CO2: 413.30 ppmThere is also continuing doubt over whether Chinese President Xi Jinping and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi will be involved in the talks in Scotland.
President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia may make a speech by video at the United Nations summit, which is seen as pivotal in efforts to stem climate change.
The Russian leader is still expected to attend via video link.
The death toll after three days of heavy rain in Nepal triggered landslides and flash floods rose to 77 on Wednesday after rescuers recovered 34 more bodies, authorities said.
The death toll continued to rise on Wednesday as landslides and flooding damaged homes and stranded thousands of people.
Eleven people missing as Himalayan state of Uttarakhand suffers heaviest rain in more than 100 years
Africa's fabled eastern glaciers will vanish in two decades, 118 million poor people face drought, floods or extreme heat, and climate change could shrink the continent's economy by 3% by mid-century, the U.N. climate agency warned on Tuesday.
African countries will also likely face increased food insecurity and instability from climate change.
Africa’s rare glaciers, such as the one on Mount Kilimanjaro, will disappear in the next two decades because of climate change, a new report warns.
Gov. Gavin Newsom said it was critical for residents to step up their water-saving efforts as the state ends its second-driest year on record.
Gov. Newsom declared a statewide drought emergency Tuesday, as officials announced that Californians reduced water use an average of 5% in August.
Experts have compared the past year to California's massive drought of 1977.
The Biden administration launches a wide-ranging strategy to regulate toxic industrial compounds used in products including cookware and carpets.
Michael Regan, the E.P.A. administrator, wants to limit a class of chemicals that has been linked to cancer and is found in everything from drinking water to furniture.
The Biden administration will move Monday to regulate a group of long-lasting chemicals that pose serious health risks to millions of Americans, and pervade everyday products such as cosmetics, dental floss, fast food containers and drinking water.
Funding has been announced to help homes switch over to low-carbon energy alternatives, but there is not enough for everybody.
Heat pumps literally take heat from one place and pump it to another. They typically extract heat from the air or the ground, and they work like a refrigerator, but in reverse. Here's what else to know.
The new scheme will encourage people to install low carbon heating systems such as heat pumps, which run on electricity and extract energy from the air or ground.
More than 190 countries committed in 2015 to limiting global warming to 1.5 degrees Celsius above pre-industrial levels in an effort to stave off the worst effects of climate change such as drought, flooding and loss of species.
Carbon capture storage offers a vital tool in the the road to net zero but current efforts are dwarfed by the size of the challenge and the UK is littered with pilot projects that fell by the wayside. Can the technology finally fulfil its promise?
The agriculture sector was responsible for only 15% of Australia's greenhouse gas emissions in 2019, according to policy think-tank Grattan Institute.
CANBERRA, Australia (AP) — Australia was the worst climate performer among comparable developed countries since nations pledged in the 2015 Paris agreement to take action to limit global warming, a think tank said Thursday ahead of a key climate conference in Scotland later this month.
CANBERRA, Australia (AP) — A net zero carbon emissions target by 2050 would be a “great positive” for Australia if it can be achieved through technology and not a carbon price, the prime minister said on Tuesday as he pressures government colleagues to commit to more ambitious action ahead of a climate summit.
Vice President Kamala Harris will visit Lake Mead in Nevada on Monday to highlight the problems caused by the West's dire drought.
WASHINGTON (AP) — Vice President Kamala Harris on Monday will highlight the problems caused by Western drought as she visits Lake Mead in Nevada and makes the case for the Biden administration's infrastructure and climate change proposals that have stalled in Congress.
WASHINGTON (AP) — Vice President Kamala Harris on Monday will highlight the problems caused by Western drought as she visits Lake Mead in Nevada and makes the case for the Biden administration's infrastructure and climate change proposals that have stalled in Congress.
Award conceived by the British royal is a way to recognize and boost people hatching innovative solutions to the environmental crises facing our planet.
Two friends growing coral and the country of Costa Rica are among five winners receiving £1m each.
Costa Rica and the city of Milan were among the five winners that each received one million pounds, or nearly $1.4 million, to continue sustainability and conservation efforts during a ceremony in London.
President Joe Biden wanted the stakes to be perfectly clear when he sat down with nine liberal Democrats in the Oval Office Tuesday to discuss ongoing legislative negotiations.
The former president will meet with young climate change advocates and "urge more robust action".
The former US president is expected to meet young climate activists during his visit to the UN summit.
Sen. Tina Smith told CNN that Manchin "made it clear" he doesn't support the clean energy program, and lawmakers are working to develop options to replace it.
Faced with the likely demise of a central pillar of President Biden’s agenda, the White House and outraged lawmakers are scrambling to find alternatives.
The clean electricity program is "the backbone of the energy transition," experts say.
A new report published Wednesday warns of the severe impact of climate change on human health, and says the prognosis is only getting worse.
An exploding body of evidence shows that warming will worsen hunger, spread disease, exacerbate chronic illnesses and wreak havoc on health systems.
New report released by the World Health Organization warns that "no one is safe from these risks."
Report outlines projects to address the risks climate change poses to the US
A new, 40-page report spells out moves that could alter the mortgage process, stock market disclosures, retirement plans, federal procurement and government budgeting.
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Biden administration is taking steps to address the economic risks from climate change , issuing a 40-page report Friday on government-wide plans to protect the financial, insurance and housing markets and the savings of American families.
What does another La Niña winter mean for drought-stricken Southern California? Nothing to cheer about.
For the second straight year, the world heads into fall and winter with a La Nina weather event. This would tend to dry out parts of an already parched and fiery American West and boost an already busy Atlantic hurricane season.
Winter weather, ongoing drought conditions and even the remainder of hurricane season will see an impact from a recent cooling of sea surface temperatures in the Pacific.
Renowned for being possibly the most discrete woman in the world, she's spent the past 70 years as Queen making sure we know as little as possible about her personal views.
A number of major world leaders have yet to confirm their attendance to the U.N. climate change summit in Glasgow.
The monarch appears to criticise people who "talk" but "don't do", ahead of the COP26 summit.
Action needed to stop demand outstripping supply, says Environment Agency
With more extreme weather events expected to bring flooding and droughts, the body urged world leaders to focus on mitigating the potentially disastrous effects of global warming.
The report warned of rising sea levels, increased river flows and significant strains on England’s public water supply amid soaring global temperatures associated with the changing climate.
The U.S. government wants to boost offshore wind to 30 gigawatts by 2030, leading to opportunity for companies involved in the space.
WASHINGTON (AP) — Seven major offshore wind farms would be developed on the East and West coasts and in the Gulf of Mexico under a plan announced Wednesday by the Biden administration.
Interior Secretary Deb Haaland announced that her agency will formally begin the process of identifying federal waters to lease to wind developers by 2025.
Thousands of miles of inactive oil pipelines have been abandoned on the seafloor. Aging platforms pose an additional risk.
As of Tuesday evening, wildlife officials had collected 28 oil-covered birds from the Orange County shoreline, all of which have undergone cleaning and rehabilitation. Some were released Wednesday.
Behind the oil spill is a larger issue: aging offshore oil platforms and pipelines — and whether anyone will fix them up or shut them down.
BRASILIA, Brazil (AP) — Brazil's Vice President Hamilton Mourão said on Friday that a deployment of soldiers to the Amazon rainforest will end, just weeks before the global climate conference where the administration aims to show commitment to curbing illegal deforestation.
A group of climate lawyers has urged the International Criminal Court (ICC) to investigate Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro for his alleged attacks on the Amazon, which they say amount to "crimes against humanity."
Climate lawyers want the International Criminal Court to prosecute President Jair Bolsonaro for "aiding and abetting… crimes such as murder, persecution and other inhumane acts."