Exclusive: broadcaster says older generations have done terrible things and should listen to young

Detailed analysis finds plant diets lead to 75% less climate-heating emissions, water pollution and land use than meat-rich ones

If the US military were a country, its carbon emissions would rank between that of Peru and Portugal.

One is America’s youngest-ever congresswoman, the other a Swedish schoolgirl. Two of the most powerful voices on the climate speak for the first time

Analysis of EU and US shows livestock farmers receive about 1,000 times more public funding than plant-based and cultivated meat

As CO2 levels climb, the carbon count is a daily reminder we must tackle climate change now

A collapse would bring catastrophic climate impacts but scientists disagree over the new analysis

Protest by 16-year-old Greta Thunberg snowballs to last day of World Economic Forum

The 16-year-old’s lone protest last summer has morphed into a powerful global movement challenging politicians to act

‘We owe it to our kids’: parents from 16 countries demand urgent climate action

We know that warm waters fuel hurricanes, and Dorian was strengthened by waters well above average temperatures

Covering Climate Now cites Damian Carrington for investigating ‘carbon bombs’ and super-emitting methane leaks

Oil cartel warns ‘pressure may reach a tipping point’ and that ‘politically motivated campaigns put our prosperity’ at risk

Move follows efforts to reduce carbon footprint and increase reporting on climate crisis

A fast growing mountain of toxic e-waste is polluting the planet and damaging health, says new report

Appeal court says decision to give go-ahead not consistent with Paris agreement

One day last summer, aged 15, she skipped school, sat down outside the Swedish parliament – and inadvertently kicked off a global movement

Researchers say dirty air is killing 800,000 people a year in Europe, and urge the phasing out of fossil fuel burning

Open letter backs student-led campaign for vegan catering to fight climate crisis

Exclusive: UAE’s Sultan Al Jaber says phase-out of coal, oil and gas would take world ‘back into caves’

Scientists say it may still technically be possible to limit warming to 1.5C if drastic action is taken now

London roads were blocked by climate activists, reducing flow of traffic

Research shows a trillion trees could be planted to capture huge amount of carbon dioxide

Release of a small herd of endangered animals in Kent is planned for spring 2022

First complete ‘scientific health check’ shows most global systems beyond stable range in which modern civilisation emerged

Carbon emissions make sea more acidic, which wiped out 75% of marine species 66m years ago

Total is 20% higher than thought and may have implications for collapse of globally important north Atlantic ocean currents

Researchers say simply sitting and enjoying the peace has mental and physical benefits

I won’t be eating turkey this year because of meat’s impact on the planet, says Guardian environment editor Damian Carrington

Research finds black carbon breathed by mothers can cross into unborn children

Losses of ice from Greenland and Antarctica are tracking the worst-case climate scenario, scientists warn

Rapid reduction in fossil fuel burning urgently needed to preserve liveable conditions, say scientists, as climate damage deepens

Climate scientists say fossil fuel use needs to fall rapidly – but oil-rich kingdom is working to drive up demand

Singapore’s approval of chicken cells grown in bioreactors is seen as landmark moment across industry

Research shows almost 80% of deaths across four countries were in most polluted regions

Campaigners say they will force governments to act after lack of progress at UN summit

Exclusive: Nearly half existing facilities will need to close prematurely to limit heating to 1.5C, scientists say

Exclusive: Produced by traffic, nanoparticles are already known to invade the brain and can carry carcinogens

Sentences risk silencing public concerns about the environment, climate change rapporteur Ian Fry says

World Bank says subsidies costing as much as $23m a minute must be repurposed to fight climate crisis

Climate strike founder put up for award ahead of global strikes planned in more than 105 countries

The UK needs 1.5bn new trees to tackle the climate crisis – a Northumberland project is showing one way forward

Global general strike on 20 September could be historic turning point, say activists

Swedish school strike activist demands economists tackle runaway global warming. Read her Davos speech here

Scientists express concern over health impacts, with another study finding particles in arteries

‘We must start setting records on cutting emissions,’ UN boss says after temperature records obliterated in 2023

Exclusive: Study shows associated damage to critical pumping muscles, even in children

Analysis shows at least $2.8tn in damage from 2000 to 2019 through worsened storms, floods and heatwaves

Study shows 571 species wiped out, and scientists say figure is likely to be big underestimate

Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva sets out ambitious programme to repair damage done by Bolsonaro and tackle environmental crime

Breakthrough that builds on plastic-eating bugs first discovered by Japan in 2016 promises to enable full recycling

Current food habits will lead to destruction of all forests and catastrophic climate change by 2050, report finds

The climate crisis can’t be averted, it’s here. And with human suffering now a reality, governments can no longer stand idly by, says Guardian environment editor Damian Carrington

Charities and NGOs accuse government of changing how it calculates climate spending to claim it will exceed targets

Contamination found across UK lakes and rivers, in US groundwater, along the Yantze river and Spanish coast, and harbouring dangerous bacteria in Singapore

Exclusive: chair of Elders group also says fossil fuel firms have lost their social licence

The state-subsidised ‘Klimaticket’ was unveiled by Green party minister Leonore Gewessler

Exclusive: scientists say bug deaths can be cut by switching off unnecessary lights

Health effects of ingestion of microplastics via food, water and breathing still unknown

Fury as Graham Stuart returns to London as Caroline Lucas says UK has ‘obliterated its moral authority’

Peer-reviewed analysis of 2,500 pets finds vegan dogs visit the vet less often and require fewer medications

Subsidies to restore woodlands and meadows would also boost wildlife, says Rewilding Britain

Even radical climate change action won’t save glaciers, endangering 2 billion people

Experts call for legislation and trade deals worldwide to encourage green recovery

Wild bees and hoverflies lost from a quarter of the places they were found in 1980, study shows

Analysis of 50 years of UK data shows woodlands are not havens, while changing emergence times damage nature and farming

Oil giant accused of gaslighting after asking users: ‘What are you willing to change?’

Exclusive: Number of people living with illegal pollution levels has fallen by 94% since Sadiq Khan became mayor

Tens of thousands of young people in Britain and abroad are demonstrating for climate action in the latest wave of strikes

Exclusive: UN conference president Sultan Al Jaber is also head of oil firm, which was consulted on how to respond to a media inquiry

US and Brazil unlikely to meet Paris agreement pledges - while Russia has not even made one

Pioneering journalist will be remembered for passion for social justice and putting people at centre of stories

David Attenborough’s rousing, horrifying call to arms should do for climate change denial what Blue Planet did for plastic

Rightwing thinktank Civitas mistakenly cost onshore wind power 10,000 times higher than reality and claimed bill would be £4.5tn

Sea level will be driven up no matter how much carbon emissions are cut, putting coastal cities in danger

Analysis: Major IPCC report, approved by 195 countries, lays bare devastating harm caused by unchecked global heating

Former President Obama during a visit to Germany on Saturday praised youth activists who have led protests around the world to demand action on climate change, saying that the sooner activism start…

Exclusive: 66% of people back nonviolent action and 75% support solar power being installed on farmland

Sir David Attenborough outlines the science of climate change and the challenge it poses.

From now, house style guide recommends terms such as ‘climate crisis’ and ‘global heating’

Wildlife Trusts report also calls for expansion of projects such as flower-rich road verges and butterfly reintroductions

Exclusive: Sultan Al Jaber says Adnoc has to meet demand for fossil fuels, and hails ‘unprecedented’ Cop deal