The Latest Breaking News from Climate Change

PM vows to ‘double down’ on net zero after admitting ‘consensus is gone’

The Prime Minister was speaking at the Cop30 summit in Belem, Brazil.

Evening Standard · Nov 6, 2025

Why Bill Gates’ climate memo is being celebrated by skeptics while frustrating scientists

Shortly before COP30 talks begin in Brazil, tech billionaire and philanthropist Bill Gates has launched a “narrative grenade” into the discourse of climate politics by publishing a lengthy memo calling for a rethink of how the climate crisis is framed and addressed.

The Conversation · Nov 6, 2025

Global warming is forcing Earth's systems toward 'doom loop' tipping points. Can we avoid them?

Earth may be on the verge of crossing several climate change tipping points that could have irreversible and devastating consequences. Here's everything you need to know about these "points of no return."

LiveScience · Nov 6, 2025

Climate change is coming for some of our favorite vices

Top grape, coffee and chocolate growing regions in western Europe, South America and West Africa under threat

The Independent UK · Nov 6, 2025

Six pieces of data that give hope for the future of the climate

IN FOCUS: The world may not be on track to achieve the Paris Agreement goal of keeping the temperature rise ‘well below’ 2C – but there remain grounds for hope as the international Cop30 summit gets underway. Nick Ferris reports from Belem, in Brazil

The Independent UK · Nov 6, 2025

PM to admit consensus is gone but UK ‘all in’ on net zero at Cop30

The Prime Minister will staunchly defend his Government’s clean energy agenda on economic grounds.

Evening Standard · Nov 6, 2025

As the Paris climate agreement turns ten, it’s showing its age

Ten years after the world agreed on an historic framework for climate action, the very features that made the Paris agreement possible are now holding it back. Designed to foster cooperation, it has instead become a system for forging agreement rather than delivering change.

The Conversation · Nov 6, 2025

Activists call for stronger climate commitments ahead of COP30 summit in Brazil

Activists are calling on world leaders to strengthen goals at this year's convention to reverse the damaging impacts of global warming.

Euronews · Nov 6, 2025

Climate change boosted Hurricane Melissa's destructive winds and rain, analysis finds

An analysis from World Weather Attribution reports human-caused climate change intensified the winds and rainfall unleashed by Hurricane Melissa in the Caribbean

The Independent UK · Nov 6, 2025

Climate aid too hard for poorest countries to access, warns top advisor ahead of Cop30

The former chair of the Least Developed Countries (LDC) negotiating group says too much red tape makes it very difficult for the world’s poorest nations to get the help they desperately need

The Independent UK · Nov 5, 2025