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Italian government ordered to compensate UK firm after exploration forbidden within 12 miles of coast

We also asked if 'net zero' plans should be accelerated and if they thought the public were aware enough about the risks posed

Sticking to the precautionary principle is just plain common sense, says Bill McGuire, professor of geophysical and climate hazards

The world’s oceans are absorbing more than 90% of the excess heat and energy generated by rising greenhouse gas emissions.

The multiple forest fires that have been raging in France since the beginning of summer have released record amounts of carbon into the atmosphere, according to satellite data, and fires in Spain in mid-July also helped break records for carbon emissions. Fuelled by global warming, the blazes are reducing the…

Degrowth - the idea that a finite planet cannot sustain ever-increasing consumption - is about the closest you can get to a heresy in economics, where growth is widely held as the best route to prosperity.

New Zealand’s first climate adaptation plan, launched his week, provides a robust foundation for urgent nation-wide action.

Powerful storm systems triggered flash flooding across the U.S. in late July, inundating St. Louis and Kentucky

Powerful storm systems triggered flash flooding across the U.S. in late July, killing at least 28 people in eastern Kentucky as floodwater engulfed homes and set off mudslides. Record rainfall also inundated St. Louis neighborhoods, and another deluge in Nevada flooded the Las Vegas strip.

The CSIRO's latest megatrends report, released every decade, says there has been a seismic shift in the challenges we'll face over the next 20 years, including climate change, geopolitics and artificial intelligence.

How climate change drives heatwaves and wildfires in Europe