Climate Breakdown

George Monbiot, environmental campaigner and journalist, warns we are reaching a systems tipping point - and the collapse of our liveable planet.

Climate breakdown and warmer waters allowing bacteria that cause food poisoning to flourish around Britain - new study.

Billionaires should focus their money on climate change rather than space travel, says public.

Professor Michael Mann explains the communications science behind the Netflix blockbuster Don't Look Up!

Christian Aid reports climate storms caused death and displacement around the world - as well as financial costs.

Nudge, nudge – new research shows adverts push us to make polluting transport choices.

'Climate disorder is a tangible and immediate threat. It’s time we recognise the material impacts of the ecological crisis on our minds.'

Women and Feminists for Climate Justice are taking on the Racial Capitalist Climate Patriarchy.

The famine in Afghanistan could claim the lives of a million children. It is driven by climate breakdown - and Western foreign policy.

The failure of the COP26 climate conference reminds us that capitalism is the driver of ecological breakdown. But what does that mean for environmental activists?

Precarious workers at universities are striking against climate breakdown.

Shell pulls out of Cambo oil field development.

The strike action taking place tomorrow is about more than pay and conditions - its about protecting the space we have to understand climate and environmental crises.

The UK government’s Net Zero Strategy just does not add up. We read every word - so you don't have to.

The COP26 conference came to Glasgow and went again - and there is already evidence from the Scottish city that it will have little or no legacy. 

What were the different activist groups at COP26 on Glasgow trying to achieve? Did they have any success?

Now is the time to fundamentally transform how our societies produce and distribute energy.

Scientists confirm climate feedback with warmer temperatures turning soils into a net carbon contributor.

Fossil fuels have barely been mentioned in previous climate talks. COP26 has seen a shift, and new movements are forming.

New draft of Cop26 deal weakens language on fossil fuel phaseout.

Temperature rise driven by climate breakdown and deforestation increasing heat-related deaths in rural communities in Indonesia.

'The most important meeting in human history has failed abysmally to rise to the challenge of slashing emissions.'

Revelations, reflections and reservations from the COP26 halls of power and the streets of ire.

Heat stress – a combination of dangerous heat and humidity – currently affects 68 million people globally.