Donald Trump’s unpredictability is helping China in its contest with America for global influence. In 2026 Chinese leaders will continue playing a canny game

Ministers and high-ranking officials from nearly 200 countries have gathered in the Amazonian city of Belem, with Brazil insisting this will be ‘the Cop of implementation’

Exclusive: ‘Devastating consequences’ now inevitable but emissions cuts still vital, says António Guterres in sole interview before Cop30

It provides Brazil’s world-beating farmers with water, and keeps carbon locked up for the rest of us

Israel’s leaders fear American support for their war is about to run out

Opposition chief Péter Magyar blasted Moscow over “disinformation, threats, hackers, digital troll farms, smear campaigns and blackmail.”

Trumponomics has begun to hit America’s growth

The Russian leader will say he wants peace as long as it serves his interests – and play on the president’s desperation to ‘make a deal’ quickly, says Guardian columnist Rafael Behr

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To win voters’ consent, policymakers must offer pragmatism and hope

The Choice is Ours: Climate Disaster or a Sustainable Future. Click to read The Climate Brink, a Substack publication with tens of thousands of subscribers.

About 110 million people suffer stress and sleep disturbance that lead to tens of thousands of early deaths

Tyranny is contagious – and western governments’ reluctance to name the threat is helping it spread, says Guardian columnist Rafael Behr

Ocean acidification has already crossed a crucial threshold for planetary health, scientists say in unexpected finding * More on this story: The scientists warning the world about ocean acidification – ‘evil twin’ of the climate crisis The world’s oceans are in worse health than realised, scientists have said today, as they warn that a key measurement shows we are “running out of time” to protect marine ecosystems. Ocean acidification, often called the “evil twin” of the climate crisis, is caused when carbon dioxide is rapidly absorbed by the ocean, where it reacts with water molecules leading to a fall in the pH level of the seawater. It damages coral reefs and other ocean habitats and, in extreme cases, can dissolve the shells of marine creatures. Continue reading...

Public subsidies prop up the outdated infrastructure and stall the clean energy transition in the region.

Undermining vital legislation will harm people, the environment and the economy — not to mention citizens’ confidence in the bloc.

Visualising how the climate has changed for every country across the globe

Suriname, one of the most forested countries in the world, will hold elections this weekend for parliament and set up a vote for the next president. The outcome could determine whether the forest…