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Unless actions by governments and corporations cut emissions here and now, a dose of scepticism is in order, says Guardian environment editor Damian Carrington
The urgency of the climate crisis demands individual ethics as much as a willingness to cooperate with power. But reconnecting humans with the natural world also forces us to revisit the promises of ever-growing efficiency and a culture of exploitation.
Prominent academics, including a former IPCC chair, round on governments worldwide for using the concept of net zero emissions to 'greenwash' their lack of commitment to solving global warming.
Warning comes after lack of new funding pledges at virtual summit attended by 40 world leaders and hosted by White House.
It is extraordinary that the museum is receiving funding from a fossil fuel giant for an exhibition on, of all things, the climate, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot.
New paint reflects 98% of sunlight as well as radiating infrared heat into space, reducing need for air conditioning.
It’s time to use a term that more than 13,000 scientists agree is needed.
French lawmakers voted late on Saturday to abolish domestic flights on routes than can be covered by train in under two-and-a-half hours, as the government seeks to lower carbon emissions even as the air travel industry reels from the global pandemic.
Analysis reveals three ways to boost green investment and achieve a resilient recovery from the coronavirus pandemic.
Dozens of countries are backing an effort that would protect 30 percent of Earth's land and water. Native people, often among the most effective stewards of nature, have been disregarded, or worse, in the past.
New research links Delhi's thick smogs to burning of plastics
Decline in system underpinning Gulf Stream could lead to more extreme weather in Europe and higher sea levels on US east coast
Outlawing ecocide would hold governments and corporations accountable for environmental negligence. We can't wait.
NASA is elevating one of its top climate scientists to a new role, a move meant to put greater focus at the space agency on studying the causes and consequences of global warming under President Biden.
The voice of environmental justice, once lonely in the wilderness of systemic racism, is now helping shape President Biden's cabinet with nominees pledging to restore environmental and public health protections dismantled by the previous administration.
Joseph R. Biden Jr. will bring with him the largest team of climate change experts ever assembled in the White House, and action on global warming is expected quickly.
Due to different methods, US Noaa judged year as fractionally cooler than 2016 while UK Met Office put 2020 in close second place.
Global heating continued unabated despite Covid lockdowns, with record Arctic wildfires and Atlantic tropical storms.
Carbon-neutral aviation is possible, but in future, aircraft are likely to continue to be powered by fossil fuels. The CO2 they emit must be systematically stored underground. This is the most economical of various approaches that ETH researchers have compared in detail.
