More than 40% of major companies, cities and regions have still not set any targets to cut greenhouse gas emissions, finds annual Net Zero Tracker stocktake report: www.reuters.com/sustainabili...

Some 40% of regions, cities and companies lack emissions-cut targets, survey says

More than 40% of major companies, cities and regions have still not set any targets to cut greenhouse gas emissions, according to an annual "stocktake" released on Monday to gauge global progress in the fight against catastrophic climate change.

UN adopts "Pact for the Future", described by Secretary-General Antonio Guterres as a landmark agreement that is a "step-change towards more effective, inclusive, networked multilateralism": www.reuters.com/world/un-ado...

UN adopts pact that aims to save global cooperation

United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres described the “Pact for the Future” as a landmark agreement that is a "step-change towards more effective, inclusive, networked multilateralism."

Is Labour on track to meet its promises on the environment? Analysis by Fiona Harvey: #LPC24www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

Is Labour on track to meet its promises on the environment?

Though the party has plenty to celebrate at its first conference in power for 15 years, there is much work to do to on net zero

Deputy prime minister Angela Rayner will pledge decent homes for all in speech that puts dismal state of UK housing front and centre of Labour party conference: www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/poli...#LPC24

Angela Rayner will pledge decent, safe homes for all in Labour conference speech

Deputy prime minister Angela Rayner will open Labour’s first party conference in power for 15 years on Sunday

Vast area of Antarctic Ice Sheet, the Thwaites Glacier, continues to retreat and much of it could be lost by 23rd century, experts say. Glacier is one of largest and fastest-changing in world, and if it collapsed entirely, sea levels would rise by 65cm: www.independent.co.uk/climate-chan...

Much of Thwaites Glacier could be lost by 23rd century, experts say

Latest computer models predict that ice loss will accelerate through the 22nd century.

"Somalia has emitted roughly as much carbon dioxide from fossil fuels since the 1950s as the US economy does in an average three days" Yes, that does say three days www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Climate change is turbo-charging Somalia’s problems - but there's still hope

Despite facing a catastrophic combination of challenges, there is optimism in the African country.

Water levels in many of the rivers in the Amazon basin have reached their lowest on record amid a continuing drought, says Brazilian Geological Service (SGB): www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Drought leaves Amazon basin rivers at an all-time low

The current drought is concerning because it comes relatively early in the Amazon's dry season.

US faces “Manichaean choice” over climate action in presidential election says Al Gore, joining scientists and green business leaders in warning Donald Trump victory “would be very bad”: #COP29www.ft.com/content/381b...

Al Gore warns US election outcome will determine pace of climate action

Former vice-president says voters face ‘clearest choice ever’ in November poll

'End of an era': UK to shut last #coal@clementzampa.bsky.socialwww.barrons.com/news/end-of-...

'End Of An Era': UK To Shut Last Coal-fired Power Plant

Ratcliffe-on-Soar Power Station has dominated the landscape of the English East Midlands for nearly 60 years, looming over the small town of the same name and a landmark on the M1 motorway bisecting D...

The flames of more than 180,000 fires this year have torn over millions of acres in Brazil this summer, making this year the worst for Amazon fires in nearly a decade. From me and my colleague Julia Musto www.independent.co.uk/climate-chan...

Brazil faces record wildfires and drought — and it may only get worse

Amazon fires have burned millions of acres, sending air quality plummeting for major metropolitan areas