Science

Report: Policymakers must incentivise carbon capture to hit Paris targets

Governments must decide who is responsible for capturing carbon and incentivise the technology's adoption on a 'gigatonne scale', warn Norwegian scientists

Geo-Engineering
14 August 2017

Leaked report reveals evidence of climate change impact 'abounds' in the US

New York Times reveals government report lays bare impact of climate change across US, but scientists fear Trump administration may suppress it

Politics
08 August 2017

The state of the planet is scary - But that's just the start

Scaring people is only the first step in driving climate action - we have to then show people how to channel their fear, argues David Powell from the New Economics Foundation

Climate change
08 August 2017

All in: We need more climate optimism, here's how to generate it

The debate about communicating apocalyptic climate risks misses the point - the only way to combat terrifying environmental warnings is by committing fully to climate action

Climate change
07 August 2017

Scientists create food from electricity and CO2

With climate change diminishing the nutritional value of agricultural crops, scientists are making headway with lab protein that can be produced anywhere

R&D
07 August 2017

Is the public finally waking up to the climate threat?

New poll shows 61 per cent of people globally see climate change as a 'major threat', as engagement with climate risks continues to climb

Risk
02 August 2017

Planet has just 5% chance of reaching Paris climate goal, study says

Researchers find that economic, emissions and population trends point to very small chance Earth will avoid warming more than 2C by century's end

Climate change
01 August 2017

Tuna giant Thai Union pledges to fish more sustainably

The world's largest tuna company has responded to criticism of its practices, but does the new plan hold water?

Supply chain
28 July 2017

Met Office: 2016 was UK's 13th warmest year in more than a century

Met Office's annual State of the Climate report suggests trends towards warmer temperatures in the UK are continuing

Climate change
28 July 2017

Met Office warns England is at high risk of 'unprecedented' rainfall

One-in-three chance of at least one region in England and Wales breaking monthly rainfall record each winter, raising flooding fears

Climate change
25 July 2017

Inaction on climate change risks leaving future generations $530 trillion in debt

BECCS technologies have been touted as a means of avoiding the worst impacts of climate change, but as James Dyke argues the costs of deployment would likely be gargantuan in scale

Climate change
25 July 2017

BP fires up carbon offset scheme with green gas and clean cookstoves

New additions to oil giant's 'Target Neutral' offsetting scheme are expected to offset 2.5 million tonnes of CO2 every year

Climate change
20 July 2017

Study: Smaller families, fewer flights, and greener diets promise biggest carbon cuts

Having one fewer child is the biggest emissions-saving an individual can deliver, according to new study

Climate change
12 July 2017

Report: Just 100 companies responsible for 70 per cent of emissions since 1988

New study uncovers the powerful role of fossil fuel producers in driving climate change over the last 28 years, as pressure grows on the so-called 'Carbon Majors' to clean up their act

Climate change
10 July 2017

Hopes of mild climate change dashed by new research

Planet could heat up far more than hoped as new work shows temperature rises measured over recent decades don't fully reflect global warming already in the pipeline