CLIMATE CHANGE
Climate change is here. We can no longer ignore the rising temperatures, rising seas and extreme weather events.
Capital cities face dangerous rise in extreme heat as climate crisis intensifies
Extreme heat days in major capitals have surged 25% since the 1990s, threatening millions without urgent adaptation.
World’s governments racing into a fossil-fuelled future
A new report reveals powerful governments are planning major fossil fuel expansion, defying climate commitments and endangering global climate goals.
Why the media keeps ignoring food’s massive role in the climate crisis
Food and agriculture contribute one-third of global greenhouse gas emissions, yet media rarely highlights their impact on climate change.
Heatwaves putting unhoused people at extreme risk
During heatwaves, people experiencing homelessness are in great danger. Without shelter, they’re more likely to die from heat-related illnesses.
How cruise ships are damaging our environment
The cruise industry is booming, with passenger numbers expected to reach 33.7 million in 2025. But this rapid growth comes with serious environmental impacts.
What you need to know about heatwaves
Heatwaves have grown hotter and stronger as the planet has warmed. How worried should we be about heat – and how can we stay safe as the climate changes?
Back to school in unbearable heat
As schools are returning to session, districts are faced with a new problem: how to handle increasingly extreme heatwaves, both in and outside the classroom.
Legionnaire’s disease – coming to a town near you
You may never have heard of Legionnaire’s disease, but we are going to see more and more outbreaks as climate change continues to heat the planet.
Deforestation has killed over half a million people over 20 years
Deforestation has killed more than half a million people in the tropics over the past two decades as a result of heat-related illness, a study has found.
Brazil issues plea for countries to submit climate plans ahead of Cop30
André Corrêa do Lago, who will preside over Cop30, wants proposals submitted before a UN meeting in September.
Are we entering the age of non-tourism?
Do heatwaves, wildfires and travel costs signal the end of the holiday abroad? A leading researcher forecasts the ‘beginning of the age of non-tourism’.
Crops being hit hard by climate change and why we should be worried
Extreme weather has a direct impact on crop yields. Lower yields, caused by climate change, could drive up food prices by more than a third by 2050.
Could we on our way to the sixth major mass extinction?
A major mass extinction happens when conditions on Earth’s surface become so vile everywhere that they exceed the adaptive capacity of almost all complex life.
Wildfire smoke even more harmful to health than previously thought
Wildfire smoke is far more dangerous than previously thought, with deaths from short-term exposure to fine particulates underestimated by 93%.
Wildfires rage through Spain and Portugal amid rollback of green policies
Extreme heat has fuelled devastating wildfires across southern Europe this month, the latest in a series of disasters exacerbated by climate breakdown.