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Floods kill at least 1,100 people across south and south-east Asia – video Floods kill at least 1,100 people across south and south-east Asia – video: Sri Lanka and Indonesia deployed military personnel as they raced to help victims of devastating flooding that has killed more than 1,100 people across four countries in Asia. Millions of people have been affecte...

Floods kill at least 1,100 people across south and south-east Asia – video: Sri Lanka and Indonesia deployed military personnel as they raced to help victims of devastating flooding that has killed more than 1,100 people across four countries in Asia. Millions of people have been affecte...

Zillow deletes climate risk data from listings after complaints it harms sales Zillow deletes climate risk data from listings after complaints it harms sales: Site removes feature after real estate agents and some homeowners say scores appear arbitrary and hurt sales Zillow, the US’s largest real estate listing site, has removed a feature that allowed people to view...

Zillow deletes climate risk data from listings after complaints it harms sales: Site removes feature after real estate agents and some homeowners say scores appear arbitrary and hurt sales Zillow, the US’s largest real estate listing site, has removed a feature that allowed people to view...

How cyclones and monsoon rains converged to devastate parts of Asia – visual guide How cyclones and monsoon rains converged to devastate parts of Asia – visual guide: Extreme weather kills more than 1,100 people across southern and south-eastern Asia as cyclones turbocharge rain systems Devastating floods hit Indonesia, Sri Lanka, Malaysia and Thailand – latest updates...

How cyclones and monsoon rains converged to devastate parts of Asia – visual guide: Extreme weather kills more than 1,100 people across southern and south-eastern Asia as cyclones turbocharge rain systems Devastating floods hit Indonesia, Sri Lanka, Malaysia and Thailand – latest updates...

Rising Tide climate activists stop ships from entering world’s largest coal port - video Rising Tide climate activists stop ships from entering world’s largest coal port - video: Activists blocked two more coal ships from entering the Port of Newcastle on the fourth day of the Rising Tide protest, bringing the total number of ships turned around by campaigners this weekend to...

Rising Tide climate activists stop ships from entering world’s largest coal port - video: Activists blocked two more coal ships from entering the Port of Newcastle on the fourth day of the Rising Tide protest, bringing the total number of ships turned around by campaigners this weekend to...

Death toll passes 900 in Indonesia, Thailand and Sri Lanka floods Death toll passes 900 in Indonesia, Thailand and Sri Lanka floods: Heavy monsoon rains across southern Asia leave hundreds missing and thousands without shelter or critical supplies Indonesian, Thai and Sri Lankan authorities are racing to clear debris and find hundreds of missing people ...

Death toll passes 900 in Indonesia, Thailand and Sri Lanka floods: Heavy monsoon rains across southern Asia leave hundreds missing and thousands without shelter or critical supplies Indonesian, Thai and Sri Lankan authorities are racing to clear debris and find hundreds of missing people ...

Nine eco-minded gifts that actually make a difference Nine eco-minded gifts that actually make a difference: From tool library memberships to repair kits and even refurbished electronics – here are ways to give sustainable gifts this holiday season The 163 best holiday gift ideas for 2025, vetted by the Guardian US staff Sign up for the Fi...

Nine eco-minded gifts that actually make a difference: From tool library memberships to repair kits and even refurbished electronics – here are ways to give sustainable gifts this holiday season The 163 best holiday gift ideas for 2025, vetted by the Guardian US staff Sign up for the Fi...

Water shortages could derail UK’s net zero plans, study finds Water shortages could derail UK’s net zero plans, study finds: Tensions grow after research in England finds there may not be enough water for planned carbon capture and hydrogen projects Revealed: Europe’s water reserves drying up due to climate breakdown Tensions are growing between th...

Water shortages could derail UK’s net zero plans, study finds: Tensions grow after research in England finds there may not be enough water for planned carbon capture and hydrogen projects Revealed: Europe’s water reserves drying up due to climate breakdown Tensions are growing between th...

Rising Tide protest: climate activists stop three ships from entering world’s largest coal port in Newcastle Rising Tide protest: climate activists stop three ships from entering world’s largest coal port in Newcastle: Australian campaigners demand Albanese government cancel planned fossil fuel projects and tax existing operations at 78% Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updates G...

Rising Tide protest: climate activists stop three ships from entering world’s largest coal port in Newcastle: Australian campaigners demand Albanese government cancel planned fossil fuel projects and tax existing operations at 78% Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updates G...

Sri Lanka death toll from floods and landslides reaches 153 Sri Lanka death toll from floods and landslides reaches 153: Another 191 missing after heavy rains from Cyclone Ditwah while almost 78,000 evacuated to temporary shelters amid rescue operations Torrential rains and floods triggered by Cyclone Ditwah have killed 153 people across Sri Lanka...

Sri Lanka death toll from floods and landslides reaches 153: Another 191 missing after heavy rains from Cyclone Ditwah while almost 78,000 evacuated to temporary shelters amid rescue operations Torrential rains and floods triggered by Cyclone Ditwah have killed 153 people across Sri Lanka...

‘We had to swim to safety. I didn’t think we would make it out alive’: the people fleeing climate breakdown – in pictures ‘We had to swim to safety. I didn’t think we would make it out alive’: the people fleeing climate breakdown – in pictures: Photographers Mathias Braschler and Monika Fischer capture the families, farmers and fishers who have been forced to leave their homes by extreme weather – and the la...

‘We had to swim to safety. I didn’t think we would make it out alive’: the people fleeing climate breakdown – in pictures: Photographers Mathias Braschler and Monika Fischer capture the families, farmers and fishers who have been forced to leave their homes by extreme weather – and the la...

UK MPs push for extra aid and visas as Jamaica reels from Hurricane Melissa UK MPs push for extra aid and visas as Jamaica reels from Hurricane Melissa: Dawn Butler leads calls for humanitarian visas and fee waivers for vulnerable relatives of UK nationals affected by storm British MPs have joined campaigners calling for more aid and humanitarian visas for Jamaic...

UK MPs push for extra aid and visas as Jamaica reels from Hurricane Melissa: Dawn Butler leads calls for humanitarian visas and fee waivers for vulnerable relatives of UK nationals affected by storm British MPs have joined campaigners calling for more aid and humanitarian visas for Jamaic...

Revealed: Europe’s water reserves drying up due to climate breakdown Revealed: Europe’s water reserves drying up due to climate breakdown: Exclusive: UCL scientists find large swathes of southern Europe are drying up, with ‘far-reaching’ implications Vast swathes of Europe’s water reserves are drying up, a new analysis using two decades of satellite data r...

Revealed: Europe’s water reserves drying up due to climate breakdown: Exclusive: UCL scientists find large swathes of southern Europe are drying up, with ‘far-reaching’ implications Vast swathes of Europe’s water reserves are drying up, a new analysis using two decades of satellite data r...

After landmark climate win, lawyer hopes for a ‘new legal order’ to protect Indigenous rights After landmark climate win, lawyer hopes for a ‘new legal order’ to protect Indigenous rights: Pacific lawyer Julian Aguon to be honoured with Right Livelihood award for his work that led to ICJ ruling on climate harm Six years ago, human rights lawyer Julian Aguon received a call from Va...

After landmark climate win, lawyer hopes for a ‘new legal order’ to protect Indigenous rights: Pacific lawyer Julian Aguon to be honoured with Right Livelihood award for his work that led to ICJ ruling on climate harm Six years ago, human rights lawyer Julian Aguon received a call from Va...

Africa’s forests transformed from carbon sink to carbon source, study finds Africa’s forests transformed from carbon sink to carbon source, study finds: Alarming shift since 2010 means planet’s three main rainforest regions now contribute to climate breakdown Africa’s forests have turned from a carbon sink into a carbon source, according to research that undersco...

Africa’s forests transformed from carbon sink to carbon source, study finds: Alarming shift since 2010 means planet’s three main rainforest regions now contribute to climate breakdown Africa’s forests have turned from a carbon sink into a carbon source, according to research that undersco...

Scientists warn of severe climate-related risks to UK economy and security Scientists warn of severe climate-related risks to UK economy and security: Experts lay out scale of changes needed in ‘first-of-its-kind national emergency briefing’ in Westminster A host of eminent scientists have warned politicians, business and community leaders that the UK risks seve...

Scientists warn of severe climate-related risks to UK economy and security: Experts lay out scale of changes needed in ‘first-of-its-kind national emergency briefing’ in Westminster A host of eminent scientists have warned politicians, business and community leaders that the UK risks seve...

Country diary: The river has risen to meet the trees. This is Storm Claudia’s work | Paul Evans Country diary: The river has risen to meet the trees. This is Storm Claudia’s work | Paul Evans: Welsh Marches, Shropshire: All the ditches and drains from the hills of mid-Wales to here burst with rain. The Severn has a deadly seriousness now Low sunlight casts the shadows of figures, st...

Country diary: The river has risen to meet the trees. This is Storm Claudia’s work | Paul Evans: Welsh Marches, Shropshire: All the ditches and drains from the hills of mid-Wales to here burst with rain. The Severn has a deadly seriousness now Low sunlight casts the shadows of figures, st...

The rewriting of Australia’s nature laws come as a relief, yet I can’t help feel a sense of foreboding | Georgina Woods The rewriting of Australia’s nature laws come as a relief, yet I can’t help feel a sense of foreboding | Georgina Woods: The minister says quick approvals can happen while protecting the environment, but my experience tells me that haste brings unintended consequences Get our breaking ne...

The rewriting of Australia’s nature laws come as a relief, yet I can’t help feel a sense of foreboding | Georgina Woods: The minister says quick approvals can happen while protecting the environment, but my experience tells me that haste brings unintended consequences Get our breaking ne...

John Kerry urges Australia to take ‘hard-nosed’ approach with world’s biggest fossil fuel-producing countries at Cop31 John Kerry urges Australia to take ‘hard-nosed’ approach with world’s biggest fossil fuel-producing countries at Cop31: Exclusive: Former US secretary of state calls for more demanding steps from Australia as it takes over presidency of next year’s UN climate summit Follow our Australia ...

John Kerry urges Australia to take ‘hard-nosed’ approach with world’s biggest fossil fuel-producing countries at Cop31: Exclusive: Former US secretary of state calls for more demanding steps from Australia as it takes over presidency of next year’s UN climate summit Follow our Australia ...

The bird people of Lake Manchar: surviving in a vanishing oasis The bird people of Lake Manchar: surviving in a vanishing oasis: The Mohana of Pakistan’s Sindh province once thrived on the lake but pollution and drought have caused the fragile ecosystem to collapse, along with their way of life At the mouth of Lake Manchar, gentle lapping disturbs the...

The bird people of Lake Manchar: surviving in a vanishing oasis: The Mohana of Pakistan’s Sindh province once thrived on the lake but pollution and drought have caused the fragile ecosystem to collapse, along with their way of life At the mouth of Lake Manchar, gentle lapping disturbs the...

Protests, tears and a baby: five key images that tell the story of Cop30 Protests, tears and a baby: five key images that tell the story of Cop30: Emotions ran high at the UN climate summit in Brazil, which was hit by its first major protest in four years It was a tense moment. A group of about 50 people from the Munduruku, an Indigenous people in the Amazon b...

Protests, tears and a baby: five key images that tell the story of Cop30: Emotions ran high at the UN climate summit in Brazil, which was hit by its first major protest in four years It was a tense moment. A group of about 50 people from the Munduruku, an Indigenous people in the Amazon b...

Australia’s emissions from fossil fuels down as electricity from renewables passes 40% Australia’s emissions from fossil fuels down as electricity from renewables passes 40%: While greenhouse gas emissions fell 2.2% or 9.9m tonnes last financial year, new policies are needed to meet the 2035 target Sign up for climate and environment editor Adam Morton’s free Clear Air new...

Australia’s emissions from fossil fuels down as electricity from renewables passes 40%: While greenhouse gas emissions fell 2.2% or 9.9m tonnes last financial year, new policies are needed to meet the 2035 target Sign up for climate and environment editor Adam Morton’s free Clear Air new...

To defeat the global Goliaths devastating our planet, we must raise an army of Davids | Peter Lewis To defeat the global Goliaths devastating our planet, we must raise an army of Davids | Peter Lewis: As Australians face a maelstrom of interconnected disasters, the climate catastrophe has become just one of many things to doomscroll about Guardian Essential poll: only a quarter of olde...

To defeat the global Goliaths devastating our planet, we must raise an army of Davids | Peter Lewis: As Australians face a maelstrom of interconnected disasters, the climate catastrophe has become just one of many things to doomscroll about Guardian Essential poll: only a quarter of olde...

Guardian Essential poll: only a quarter of older Australians believe climate change can be prevented Guardian Essential poll: only a quarter of older Australians believe climate change can be prevented: Results show a ‘general sense of gloom’ as fewer Australians now believe climate change is caused by humans compared with March Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updates Ge...

Guardian Essential poll: only a quarter of older Australians believe climate change can be prevented: Results show a ‘general sense of gloom’ as fewer Australians now believe climate change is caused by humans compared with March Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updates Ge...

UK can create 5,400 jobs if it stops plastic waste exports, report finds UK can create 5,400 jobs if it stops plastic waste exports, report finds: Campaigners say closure of loophole making it cheaper to export rather than recycle will boost circular economy The UK could end its reliance on exporting plastic waste by 2030 to support the creation of 5,400 new j...

UK can create 5,400 jobs if it stops plastic waste exports, report finds: Campaigners say closure of loophole making it cheaper to export rather than recycle will boost circular economy The UK could end its reliance on exporting plastic waste by 2030 to support the creation of 5,400 new j...

‘Fossil fuel giants finally in the crosshairs’: Cop30 avoids total failure with last-ditch deal ‘Fossil fuel giants finally in the crosshairs’: Cop30 avoids total failure with last-ditch deal: It took some oblique wording, but Saudi Arabia made a last-minute decision to sign deal that marks departure for Cop Dawn was breaking over the Amazonian city of Belém on Saturday morning, but...

‘Fossil fuel giants finally in the crosshairs’: Cop30 avoids total failure with last-ditch deal: It took some oblique wording, but Saudi Arabia made a last-minute decision to sign deal that marks departure for Cop Dawn was breaking over the Amazonian city of Belém on Saturday morning, but...

What do Murray Watt and climate activists have in common? | Fiona Katauskas What do Murray Watt and climate activists have in common? | Fiona Katauskas: It’s all in the timing See more of Fiona Katauskas’s cartoons here Continue reading......

What do Murray Watt and climate activists have in common? | Fiona Katauskas: It’s all in the timing See more of Fiona Katauskas’s cartoons here Continue reading......

The Guardian view on UN climate talks: they reveal how little time is left | Editorial The Guardian view on UN climate talks: they reveal how little time is left | Editorial: A fragile Cop30 consensus is a win. But only a real bargain between rich and poor nations can weather the climate shocks that are coming This year’s UN climate talks in Brazil’s Belém ended without a m...

The Guardian view on UN climate talks: they reveal how little time is left | Editorial: A fragile Cop30 consensus is a win. But only a real bargain between rich and poor nations can weather the climate shocks that are coming This year’s UN climate talks in Brazil’s Belém ended without a m...

UK wildfires devastated more areas in 2025 than at any time since records began, figures show UK wildfires devastated more areas in 2025 than at any time since records began, figures show: Firefighters call for long-term investment and say UK is dangerously underprepared as climate crisis worsens Wildfires have devastated more moorland, forests and fields in the UK this year than ...

UK wildfires devastated more areas in 2025 than at any time since records began, figures show: Firefighters call for long-term investment and say UK is dangerously underprepared as climate crisis worsens Wildfires have devastated more moorland, forests and fields in the UK this year than ...

Zombie fires: how Arctic wildfires that come back to life are ravaging forests Zombie fires: how Arctic wildfires that come back to life are ravaging forests: Blazes that smoulder in the permafrost, only to reignite, are extending fire season though winter, leaving vegetation struggling to recover In May 2023, a lightning strike hit the forest in Donnie Creek, Briti...

Zombie fires: how Arctic wildfires that come back to life are ravaging forests: Blazes that smoulder in the permafrost, only to reignite, are extending fire season though winter, leaving vegetation struggling to recover In May 2023, a lightning strike hit the forest in Donnie Creek, Briti...

How rolling sand dunes are creeping up on last remaining oases on edge of Sahara How rolling sand dunes are creeping up on last remaining oases on edge of Sahara: In western Chad, villagers are desperately trying to hold back the sand as the climate crisis wreaks havoc on one of the hottest countries in the world On the ochre sands of Kanem, the neat vegetable gardens...

How rolling sand dunes are creeping up on last remaining oases on edge of Sahara: In western Chad, villagers are desperately trying to hold back the sand as the climate crisis wreaks havoc on one of the hottest countries in the world On the ochre sands of Kanem, the neat vegetable gardens...