Leaked documents show how the COP28 host planned to use its role to strike fossil fuel business deals.

As world leaders arrive at COP26 in Glasgow, Prime Minister Boris Johnson says action is needed.

Tyres and wet wipes are soiling rivers but the biggest polluters are farms and water companies.

Climate experts and Tory MPs argued the Cumbria mine would scupper UK efforts to lower emissions.

Could the cryptocurrency's huge electricity consumption also sink it?

It is a summer of extremes. Burning temperatures followed by raging fires. Wild storms and torrential rain. And a run of broken climate records.

The BBC was accused of hypocrisy after its Climate Editor Justin Rowlatt, 57, jetted off to Spain to report on its heatwave - which he blamed on carbon emissions.

The oceans are a vital regulator for the climate and our weather but are rapidly heating up.

Punk star and clean rivers campaigner Feargal Sharkey talks to Justin Rowlatt.

A fierce heatwave is sweeping across southern Europe, with warnings of record-breaking temperaturesTemperatures are expected to surpass 40C (104F) in parts o...

The BBC understands the government is set to announce it will bring 2040's ban forward by a decade.

Climate editor Justin Rowlatt on the challenge of how to warm the UK's homes - but not the planet.

Despite increasingly grim news from medics, his spirit remained indomitable - writes his friend.

Justin Rowlatt looks at the implications of slowing ocean circulation for climate change.

Countries have reached a landmark agreement to help put 30% of the world's oceans into protection.

If nuclear power is key to tackling climate change, is it time to reconsider our attitudes?

Britain’s top engineers are urging the government to stop buildings being demolished.

Fishing community leaders say Greenpeace's action is dangerous and illegal.

As world leaders gather for the COP26 climate conference in Glasgow, UK PM Boris Johnson says action is needed.Speaking to the BBC, Mr Johnson said leaders n...

Could human engineering stabilise the Earth's climate and chemistry in the long term?

The US has spent $1.5m a day fighting the opium war in Afghanistan. Why is business still booming?

Lewis Hamilton isn't just the world's most successful F1 driver, he's also a key backer of a new off-road electric vehicle racing series called Extreme E.

A policy to restrict the number of cars on Delhi's roads reduces congestion, but makes no noticeable difference to air pollution levels.

France on Tuesday formally banned domestic flights on short routes that can be covered by train in less than two-and-a-half hours -- a move aimed at reducing airline emissions that has also irked the…

At a climate summit in Paris, Barbados's prime minister wants to raise billions for poor nations.

The government wants to boost UK energy production and independence as household bills soar.

The new monarch’s views on environmental issues are well known but will they influence his reign?

The iPhone transformed mobile phones in just 10 years. Could green energy see a similar revolution?

Three days into the COP26 global climate summit, and the mood is positive.

The schemes were introduced to tackle increasing traffic on minor roads but some face fierce opposition.

It's not the new record temperatures that concern the BBC's Roger Harrabin - it's the way they were smashed.

What can the last 66 million years teach us about the consequences of climate change?

How did the continuous chemical reaction that we call "life" first begin?

Hundreds of buyers are flocking to Chennai to buy up more than 40,000 cars damaged by last year's floods in the city, Soutik Biswas reports.

Countries are asking the UN to play down the need to move rapidly away from fossil fuels.