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Confusion reigned in Antalya on Wednesday morning as some delegates heeded the Turkish organisers’ warning to get to the COP31 venue before 7am today. Others...

The National Academies, in a new report, call for more clarity around how effective the massive effort has been and what it ultimately can achieve.By...

Alta Refrigeration says the agency didn’t go far enough in rolling back greenhouse gas rules. Industry groups, states and environmentalists argue it went too far.By...

Over the past 20 months, the Trump administration has rolled back regulations and issued executive orders aimed at unilaterally speeding up industrial development projects. In...

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Third day of UN talks begin but leaders of many big polluting nations absentAs day three of the UN climate summit kicks off, world leaders...

In the shadow of Ankara’s new international football stadium, a group of visiting journalists – including Climate Home News – perched on tiny chairs watched...

Many governments are yet to set targets, leaving recipient countries struggling to plan and attract private investmentDeveloping countries have been left in limbo by the...

Print article Share The amount of public funding pledged to help developing countries tackle climate change has dropped by more than 70% in 2026, according...

The transition to electric vehicles should be moving apace, but it is not. And why? Incompetence, expedience and cowardiceThis is how it works. An industry...

Several efforts aim to make torrent of AI testing results easier to understand and use

Conservationists relocate 3,400 one-flowered wintergreens, a species estimated to have lost more than half its UK population in the past 50 yearsThousands of one of...

From Congress to the Texas Statehouse, Democrats will have more influence over border policy. But the Trump administration still has billions to spend on the...

Nature Climate Change, Published online: 10 November 2026; doi:10.1038/s41558-026-02794-8Data centre expansion may slow the coal-fired power plants phase-out, complicating decarbonization pathways. This study finds that...

Nature Climate Change, Published online: 10 November 2026; doi:10.1038/s41558-026-02789-5Scientific grounds for a net-zero policy assume near-zero committed warming over a few decades after CO2 emissions...

Nature Climate Change, Published online: 10 November 2026; doi:10.1038/s41558-026-02769-9Data centres are among the world’s fastest growing electricity consumers. An analysis of more than 9,000 facilities...

Sound energy investment plans and decisions depend on good data. An old grid layer, for example, can make an already-connected settlement appear unelectrified. A location...

Climate scientist Marco Tedesco reflects on moderating a recent U.N. panel about early warning in a time of melting ice and sea-level rise, and why...

Antalya (November 10, 2026) — At COP31, Brazil’s COP30 presidency formally presented the global Roadmap for Transitioning Away from Fossil Fuels to the UN Secretary-General...

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Some big fossil fuel-producing countries – among them India, Nigeria and Germany – have swung behind the Brazil-led roadmap to phase out coal, oil and...