As cocoa production plunges, scientists have turned to a climate-resilient plant to save the chocolate industry.

Researchers warn that net zero has become politicised by populists as “shorthand” for attacking climate policy.

In today’s newsletter: Extreme weather and fragile supply chains are pushing up food costs – and raising fears of instability

Researchers have realised the records are a ‘goldmine’ to study changes in environmental conditions

The so-called ‘Green Tea’ project aims to support producers in the east African nation, which supplies around half of the tea drunk in Britain.

Interior department move affects five projects under construction in latest blow to industry targeted by Trump

This Boxing Day will mark 10 years since the devastating floods that took place across the North West

Elon Musk’s brand sold 12,130 new cars across the EU last month, down from 18,430 in November 2024

Beijing will slap tariffs of up to 42.7% on EU dairy products, citing unfair subsidies and escalating a tit-for-tat trade dispute triggered by EU action on Chinese electric vehicles.

A family farm in the Cambridgeshire Fens has produced a crop of rice - but with the climate crisis driving up temperatures, could it become the new normal?

The average annual temperature is tracking at 10.05C - ahead of the previous record of 10.03C set in 2022 - with a climate scientist describing the finding as "devastating and utterly unsurprising".

Milder weather led to a bloom in the invertebrates off the coast of Cornwall and south Devon, wildlife charity says

The abrupt departure of BP CEO Murray Auchincloss after barely two years in the job was preceded by sharp disagreements over strategy with the oil major’s chairman.Albert Manifold, who became chair in October, apparently didn’t rate the former CFO, who fell into the top job when Bernard Looney was fired for inappropriate relationships with colleagues. He felt he was moving too slowly in executing BP’s latest strategy of doubling down on oil and gas, selling non-core assets and decisively abandoning its efforts to transition into renewable energy.Meg O’Neill, Auchincloss’s replacement, will be the first female and lesbian boss of an oil major. She brings no-nonsense oil and gas credibility after a long career at the top of Exxon Mobil, followed by a record of focused business restructuring and deal making in a four-year spell as CEO of Australia’s biggest oil and gas producer, Woodside Energy.Her willingness to stand up to local Indigenous and climate activists in Australia suggests she

The government is preparing a £50m bailout for Ineos’s Grangemouth plant, after Jim Ratcliffe asked for help in October

Dozens of energy developers, experts and politicians say there were some highs amid a lot of lows in a roller coaster year for clean energy as President Donald Trump worked to boost polluting fuels while stymying wind and solar

Renewable energy records have been repeatedly broken this year as wind becomes the greatest provider of electricity in the UK

A think tank said this is because the zero-emission vehicle mandate takes into account credits from selling low-emission petrol and diesel cars.

New analysis finds Christmas chocolate prices nearly double and tub sizes shrink as climate shocks hit cocoa, sugar and dairy.

Dressed in an orange puffer jacket, Japanese scientist Yoshinori Iizuka stepped into a storage freezer to retrieve an ice core he hopes will help experts protect the world's disappearing glaciers.