The Latest Breaking News from Climate Change

French research ship Tara sets sail to study secrets of heat-resistant corals

In the waters of the western Pacific lies the Coral Triangle – an area home to a third of the world's corals. While warming seas have bleached swathes of other reefs, scientists say the Southeast Asian hotspot has proven more resilient. Now French research vessel Tara is heading out on…

Radio France Internationale · Dec 14, 2025

South Sudanese community fights to save land from relentless flooding worsened by climate change

Flooding worsened by climate change is forcing a community in South Sudan to work constantly to keep water from encroaching on their land

The Independent UK · Dec 14, 2025

What a 6-metre sea-level rise would do to London's most iconic landmarks, as imagined by AI

These haunting images visualise London where climate change has raised the Thames by six metres, transforming the city’s historic heart into a serene, yet catastrophic, new Venice

Evening Standard · Dec 13, 2025

Polar bears are adapting to climate change at a genetic level – and it could help them avoid extinction

The Arctic Ocean current is at its warmest in the last 125,000 years, and temperatures continue to rise. Due to these warming temperatures more than two-thirds of polar bears are expected to be extinct by 2050 with total extinction predicted by the end of this century.

The Conversation · Dec 12, 2025

Episode Four: climate crises - the urgency to adapt

This eight-part podcast series examining the Paris Agreement ten years on, featuring global climate leaders discussing progress, challenges, and the dramatic shift in power towards emerging economies. The series explores how multilateral cooperation has evolved despite geopolitical fractures, from industrial transformation and innovative financing to the changing rules of climate…

Radio France Internationale · Dec 11, 2025

Takeaways from AP’s report on potential impacts of Alaska’s proposed Ambler Access Road

A proposed mining road in Northwest Alaska has sparked debate amid climate change impacts

The Independent UK · Dec 11, 2025

Climate change is straining Alaska's Arctic. A new mining road may push the region past the brink

In Northwest Alaska, a proposed 211-mile mining road has divided an Inupiaq community already devastated by climate change

The Independent UK · Dec 11, 2025

Lights out: can dimming the sun really save us from global warming?

How to stem global warming is an increasingly urgent question. Some people are thinking outside the box

Evening Standard · Dec 11, 2025

A tiny elite controls the lion's share of global wealth and power, says report

From wealth hoarding and tax breaks for billionaires to unpaid care work and climate damage, the World Inequality Report paints a picture of an economic order tilted towards a tiny ultra-wealthy minority.

Euronews · Dec 11, 2025

Warming oceans made Asia’s deadly floods far worse, scientists say

Sea surface temperatures over the North Indian Ocean were 0.2C higher than the average over the past three decades, researchers say

The Independent UK · Dec 10, 2025