Investigation by Guardian and Carbon Brief finds just a fifth of funds to fight global heating went to poorest 44 countries China and wealthy petrostates including Saudi Arabia and UAE are among countries receiving large sums of climate finance, according to an analysis. The Guardian and Carbon Brief analysed previously unreported submissions to the UN, along with data from the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD), that show how billions of dollars of public money is being committed to the fight against global heating. Continue reading...

As talks get under way in Brazil, the Paris agreement’s architect, Christiana Figueres, says the absence of the US is good for Cop30

10bn tonnes of C02 emissions must be removed from the air every year to limit global heating to 1.7C, says Johan Rockström * Cop30: click here for full Guardian coverage of the climate talks in Brazil Removing carbon from the atmosphere will now be necessary to avoid catastrophic tipping points, one of the world’s leading scientists has warned, as even in the best case scenario the world will heat by about 1.7C. Johan Rockström of the Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research, who is one of the chief scientific advisers to the UN and the Cop30 presidency, said 10bn tonnes of carbon dioxide needed to be removed from the air every year even to limit global heating to 1.7C (3.1F) above preindustrial levels. Continue reading...

The move would set up a clash with Gov. Gavin Newsom, a chief critic of the president and an opponent of oil exploration in the Pacific.

Oil demand will remain above 100 million barrels per day beyond 2040, UAE oil giant ADNOC'S chief executive, Sultan Al Jaber, said on Monday while flagging headwinds in the near term.

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The State of Climate Action 2025 provides the most comprehensive roadmap yet for closing the global gap in climate action to help keep the Paris Agreement goal within reach, as well as grades collecti...

For decades, the military treated the climate crisis as a threat. Now it’s backing away from plans to protect people and bases from extreme weather

South Africa’s coal mines seem to be leaking far more methane than official records show.

Normalisation of far-right stances likely to affect success of such parties at ballot boxes across Europe, say researchers Mainstream parties are increasingly allowing the far right to set the agenda, researchers in Germany have found, describing it as a shortcoming that had unwittingly helped the far right by legitimising their ideas and disseminating them more widely. The findings, published in the European Journal of Political Research, were based on an automated text analysis of 520,408 articles from six German newspapers over the span of more than two decades. Continue reading...

Shipping emissions levy shelved as countries bow to US pressure: Long-planned charge on greenhouse gas emissions postponed as Trump officials accused of intimidation tactics Under intense pressure from Donald Trump’s government, countries have postponed plans to force shipowners to start ...

US president says ‘we will not be generous’ if leader fails to win key midterms after promising $20bn to prop up struggling economy Donald Trump has warned he could cut financial aid to Argentina if his ally Javier Milei loses crucial legislative elections later this month. “If he loses, we are not going to be generous with Argentina,” the US president said as Milei visited the White House to seek the Republican’s political and economic support. “I’m with this man because his philosophy is correct. And he may win and he may not win – I think he’s going to win. And if he wins we are staying with him, and if he doesn’t win we are gone.” Continue reading...

Financial institutions pouring money into land clearance and undermining efforts to stop destruction, says Climate Focus

Le Prix Nobel de la Paix 2025 a récompensé l’opposante à Maduro, María Corina Machado. Menacée au Venezuela, d’où elle parle depuis un lieu tenu secret, elle accorde son premier entretien internation...

Researchers in Leeds have joined experts from across the world in warning that Earth is reaching the first of many climate tipping points that will cause catastrophic harm without urgent action.

RealClimate: The #AMOC is the reason for Europe’s mild climate. Evidence that it is slowing has been piling up over the years – it now is likely at its weakest in at least a millennium, and it may even be approaching a tipping point. Here I will show you the latest high-resolution images – and also

The particles are in our blood, brains and guts – and scientists are only beginning to learn what they do

Le pape a invité à « mettre la pression sur les gouvernements », à un mois de la COP30 de Belem au Brésil. Il s’inscrit dans l’héritage de François, mais de manière moins frontale.