China methane reduction plan to be released soon, but may lack clear targets - sources 6/11/2023

China, the world's largest emitter of methane, is expected to unveil its strategy to cut output of the greenhouse gas "imminently" but may stop short of setting specific reduction targets, two people familiar with the plan said. ...more

Climate adaptation funding gap 50% higher than estimated, UN says 3/11/2023

Rich country promises of help for poorer ones to adapt to climate change have slowed despite more frequent extreme weather, with a shortfall now 50% bigger than previously estimated, a U.N. agency said in a report said on Thursday. ...more

Climate's 'Catch-22': Cutting pollution heats up the planet 3/11/2023

Air pollution, a global scourge that kills millions of people a year, is shielding us from the full force of the sun. Getting rid of it will accelerate climate change. ...more

Pope says he will attend COP28 climate summit in Dubai, a first by a pontiff 3/11/2023

Pope Francis said on Wednesday that he will attend the COP28 climate conference starting next month in Dubai, the first time a pontiff will be at the U.N. environmental meeting since they began in 1995. ...more

Flash droughts are likely to become increasingly common, say researchers 3/11/2023

You’ve heard of flash floods but what about flash droughts? Droughts that intensify quickly used to be very rare but over the past 20 years they have become more frequent and intense. And because they come on suddenly, they are more difficult to prepare for. ...more

Claimants take UK government to court over inadequate climate adaptation 3/11/2023

When Kevin Jordan bought his seaside home in Hemsby, Norfolk, he was told it would be safe for a century. In the decade since, 17 of his neighbours’ homes have had to be demolished, or have been swept away into the waters of the North Sea. His is now just 5 metres from the fast-crumbling cliff, isolated and unreachable by car after part of the road collapsed into the North Sea. ...more

Indonesia says 200,000 hectares of palm plantations to be made forests 2/11/2023

Some 200,000 hectares (494,210 acres) of oil palm plantations found in areas designated as forests in Indonesia are expected to be returned to the state to be converted back into forests, a government official said late on Tuesday. ...more

Cigarette-style climate warnings on food could cut meat consumption, study suggests 2/11/2023

People are used to seeing stark warnings on tobacco products alerting them about the potentially deadly risks to health. Now a study suggests similar labelling on food could help them make wiser choices about not just their health, but the health of the planet. ...more

Baltic Sea faces ‘critical challenges’ on climate and biodiversity, report warns 2/11/2023

The Baltic Sea faces “critical challenges” due to the climate crisis and degradation of biodiversity, a report has said, as Sweden’s coastguard battled to contain the impact of an oil spill off the country’s southern shore. ...more

France is Europe’s biggest supporter of ‘carbon bomb’ projects, data shows 2/11/2023

France is Europe’s biggest supporter of “carbon bomb” extraction projects that hold enough fossil fuels to pump out more than a gigaton of CO2 each, the Guardian can reveal. ...more