climate change (politics)

Switzerland failed to protect its people from climate change, top Europe court rules

Switzerland for all its snow-capped mountains and crisp Alpine air has failed to protect its people ...

science | 6 months ago

Easy like Sunday morning: On temperatures!

1. On May 19 in 1743, physicist Jean-Pierre Christin developed a scale which became the most common ...

entertainment | 5 months ago

Climate lawsuits build as a Latin American court hears largest case ever

Latin America's human rights court holds a final hearing in Brazil on March 29 in a case that's part...

world | 4 months ago

Fed up with inaction, Germany's climate activists contest E.U. elections

German activist Lina Eichler regularly used to stick her hands to roads to block traffic in protest ...

world | 4 months ago

Climate change funding talks stuck ahead of COP29 summit

With just five months to go before this year's U.N. climate summit, countries cannot agree on the si...

science | 4 months ago

‘Just Stop Oil’ activists vandalise Stonehenge

Climate activists of the ‘Just Stop Oil’ group sprayed orange powder on to the stones of Stonehenge,...

world | 3 months ago

Russia, China push back after U.S. Arctic strategy flags military cooperation

Russia and China on Tuesday pushed back against a U.S. warning over their increasing military and ec...

world | 2 months ago

South Africa passes its first sweeping climate change law

South African President Cyril Ramaphosa has signed into law a broad climate change act that will set...

science | 2 months ago

Britain's climate change plan challenged in landmark court case

Britain failed to set proper objectives in its climate adaptation strategy, environmental campaigner...

science | 2 months ago

What is South Africa’s new law on climate change?

The story so far: South Africa’s President, Cyril Ramaphosa, signed into law a piece of legislation ...

world | 2 months ago

Pacific regions facing climate ‘annihilation’, says UN chief Antonio Guterres

United Nations (UN) chief Antonio Guterres warned on Thursday (August 23, 2024) that some Pacific te...

world | 1 month ago

Experts meet as final global plastic treaty talks near

With months until crunch talks on the world’s first binding treaty on plastic pollution, experts are...

world | 1 month ago

South Korean teen activist hopes for landmark court ruling on climate change

Yoon Hyeonjeong, a 19-year-old South Korean activist, says the fate of her years-long fight for more...

science | 1 month ago

Azerbaijan says 'God-given' oil and gas will help it go green

Flames soar into the air from a sandstone outcrop on a hillside of the Absheron peninsula near Baku,...

world | 4 weeks ago