Countries are falling short on 22 of 23 nature targets agreed in 2022, with a UN report warning that action must accelerate rapidly to meet 2030 biodiversity goals.

A rapidly growing wildfire south of Los Angeles has destroyed six homes and forced evacuations. The Norte Fire spread to 570 acres by Saturday morning amid dangerous Santa Ana winds and critically dry conditions.

Ethoxyquin, a fire retardant added to fishmeal since 1967 to prevent spontaneous combustion during shipping, has raised health concerns as a potential carcinogen now banned in Europe but still permitted in the U.S.

Ethiopia is implementing one of the world’s largest environmental restoration campaigns, aiming to plant 50 billion seedlings by 2030 to reverse decades of deforestation and combat climate vulnerability.

Diplomats from 196 countries will gather in Yerevan next week to negotiate biodiversity conservation decisions at a UN summit marking the halfway point of the Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework.

The Philippines is moving forward with a U.S.-led semiconductor and AI manufacturing hub in Central Luzon, prompting protests from Indigenous groups and activists who view it as a resource grab threatening ancestral lands.

Severe drought has been declared in parts of southern England following extended dry weather, affecting roughly 30 million people across England and Wales through hosepipe bans imposed by water companies.

The world’s largest penguin colony on Zavodovski Island has declined by two-thirds since 2011, with scientists attributing the crash primarily to climate change and warming ocean temperatures.

A study warns that over three-quarters of the world’s most renowned surf breaks face high risk from climate change, rising sea levels, and coastal development, threatening both the sport and dependent local economies.

A UN report finds developed nations are significantly lagging in biodiversity finance, falling far short of the $200 billion annual target needed to reverse nature loss by 2030.

The host of the upcoming UN climate summit urged wealthy nations to prioritize climate spending over military budgets, but hedged on committing to phase out fossil fuels at the November meeting in Turkey.

The IPCC faces pressure from Saudi Arabia, Russia, China, and India to delay its major climate assessment report to 2029, while vulnerable nations urge faster publication ahead of scheduled climate talks.