UK cracks down on climate change activists before UN summit
Britain is eager to brandish its environmental credentials before the upcoming COP26 summit, but it is grappling at the same time with mounting protests from climate activists
Climate justice: Rich nations dodge finance pledge
$100 billion a year in aid was promised over a decade ago to help developing nations curb carbon pollution and adapt to climate impacts. But rich countries haven't delivered
Nuclear option: Earth’s climate panacea or poison?
For its supporters, nuclear energy is the world's best -- perhaps only -- hope to avoid catastrophic climate change. Opponents say it is too expensive, too risky and totally unnecessary
Zero net emissions by 2050: a huge challenge for the airline industry
How can passengers take 10 billion flights a year without contributing to global warming? The question of "greening" the international aviation sector by 2050 constitutes a huge task whose stakes can make the head spin, according to the airlines themselves
1.5C is the climate goal, but how do we get there?
To cap global warming at 1.5 degrees Celsius means slashing carbon pollution in half by 2030 and to zero by 2050. How can we do that? What will this mean for our economies and daily lives?
Mediterranean faces fiercer heatwaves, drought, fires: UN draft report
The Mediterranean is a "climate change hotspot" and will be hit by ever fiercer heatwaves, drought and fires supercharged by rising temperatures, according to a draft UN assessment
Greek heatwave: Seven deadly European summers
With Greece roasted by the worst heatwave in more than three decades and forest fires raging in neighbouring Turkey, we look at how Europe is being struck more often by extreme heat
Why have the floods in Europe been so deadly?
Devastating floods in Germany and other parts of western Europe have been described as a "catastrophe" and a "war zone". How did this happen and why has it been so bad?
Biden to rebuild ‘sacred’ NATO bond shaken by Trump
US President Joe Biden will seek to restore bonds of trust at NATO's first post-Trump summit, as leaders push to revitalise the alliance despite differences over dangers ahead
Airline industry sees long-term rebound for sector
After flying into the financial turbulence of the Covid pandemic, the airline sector expects passenger traffic to take off despite concerns about the industry's impact on climate change