The UN Environment Programme reports that temporarily exceeding the 1.5C warming limit is now inevitable, requiring global emissions cuts of 18% by 2030 to minimize overshoot and establish a return path by century’s end.

Prime Minister Andy Burnham pledged the UK will remain on track to achieve net zero by 2050 despite approving the Jackdaw gasfield, vowing to block new North Sea licences.

California faces intense rainfall from a record El Niño, but water agencies are capturing stormwater to store underground in aquifers rather than letting it flow out to sea or cause flooding.

Fifteen Canadian youth are suing the federal government, claiming it violated their constitutional rights by failing to adequately address climate change. The trial, set to last five weeks in Vancouver, is considered potentially landmark climate litigation.

The UK government is considering incentives for electric vehicle manufacturers to adopt vehicle-to-grid technology, which allows cars to sell power back to the electricity network during peak demand periods.

UK Conservatives cited an incorrect £957 billion net-zero cost figure in a policy document, apparently stemming from a spreadsheet error that doubled the Climate Change Committee’s actual 2020 estimate of £478 billion.

The UN Environment Programme reports that exceeding the 1.5C warming limit is now “inevitable” due to decades of insufficient climate action, with only potential to minimize the extent of overshoot.

Prime Minister Andy Burnham pledged Britain will achieve net zero emissions by 2050 despite approving the Jackdaw gasfield, vowing to block future North Sea oil and gas licenses.

Officials and environmental leaders gathered in Armenia for Cop17 to negotiate a comprehensive agreement aimed at halting nature destruction, amid concerns that current 2030 targets remain significantly off schedule.

According to Carbon Brief analysis, 58% of countries have submitted new biodiversity pledges two years after the original deadline, ahead of the COP17 summit in Armenia next week.

A Norwegian village where temperatures are rising five to seven times faster than the global average has banned tap water due to heavy metal contamination linked to thawing permafrost.

Nations failed for the sixth time to agree on a timeline for publishing the IPCC’s seventh assessment report, with divisions between countries seeking alignment with a 2028 UN climate stocktake and those advocating for later publication dates.