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

Wildfires are destroying California's forest carbon credit reserves, study says 8/8/2022

Carbon offsets generated from forests to counteract future climate-warming emissions from California's big polluters are rapidly being depleted as trees are ravaged by wildfire and disease, new research published on Friday suggests. ...more

Colombian deforestation unlikely to slow in 2022, say environmentalists 8/8/2022

Deforestation in Colombia shows no signs of abating in 2022 versus 2021, warned environmental groups this week, with destruction of the country's Amazon region increasing slightly through the end of July. ...more

World’s wildlife more at risk than realised - study 5/8/2022

The world's wildlife may be in more trouble than scientists have so far reported, new research published on Thursday suggests. ...more

Australia bans coal mine to protect Barrier Reef 5/8/2022

Australia’s new government announced on Thursday it plans to prevent development of a coal mine due to the potential impact on the nearby Great Barrier Reef. ...more

China warns that its temperatures are rising faster than global average 5/8/2022

China's average ground temperatures have risen much more quickly than the global average over the past 70 years and will remain "significantly higher" in the future as the challenges of climate change mount, a government official said. ...more

India approves new emissions targets to tackle climate change 5/8/2022

India, the world's third largest carbon polluter, has finally approved new targets for slashing planet-warming emissions, more than a year after a United Nations deadline for updated commitments. ...more

Heatwave in Paris exposes city's lack of trees 5/8/2022

As a third heatwave baked France this week, the heat radiating off the asphalt outside the Garnier Opera house in Paris hit 56 degrees Celsius on urban planning expert Tangui Le Dantec's thermometer. Shade was non-existent with barely a tree in sight. ...more

U.N. chief urges tax on 'grotesque greed' of oil, gas companies 4/8/2022

United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Wednesday slammed the “grotesque greed” of oil and gas companies and their financial backers and urged governments globally to “tax these excessive profits” to support the most vulnerable people. ...more

Fiji, moving villages inundated by rising seas, wants big emitters to pay 4/8/2022

Boats moor next to living rooms on Fiji's Serua Island, where water breaches the seawall at high tide, flooding into the village. Planks of wood stretch between some homes, forming a makeshift walkway as saltwater inundates gardens. ...more