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Heatwaves are the deadliest extreme weather event in the UK, and are set to become more frequent and more intense

Experts also say that heatwaves are extremely deadly. 'much more so than floods or storms', as the UK basks in hot weather this week

The U.S. Supreme Court has been on a tear lately, to put it mildly. It wasn't enough that the court's conservative majority upended a half-century of precedent by ending the constitutional right to abortion. It also expanded gun rights despite the ongoing trauma of mass shootings and gun violence.

Exclusive: MPs and peers alarmed at sceptics’ push to dismantle policies aimed at tackling climate change

Last month's decision by the Supreme Court striking down the Clean Power Plan is a blow to the fight against climate change, but it’s not a total knockout. Other existing laws protecting the environment are untouched by the decision in West Virginia v. Environmental Protection Agency. The broad powers of…

A non-profit group is imploring the new federal environment minister Tanya Plibersek to consider the climate change impacts of 19 fossil fuel projects currently pending approval, drawing on a rarely used legal provision that will require her to reconsider the findings of her predecessors.

Key summit comes as region grapples with the fallout of the COVID-19 pandemic, climate change and US-China rivalry.

This is the decade of change. The Covid-19 pandemic, recent geopolitical conflicts and climate change have pushed us to think about the greatest challenges of our time and reassess the ways we do things. The education system needs a hard look, too.

One expert says that, if the application reaches the courts, it may set an important precedent, forcing the consideration of climate change in assessments of fossil fuel projects.