Under the Climate Change Act, the government must lay out “ carbon budgets ” that set limits on the UK’s emissions over five-year periods. In 2021, the government announced it would cut emissions by ...

Annual deforestation in the Brazilian Amazon rainforest has dropped by 11%, according to government figures released “just days before the country hosts UN climate talks”, according to Agence ...

Developing countries are receiving just a fraction of the international finance they need to adapt infrastructure for ...

Some farming practices can reduce greenhouse gas emissions and improve soil carbon sequestration, such as improving cropland and grazing land management, restoring degraded lands and cultivating ...

China’s surging electric vehicles ownership is opening the door to a new technology that can help to enhance the flexibility of electricity supply ...

EU leaders took a step forward on their 2040 climate goal and the UN’s shipping body delayed carbon pricing after US pressure ...

Hurricane Melissa has made landfall as a category 5 hurricane in Jamaica, the island’s strongest storm in its 174-year record and one of the worst Atlantic hurricanes in history ...

The amount of forest lost around the world has reduced by millions of hectares each year in recent decades, says a UN report.

This week, Carbon Brief details how Kew Gardens researchers are studying the effects of extreme heat and drought on trees in Thailand.

Only around a third of the latest country climate pledges submitted to the UN express support for the “transition away from fossil fuels”.

Just 28% of countries have met a UN call to submit new plans on addressing nature loss – a year after the original deadline ...