How a high-tech truck is helping keep Dubai’s air clean 27/9/2024

If you’ve noticed that the air quality in Dubai seems better than in many other cities, you can partly thank the mobile air quality monitoring station, a state-of-the-art truck equipped with artificial intelligence systems and tools.M ...more

Global debt hits record $312 trillion, climate finance a challenge, banking trade group says 27/9/2024

Global debt hit a record high of $312 trillion at the end of the second quarter, driven by borrowing in the United States and China, while a key debt ratio in emerging markets also scaled a fresh peak, data from a banking trade group showed. ...more

US lawmakers seek to pay livestock farmers to use climate-friendlier practices 27/9/2024

Farmers in the United States who raise livestock in large industrial operations could get funding from President Joe Biden's signature climate law to transition to more environmentally friendly practices under bills introduced in the House and Senate on Wednesday. ...more

UK will need to double nature protection funding to meet targets, new data shows 27/9/2024

The UK government has been failing to meet its commitments to fund nature protection in the developing world, and will need to double current spending to meet the targets, new data has shown. ...more

A giant Antarctic glacier is melting but scientists have found a way to thicken Arctic sea ice 27/9/2024

Last week, scientists revealed concerning findings about the colossal Thwaites Glacier in Antarctica.  ...more

Climate change doubles chance of floods like those in Central Europe, report says 26/9/2024

Climate change has made downpours like the one that caused devastating floods in central Europe this month twice as likely to occur, a report said on Wednesday, as its scientific authors urged policymakers to act to stop global warming. ...more

World's oceans near critical acidification level: report 26/9/2024

The world's oceans are close to becoming too acidic to properly sustain marine life or help stabilise the climate, a new report said on Monday. ...more

World leaders call for investment in clean energy, developing nations seek help 26/9/2024

World leaders on Tuesday called for far more investment in renewable energy to tackle climate change, with developing nations saying they need financial support to make the transition. ...more

Global plan for early ditch of coal power hits Indonesia hurdle 26/9/2024

A G7-backed push to close coal power plants in emerging markets is facing further delays after a July deadline passed without a deal on the early closure of an Indonesian power plant that would be the first to shut under the initiative. ...more

Labour appoints Rachel Kyte to climate envoy role axed by Sunak 26/9/2024

A former climate chief of the World Bank has been appointed to lead the UK’s efforts to forge a global coalition on climate action, the Guardian can reveal. ...more