By AFPLonger and more frequent heatwaves, soaring demand for air conditioning, and widespread disease: life in cities would become unbearable should the planet keep warming at current rates, researchers warned Thursday.The World Resources Institute (...

By AFPExtreme drought affecting large parts of South America has dramatically reduced the flow of the Amazon River where Colombia borders Peru and Brazil, choking food supplies and threatening residents' health."The Amazon is drying up," the mayor of...

By AFPForeign Secretary David Lammy on Tuesday pledged to make action on the climate crisis "central" to British foreign policy.Lammy also announced the creation of a new "clean power alliance" to bridge the energy transition gap between developed an...

By AFPCOP29 host Azerbaijan said Tuesday that voluntary pledges on everything from tourism to world peace would be sought at the UN climate summit as disagreements over money stymie the main agenda.Nations are supposed to agree at the November confer...

By UN NewsAmid renewed warnings from leading climate scientists that global warming could reach 3C above pre-industrial levels this century, the head of the UN World Meteorological Organization (WMO) insisted on Wednesday that new technology and AI o...

By AFP/Morgann JezequelSugarcane farmer Marcos Meloni is still haunted by his battle last month to fight the flames on his land, as the double-edged disaster of fires and drought hits Brazil's agricultural sector hard."The rearview mirror of the wate...

By AFP/Menna Zaki and Ahmad ParhiziConservationists at Persepolis, Iran's most iconic ancient site, are waging a delicate battle against an unlikely adversary: tiny but persistent lichens eroding the millennia-old monuments.The fight, which began yea...

By AFP/Benjamin LegendreDeveloping countries will need trillions of dollars in the years ahead to deal with climate change -- but exactly how much is needed, and who is going to pay for it?These difficult questions will be wrestled at this year's Uni...

By UN NewsNew evidence in the World Meteorological Organization’s (WMO) annual Ozone and UV Bulletin published on Monday reveals strong evidence that the ozone layer is well on track for a long-term recovery.The Ozone and UV Bulletin’s release coinci...

By AFP/Nick PerryThe prospect of Donald Trump returning as president is hanging over crucial UN-sponsored climate negotiations, with countries "holding back" their positions until they know who sits in the White House.Veteran observers of climate dip...

By AFP/Bruno KalouazNear a wooden hut high up in the Kyrgyz mountains, scientist Gulbara Omorova walked to a pile of grey rocks, reminiscing how the same spot was a glacier just a few years ago.At an altitude of 4,000 metres, the 35-year-old research...

By AFP/Mathiew LeiserIf you care about the environment, think twice about using AI.Generative artificial intelligence uses 30 times more energy than a traditional search engine, warns researcher Sasha Luccioni, on a mission to raise awareness about t...