Conceding to Manchin, U.S. climate bill exempts most oil industry from methane fees 10/8/2022

The U.S. Senate climate bill’s fee on oil and gas industry methane emissions will cover less than half the sector’s releases of the powerful greenhouse gas, thanks to concessions made to win over party holdout Joe Manchin, according to a review of the legislation and interviews with lawmakers that negotiated it. ...more

Ocean warmth, seaweed scarcity threaten Fiji's fisherwomen's livelihoods 10/8/2022

Karen Vusisa has been struggling to find a decent catch of a favourite Fijian edible seaweed, amid concerns that ocean temperatures have hit harvests and are threatening livelihoods of fisherwomen like her. ...more

UN General Assembly declares access to clean and healthy environment a universal human right 9/8/2022

With 161 votes in favour, and eight abstentions*, the UN General Assembly adopted a historic resolution on 28 July, declaring access to a clean, healthy and sustainable environment, a universal human right. ...more

Climate change compensation fight brews ahead of COP27 summit 9/8/2022

Tensions are mounting ahead of this year's U.N. climate summit, as vulnerable countries ramp up demands for rich countries to pay compensation for losses inflicted on the world’s poorest people by climate change. ...more

Climate impacts have worsened vast range of human diseases 9/8/2022

More than half of the human diseases caused by pathogens have been worsened at some point by the sort of impacts associated with the climate crisis, a new and exhaustive study of the link between disease and climatic hazards has found. ...more

Climate deniers use past heat records to sow doubt online 9/8/2022

With Europe gripped by successive heatwaves, climate-change deniers are spreading scepticism by publishing data on social media on extreme temperatures allegedly recorded decades ago to imply scientists are exaggerating global warming. ...more

New Zealand releases its first national plan to protect against climate-driven disasters 9/8/2022

New Zealand has released its first national plan to prepare for the floods, fires and rising seas it expects to be unleashed by the climate crisis in the coming years. ...more

Tears of joy as US bill clears Senate hurdle 8/8/2022

Democrats cried with joy and pumped their fists in the air after the US Senate finally approved a key plank of President Joe Biden's domestic agenda. ...more

'Very critical situation': Almost half of EU countries suffering from drought 8/8/2022

Almost half of European Union land is currently under a drought warning or more severe "alert" level, hampering agriculture, energy production and water supply, the European Commission has confirmed. ...more

U.S.-China diplomatic breakdown clouds outlook for global climate progress 8/8/2022

China's decision to halt bilateral talks on climate change with the United States has cast a cloud of doubt over whether the world can rally enough ambition to address global warming in time to avert its worst impacts. ...more