The Latest Breaking News from Climate Change

Australia is a place of great natural beauty, home to many species found nowhere else on Earth. But it’s also particularly vulnerable to introduced animals, diseases and weeds. Habitat destruction, pollution and climate change make matters worse. To conserve what’s special, we need far greater care.

IN FOCUS: The climate crisis is already displacing millions of people from their homes as they seek to escape extreme weather events, desertification and drought, writes Alicja Hagopian. With Donald Trump ordering billions of dollars of cuts to climate aid projects, the poorest and most vulnerable countries face even greater…

Public funding for agricultural research in the U.S. has been declining for the last two decades, a process Trump has rapidly accelerated by freezing or pausing support for a variety of research programs financed by the USDA, EPA and other organizations

Inequality – between the rich and poor or between the powerful and the weak – is the main factor stalling action on environmental problems including biodiversity loss, pollution and climate change, according to British environmentalist Tony Juniper.

This election is already shaping up as very much about energy. But notably, ambitions for and debate about combatting climate change have receded in recent times.

The last two big storms to hit Mexico have left the city vulnerable to organised crime and in fear of the next climate shock

Political changes, higher defence spending and a shift in focus towards national priorities have seen many European aid budgets slashed recently.

The recently appointed US director of national intelligence, Tulsi Gabbard, and other top intelligence officials appeared before the Senate intelligence committee to discuss the US intelligence services’ annual threat assessment (ATA).

The recent announcement that young people in England, Wales and Northern Ireland will have the opportunity to take a new GCSE in natural history, driven by a campaign led by naturalist Mary Colwell, is welcome news.