The Latest Breaking News from Climate Change

I'm one of the UK's official climate change advisers – our new report says the country is no longer a world leader

The UK’s Climate Change Committee – the official independent advisory body of which I am interim chair – has spent the past three months poring over thousands of pages of government strategy documents to inform its latest annual progress report to parliament. And our confidence in the UK meeting its…

The Conversation · Jun 28, 2023

Global heat waves show climate change and El Niño are a bad combo

Scientists say worsening heat waves have a clear link to climate change. This year, a seasonal El Niño pattern will also be adding fuel to the fire.

WEKU · Jun 28, 2023

Drax adds its weight to calls for faster action on UK's Net Zero targets as coal return ruled out

Climate Change Committee's latest report is backed by group CEO keen to invest in UK and US

Birmingham Post · Jun 28, 2023

UK missing climate targets on nearly every front, say government’s advisers

Britain has lost leadership in climate action and political failure means progress has stalled, Climate Change Committee says

The Guardian - UK · Jun 27, 2023

Canada launches first-ever national climate adaptation strategy

Plan seeks to address needs related to increased flooding, wildfires, melting permafrost and other climate-relate risks.

Al Jazeera · Jun 27, 2023

Climate change has sent temperatures soaring in Texas

Hotter days and nights. More record highs. Climate change has shifted the entire range of Texas heat upwards.

The Texas Tribune · Jun 27, 2023

Antarctic Underwater Landslides May Trigger Devastating Tsunamis

Climate change could lead to catastrophic loss of life and economic havoc as waves stretch across the Southern Ocean.

Zenger · Jun 27, 2023

Takeaways from the California budget deal between Newsom and Democratic lawmakers

Gov. Gavin Newsom and Democratic legislative leaders on Monday agreed to a $310.8-billion budget spending plan that will reduce investments in fighting climate change and reflects a compromise on the governor's last-minute proposal to speed up infrastructure projects across California.

Los Angeles Times · Jun 27, 2023

A meteorologist got threats for his climate coverage. His new job is about solutions

Chris Gloninger, a TV news meteorologist in Iowa, got harrassing emails and a death threat over his coverage of climate change. Now he's leaving the industry to tackle climate change head-on.

WEKU · Jun 27, 2023

Current heatwave across US south made five times more likely by climate crisis

Latest ‘heat dome’ event over Texas and Louisiana, plus much of Mexico, driven by human-cause climate change, scientists find

The Guardian - US · Jun 27, 2023