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‘Absolute scandal’: UAE state oil firm able to read Cop28 climate summit emails
Exclusive: UN conference president Sultan Al Jaber is also head of oil firm, which was consulted on how to respond to a media inquiry
Damian Carrington Environment editor
07, Jun, 2023 @12:00 PM
Too late now to save Arctic summer ice, climate scientists find
Ice-free summers inevitable even with sharp emissions cuts and likely to result in more extreme heatwaves and floods
Damian Carrington Environment editor
06, Jun, 2023 @3:00 PM
US deal could plug Turkmenistan’s colossal methane emissions
The central Asian country has the worst rate of climate-heating ‘super-emitter’ events in the world
Damian Carrington Environment editor
02, Jun, 2023 @5:00 AM
Pesticide firms withheld brain toxicity studies from EU regulators, study finds
Exclusive: The same studies were submitted to US regulators and some are relevant to safety levels, the researchers say
Damian Carrington Environment editor
01, Jun, 2023 @4:00 AM
Rock ‘flour’ from Greenland can capture significant CO2, study shows
Powder produced by ice sheets could be used to help tackle climate crisis when spread on farm fields
Damian Carrington Environment editor
30, May, 2023 @10:44 AM
Global heating will push billions outside ‘human climate niche’
World is on track for 2.7C and ‘phenomenal’ human suffering, scientists warn
Damian Carrington Environment editor
22, May, 2023 @3:00 PM
Plastic pollution could be slashed by 80% by 2040, UN says
Changes needed are major but also practical and affordable, report says, and would bring trillions of dollars in benefits
Damian Carrington Environment editor
16, May, 2023 @10:00 AM
Cop28 host UAE’s approach is ‘dangerous’, says UN’s ex-climate chief
Christiana Figueres says focus on carbon capture is direct threat to survival of vulnerable countries
Damian Carrington Environment editor
16, May, 2023 @9:37 AM
UK tops list for fossil fuel sites in nature protected areas
Globally, fossil fuel extraction and exploration is taking place at almost 3,000 sites in conservation areas, analysis shows
Damian Carrington Environment editor
10, May, 2023 @5:00 AM
‘Mind-boggling’ methane emissions from Turkmenistan revealed
Leaks of potent greenhouse gas could be easily fixed, say experts, and would rapidly reduce global heating
Damian Carrington Environment editor
09, May, 2023 @5:00 AM
April Mediterranean heatwave ‘almost impossible’ without climate crisis
Extreme event would have been expected once in 40,000 years before global heating, scientists estimate
Damian Carrington Environment editor
05, May, 2023 @1:00 PM
Fungal attacks threaten global food supply, say experts
Climate crisis is exacerbating damage caused by crop-destroying fungi, risking ‘global health catastrophe’
Damian Carrington Environment editor
03, May, 2023 @11:00 AM
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