The UN climate science panel has released its summary of the evidence around the tougher climate goal demanded by vulnerable countries. We break it down
As climate talks stall, it’s clear the UN process is no longer the major driving force of the climate transition. But does that matter?
The UN’s Patricia Espinosa urged negotiators at the International Maritime Organization to adopt a deal this week that supports the Paris Agreement
The US’ split personality, a stronger China and all the technical outcomes of the 2017 Fiji-in-Bonn summit in one place, compiled by Carbon Brief
Leading Amazon scientist highlights ‘grave problems’ in Brazil’s management of the world’s most important forest as climate-driven fires eat it away
A project that will double Kenya’s carbon emissions also threatens life on a fragile coastline, but the government’s planning process has been flawed
Reports the devastating storm was made worse by humanity’s carbon emissions fail to grasp climate change is not just about warming
International review finds that protected areas are good for adaptation to global warming as well as preventing overfishing and pollution
A fortnight of climate talks in Bonn ran smoothly enough, but political tensions await Pacific island presidency at November summit
We have the tools to barricade ecosystems against some impacts of warmer, more acidic oceans. But do we have the political will to use them?
Northern spring thaw begins with sea ice at a record low. Nasa scientists say the world has lost an expanse of ice larger than Mexico since 1981
Scientists tell senate committee that marine animals and plants at Australia’s southern-most point have “nowhere to go” and will disappear this century
As he hands the secret Climate Home editor codes and knackered laptop to Karl Mathiesen, Ed King reflects on the five years since he launched the site
Environment minister says warm temperatures and low levels of Arctic sea ice are an early warning to world that climate change is biting
Initiative sponsored by Carnegie Council and led by UN climate veteran aims to break silence around geo-technologies and explore their potential
NASA, NOAA and the Met Office independently confirm global temperatures were 1.1C higher than the pre-industrial average
A carbon sink as large as 20 years’ worth of US fossil fuel emissions has been identified in peatland in central Africa’s forests
Global Change Research Program indicates support for further exploration of how geoengineering could be used to tackle global warming
During the hottest year on record, Karl Mathiesen travelled to Tasmania and found his home irreparably changed
The COP22 summit was dominated by Donald Trump’s shock election win, but amid the gloom there were kernels of progress says St Lucia minister