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So far not a single target of the plan has been met. As negotiators convene for Cop17, the pressure is on to find a way to honour the commitments made at previous summits Cop17 at a glance: everything you need to know…
As glaciers melt and permafrost thaws, Longyearbyen, on the remote Arctic islands of Svalbard, faces climate-induced problems from tap water to housebuilding to landslides • Heavy metals make Norwegian village’s tap…
Warning for other Arctic communities as residents told not to use water in Longyearbyen in Svalbard, one of the world’s fastest-warming places Residents of a remote village in Norway that is in one of the…
Video released by Randwick city council shows a whale carcass floating in the water in a Sydney bay, causing the closure of two busy beaches. The whale's decomposed body was found on Thursday morning at Lurline Bay, a…
Climate campaigners have condemned the UK government’s decision to allow the drilling of the Jackdaw gasfield. Critics argue the move will put climate targets at risk, while failing to reduce energy bills and the cost…
The Conservative leader, Kemi Badenoch, thanked the prime minister for backing Jackdaw after the Tories approved it in 2022. But Burnham said he made a decision on something the Tories messed up, and the government had…
Every autumn, Corvo Island in the Azores turns off its public lighting for a few key days to help fledgling Cory’s shearwaters as they attempt to fly to the ocean guided by the stars Once a year, Corvo, the smallest and…
The 2030 target for 80% of new cars to have zero emissions could be cut to as low as half Electric cars make people happy. More than nine in 10 EV drivers – 94% in a recent poll – are saving money, and a similar number…
Tim and Geli Harris have spent more than a decade fighting to protect Catfield Fen, a rare wetland in the Norfolk Broads Polluters and regulators who fail to stop pollution must quake in their boots when they receive a…
Season will be less vibrant with trees such as birches, which usually offer a striking burst of yellow leaves, already bare Among a canvas of copper, red and purple autumn leaves on display at Wisley garden in Surrey,…
Exclusive: Angela Eagle tells utility bosses next price review ‘must focus on value for money for customers’ Ministers will make an unprecedented intervention in water bills and how companies prioritise investment,…
Brownsea Island, Dorset: I’ve been here lots of times to see the squirrels, so I know exactly where to find them – behind the church in the woods Every October my family have an annual trip to Brownsea Island. We go in…
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Concrete sprawl in Yaoundé has devastated the city’s trees and parks, so volunteers are stepping up, shrub by shrub A little piece of paradise is buried under the asphalt that is now lined with parked cars. The romantic…
Queensland researchers say a published study contains ‘silly mistake’ that over-inflates vaccine’s efficacy but the regulator is standing by decision to approve it At wildlife hospitals across eastern Australia, many…
Dom Phillips warned that Jair Bolsonaro would make life more dangerous for reporters and the Amazon rainforest, and that his sons were even more extreme “Bolso shows all signs of fascism, as do his supporters,” the…
The transformation of Europe’s busiest shopping street should be a case study in making cities greener, less congested and more inviting places to live Sadiq Khan has been trying to pedestrianise Oxford Street since he…
An ‘audit’ of the Bureau of Meteorology main dataset for measuring climate change claims it contains ‘widespread errors’. It doesn’t stack up Want to get this in your inbox when it publishes?
The high court found NSW is responsible for emissions from burning exported coal. What message does it send when the government can step in and bypass the law?
Protecting jobs and strengthening energy security in the short term does not mean wavering on Labour’s deep commitment to a cleaner, greener future Andy Burnham vows UK will hit net zero target despite Jackdaw gasfield…
The Cali Fund, set up to raise $1bn a year for biodiversity from drug companies, remains near empty Big pharmaceutical companies have been accused of “free-riding on nature”, after a landmark biodiversity fund that…
As a surge in beekeepers has led to increased numbers of honeybees, researchers record them pushing bumblebees and other rival species away from flowers Honeybees are outcompeting wild pollinators for resources by…
Spar pilot scheme will test whether heirloom fruit can thrive in today’s commercial and environmental conditions Only about 10 of the 2,000 types of apples growing in Austria can be found in supermarkets among the…
Iboga root, central to several Gabonese ritual traditions, is believed to have huge potential for use in treating addiction and some mental illnesses The temple is dark, its sandy floor edged with candles. People sit…
As efforts to protect people from extreme heat stall, organizers are embracing an approach that targets major brands’ reputations “It’s the kind of heat that makes you feel like you’re being dehydrated, like your skin…
In attempting to turn a public space in DC into an enclave for elites, Trump is moving the US capital closer to Graceland When is a tree not a tree? When it’s an obstacle to a par-3.
Environmentalists of all political hues must find the language and ideas that turn passion for climate action into impetus The future of Green politics is under constant discussion after the Holborn and St Pancras…
The emissions might occur elsewhere, but they generate global harm that scientists can now quantify Sign up for climate and environment editor Adam Morton’s free Clear Air newsletter here The Coalition has come up with…
Insurers are taking on more risk than they should. If – or when – a major disaster hits, the catastrophe will have far-reaching consequences I work for a major insurer, assessing the risk posed by natural disasters on…
This month’s biodiversity summit in Yerevan, Armenia, aims to push governments to meet the 23 targets agreed at Cop15 in 2022 This month, nearly every country on Earth will return to the question of how to stem the…
When populations fall, fledglings can struggle to learn the right notes to attract mates. But research on how birds communicate offers hope for species’ survival Listening to birdsong is one of life’s great joys, but…
While anglers cannot take endangered sand tiger sharks, a loophole lets private firms catch the fish to sell abroad, profiting from Delaware Bay’s conservation success Shortly after 12.45pm, what remains of a 300-metre…
Iguazu Falls, an Unesco world heritage site, has reached a record water flow after heavy rains across the river basin. El Niño weather patterns are said to have driven the water flow to hit 10 times the normal amount.
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A selection of the winning images from this year’s competition across topics ranging from underwater to urban wildlife, and photojournalism to mammal behaviour. The overall winner is Federico Veronesi of Italy for his…
Warm homes plan would create 50,000 jobs, compared with about 1,100 for Rosebank oilfield, thinktank finds Insulating Britain’s homes and investing in heat pumps would do more to cut the cost of living, create jobs and…
In the face of terrible crises, it can feel right to shock people into action. But what if that has the opposite effect?
Chancellor says government will study responses to public consultation, with airports being ‘big part of jobs and growth’ John Healey has said there is a pro-growth case for going ahead with a third runway at Heathrow…
In an extract from his new book, the nature historian explains how technology could help the seabird survive For centuries human beings have exploited puffins, harvesting them by the thousand on their breeding grounds…
As Mark Cocker approaches a landmark for the world’s oldest column in an English-language newspaper, he is still inspired by powerful encounters with nature In the autumn of 1987, Mark Cocker sat in a field near Norwich…
The tawaki, or Fiordland crested penguin, known for its prominent yellow eyebrows, has for years baffled scientists with its unusual habits Deep in the misty fjords of New Zealand’s South Island, a team of researchers…
Food producers are adding their voices to the chorus of warnings about the vulnerability of British supply chains “There are so many decent, capable, productive, efficient arable farmers out there, asking how they are…
In the Atacama desert, the extraction of lithium – so crucial to addressing the climate crisis – comes with escalating social and environmental costs A high-altitude desert plateau traverses Argentina, Bolivia and…
John Mitani spent years studying a huge community of chimpanzees in Uganda. But then things took a dark turn – and his findings stunned the scientific world John Mitani can still remember the first time he set foot in…
Some of deaths came from falling trees as half a million people without power and rain and flooding still a concern At least four people were reported dead on Saturday amid Isaias after it made landfall late on Friday…
Protesters spent months occupying an ancient cottonwood. Then a tense standoff with US border patrol came to a head A 200-year-old cottonwood tree near the US-Mexico border , known as the “grandmother”, has been…
Changing tide levels, shifting sands and hardened shorelines put waves at risk, affecting more than just surfers The climate crisis is coming for some of the world’s greatest surf breaks, submerging some as sea level…
NEU’s Daniel Kebede says earlier start times and longer summer breaks may be needed to help pupils and teachers Schools should consider changing start and finish times, reordering holidays and moving exams from the…
A dry summer has left the Bristol Channel island critically short of water, forcing visitor caps and talk of evacuating its 28 residents Tom Carr was peering up at the clouds scudding around the island of Lundy , 10…
Heat and humidity have led to one of the worst mosquito years in recent history, with West Nile virus at a decade high Los Angeles might be best known for blue skies, beaches and film premiers — but for the last several…
For a growing band of older Australians, retirement has become an unlikely second act, spent rewilding mountains, counting sea slugs and coaxing damaged country back to life Get our weekend culture and lifestyle email…
Liability lawsuits have held tobacco, oil and pharma companies to account in the past. AI investors won’t ignore this threat The most basic function of government is to protect people from harm.
A new global biodiversity report strikes an encouraging note. But we cannot rest on our laurels – and resilience is key The new Living Planet Report is out .
The UK state is dumping its responsibilities on our doorsteps, while green-lighting policies that lead us closer to crisis Would you mind fixing the NHS? And while you’re at it, could you please build an anti-missile…
As well as books, the new facility in Colorado offers equipment to help connect people with the natural world. We asked five of the first visitors what they thought of it Mark Fink knows exactly why he opened the first…
The Norwegian government has given a permit to a mining company to release waste into Førde fjord despite a 17-year battle by campaigners and a supreme court ruling against it Shortly after the Norwegian stock market…
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Climate crisis blamed as virus that originated in Africa spreads to livestock as far north as Aberdeenshire British farmers are experiencing the worst bluetongue season on record, with the number of cases surpassing the…
EU Copernicus report shows surface air temperatures from June to August were 2.5C above decadal average The scorching heat that persistently baked western Europe this summer was the worst on record, a report has found,…
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Micro aircraft used to help guide birds to Spanish stopover as part of efforts to create sustaining migratory population Fifteen new birds have joined a growing flock of bald ibises in northern Spain, guided there by…
Tebay, Cumbria: I’ve had a stroke of luck with applying for government funding, but some bad vet results are overshadowing things once more Last week was an important one as the government’s sustainable farming…
‘Day-to-day’ symptom of harmful emissions, which in turn can disrupt sleep, can be overlooked, say researchers New research has found that increased air pollution is associated with more night-time coughing, leading to…
Exclusive: Cop31 leader calling for global curbs on climate-heating gas has landfills producing some of world’s worst plumes Two or three nights each week, the smell descends. Residents of villages on the rural…
As trawlers compete with Greenland sharks for halibut and cod, conservationists and fishers clash over what to do about misunderstood species ‘When I accidentally catch a shark, I bring it to my dogs,” Henrik Jensen, a…
A statewide initiative pairs climate-focused coursework with community service – and is spreading to other states As a student at a high school not far from Denver’s main airport, Anthony Muñoz wondered whether the jet…
A third runway would fly in the face of reason. If we are to prioritise human life over short-term ‘growth’, we need to use planes less, not more If a third runway is built at Heathrow, what will be the impact on the…
Imagine the UK with a 20-year investment plan, with green homes and fast transport. We already have the tools to make it happen You’ve just left school.
As the midterms approach, Americans’ digestive health has become a bizarre talking point Donald Trump seems to spend an unusual amount of time thinking about toilets. Back in 2019, he bizarrely claimed : “People are…
There is no greater treachery than this failure to face up to the climate crisis. How can we now fend off despair?
The global climate phenomenon has triggered devastating infernos in the ape’s Indonesian heartlands, with long-term effects on the animals still unknown The mother’s hands were peeling from walking on the torched…
Indigenous communities play crucial role, as ‘genetic bank’ area of wetland offers hope for critically endangered reptile In the 1990s, conservationists in Cambodia feared the Siamese crocodile had disappeared for good.…
Fish and shellfish populations were falling rapidly as scallop dredgers devastated the seabed, but local activists and small-scale fishers battled hard to protect their coastline Inside a bothy overlooking the Summer…
The 20 best residential gardens have been revealed in the first-ever Landscape Australia awards shortlist. Jury chair Emily Wong said each project was a response to urgent issues such as the climate crisis, fire and…
A caiman wearing a wig, two brown bears laughing and a leopard doing a handstand feature in the selection of finalists from this year’s Nikon Comedy Wildlife awards . Winners will be announced on 8 December Continue…
Images of gliding king penguins, a sugar thief rosella and a bin brush turkey are among the winning and shortlisted photos in this year’s prize. Funds raised by the competition support bird conservation programs in…
Citizen environmentalists create online platform that flags spills in real time and highlights repeatedly polluted spots The easy thing for the people who live on the banks of the River Dart in Devon might have been to…
Biggest study of its kind provides insights into bats’ evolution – a potential gamechanger for research into treating viruses and cancer in humans In the northern forests of the Congo-Brazzaville, as the sun slips away,…
The Canadian government has committed C$25m to try to rescue the caribou in the province – but there is no agreement on how best to save the keystone species The caribou of Quebec are at breaking point. The province,…
Known as the ‘energy bars of the sea’ the fish are a key food source for many species, but closing fisheries to allow numbers to recover would cost millions It began on 28 July, when fishers near Saldanha Bay on the…
A magical new film captures the secret life of the deep sea in a stretch of the ocean at risk from industrial mining A magical film that explores the wonders of the deep sea through the eyes of a team of scientists and…
Authorities declared a flood disaster across Bangkok after almost two days of heavy rain left homes, shops and roads waterlogged and residents wading through waist-deep water. The Thai capital recorded 300mm of rainfall…
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Former Yes musician Rick Wakeman plays a piano concert to bears at a sanctuary in Vietnam. His concert was performed live on a Yamaha grand piano positioned in Animals Asia in the Tam Dao national park.
Plans for one of Europe’s largest AI campuses in a Unesco-designated reserve have sparked a fierce local backlash The datacentre revolt spreading across the US has reached the rolling hills of north Devon in an uprising…
Powered by sun and wind, the uncrewed vehicle will collect data to help Australian scientists better understand how oceans absorb emissions Get our breaking news email , free app or daily news podcast A small uncrewed…
This year’s ‘godzilla’ climate phenomenon has already broken temperature records. We ask a climate scientist what is happening This year’s huge El Niño, which comes less than two years since the last one, has already…
Lewes, East Sussex: Owls, bats, badgers and countless birds are my new neighbours, but I’ve been particularly taken by a mystery tree – and its resident treecreeper I have made the woods my home, moving from Brighton to…
After the available money ran out after just six hours, some fear they will have to reverse efforts to boost nature On Tuesday morning, farmer Peter Hatley logged on to his computer at 10am. England’s 2026 sustainable…
Award-winning novelist celebrates late partner’s love of birds with gift to establish the Graeme Gibson chair in avian biology If she could be any bird, Margaret Atwood would transform into a raven. “They’re very smart.
After years of illegal mass flytipping in Gospić, fed-up residents decided to take matters into their own hands “Gospić is our home,” Željka Šikić shouted to a crowd of 40,000 people outside the Croatian parliament…
Tom Calver has sacrificed milk yields to give his cows a more varied diet of plants and believes the result is better cheese and richer farmland In the rolling hills of Somerset, hundreds of thousands of cows placidly…
Scientists are racing to understand how fires behave as hotter summers turn green landscapes into tinderboxes From the scorched heathlands of the New Forest to the smouldering valleys of south Wales and burned-out homes…
Bears are increasingly entering places where humans live in the US, forcing wildlife workers to make tough decisions Dan Thompson, supervisor of the large carnivore section of the Wyoming game and fish department,…
Hundreds of thousands are expected to die, millions to go hungry. This is not just about weather patterns, but about injustice Some warnings are so grave that it is almost impossible to fully comprehend them.
There is hope in solar power. As the UN meets, we are urging leaders to pursue a clear goal: clean energy for all by 2030 Our message to global leaders: we need solar power everywhere by the decade’s end As climate…
As the UN gathers, signatories from Bernie Sanders to Yeb Saño issue an open letter calling for clean power for all The climate fight has one great ally. You just can’t look at it directly We the undersigned write this…
Two troops of chacma baboons are breaking into homes and shops but animal rights activists insist coexistence is the answer Cape Town’s city council has said it will “imminently” round up two baboon troops coming into…
Rafael Moreno, whose company has opened demo plant in Brazil, says market is ‘nervous’ as Trump-Xi summit looms The head of a mining company hoping to supply the EU with rare earths in two years’ time has said it is…
Amid record-shattering heatwaves and popular demand for climate action, why are politicians often timid or in denial? It was, according to the European Commission president, Ursula von der Leyen, the “summer of truth” .
Much of the UK is still officially in drought after its hottest summer on record, but grasslands are slowly recovering their colour The landscapes of southern England and Wales are slowly regaining their colour after…
After summer’s heatwaves, prepare for winter of storms and heavy rain, with millions of UK homes at risk of flooding The accelerating climate crisis and this year’s record-breaking El Niño mean that, although the…
The world is suddenly full of webs and hairy legs. But why?
Stanhope, Weardale: I’ve realised in that time that beauty and fascination can lie in the most mundane of plants – in this case, broad-leaved dock After another exceptionally dry summer, there’s a nagging question…
Northern Roots is launching Britain’s biggest urban farm and eco-park, in an effort to boost people’s health and wellbeing Standing in the open green space of Northern Roots, it is hard to imagine the landscape as it…
Intensified by this year’s super El Niño, fires in Borneo and Sumatra are emitting toxic air for swathes of the population in Indonesia and its neighbours For months, parts of Indonesia’s Borneo and Sumatra islands have…
People are increasingly crossing paths with the wild animals as homes ring the outskirts of forests, sparking a new era of coexistence Every year, as summer draws to a close and fall begins, California’s bears get…
Trump says he digs coal – but pneumoconiosis cases are at a 50-year high, and sick miners are mired in benefit delays For 38 years, Josh Armes worked as a coal miner in West Virginia and Virginia. After retirement,…
New research links last month’s disaster to fossil fuel pollution. Supporting disaster-hit countries must be at the centre of climate politics Following a familiar pattern, coverage of the glacier collapse on the…
With nearly £30m of funding, I’m giving communities power over local energy. They know the gravity of global heating, and they want to be part of the solution Andy Burnham: UK must fully commit to reaching net zero by…
The US decision to remove limits on coal and gas plant emissions is rooted in a perception of manliness in these industries You can impress a certain kind of person at a party by reciting the fact that there are more…
The behaviours we observed could represent grief, but they could also reflect maternal attachment, confusion or instinctive caregiving It was a tragic sight. One day last July, a newborn humpback whale calf lay…
As three siblings came of age and had to leave their pack, scientists tracked the dogs’ perilous 2,500-mile odyssey to find their own territory It sounds like a Disney movie: three wild dogs, all brothers, on an epic…
Critically endangered Bornean orangutans flee forests as staff at Rangkong research station work round the clock to stave off blaze Wildfires in Indonesia are sweeping through a critical research site for Bornean…
As human development and roads increasingly fragment their habitats, a study suggests traffic noise could be altering the animals’ wake-up call Dawn has broken, and the air is cool and still. It’s at about this time…
Drone footage from 17 September shows the Araguaia River drying up, as severe drought grips parts of Brazil. The country is preparing for potential El Niño impacts in late 2026-27, with the Tocantins-Araguaia basin…
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Here are 26 images by the shortlisted artists who submitted works for the 21st William and Winifred Bowness photography prize. Tamara Dean has been named the winner.
The Syrian rock hyrax depends on the fragile landscapes of the border region. Alongside other environmentalists, I have been documenting the destruction of its habitat Wars are usually measured in the number of people…
Climate catastrophe is on our doorstep – yet Labour’s impending approval of further drilling will bring more pain for negligible gains Pinch yourself, it’s happening again. Here is a Labour government spending a vast…