EU Strikes Deal on Climate Target to Cut Emissions by 90% by 2040 December 10, 2025 By Disha Mishra and Kate Abnett The European Union agreed on Wednesday to set a legally binding climate target to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by 90%...
Europe Agrees to Drastic ESG Cuts After US Pressure Intensifies December 9, 2025 By Frances Schwartzkopff and Ewa Krukowska The European Union reached a tentative deal to slash ESG requirements, as the bloc faces intensifying pressure from the US...
The World’s Plastic Glut Is Set to Get Much Worse by 2040, Study Finds December 4, 2025 By Leslie Kaufman Despite clear evidence that plastic is clogging oceans and beaches and breaking down into microplastics that enter our bodies, humans...
COP30 Climate Deal Fails to Detail Fossil Fuel Cuts, but Pledges Adaptation Funding November 24, 2025 By Seth Borenstein, Melina Walling and ANTON L. DELGADO United Nations climate talks in Brazil reached a subdued agreement Saturday that pledged more funding for countries to adapt to...
Europe to Launch Service to Measure Role of Climate Change in Extreme Weather November 21, 2025 By Alison Withers and Kate Abnett The EU is launching a service to measure the role climate change is playing in extreme weather events like heatwaves...
Belgian Farmer Sues French Energy Giant for Damage Caused by Climate Change November 20, 2025 By Molly Quell and Mark Carlson A Belgian farmer is facing off against oil giant TotalEnergies in court on Wednesday, arguing the French company should pay...
World Is Off Course on Pledge to Slash Heat-Trapping Methane November 18, 2025 By Jennifer A. Dlouhy The world remains far behind global commitments to slash methane, according to a United Nations assessment that underscores the need...
Carbon Dioxide Emissions Are Set to Reach a New High This Year November 14, 2025 By Eric Roston Global carbon dioxide emissions from fossil-fuel use will reach a record high this year despite countries’ pledges to begin lowering...
Here’s How Much Hurricane Melissa Was Worsened by Climate Change November 6, 2025 By Eric Roston Hurricane Melissa became the most powerful storm on record to strike Jamaica in part because of water made hotter and...
EU Agrees Weakened Climate Target in Final-Hour Deal for COP30 November 5, 2025 By Kate Abnett, Inti Landauro and Benoit Van Overstraeten EU climate ministers agreed a 2040 climate change target in the early hours of Wednesday after watering down the goal...