The wildfires come at a fraught political moment for the US. Biden, who has championed climate action during his presidency, will soon be replaced by Donald Trump, a climate sceptic who has vowed to ...

There is continuing widespread global media coverage of the wildfires that are still alight and burning through parts of Los Angeles.

The UK's right-leaning newspapers unleashed a huge wave of editorials attacking energy secretary Ed Miliband throughout 2024.

Last year was significant for energy and climate developments in China. Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions growth hovered close ...

Despite coal-power output in the US falling to its lowest level in nearly 60 years, greenhouse gas emissions fell by just 0.2% in 2024.

The year 2024 was the first in which average global temperatures at the surface of the planet exceeded 1.5C above pre-industrial levels in the majority of leading datasets.

Earth reached its hottest year on record in 2024, according to the European Commission’s Copernicus Climate Service, the UK Met Office and Japan’s weather agency ...

More than 2,000 buildings destroyed and at least five people killed in “wildfires scorching communities across Los Angeles County”, and more climate news.

The UK’s electricity was the cleanest ever in 2024, new Carbon Brief analysis shows, with carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions per unit falling by more than two-thirds in a decade. This is because the UK ...