The Latest Breaking News from Greenhouse Gases

Researchers worry more than half of global efforts to cut greenhouse gases by using energy more efficiently could be wiped out by a sneaky efficiency paradox called the 'rebound effect'.

Deforestation in Brazil's Cerrado savanna rose to a seven-year high, government data showed on Wednesday, destroying a vital habitat for threatened species and releasing huge amounts of greenhouse gases that drive climate change.

It is time for journalists to pay attention to the other climate crisis: species extinction.

In the fight against climate change, the lever every policymaker has been focusing on has been the reduction in (net) emissions. Curbing the rate at which greenhouse gases are pumped into the atmosphere clearly remains a priority. Yet every serious scientific analysis – in particular the latest IPCC report –…

Legislation to introduce safeguard mechanism carbon credits was introduce to Parliament on Wednesday, with only minor changes made to the laws since public consultation. Once introduced, the safeguard mechanism credits (SMCs) will allow facilities that have net greenhouse gas emissions below their baseline limit to trade the remainder of their…

NASA is canceling a planned satellite that was going to intensely monitor greenhouse gases over the Americas because it got too costly and complicated

COP27, the latest UN climate change summit which was held in Sharm El-Sheikh, Egypt, has been condemned for failing to summon an adequate response to the escalating climate crisis. Negotiators did manage to preserve a commitment made in Paris in 2015 to limit global warming to 1.5°C. But emissions of…

Africa’s livestock farmers are at the forefront of climate change. Images of parched landscapes littered with the carcasses of starved cattle are becoming all too familiar as droughts increase in frequency and severity. But cattle farming globally is also one of the causes of climate change. The world’s three billion…

The online tool tracks power plants, oil refineries, large ships and other sources of greenhouse gases. Gore plans to expand the tracker to observe every major source of emissions.

The European Union has agreed to a law to expand its forests, marshes and other "sinks" that absorb carbon dioxide (CO2), a measure that could allow the bloc to raise its target for cutting net emissions of greenhouse gases.

The Scottish Government has previously set out legislation for net zero emissions of all greenhouse gases by 2045.