The Latest Breaking News from Climate Change

Voices: There’s one very good reason Trump should never win a Nobel prize

COMMENT: The Nobel committee has made some controversial choices in the past, but the president’s demolition of US climate and aid policies should rule him out whatever else he might achieve, writes Roger Harrabin

The Independent UK · Oct 16, 2025

Why climate summits fail – and three ways to save them

Nearly three decades after the first UN climate conference, emissions are still rising. The global system for tackling climate change is broken – it’s slow, cumbersome and undemocratic.

The Conversation · Oct 16, 2025

'For the birds': doubt ageing coal plants can go longer

Coal stations are reaching their end of-life and need to be retired, the Climate Change Authority chair says, regardless of moves to keep them running longer.

AAP · Oct 16, 2025

Indigenous knowledge systems can be useful tools in the G20’s climate change kit

Indigenous knowledge systems are bodies of knowledge that were developed and used by local communities for centuries. They shape how people understand their environment, solve problems, and live sustainably. Bennet Siyabonga Madonsela, environmental scientist and Indigenous knowledge systems researcher, explains how these systems can help the world adapt to climate…

The Conversation · Oct 15, 2025

UN weather agency says C02 levels hit record high last year, causing more extreme weather

The United Nations weather agency reports that carbon dioxide levels in the atmosphere reached record highs last year, intensifying climate change and extreme weather

The Independent UK · Oct 15, 2025

Climate change divides the innovators from the defenders of the status quo – Europe must decide which it wants to be

“The European green deal is something we owe to our children because we do not own this planet.” These words date back to a few days before Christmas 2019. They defined Ursula Von Der Leyen’s first presidency of the European Commission but belong to what now seems like a different…

The Conversation · Oct 15, 2025

Climate Advisers Warn UK To Prepare For 2C Warming By 2050

UK climate advisers warned the government for the first time on Wednesday to prepare for 2C of global warming by 2050, stressing current efforts to adapt to extreme weather are falling far short.

International Business Times · Oct 15, 2025

Three ways to make the UK’s food system more resilient – according to new report by 150 experts

In 2022, six days before Russian tanks rolled into Ukraine and destabilised energy and food supplies, my colleagues and I started building a network of researchers, practitioners and policymakers to identify ways to create a more sustainable future for the UK food system. Three years later and this network has…

The Conversation · Oct 15, 2025

UK must prepare buildings for 2C rise in global temperature, government told

Climate advisers warn that current plans to protect against extreme weather are inadequate

The Guardian - UK · Oct 15, 2025

In China, Climate Litigation Starts With The State

With thousands of dedicated courts and more than a million recent cases, environmental and climate litigation is booming in China, but it often looks different to the trend seen elsewhere.

International Business Times · Oct 15, 2025