The Latest Breaking News from Climate Change

Plundering the Pacific for its rich natural resources has a long pedigree. Think of the European companies strip-mining Nauru for its phosphate and leaving behind a moonscape.

Australia's Greens party on Wednesday threw its support behind the government's climate change legislation, clearing the way for a bill enshrining a pledge to cut carbon emissions by 43% by 2030, but said it would oppose new fossil fuel projects.

The Greens will vote for the government’s signature emissions reduction target of 43 per cent by 2030, the party’s leader, Adam Bandt, has announced. In

Tasmania has maintained net negative emissions for seven consecutive years, the state government's latest greenhouse gas report shows.

Climate minister says the aim is to equip people ‘so that when climate events occur their lives can continue’

The UN says it is the first famine caused by climate change. Those caught up in it describe a desperate fight to survive

The Senate’s revived reconciliation deal would keep agricultural conservation, forestry and renewable fuels in the Democrats’ formula for fighting climate change.

The first ever National Adaptation Plan sets the country down the crucial path of preparing for a warmer, wetter and more dangerous world.

Warmer waters are flowing towards the East Antarctic ice sheet, according to our alarming new research which reveals a potential new driver of global sea-level rise.

The Greens have signalled support for the federal government's climate change bill after Labor agreed to a series of amendments.

Buildings are designed to keep people safe and comfortable according to the local climate: warm when it’s cold outside, dry when it’s wet and sheltered when it’s stormy. If the climate changes, buildings may struggle to serve our needs in the new conditions. The UK’s recent 40°C heatwave showed that…