Our latest coverage of climate change

Analysis of the science, politics and economics of the climate

Latest stories

Antarctica needs a lot more attention

Melting ice sheets do more than raise sea levels

Antarctica, Earth’s largest refrigerator, is defrosting

The world must pay more attention to its southern pole


How Britain’s dirtiest region hopes to become a hub for clean energy

What the Humber says about the country’s ambitions for green manufacturing


Climate change is unearthing and erasing history all at once

Rising sea levels and extreme weather are harming archaeology

Is China a climate saint or villain?

It is supercharging the green transition—while burning mountains of coal

How to harvest moisture from the atmosphere

New technologies could provide water to Earth’s most arid climates

Europe’s new-look winter: floods, high sea levels and melting glaciers



Politics

How to overcome the biggest obstacle to electric vehicles

A Republican politico wants to save electrification from politics


Climate will be a battleground in Britain’s next election

The Conservatives and Labour both have weaknesses


The energy transition could make India even more unequal

Rich Indian states are sunny and windy, while poor ones have lots of coal

What responsibilities do individuals have to stop climate change?

The nature of climate change makes that a tricky question



Business and finance

First electric cars. Next, electric factories?

They could be a major new way to slow global warming

Saudi Arabia has an unlikely solar star

ACWA Power has green ambitions beyond its desert home


Can the carbon-offset market be saved?

Market prices have crashed


The renewables business faces a make-or-break moment

Supply-chain dysfunction, rising interest rates and protectionism are making life tough

Could carbon credits be Africa’s next big export?

African leaders are eyeing carbon markets as a source of scarce capital



Science and data

NASA’s PACE satellite will tackle the largest uncertainty in climate science

It will monitor tiny particles in Earth’s atmosphere and oceans


Can scientists save your morning cup of coffee?

A warming planet threatens the world’s favourite drug


2023 was the hottest year ever

And 2024 could be warmer still

Wind turbines are friendlier to birds than oil-and-gas drilling

Contrary to what opponents of wind farms fear

Meet the boffins and buccaneers drilling for hydrogen

The search is on for a clean fuel that could one day replace oil



Climate videos

Video Ocean “dead zones”

How chemical pollution is suffocating the sea

Many parts of the ocean are being starved of oxygen. This threatens marine life and adds to climate change

Video Climate change

Was COP26 a success?

Our correspondent runs through the most important takeaways from the UN climate conference


Video Climate Essentials

Can carbon markets reduce carbon emissions?

So far, progress has been slow


Video The future of food

Eating our way to a more sustainable future

Insects, lab-grown meat and vertically-farmed produce could all be on our plates

Video Climate Change

Who should fix climate change?

Governments, companies or individuals?

Video The green transition

How can the world’s energy be decarbonised?

We answer your questions on how the sector can become more sustainable



Understanding climate change

Why people struggle to understand climate risk

The confusion inherent in a hotter world

Climate adaptation policies are needed more than ever

People are already suffering from catastrophic losses as a result of extreme weather events like cyclone Amphan


The world’s energy system must be transformed completely

It has been changed before, but never as fast or fully as must happen now


Damage from climate change will be widespread and sometimes surprising

It will go far beyond drought, melting ice sheets and crop failures

Humanity’s immense impact on Earth’s climate and carbon cycle

Much needs to be done for the damage to be reversed

How modelling articulates the science of climate change

From paper and pencil to the world’s fastest computers