Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions released from forest fires have increased by 60% around the world since 2001, as “more and bigger blazes tore through fast-warming regions outside the tropics”, ...

The US Supreme Court has allowed the Environmental Protection Agency to move ahead with its plans to limit carbon emissions by power plants.

Over the course of hundreds of hours throughout the next fortnight, negotiators from 196 parties will confer – and sometimes ...

In its latest “world energy outlook” annual report, the International Energy Agency (IEA) warns that demand for electricity around the world is rising faster than expected, making it harder for ...

Any infectious disease whose transmission and spread are influenced by changes and variations in climate and weather is ...

The EU unveiled its negotiating stance for the COP29 climate talks, leaving “unanswered the key question of how it will boost funding for poorer countries”.

Astrid Schomaker is the new executive secretary of the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD). Schomaker, who is German, was previously the director for green diplomacy and multilateralism with the ...

Record-breaking sea temperatures across the Gulf of Mexico have been a key ingredient behind some of the intense hurricanes devastating the region this year. Last month, Hurricane Helene made landfall ...

This guest post is by: Carl-Friedrich Schleussner who leads the integrated climate impact group at the International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis (IIASA) and is a scientific advisor at ...

Two years after coming to a historic agreement to “halt and reverse” nature loss, countries are preparing to gather in Cali, Colombia for the latest round of UN biodiversity talks. The COP16 ...