The Latest Breaking News from Climate Change

Bill Gates Isn't the Only One Shifting From Climate Doomerism to Energy Abundance

Is this "the end of the climate hawk era"?

Reason · Jan 12

4 ways to empower students to spark social change

College students in the humanities and social sciences are constantly learning about the world’s biggest problems — from inequality, wars, forced displacement, hunger and famine, discrimination and climate change to unjust policies and laws.

The Conversation · Jan 11

Nigeria and South Africa plan to boost fossil fuel production, risking their climate change pledges

Just 20 countries produce 80% of the world’s oil, gas and coal. Since 2019, researchers have released regular reports analysing how these governments plan to continue drilling and mining for fossil fuels – and how those plans diverge from the global climate goal set out in the Paris Agreement, which…

The Conversation · Jan 11

Trump's exit from climate bodies an act of 'profound cowardice'

The Trump administration's decision this week to pull the United States out of key climate bodies is an act of "profound cowardice" designed to escape accountability for the country's greenhouse gas emissions, says leading French climatologist Valérie Masson-Delmotte.

Radio France Internationale · Jan 9

Results are in for one of the clearest measures of global heating in 2025. It should be raising alarm bells

Scientists consider this to be one of the clearest measures of long-term global warming

The Independent UK · Jan 9

As climate crisis threatened her home, Alolita was offered a chance at a new life in Australia

Alolita Tekapu and her family among the first arrivals under a world-first agreement that allows people from Tuvalu to move to Australia

The Guardian - AU · Jan 9

We discovered microbes in bark ‘eat’ climate gases. This will change the way we think about trees

We all know trees are climate heroes. They pull carbon dioxide out of the air, release the oxygen we breathe, and help combat climate change.

The Conversation · Jan 8

A rare joy at police station in Huyton

Brief letters: Cash lost and found | Where does the north begin? | Woodstock sign | Schmaltz | Climate change and AI

The Guardian - UK · Jan 8

A few reasons to feel hopeful about the climate in 2026

This roundup of The Conversation’s climate coverage was first published in our award-winning weekly climate action newsletter, Imagine.

The Conversation · Jan 8

Climate adaptation has a new global plan. What the Belem indicators are and why they matter to Africa

At the 2025 global climate summit, COP30, held in Belém, Brazil, one decision stood out with major consequences for Africa: countries agreed on a new set of progress indicators.

The Conversation · Jan 8