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The US military emits more than entire industrialised nations like Portugal and Denmark, yet evades scrutiny.

As countries try to hammer out a response to climate change at the COP28 talks in Dubai, here are some key figures about how fossil fuels have warmed our world.

Experts say the world is heading for considerably less warming than projected a decade ago, but that good news is overwhelmed by much more pain from current climate change than scientists anticipated

According to the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), more than 80% of the global population are motivated by a faith or spirituality. Faced with the triple planetary crises of pollution, biodiversity loss and climate change, what role can faith communities play in saving the planet?

Young people in Africa have called on developed countries to double the funding for climate change adaptation in Africa.

UN warns window for limiting warming to 1.5C is closing fast ahead of COP28 meeting in Dubai.

‘We must start setting records on cutting emissions,’ UN boss says after temperature records obliterated in 2023

The world is halfway towards a legally binding treaty to end plastic pollution, as negotiators in Kenya spend this week debating the best way to slash the waste building up in oceans and ecosystems. Plastic is largely made from fossil fuels, which means oil-rich countries have a significant stake.

Delegates mulling two options: a wide-ranging strategy that would target plastics production or a limited approach.

International funding to shield people from heatwaves, floods and droughts only 5-10% of what is needed, report finds

Grandparents used cotton/jute bags & glass/steel vessels/bottles before plastic age. 1907 saw the dawn of plastic age with Bakelite. Today, almost everything is made of plastic. But plastic pollution is a global problem, with 19-23 million tonnes of waste entering aquatic ecosystems yearly. We must reuse plastic bottles/bags & use…