40% of glaciers beyond saving

A recent scientific analysis reveals that Earth's glaciers are in critical condition, with nearly 40% of their ice mass effectively beyond saving – even if global temperatures were to stabilise immediately.

BRICS nations formulate first ever joint Climate Crisis policy

The BRICS bloc approved its first coordinated climate finance framework on May 30, marking the group’s first unified policy to fund climate action and setting the foundation for a shared position ahead of the COP30 meeting due to be held in Brazil.

Trump boosts US nuclear power

US President Donald Trump is seeking to usher in a nuclear renaissance in the United States. He has signed executive orders to boost the non-emissions energy technology.

Countdown to disaster: timelines to cross temperature thresholds tabulated

The Climate Crisis is accelerating and all the main players predict that the world will warm by more than the 1.5C Paris Agreement target by next year and the 2C maximum will be broached by 2037 – far earlier than previously forecast.

Sunlight heating effect on earth more than doubles in the last decade

Global warming results from man-made greenhouse gas emissions that have doubled the heating effect from incoming sunlight, which is now more than the heat radiated by earth into space in the last decade, according to a research paper.

Rising waters will prompt “catastrophic” mass migration, says study

Even if global heating stays at today's level, the world could be headed for unstoppable sea level rise and mass migration, scientists have warned in a stark new report in the journal Communications Earth and Environment.

Rising waters will prompt “catastrophic” mass migration, says study

Trump U-turns on $5bn offshore wind farm off New York in return for gas deal

The Trump administration has reversed its decision and is now allowing oil giant Equinor’s under-construction $5bn Empire Wind 1 project to proceed off New York.

Trump U-turns on $5bn offshore wind farm off New York in return for gas deal

The Trump administration has reversed its decision and is now allowing oil giant Equinor’s under-construction $5bn Empire Wind 1 project to proceed off New York.

EVs to account for one in four car sales this year

Global electric vehicle sales are expected to more than triple by 2030, reaching 45mn units annually, driven by expanding markets in China and strengthening policy support in advanced and emerging economies, according to the IEA.

The world is getting darker, absorbing more sunlight, which is accelerating the Climate Crisis

The world is getting darker as the ice melts and that means it is absorbing more and more sunlight, which is accelerating the process.

Eurasia a significant source of methane emissions – report

Russia and Turkmenistan are primary offenders.

Looking at ramifications of China’s shifting energy usage patterns on Central Asia

Renewables are up, fossil fuels down.

Blair think-tank releases scathing criticism of UK climate policy

The arguments contrast sharply with those of the UK’s Labour government.

EU swaps China for Russia in procurement of rare earth metals

The EU is increasingly turning to China to source hard-to-find rare earth metals and dropping previous import deals with Russia.

Caspian Sea may become next Aral, but who is to blame?

Some forecasting even indicates the decline of the body of water could pose a threat to the shipping section of the rapidly expanding Middle Corridor transit route.

Chipping point – the climate toll of AI chip-making in East Asia

The meteoric rise of AI is sparking a parallel and largely overlooked environmental challenge: the significant climate impact of chip manufacturing, particularly in East Asia, says a new report from Greenpeace.

Rising CO2 and temperatures make rice more toxic – The Lancet

Rice, the most widely consumed grain in the world, is likely to become increasingly toxic as global temperatures and carbon dioxide levels rise, according to new research published in The Lancet on April 17.

Equinor mulling appeal or legal action over Trump administration’s halting of massive wind farm off New York

Norwegian oil super major Equinor was just starting to construct an 818-MW wind farm off New York when the Trump administration unexpectedly halted the fully permitted $5bn endeavour.

Oil companies and governments bet on carbon capture and storage technology to solve the Climate Crisis. It’s not going to work.

As the Climate Crisis accelerates faster than scientists predicted and emissions continue to soar to beyond all-time record highs companies are betting on carbon capture and storage technologies to reverse global warming, but progress is slow.