Young and old alike took to the streets in an estimated 185 countries to demand action

Key UN reports published in last two days warn urgent and collective action needed – as oil firms report astronomical profits

Scientists reveal one million species at risk of extinction in damning UN report

Even if we transition to 100 percent clean energy, temperatures will rise unless we also address our unsustainable relationship with nature

This is an English version of the Swedish Radio show ”Vinter i P1” with Johan Rockström.

Transgression of planetary boundaries by human activities have now brought humanity well beyond a “safe operating space.”

Fine-particle pollution is harmful even at lower levels, according to a global study

Norway’s sovereign wealth fund threatens to vote against boards on firms it holds investments with over lax climate and social targets

Antarctic areas reach 40C above normal at same time as north pole regions hit 30C above usual levels

"This is a system we don't want to mess with," one scientist said.

In order to reach planetary stability by 2050, it's going to take not just speed, but systemic and unified approaches across nations, industries and individuals

Disruption of the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Current could freeze Europe, scorch the tropics and increase sea level rise in the North Atlantic. The tipping point may be closer than predicted in...

Temperature could exceed 42C in parts of France as scientists warn heatwaves will hit earlier than usual due to climate change

Lena Anderssons klimatraljerande text får stark kritik – från flera håll.

Nature - Climate change and human activities have led to more frequent and intense forest blazes over the past two decades.

Parched Greenwich Park, drought-stricken Berlin and wildfires from Spain to Belgium – Europe is feeling the heat this summer

The Arctic has been warming at twice the global rate for the past 30 years.

An international coalition of climate scientists says in a paper published today that the Earth’s vital signs have worsened beyond anything humans have yet seen, to the point that life on the planet...

The Australian Academy of Science warns that limiting global heating to the Paris goal is now ‘virtually impossible’. Is it right?

International team of researchers also found that deforestation rose nearly four-fold in 2019

A global assessment of transboundary climate risks in agricultural commodity flows

France, Germany and UK among more than 60 countries promising to put wildlife and climate at heart of post-Covid recovery plans

U.S. President Joe Biden and China’s Xi Jinping have emerged from their first face-to-face meeting in a year vowing to stabilize their fraught relationship and showcasing modest agreements to combat...

Glasgow climate pact adopted despite last-minute intervention by India to water down language on phasing out dirtiest fossil fuel

Scientists say keeping temperature rises to 1.5C is vital physical threshold for planet that cannot be negotiated

We need biosphere stewardship that protects carbon sinks and builds resilience

Last year the world’s leading climate scientists, the IPCC,  issued a “code red” for humanity and outlined how we had to stop oil and gas drilling if we wanted a liveable future. But still we drill....

Exclusive: only one species is responsible for coronavirus – humans – say world’s leading wildlife experts

Respecting planetary boundaries can bring us back to a safe operating space where Earth’s life support systems are not at risk

The world recorded its hottest day ever on Thursday, breaking previous highs set on Monday and Tuesday as global average temperatures continue to climb, according to data from the U.S. National...

Giant ice sheets, ocean currents and permafrost regions may already have passed point of irreversible change

Narendra Modi’s dream of a ‘self-reliant India’ comes at a terrible price for its indigenous population

In “False Alarm,” Bjorn Lomborg argues that the global attention on fighting climate change has been misplaced, and taken resources away from more pressing problems.

Leaders may be going into the UN climate summit in Glasgow with the do-or-die goal of limiting global warming at 1.5 degrees Celsius, but breaching that cap is not what keeps scientists awake at...

A territory that has 0.5% of the Earth’s population plans to use up nearly a thid of the planet’s remaining carbon budget

Exxon predicted climate change with 99% accuracy — in 1985.

It’s the first time a court condemned the French state over its climate policy.

Climate change, deforestation and other human threats are driving the rainforest towards a tipping point of sustainability. Researchers are racing to chart the Amazon’s future.

Carl-Friedrich Schleussner, Bill Hare and Johan Rockström show that the more ambitious 1.5º target for global warming is still feasible – and more necessary than ever.

Disastrous events included flash flooding in Africa and wildfires in Europe and North America

Markanvändningssektorn är nu en nettoutsläppskälla.

From Carlos Manuel Rodriguez, Minister of Environment, Costa Rica

Heat waves in Europe have increased three to four times faster than elsewhere, according to new research.

New research suggests climate change will cause humans to move in unprecedented numbers. The Times Magazine partnered with ProPublica and data scientists to understand how.

Soaring temperatures in subcontinent, which have caused widespread suffering, would be extraordinarily rare without global heating

As global warming passes certain limits, dire changes will probably become irreversible, the researchers said, including the loss of polar ice sheets and the death of coral reefs.

Less ice means more global heating, a vicious cycle that also leaves the region open to new oil extraction

As irreversible 'tipping points' loom, scientists are trying to figure out how to communicate the risks - and push action

Extreme heat is the engine of planetary chaos. We ignore it at our peril.

Breaking Boundaries tells the story of the most important scientific discovery of our time - that humanity has pushed Earth beyond the boundaries that have k...

A loss for Jair Bolsonaro in the upcoming Brazilian presidential election could lead to Amazon deforestation in Brazil falling by 89% over the next decade.

The Anthropocene signifies the start of a no-analogue trajectory of the Earth system that is fundamentally different from the Holocene. This new tr...

Nature - But some are now challenging the vote, saying there were ‘procedural irregularities’.

As the Paris Agreement goal for limiting global warming appears increasingly unachievable, some are calling for a rethink of priorities

Preems styrelse har beslutat att dra tillbaka ansökan om att bygga ut raffinaderiet i Lysekil. Beslutet är enbart fattat på kommersiella grunder, betonar vd:n Magnus Heimburg – och har inget med...

05/31/2023 - Humans are taking colossal risks with the future of civilization and everything that lives on Earth, a new study published in the journal Nature shows. Developed by an international...

More than a decade after the Planetary Boundaries framework was first proposed by top scientists, we are no closer to changing our destructive trajectory — but 2021 gives us three opportunities to...

The Amazon rainforest protects all of us; how do we create new governance systems to protect it and other major Earth systems?

A major climate conference in Poland has failed to adopt a key report after a dispute over a form of words.

Energy companies stand accused of trying to downplay their contribution to global warming.

New global policies such as carbon pricing are needed if we are to avoid an apocalyptic increase in temperature

DEBATT: DEBATT. Att den globala uppvärmningen orsakas främst av människor är alla seriösa aktörer överens om. Det är därför ytterst anmärkningsvärt att etablerade forskare och framför allt ekonomer...