CO2: 427.55 ppmInternational leaders visit Tuvalu as part of climate talks co-hosted by Australia ahead of Cop31 conference
Should the world move away sharply from fossil fuels, or manage a slower, more careful retreat?
Anthony Albanese joins about 4,000 people in Fiji for preparatory meeting for year-ending Cop31 UN climate summit
Composting leftover coffee grounds, eggshells and carrot tops is a way to reduce the amount of food waste that goes into landfills, where it produces the potent greenhouse gas methane
Exclusive: Cop31 leader calling for global curbs on climate-heating gas has landfills producing some of world’s worst plumes
Rotting food waste is causing up to 10 per cent of total global greenhouse gas emissions – five times more than the entire aviation sector, the UN’s environment agency warned this week.
The Supreme Court appeared skeptical of allowing Boulder, Col., to sue fossil fuel producers over the impact of climate change in a blockbuster case to kick off the new term.
Oil and gas producers hope the Supreme Court will shut down scores of lawsuits over the impact of climate change.
“This case involves an unprecedented effort to use state law to regulate global conduct,” Kannon Shanmugam, a lawyer for the oil companies, told the justices.