5 h. ago Warning to car owners in several communities after string of thefts

There have been around 10 recent incidents of theft and attempted thefts from vehicles

Events

8 h. ago African countries push for radical change to tackle climate crisis as key summit wraps up

Nick Ferris reports from Ethiopia’s capital, Addis Ababa, where activists back ambitious final declaration at second African Climate Summit – but pile scorn on lack of help from rich nations

Politics

10 h. ago Is this London's weirdest show? Prepare to enter world of a cow

This unique show features sound work by Foley artists which encourages audiences to close their eyes and be plunged into the world of a cow and a deer

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10 h. ago Climate 100: Join us to celebrate the world’s leading environmentalists

The Independent will host the return of its Climate 100 event in New York later this month with a keynote speech from Greg Jackson, the founder of the UK’s biggest energy provider

Politics

11 h. ago China suffered damage worth £2.2bn in August as monsoon wreaked havoc

Beijing says more than 10 million people affected by succession of disasters ranging from flash floods to droughts

Economics

13 h. ago Government rules out plan to block out the sun as scientists warn of ‘severe damage’ risks

Announcement comes after more than 40 polar scientists warned ideas to slow polar ice loss were unrealistic, unaffordable and dangerous

Events

14 h. ago Cow/Deer at Royal Court Jerwood: 'wordless oddity from an animal's perspective'

This unique show features sound work by Foley artists which encourages audiences to close their eyes and be plunged into the world of a cow and a deer

Events

14 h. ago AD FEATURE: Artists take on climate change in a new project that is uniting communities in Wales

The Good Ancestor Project gives artists and activists from African, Welsh and diaspora backgrounds the chance to raise their voices

Politics

32 h. ago Study links more frequent and severe heat waves to pollution from major fossil fuel producers

A new study has determined that 55 heat waves over the past quarter-century would not have happened without human-caused climate change

Politics

32 h. ago One in four heatwaves would have been impossible without climate change, study finds

Researchers found that top 14 major carbon polluters – including Saudi Aramco, ExxonMobil, BP, Shell, Gazprom and state coal industries in China and India – account for nearly a third of global heating

Society

3 d. ago The Arizona town that’s sinking more than two inches every year

Residents of Wenden, a small town in Arizona, are facing a water crisis

Politics

3 d. ago The Climate 100 List: Pope Leo wants his followers to help save the planet

Ahead of the The Independent’s Climate 100 List being published later this month, we are celebrating some of the leading lights being honoured for their work tackling the crisis. Pope Leo XIV is determined to fight for the environment – and is providing an important counterbalance to Donald Trump, writes David Callaway

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3 d. ago Africa’s climate summit is fighting back against Trump’s fossil fuel agenda

Attendees in Ethiopia’s capital Addis Ababa tell Nick Ferris while the US president’s attitude makes things difficult, the realities of the climate crisis represent a far more pressing problem

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3 d. ago As world gets hotter, Americans are turning to more sugar, study finds

A new study finds that climate change is increasing sugar consumption in the United States

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3 d. ago The animal population that could decline 80 per cent by 2100

New research suggests caribou will likely face population declines rarely experienced in 21,000 years due to climate change

Politics

3 d. ago Indigenous reindeer herders at risk from Sweden’s plans to mine rare

Climate change is wreaking havoc on traditional Sami reindeer husbandry

Events

3 d. ago Mapped: Tropical Storm Tapah forces evacuations in China and shuts schools in Hong Kong

Public transport largely suspended, with buses, and ferries halted and trains running at longer intervals

Events

3 d. ago Tate Modern to host Tracey Emin’s biggest ever exhibition next spring

Exclusive: A Second Life will feature My Bed and never seen before pieces that reflect on artist’s experience of cancerTracey Emin will open her biggest ever exhibition at the Tate Modern next spring, showcasing her best artworks from a 40-year career.A Second Life will include some of Emin’s most famous works, including the headline-grabbing and Turner prize-nominated My Bed, from 1998, alongside never-before-seen pieces. Continue reading...

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4 d. ago Rightwing preppers should be the biggest boosters of this climate solution

We’re beyond Mel Gibson’s Mad Max era. We no longer need oil to make it through the apocalypseAs I write these words, the No 1 trending story on the Guardian is titled: “The history and future of societal collapse”. It is an account of a study by a Cambridge expert who works at something ominously called the Centre for the Study of Existential Risk; he concludes that “we can’t put a date on Doomsday, but by looking at the 5,000 years of [civilisation], we can understand the trajectories we face today – and self-termination is most likely”.I can’t claim to have done a study, though I have been at work on climate change for almost 40 years and I gotta say: seems about right. So it’s maybe not the worst moment for a bit of worry about how you would fare in the case of a temporary breakdown of our civilization. Perhaps you have noticed that extreme weather events are becoming more frequent and violent. Or you read the stories that Donald Trump was shutting down the Federal Emergency Man...

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4 d. ago The climate solution both the right and the left can get behind | Bill McKibben

We’re beyond Mel Gibson’s Mad Max era. We no longer need oil to make it through the apocalypseAs I write these words, the No 1 trending story on the Guardian is titled: “The history and future of societal collapse”. It is an account of a study by a Cambridge expert who works at something ominously called the Centre for the Study of Existential Risk; he concludes that “we can’t put a date on Doomsday, but by looking at the 5,000 years of [civilisation], we can understand the trajectories we face today – and self-termination is most likely”.I can’t claim to have done a study, though I have been at work on climate change for almost 40 years and I gotta say: seems about right. So it’s maybe not the worst moment for a bit of worry about how you would fare in the case of a temporary breakdown of our civilization. Perhaps you have noticed that extreme weather events are becoming more frequent and violent. Or you read the stories that Donald Trump was shutting down the Federal Emergency Man...

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