Political Overshoot: Rethinking Climate Communication Beyond Liberalism

Climate activists and campaigners once believed that the effects of the climate crisis would inevitably win them majority support. However, growing awareness of climate issues is not currently translating into votes, and appeals to individual...

Modi unlikely to attend COP-30, Environment minister Yadav to lead Indian delegation to Brazil

New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi is unlikely to attend the 30th Conference of the Parties (COP) to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) in Brazil. Union Environment Minister Bhupender Yadav will be attending...

UNEP: New country climate plans ‘barely move needle’ on expected warming

The latest round of country climate plans ‘barely move the needle’ on future warming, the head of the UN Environment Programme (UNEP) has warned. Executive director Inger Anderson made the comments as UNEP published its 16th annual assessment of...

Guterres urges nations to bring bold emission cuts, climate justice plans to COP30 in Brazil

NAIROBI, Kenya, Nov 4 — United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres has urged world leaders to attend the COP30 Climate Summit in Brazil with “concrete and ambitious plans” to drastically cut greenhouse gas emissions and deliver climate...

Bill Gates’s Climate Epiphany

Last week, Microsoft founder and liberal philanthropist Bill Gates posted an essay on his website that set climate activists’ hair on fire worldwide. For decades, Gates has been a huge advocate and financial supporter of aggressive measures to...

World will overshoot 1.5C climate goal, UN says

By Kate Abnett and Simon Jessop SAO PAULO (Reuters) -The world has failed to meet its main climate change target of limiting the rise in global temperatures to 1.5 degrees Celsius, and will likely breach this threshold in the next decade, the...

What’s the Point of a Global Climate Target?

On a December night in Paris in 2015, the impossible happened: Nearly 200 countries agreed to try to limit global temperature rise to below 1.5 degrees Celsius, to avoid the worst impacts of climate change. Unfortunately, that target — a key part...

UN report: Global climate ambitions 'off target'

As global leaders head to the Brazilian city of Belem to discuss how to keep runaway global heating in check, a new report underscores the need for solid national climate commitments. Against the backdrop of rising temperatures that marked 2024 as...

‘China is doing more to tackle climate change than anywhere in the world’

The Sustain X conference played host to robust and lively discussion about how businesses and individuals can play their part in tackling climate change. That included former Tory cabinet minister and member of the House of Lords, Lord Deben, who...

Switzerland more exposed to climate change than expected

Switzerland more exposed to climate change than expected Keystone-SDA Listen to the article Listening the article Toggle language selector Select your language Close English (US) English (British) Generated with artificial intelligence. Close...

South Asia must unite for climate resilience, shared prosperity: Rizwana 

Environment Adviser Syeda Rizwana Hasan has called on South Asian nations to rebuild trust, strengthen regional connectivity, and pursue joint action as global disorder becomes the new reality, said a press release today (4 November). While...

Global mayors gather in Brazil to pledge climate action ahead of COP30

Just days ahead of the UN climate conference to be held in Brazil, a group of 300 mayors gathered Monday in Rio de Janeiro to pledge coordinated climate action and address rising heat that is hurting many of their residents. The summit was...

Brazil prepares to host COP30 climate summit at gateway to the Amazon

There are mixed emotions from experts around the world as Brazil prepares to host the 30th edition of the United Nations climate summit in the city of Belém, the gateway to the Amazon rainforest. COP30 gets underway months after two-thirds of the...

Though US may cop out of COP30, climate action continues across world 

The Trump administration has withdrawn the U.S. from the Paris Agreement and will likely not attend the upcoming COP30 climate summit. Despite the federal government's withdrawal, many U.S. states and cities are continuing their own climate action...

Calling Climate Change a 'Public Health Crisis,' Open Letter Urges Action at COP30

In the lead-up to the United Nations Climate Change Conference in Belém, Brazil, more than 230 climate and health organizations, activists, policymakers, artists, and experts have signed an open letter urging world leaders to prioritize health as...

Op-Ed: Lake Forest Park, it’s time to get our environmental priorities straight

By Robert AndersonLake Forest Park resident Over the last few years, a controversy has arisen that pits environmentally-minded Lake Forest Park residents against one another. Sound Transit’s plans to expand the regional public transportation...

EU tries to forge new climate targets before COP30 summit in Brazil next week

BRUSSELS -- The European Union is attempting to forge new climate goals on Tuesday before the U.N. climate talks in Brazil starting next week. Ministers from across the 27-nation bloc are meeting in Brussels to try and get at least 15 to align...

European Union tries to forge new climate targets before the COP30 summit in Brazil...

“We need to show to the world that we are leaders in climate change. We need to deliver adequate signals for investors. Today’s the day," Spanish climate minister Sara Aagesen said before the meeting. The EU's long-held leadership of action on...

Global concern for forests and climate falls behind in 2025, Ipsos–FSC survey finds

A new Ipsos survey commissioned by the Forest Stewardship Council (FSC) reveals that concern for climate change and the forests that help fight it has fallen dramatically in 2025. While over half of respondents (52%) say war and conflict are their...

Are our health systems following through on their climate targets?

Kate Bowie The BMJ kbowie{at}bmj.com Many countries, including the UK and the US, have committed to climate resilient health services and cutting carbon emissions—but are they making good on their pledges? Kate Bowie reports The health sector...