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Climate crisis

  • A thermometer displays a temperature of 31C in Rovaniemi, Finland

    Climate crisis
    Nordic countries hit by ‘truly unprecedented’ heatwave

    Scientists record longest streak of temperatures higher than 30C in region in records going back to 1961
  • A barrel jellyfish moving through water.

    Marine life
    Unusually high number of jellyfish arrive in UK seas

  • a fire burns in the grand canyon

    US wildfires
    Two wildfires in US west spur ‘fire clouds’ with erratic weather systems

  • Search and rescue workers prepare a raft on a flooded river

    Trump administration
    Scientists slam Trump administration climate report as a ‘farce’ full of misinformation

  • Barclays results<br>epa08215396 (FILE) - The headquarters of Barclays bank in Canary Wharf in London, Britain, 28 June 2012 (reissued 13 February 2020). Barclays on 13 February 2020 released their full year 2019 results, saying the Barclay Group's total 2019 income was 21,632 million pound, net operating income was 19,720 million pound and profit after tax stood at 3,354 million pound. EPA/TAL COHEN *** Local Caption *** 53595601

    Barclays
    Barclays follows HSBC in exit from banking industry’s net zero alliance

Opinion

  • A wind farm off the coast of Isle Of Man.

    The Guardian view on the green transition: renewables are the future – but countries’ actions must catch up with their promises

  • Rebecca Solnit

    The renewable energy revolution is a feat of technology

    Rebecca Solnit
  • A illustration of scenes of science, nature, and technology. At the center, a silhouette of a human head contains a DNA helix, surrounded by a robot reaching toward a butterfly, a rocket launch, an astronaut floating in space, a scientist looking into a microscope, and hands conducting experiments with plants and pills. Smaller vignettes depict trees, molecules, and scientific tools.

    We face daunting global challenges. Here are eight reasons to be hopeful

    John D Boswell
  • Zoe Daniel

    The attack on Australia’s net zero target is reckless and gutless. Voters expect more than ‘intergenerational bastardry’

    Zoe Daniel

Features

  • Two tourists walk past a homeless man lying on the ground, with temples in background

    Environment
    ‘Self-termination is most likely’: the history and future of societal collapse

  • Donald Trump golfs at Turnberry.

    Down to Earth newsletter
    The week the US president’s vendetta against renewables went global

    Newsletter
  • a red admiral butterfly on a buddleia

    Butterflywatch
    Butterflywatch: A very good summer for butterflies or a return to average?

  • Bateteba Aselu, pictured here with her daughter Tekira Uale

    Tuvalu
    Bateteba left what once felt like ‘the safest place in the world’ to build a life in Australia. Thousands hope to follow

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