The Latest Breaking News on Climate

Nominee companies – paid to be listed as shareholders on behalf of unnamed investors – could be reducing accountability over financial support of industry

California households will automatically receive October electricity bill refunds worth over $700 million under the state's Climate Credit programme, with no application required.

The 30ft-high wall between the US and Mexico will cut through one of the last unbroken grasslands in the west, leaving residents alarmed over the potential impact on wildlife and water use

Palm trees grace the landscape across Africa, thriving in environments as diverse as deserts and rainforests. Central Africa holds the richest variety, home to 52 species, while west Africa has 38 and east Africa 18. They form part of a global family of 2,600 palm species.

Exclusive: Smithsonian Museums in Washington DC will remain open until Monday 6 October, but no certainty after that

Demand for Australia's biggest fossil fuel exports is expected to drop in the coming years but producing green metals could provide a lifeline.

A new image from NOIRLab shows telescopes on two Chilean peaks in the Atacama Desert.

Efficiency employees reportedly told to avoid ‘climate change’ and similar terms in their work in latest clampdown

A recent report from the University of Chicago’s Air Quality Life Index found that wildfires are worsening air quality in Canada. The report found that in 2023, wildfires caused concentrations of particulate matter to rise to levels not seen since the index started taking records in 1998.

Scientists warn that “flying rivers” — invisible streams of moisture that carry rain from the Atlantic Ocean westward across the Amazon — are weakening as deforestation and climate change advance

Capitals from London to Tokyo need urgent action to protect people from deadly high temperatures, analysts say