This year’s Earth Overshoot Day lands on August 1st 6/6/2024

August 1st marks this year’s Earth Overshoot Day. This means that from January 1st to August 1st, humanity has used as much from nature as the planet’s ecosystems can renew during this entire year, according to Global Footprint Network’s latest calculations. In other words, in just 7 months, humanity used what Earth takes 12 months to regenerate. ...more

Carbon removal needs to quadruple to meet climate goals, researchers say 6/6/2024

Governments need to plant more trees and deploy technologies that will quadruple the amount of carbon dioxide removed each year from the atmosphere in order to meet global climate goals, a team of researchers said in a report published on Wednesday. ...more

China to establish carbon footprint management system by 2027 6/6/2024

China aims to establish an initial carbon footprint management system by 2027, it said on Wednesday, a move that would create a more comprehensive and unified system of standards to measure carbon emissions. ...more

Oceans face ‘triple threat’ of extreme heat, oxygen loss and acidification 6/6/2024

The world’s oceans are facing a “triple threat” of extreme heating, a loss of oxygen and acidification, with extreme conditions becoming far more intense in recent decades and placing enormous stress upon the planet’s panoply of marine life, new research has found. ...more

Wales second in the world for recycling rates 6/6/2024

Wales has been named the second best country in the world for recycling and is within touching distance of the top spot, new analysis shows. ...more

Cop28 Presidency takes action to help farmers impacted by climate change 5/6/2024

A environmental task force to help farmers around the world address critical climate challenges has been set up by the UAE-led Cop28 Presidency. ...more

Climate change made devastating Brazil floods twice as likely, scientists say 5/6/2024

Climate change made the recent flooding that devastated southern Brazil twice as likely, a team of international scientists said on Monday, adding that the heavy rains were also intensified by the natural El Nino phenomenon. ...more

Countries' plans not yet aligned with tripling renewables capacity goal 5/6/2024

Countries' climate plans are not yet in line with a goal to triple renewable energy capacity worldwide by 2030 which was set at the COP28 climate summit in Dubai last year, a report by the International Energy Agency (IEA) said on Tuesday. ...more

Germany likely to miss 2030 climate goal, government advisors say 5/6/2024

Germany is likely to miss its 2030 greenhouse gas targets, government climate advisors said on Monday, contradicting the climate minister's prediction in March and calling for new policy measures. ...more

Sanctioned tankers pose rising environmental risk in Mediterranean, Greece says 5/6/2024

Unregulated tankers sidestepping Western sanctions are posing a bigger risk to the Mediterranean region and Greece is undertaking more protective measures to safeguard its coast, the country's shipping minister told Reuters on Tuesday. ...more