The Latest Breaking News on Climate

Negotiations toward a global, legally binding plastics treaty are set to resume this summer, with the United Nations Environment Programme announcing that the Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee on plastic pollution will reconvene in August.

Disused coal mines could be refashioned to place vast fields of solar panels, a new report suggests, providing an unlikely solution to a common obstacle to uptake of the green energy source.

Temperatures in the West were in the triple digits at the beginning of the week as storms continued across the Plains and Appalachians

Brazil has auctioned off several land and offshore potential oil sites near the Amazon River, aiming to expand production in untapped regions despite protests from environmental and Indigenous groups

One-third of the Earth’s land surface is already degraded. The UN estimates that more than 2.6 billion people are harmed by land degradation, with countries losing up to US$10.6 trillion (£7.8 trillion) a year because of damage to “ecosystem services”, including the benefits people get from nature such as water…

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Republicans want to treat EVs like luxury carriages with an EV fee that would take America back by 235 years.

The Trump administration is proposing limits to the recreational facilities — including beaches — that are eligible for federal assistance.

Wildfires are on the agenda in Kananaskis, but with the world ablaze, all eyes are on the human flame-thrower AKA the US president

IADB’s proposals involve lenders using public money to buy up renewable energy loans in poor countries

High pressure from the Azores brings clear skies and high temperatures next week