Our latest coverage of climate change
Analysis of the science, politics and economics of the climate
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Simple steps to stop people dying from heatwaves
As much of the world roasts, don’t despair
Is coal the new gold?
The world’s dirtiest fuel is a disturbingly safe investment
The rise of the truly cruel summer
Deadly heat is increasingly the norm, not an exception to it
Private firms are driving a revolution in solar power in Africa
Unreliable grids and falling costs are persuading companies to go off-grid
Solar power is going to be huge
An energy source that gets cheaper and cheaper is a wonderful thing
The exponential growth of solar power will change the world
An energy-rich future is within reach
Politics
Climate change casts a shadow over Britain’s biggest food export
Scottish salmon farms endure a rising mortality rate
Has China reached peak emissions?
It hopes to de-link its carbon emissions from economic growth
Huge floods in Brazil’s south are a harbinger of disasters to come
Climate change is making weather events more extreme in the region
Canadians are taking dramatic steps to avoid more ruinous firestorms
The focus is as much on mitigation and preparation as on suppression
War and climate change are overwhelming Somalia
It has already been battered by three decades of conflict
Carbon emissions are dropping—fast—in Europe
Thanks to a price mechanism that actually works
Business and finance
Why any estimate of the cost of climate change will be flawed
Temperature fluctuations are unpredictable. Humans are even more so
Climate change casts a shadow over Britain’s biggest food export
Scottish salmon farms endure a rising mortality rate
Meet the Swedish firm trying to shake up heat pumps
It sees a big opportunity in an old technology
Homeowners face a $25trn bill from climate change
Property, the world’s biggest asset class, is also its most vulnerable
Generative AI has a clean-energy problem
What happens when the AI revolution meets the energy transition
Why the world’s mining companies are so stingy
The energy transition requires vast quantities of metals. But miners are reluctant to invest
Science and data
A new age of sail begins
By harnessing wind power, high-tech sails can help cut marine pollution
The Great Barrier Reef is seeing unprecedented coral bleaching
Continued global warming will mean its obliteration
Six charts help to explain 2024’s freakish temperatures
Could the end of El Niño bring some relief?
Some corals are better at handling the heat
Scientists are helping them breed
Climate change is slowing Earth’s rotation
This simplifies things for the world’s timekeepers
A mosquito-borne disease is spreading as the planet warms
Dengue fever must be curbed
Climate videos
Ocean “dead zones”
How chemical pollution is suffocating the sea
Many parts of the ocean are being starved of oxygen. This threatens marine life and adds to climate change
Climate change
Was COP26 a success?
Our correspondent runs through the most important takeaways from the UN climate conference
The future of food
Eating our way to a more sustainable future
Insects, lab-grown meat and vertically-farmed produce could all be on our plates
The green transition
How can the world’s energy be decarbonised?
We answer your questions on how the sector can become more sustainable
Understanding climate change
Why people struggle to understand climate risk
The confusion inherent in a hotter world
Climate adaptation policies are needed more than ever
People are already suffering from catastrophic losses as a result of extreme weather events like cyclone Amphan
The world’s energy system must be transformed completely
It has been changed before, but never as fast or fully as must happen now
Damage from climate change will be widespread and sometimes surprising
It will go far beyond drought, melting ice sheets and crop failures
Humanity’s immense impact on Earth’s climate and carbon cycle
Much needs to be done for the damage to be reversed
How modelling articulates the science of climate change
From paper and pencil to the world’s fastest computers