Researchers project that reduced activity could contribute to half a million additional premature deaths annually by 2050

Climate change committee finds move to renewable energy would also bring health, economic and security benefits

An acceleration in human-caused global warming could see the Paris Agreement’s 1.5C limit breached before 2030, a new study suggests.

Analysis shows average levels are 30cm higher than thought, and up to 150cm in south-east Asia and Indo-Pacific

Weakened food security could tip into unrest after a cyber-attack, extreme weather or conflict, analysis finds.

Dangerous days have nearly tripled in past 45 years – an increase largely driven by human-made warming.

Continued global heating could set irreversible course by triggering climate tipping points, but most people unaware.

António Guterres says world’s accounting systems should place true value on the environment.

States and financial bodies using modelling that ignores shocks from extreme weather and climate tipping points.

Scientists expect 41% of the projected global population to face the extremes, with ‘no part of the world’ immune.

The Royal Horticultural Society (RHS) has unveiled emergency plans to protect its gardens from future water shortages after severe drought conditions last year.

Choosing the “least expensive” healthy food options could cut dietary emissions by one-third, according to a recent study.

The year 2025 was in the top-three warmest years on record, with average surface temperatures reaching around 1.44C above pre-industrial levels across eight independent datasets.

Wildfires now destroy twice as much tree cover per year as two decades ago - a crisis fuelled by climate change.

Oceans absorb 90% of global heating, making them a stark indicator of the relentless march of the climate crisis.

Weather patterns are see-sawing from one extreme to another faster and more frequently than ever before. And the phenomenon is coming to places you wouldn’t expect.

New year plant hunt shows rising temperatures are shifting natural cycles of wildflowers such as daisies.

Christian Aid annual report’s top 10 disasters amounted to more than $120bn in insured losses

The surging tide of microplastics is already an environmental and health threat, but as the world heats up — driving increasingly extreme weather — it’s transforming them into “more mobile, persistent, and hazardous pollutants,” according to a new study, which calls for urgent action.

Heating means pests breeding and spreading faster, warn scientists, with simplified current food system already vulnerable.