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The high court’s decision in favour of the shale gas giant will not deter the mass movement fighting the industry all the way

According to a Monday report on climate change from the United Nations, maintaining the Earth's temperature rise to 1.5 degrees Celsius is crucial if more extreme weather events and species' extinctions are to be avoided....

We are calling for the adoption of a third pact, enshrining a new generation of fundamental commitments, write Yann Aguila, Antonio Herman Benjamin, Laurent Fabius and 128 others

We are calling for the adoption of a third pact, enshrining a new generation of fundamental commitments, write Yann Aguila, Antonio Herman Benjamin, Laurent Fabius and 128 othersOn 10 April 2018, the United Nations general...

Matt Wheeler, Chris Osman, Pam Laurance and Bill White on the changes that need to be made to road regulations and driver habits in order to avoid climate catastropheFollowing the UN’s report concluding carbon emissions...

Readers including Fawzi Ibrahim and Caroline Lucas MP discuss ways to combat greenhouse gas emissions and tackle climate changeThe “final tick box” to limit global warming is not just political (Global warming must not...

Guest essay by Eric Worrall Come back to the Paris Agreement USA – poor countries need “financial support”. UN CLIMATE STATEMENT / 08 OCT, 2018 UNFCCC Secretariat Welcomes IPCC’s Global Warming of 1.5°C...

A UN report compiled by a coalition of international climate and policy experts has warned that “rapid, far-reaching and unprecedented changes in all aspects of society” are required if global warming is to be...

New global policies such as carbon pricing are needed if we are to avoid an apocalyptic increase in temperature

News that governments are not meeting targets is alarming, but the actions of activists are a reason to hopeThe world is failing to combat the threat of climate change...

A rapid global shift to clean energy is needed to prevent runaway climate change, says António Guterres

Guest essay by Eric Worrall More evidence that global climate cycles are aligned with US presidential election cycles. ‘Climate change moving faster than we are,’ says UN Secretary General By Matt McGrath Environment...

Guest essay by Eric Worrall Fiji PM Josaia Voreqe Bainimarama is worried insufficient progress is being made in Bangkok, which only leaves three months to sort out remaining so far intractable issues before the COP24 “changing...

Guest essay by Eric Worrall “We’re Not on Track” – According to UN Climate chief Patricia Espinosa, governments need to try harder to meet their climate goals...

Guest essay by Eric Worrall A team of scientists appointed by the United Nations has reported that a free market system cannot provide the economic transition required to defeat climate change...