The Latest Breaking News from Climate Change

EPA sets stricter limits on hydrofluorocarbons used in refrigerators, air conditioners

The Environmental Protection Agency is enforcing stricter limits on hydrofluorocarbons, highly potent greenhouse gases used in refrigerators and air conditioners that contribute to global warming

The Independent UK · Jul 11, 2023

Climate Change’s Silent Hazard: Major Cities’ Buildings Are Sinking, Warns Study

Ground deformation due to rising temperatures poses risks to infrastructure, as cities sink worldwide

Zenger · Jul 11, 2023

UK needs to do a lot more to contain global warming – Cop26 President

Sir Alok Sharma spoke after receiving a knighthood from the King at Windsor Castle.

The Independent UK · Jul 11, 2023

Underground climate change poses a ‘silent hazard’

Heat can cause the ground to swell and building foundations to slowly sink, but that hot air can be captured and turned into energy, Northwestern researchers say.

Chicago Sun-Times · Jul 11, 2023

Republicans take aim at climate funds in spending bills - Roll Call

Inflation Reduction Act funds are pouring into Biden administration programs to address climate change as GOP lawmakers act to stem the tide.

Roll Call · Jul 11, 2023

We can’t defeat climate change by investing in a handful of countries. The world needs to come together at COP28–and fund a just energy transition

Investors are too focused on a handful of large economies, warn the UAE's climate envoy and the executive director of the IEA.

Fortune · Jul 11, 2023

UN records hottest week on record, warns of impacts on ecosystems, health

The first week of July was the hottest ever recorded, according to the UN’s weather organisation, warning of the effects on ecosystems of high temperatures caused by human-induced climate change at the start of the El Niño weather pattern.

Radio France Internationale · Jul 11, 2023

Extreme heat during Europe's hottest summer on record killed over 61,000, study estimates

Extreme heat events are becoming more likely and more severe because of climate change.

Axios · Jul 10, 2023

Climate change is transforming our oceans. Can fisheries management adapt?

Newfoundland’s northern cod was once thought to be an inexhaustible resource. In fact, much of the province’s history and culture continues to be linked with this iconic species. But in the 1990s, the northern cod population here collapsed by more than 99 per cent along with other groundfish species.

The Conversation · Jul 10, 2023

British water privatisation offers cautionary tale

Bills are never popular. They're especially unwelcome when it comes to paying for something that falls from the sky. Unfortunately, as Britain's water systems struggle under financial mismanagement and the pressures of climate change, higher water costs are something consumers are all going to have to swallow.

Bangkok Post · Jul 10, 2023