A year on, China's CO2 market yet to drive big emission cuts 25/7/2022

China's year-old carbon market has given more than 2,000 power plants a taste of emissions trading, but design flaws and data fraud have meant limited large-scale greenhouse gas reductions and environmental gains, experts say. ...more

Explainer: What is behind the heat waves affecting the United States? 25/7/2022

Virtually all the contiguous United States experienced above normal temperatures in the past week, with more dangerously hot weather forecast. ...more

Chinese Paddlefish and wild Yangtze Sturgeon extinct - IUCN 25/7/2022

The extinction of the Chinese Paddlefish and wild Yangtze Sturgeon, declared by the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN), unleashed a torrent of comments on China's social media platforms on Friday urging more environmental protection. ...more

Middle East to get 5°C hotter this century, major report says 22/7/2022

Temperatures in the Middle East are set to rise by almost half a degree Celsius per decade, a study has forecast, with extreme weather events — including droughts and torrential rain — becoming more common. ...more

Explainer: How climate change drives heatwaves and wildfires in Europe 22/7/2022

Europe is in the grip of a record-breaking heatwave and wildfires are raging across the Mediterranean. Here's how climate change drives these events. ...more

Children 'unprepared' for life on heating planet 22/7/2022

Children should be taught climate change in more depth and in all subjects, experts and students themselves have told BBC News. ...more

Cow manure will power a renewable energy plant in Japan 22/7/2022

Anaergia, a Canadian-based company, partnered with Japanese firm Toyo Energy Solution to build a biogas plant that digests cow manure into renewable energy in Kasoka, Okayama, Japan. ...more

Kaleidoscopic migratory monarch butterfly joins global endangered species list 22/7/2022

The migratory monarch butterfly, which has for millennia turned North American woodlands into kaleidoscopes of colour in one of nature's most spectacular mass migrations, is threatened with extinction, international conservationists said on Wednesday. ...more

Biden stops short of declaring climate emergency, takes steps on wind power 21/7/2022

U.S. President Joe Biden said on Wednesday that climate change is an emergency but stopped short of a formal declaration, announcing a modest package of executive actions and promising more aggressive efforts. ...more

Old cars forced off road as Europe’s clean air zones nearly double 21/7/2022

The number of clean air zones across Europe has risen 40% since 2019, forcing older and more polluting vehicles off the road, according to new research based on EU data. ...more