Our latest coverage of climate change
Analysis of the science, politics and economics of the climate
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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
Politics
Joe Biden’s limits on LNG exports won’t help the climate
Will they help his re-election chances?
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
In a first, COP28 targets the root cause of climate change
Now to turn diplomacy into action
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
How to know when the world has passed 1.5°C of global warming
We explain in four charts
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
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
Climate change
Was COP26 a success?
Our correspondent runs through the most important takeaways from the UN climate conference
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
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