Fears Climate Change Committee’s advice not to allow carryover from last carbon budget will be ignoredMinisters are considering plans to weaken the UK’s carbon-cutting plans by allowing the unused portion of the last carbon budget to be carried over to the next period.This would go against the strong recommendation of the government’s statutory climate...

Blacka Moor, South Yorkshire: Wallowing among deer is more associated with stags in autumn, but these hinds and youngsters have clearly been at it tooIf you want an intimate encounter with Britain’s largest land mammal, then the moors above Sheffield are the place to go. Walking up through deep woodland under Blacka Moor we came suddenly on a pair of...

Climate scientists have told the Guardian they expect catastrophic levels of global heating. Here’s what that would mean for the planetWorld is on edge of climate abyss, UN warnsClimate scientists expect global heating to blast past 1.5C targetGlobal heating is likely to soar past internationally agreed limits, according to a Guardian survey of hundreds...

Voting tops the list for the world’s leading climate scientists in a year when billions of voters go to the pollsClimate scientists expect global heating to blast past 1.5C target‘Hopeless and broken’: why the scientists are in despair Many people, faced with the worsening impacts of the climate emergency, want to know what they can do personally to...

In a revolutionary approach, scientists are hoping that modifying the marsupial’s genes to resist cane toads’ toxin will save it from extinctionIn a laboratory in the University of Melbourne earlier this year, PhD student Pierre Ibri was running an experiment that could prove to be a critical step in an audacious plan to save Australia’s endangered...

The climate crisis can seem intractable – especially in an election year. But the remarkable actions of individuals are reason for hopeThe hottest year on record. Extreme drought, wildfires and flooding. Despairing scientists, wildlife loss and rampant waste. The sheer scale of the climate crisis can feel overwhelming.And when it comes to taking serious...