Focus on Climate
Microsoft backs tree-planting carbon removal scheme in Panama
Microsoft carbon offset project will see 10,000 hectares reforested in Central America in bid to remove 3.2m tonnes of carbon from the atmosphere.
Rare English rainforest to become protected nature reserve
The Borrowdale Valley in Cumbria was declared a national nature reserve by Natural England and the National Trust on Wednesday.
Rainfall in UK and Ireland ‘made 20% heavier by climate change’
Rainfall in the storms which battered the UK and Ireland last winter were made around 20% heavier by climate change, scientists have said.
Half the world’s mangroves ‘at risk of collapse’ from climate change
Storing 11bn tonnes of carbon, valuable mangrove ecosystems across the world are under threat from sea levels rising and brutal coastal storms.
Swiss parliamentary committee rejects European court’s climate ruling
The Swiss government had pushed back against the Strasbourg court's decision, with the environment minister saying the ruling was hard to reconcile with...
Natural disasters hit 1 in 5 US adults’ finances in 2023: Fed
The U.S. Federal Reserve's annual report into the economic wellbeing of American households found that 19 percent of adults reported being financially affected...
Global carbon emissions pricing raised record $104 billion in 2023
A record $104bn was raised globally last year by charging firms for emitting CO2, but prices remain too low to drive the changes...
Britain doubles down on climate target, rules out loophole
Britain has ruled out using an accounting loophole that would have seen it use surplus emission cuts to meet future climate goals.
Paris climate accord is not enough to protect oceans, court says
ITLOS advisory opinion considers emissions absorbed by the ocean to be marine pollution, a judgement that could be pivotal to future climate cases.
NGOs seek climate trial of French oil giant TotalEnergies
NGOs filed a criminal complaint against oil giant TotalEnergies on Tuesday, seeking a trial for consequences of climate change "chaos"
