Mukhtar Babayev, COP29 president, center, during a closing plenary session at the COP29 UN Climate Summit in the early hours Sunday in Baku, Azerbaijan. Joshua A. Bickel/AP CNN — The world agreed to a new climate deal at COP29 in Baku, Azerbaijan, Saturday,
UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres urged G20 leaders in Rio to “show leadership” on emissions cuts to rescue stalled UN climate talks in Azerbaijan. Deadlocked over a $1 trillion climate investment deal, nations hope G20 compromise will break the impasse on
A further 500 soldiers are being deployed to the Valencia region as residents criticise local authorities over their response to the catastrophic flooding there. More than 200 people are known to have died, with most fatalities in and around Valencia,
A major study published on Wednesday warns that even temporarily exceeding the 1.5°C global warming limit could lead to irreversible consequences, including rising sea levels and mass biodiversity loss. With global emissions still rising, scientists stress that hopes of reversing
Vegetation is spreading at an alarming rate in a place where temperatures are soaring. Hummocks of moss cover Ardley Island off the tip of the Antarctic Peninsula.Credit: Dan Charman A fast-warming region of Antarctica is getting greener with shocking speed. Satellite imagery
Roads were closed and motorists were stranded on Saturday following unusually heavy snowfall in South Africa. The N3 highway connecting Johannesburg and Durban was particularly affected, with emergency services trying to reach people in their vehicles in portions where the
A Hopper barge is seen stranded on a sandbank at the Solimoes River, one of the largest tributaries of the Amazon River, during a Greenpeace flyover to inspect what the National Center for Monitoring and Early Warning of Natural Disasters
Wildfires continue to devastate Brazil’s vital ecological landscapes amid the country’s worst-ever recorded drought, with the latest – apparently man-made – fire engulfing the protected Brasília National Park in flames on Monday, and shrouding and the capital in smoke. A
Greece was battling a wildfire northeast of Athens on Sunday, with smoke covering parts of the capital in a haze, amid warnings for extreme weather conditions for the rest of the week. A wildfire burns vegetation along a road during
Chemical analysis of coral skeletons reveals unprecedented warming trend that could spell disaster for the iconic reef. Marine heatwaves are increasingly bleaching corals in the Great Barrier Reef off of Australia.Credit: Jurgen Freund/Nature Picture Library/Science Photo Library Earlier this year,