The Latest Breaking News on Climate

August is on track to be hottest on record, with temperatures hitting at least 110F (43C) nearly every day

As the world's nations strive to agree on a treaty to combat plastic pollution, plastic consumption continues to rise, resulting in the European Union producing about 13.4 million tonnes of CO2 annually from plastics.

Unprecedented temperatures causing difficulties in south-west France, Croatia, Italy and Spain with wildfire destruction across Europe up 87%

Environmental organisations warn that without urgent compromises the session could fail to produce a treaty capable of tackling the scale of the crisis

Excrement contains nutrients needed for crop growth and a new source of them could cut farming’s huge CO2 output

Americans can expect a cold and wet ‘old-fashioned’ winter

Consumers are more environmentally conscious than ever, and we often make purchasing decisions based on a product’s packaging. We choose items that look like they are made from paper or other “eco-friendly” materials, assuming we can simply toss them in the recycling bin. However, many of these products are a…

A huge basin of rainwater and snowmelt dammed by Alaska’s Mendenhall Glacier has started to release, sending a potentially record surge of flooding toward parts of Juneau in what has become an annual concern for residents

An evolving sculpture built from waste confronts negotiators as talks on a landmark plastic continue.

Environmentalists and Indigenous leaders held signs in front of the United Nations buildings in Geneva where talks for a global accord to end plastic pollution are taking place

India’s most populous state says it will process millions of kilos of cow dung from stray cattle to create biogas