10 h. ago The real cost of climate change: Shocking report reveals how just 111 companies have cost the world $28 TRILLION in climate damage

Scientists at Dartmouth College in New Hampshire say just 111 companies have cost the world a whopping $28 trillion (£21 trillion) in climate damage since the early 1990s.

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32 h. ago Giant icebergs the size of cities once drifted off the coast of Britain, scientists find

Research could indicate how current climate change and global warming are affecting Antarctica

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53 h. ago The world's biggest companies have caused $28 trillion in climate damage, a new study estimates

A new study estimates that the world’s biggest corporations have caused $28 trillion in climate damage, which is a shade less than the sum of all goods and services produced in the United States last year

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54 h. ago Experiments to 'dim the Sun' to be given green light by UK government

Britain is set to approve funding of up to £50 million for experiments to dim sunlight in a bid to limit climate change

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55 h. ago Vineyards in NY wine country push sustainability as they adapt to climate change

The Finger Lakes are home to New York’s largest wine-producing region, but vineyards there are struggling with the impacts of climate change

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55 h. ago There’s one big motivator that makes people waste less food – and it isn’t sustainability

Study finds people who prioritise buying environmentally produced food do not necessarily manage it in a way that reduces waste

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57 h. ago Climate change is sparking bizarre 'temperature flips' around the world

Scientists have warned that climate change is sparking bizarre 'temperature flips' all around the world.

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57 h. ago Endangered dragonfly reintroduced to Cumbrian peatland after almost vanishing in England

Dragonfly larvae transported in buckets to new site on shores of Solway Firth

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58 h. ago A silent majority of the world’s people wants stronger climate action. It’s time to wake up | Mark Hertsgaard and Kyle Pope

About 89% of the public want their governments to do more to tackle the climate crisis – but don’t know they’re the majorityThe Guardian is joining forces with dozens of newsrooms around the world to launch the 89% Project – and highlight the fact that the vast majority of the world’s population wants climate action. Read moreA superpower in the fight against global heating is hiding in plain sight. It turns out that the overwhelming majority of people in the world – between 80% and 89%, according to a growing number of peer-reviewed scientific studies – want their governments to take stronger climate action.As co-founders of a non-profit that studies news coverage of climate change, those findings surprised even us. And they are a sharp rebuttal to the Trump administration’s efforts to attack anyone who does care about the climate crisis.Mark Hertsgaard and Kyle Pope are the co-founders of the global journalism collaboration Covering Climate Now Continue reading...

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59 h. ago More than 80% of world’s coral reefs hit by worst bleaching event in history

‘We're looking at something that's completely changing the face of our planet,’ scientists warn

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3 d. ago Earth Day marks the chance to help save the planet. The environment was already on the edge before Trump took office

Scientists are calling for rapid action to curb emissions as the Trump administration embraces the fossil fuel industry

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3 d. ago NatWest changes its policy over investing in oil and gas companies

Changing its language around what it can invest in raises serious questions over the bank’s formerly-pioneering green policy, campaigners say

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3 d. ago David Attenborough to release new feature film to mark 99th birthday

The film is set to be released in cinemas on 8 May - the same day as the naturalist’s 99th birthday - before it is available to stream on Disney+ and Hulu later this year

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3 d. ago Al Gore compares Trump second term with Nazi Germany in scathing speech

Former VP said the administration was creating its ‘own preferred reality’ and slammed it for green energy U-turnUS politics live – latest updatesFormer vice-president Al Gore compared the Trump administration with Nazi Germany, in scathing comments made Monday about the president’s use of power during remarks about climate change.During a speech at an event to mark the beginning of San Francisco’s Climate Week, Gore, an established climate advocate, said that the Trump administration was “trying to create their own preferred version of reality”, akin to the Nazi party during the 1930s in Germany, Politico reported. Continue reading...

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3 d. ago Al Gore draws parallels between Trump 2.0 and early Nazi Germany in speech

Former VP said the administration was creating its ‘own preferred reality’ and slammed it for green energy U-turnUS politics live – latest updatesAl Gore said there were “important lessons” to be learned from similarities between the early rise of Nazi Germany and the recent actions of the the Trump administration, in scathing comments made Monday during remarks about climate change.During a speech at an event to mark the beginning of San Francisco’s Climate Week, the former vice-president and established climate advocate, said that the Trump administration was “trying to create their own preferred version of reality”, akin to the Nazi party during the 1930s in Germany, Politico reported. Continue reading...

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3 d. ago Ed Miliband adviser who backed levy on frequent fliers racked up 40,000 air miles in a year by travelling to 'environmental' conferences

Nigel Topping is one of six members of the Climate Change Committee, which advises Ed Miliband, the Energy Secretary, on reducing greenhouse gas emissions.

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3 d. ago Chinese company announces another huge advance in EV battery technology

CATL manufactures around one-third of the world’s electric vehicle batteries and supplies 16 of the leading global automakers

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3 d. ago On thin ice: the brutal cold of Canada’s Arctic was once a defence, but a warming climate has changed that

Geopolitical tensions are heating up on Canada’s borders, but the biggest threat may be from wildly fluctuating temperatures transforming the tundra and oceanIn early February, during the depths of winter, Twin Otter aircraft belonging to the Canadian military flew over the vast expanse of the western Arctic looking for sea ice. Below, sheets of white extended beyond the horizon.But the pilots, who were searching for a suitable site to land a 34-tonne (76,000lb) Hercules transport plane a month later, needed ice that was 1.5-metres (5ft) thick. Continue reading...

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3 d. ago How the climate crisis will push up prices for your Easter chocolate

Data shared with The Independent shows an increasing risk to cocoa crops from extreme heat

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3 d. ago Activate climate’s ‘silent majority’ to supercharge action, experts say

Making concerned people aware their views are far from alone could unlock the change so urgently needed‘Spiral of silence’: climate action is very popular, so why don’t people realise it?The Guardian is joining forces with dozens of newsrooms around the world to launch the 89 Percent Project—and highlight the fact that the vast majority of the world’s population wants climate action. Read moreA huge 89% majority of the world’s people want stronger action to fight the climate crisis but feel they are trapped in a self-fulfilling “spiral of silence” because they mistakenly believe they are in a minority, research suggests.Making people aware that their pro-climate view is, in fact, by far the majority could unlock a social tipping point and push leaders into the climate action so urgently needed, experts say. Continue reading...

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