The Latest Breaking News on Environment

Global climate talks are taking place in the Amazon - the "lungs of the world" - as political headwinds threaten to blow multinational collaboration off course.

Brazil’s president welcomes world leaders while navigating divided government, promising action on deforestation and emissions

BoM says destructive winds and ‘very dangerous thunderstorms’ are most likely across the Hunter, mid-north NSW coast and northern tablelands

Australia's regions could hold the solution for cities running out of room for rubbish but country communities say they don't want to be a dumping ground.

As amphibian enthusiasts get ready to hop into FrogID Week, hope persists that one of Australia's most bizarre creatures may survive.

Exclusive: Environment secretary says global tipping points are possible as he rejects far-right climate ‘defeatism’

Sprinklers could save 500-year-old tree that had branches cut off without authorisation in April, says expert

Using tort law for environmental protection has a deeper historical pedigree than does resort to administrative regulation.

World leaders attending a climate summit in Brazil have launched a flagship global fund designed to reward tropical countries for not chopping down their trees. While proponents say it could be a game changer for climate finance, critics fear it will enrich governments without obliging them to take meaningful action…