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Argentina’s record-breaking 2022 heatwave made ‘60 times more likely’ by climate change

The record-breaking heatwave that hit northern Argentina and Paraguay in early December was made about 60 times more likely by human-caused climate change, according...

COP15: Key outcomes agreed at the UN biodiversity conference in Montreal

Almost 200 countries have agreed to a new set of goals and targets to “halt and reverse” biodiversity loss by the end of the...

Video: What needs to happen to make the COP15 Global Biodiversity Framework a success?

The UN biodiversity summit, COP15, has been described as the “Paris moment” for nature.  Delegates from almost every country in the world have been...

Richest people in UK ‘use more energy flying’ than poorest do overall

The wealthiest people in the UK burn through more energy flying than the poorest use in every aspect of their lives, according to new...

Guest post: ‘Fair’ climate-finance flows should be at least $250bn per year

Global carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions must be roughly halved by 2030 to get the world on track for the Paris Agreement target of limiting...

Guest post: Why the southern hemisphere is stormier than the northern

The southern hemisphere is a very stormy place. The winds at different degrees of latitude are described as the “roaring forties”, “furious fifties” and...

Polar bears and climate change: What does the science say?

The image of a polar bear stranded on melting sea ice is often used as a symbol of the world’s rapidly changing climate. Yet...

State of the climate: 2022 is currently tied for fourth warmest year on record

This year has been one of extremes, featuring record-shattering summer heatwaves and devastating floods. Western Europe and parts of Asia have had their warmest...

Interactive: Tracking progress at the COP15 biodiversity summit

Less than a month after the UN’s COP27 climate talks in Sharm el-Sheikh comes a different conference of the parties: that of the parties...

Analysis: IEA’s renewables forecast grows 76% in two years after ‘largest ever’ revision

The International Energy Agency (IEA) has raised its global forecast for renewables growth in what it calls its “largest ever upward revision” for the...

Interactive: Who wants what at the COP15 biodiversity summit

Nearly 20,000 delegates from across the world will soon be arriving in Montreal for the second part of COP15, the much-delayed and much-anticipated UN...

Heat pumps are the ‘central technology’ for low-carbon heating, concludes IEA

Heat pumps will provide one-fifth of the world’s heating needs by the end of the decade if nations follow through on their plans, according...

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