1.5 degrees Celsius, but the climate future is still in our hands, a new report says.

The Colorado River, which provides drinking water to 40 million people in seven U.S. states, is drying up, straining a water distribution pact amid the worst drought in 12 centuries, exacerbated by climate change.

The UAE and France agreed to launch a bilateral program that combines French and Emirati expertise to develop commercial and investable opportunities that accelerate clean energy development, notably in the decarbonization of hard-to-abate (HTA) industries, including clean hydrogen solutions for mobility. The program's operations will be officially launched during COP28,…

The four want damages reflecting Holcim’s contribution to the climate change that has made their life increasingly hard.

European research finds that increasing urban tree coverage to 30% can lower temperatures by 0.4C

As the climate heats up rapidly, many species will struggle to avoid extinction. If they had time, they could evolve to the new environmental conditions. But they don’t. That’s where hybridisation could help. When related species interbreed, the flow of new genetic diversity could help them adapt to warmer environments.

New Prime Minister Chris Hipkins followed up an announcement of new cost of living measures on Wednesday with a visit to a North Shore Marae