Climate News

‘These are human fires, not wildfires’: Dunwich reflects on the devastation

August 9, 2026

Matched: climate

• heathland
• suffolk coast
• minsmere
• habitat destruction
• community response
• arson

Plastics contamination an ‘overlooked’ concern in food waste schemes, experts say

August 9, 2026

Matched: climate

• microplastics
• composting
• food systems
• soil contamination
• agriculture
• organic waste

‘Super El Niño’ could bring wet winter and flooding to western US, climate scientists warn

August 8, 2026

Matched: climate

• el niño
• flooding
• noaa
• sea surface temperatures
• winter weather
• climate prediction

Nazi shipwrecks emerge from the depths as Europe’s Danube dries up

August 8, 2026

• danube
• serbia
• romania
• nazi
• shipwrecks
• unexploded ordnance

Scratch of the day: local football season postponed due to ‘rock hard’ pitches

August 8, 2026

• amateur football
• anglian combination league
• heatwave
• pitch conditions
• season delay
• grassroots sport

This burning summer is the proof: the voices of climate denial aren’t just delusional, they’re deadly | Sadiq Khan

August 8, 2026

Matched: climate

• wildfires
• heatwaves
• europe
• fossil fuels
• climate policy
• public health

Sadiq Khan calls on Andy Burnham to commit to climate action as pressure grows over North Sea oil

August 8, 2026

Matched: climate

• climate crisis
• north sea
• net zero
• sadiq khan
• andy burnham
• fossil fuels

‘I couldn’t breathe’: the deadly health burden of wildfire smoke

August 8, 2026

• air quality
• wildfire smoke
• public health
• respiratory health
• ontario
• pollution

Country diary: We’ve had fires here in the Cairngorms before. But this one has changed things | Amanda Thomson

August 8, 2026

• wildfires
• cairngorms
• scotland
• moorland
• peat
• evacuation

As fires burn and temperatures soar, it’s time to imagine a world beyond GDP

August 7, 2026

Matched: climate

• gdp
• climate change
• economics
• environmental policy
• sustainability
• wealth measurement

Europe’s dry riverbeds and scorched earth – in pictures

August 7, 2026

• europe weather
• drought
• wildfires
• extreme heat
• climate crisis
• environment

Extreme heat breaks temperature records in central and eastern Europe

August 7, 2026

• heatwave
• temperature records
• central europe
• eastern europe
• power plants
• wildfires

Why Britain is breathing the world’s wildfire smoke

August 7, 2026

Matched: climate

• wildfire smoke
• uk air quality
• europe wildfires
• particle pollution
• copernicus

July’s heatwaves kept UK shoppers away from high street

August 7, 2026

• retail industry
• uk news
• online shopping
• consumer affairs
• climate crisis
• business

I feel deep sadness about bird flu and environmental loss. Is this normal?

August 7, 2026

Le Corbusier’s social housing was meant to be the dream. In a summer of extreme heat, it is a nightmare | Anna Richards

August 7, 2026

• social housing
• urban planning
• heatwaves
• listed buildings
• inequality
• housing

You might be buying the wrong home battery. Here’s how to tell

August 7, 2026

• home batteries
• energy storage
• solar power
• home improvement
• electricity
• renewable energy

When taps run dry in the Caribbean, it’s not enough to blame El Niño

August 6, 2026

Matched: climate

• climate change
• el niño
• caribbean
• water scarcity
• drought
• extreme weather

Q&A: What is in China’s new five-year plan for climate change?

August 6, 2026

Matched: climate

• china
• climate policy
• five-year plan
• emissions
• climate targets

Firefighting aircraft aren’t enough – Britain needs to build a wildfire-resilient society that involves everyone

August 6, 2026

• wildfires
• firefighting
• climate resilience
• land management
• emergency preparedness
• uk environment

Heatwave Britain: why are politicians so slow to act? – podcast

August 6, 2026

• heatwave
• extreme weather
• public health
• joshua bonehill-paine
• conservative party
• uk politics

Quarter of countries still missing UN climate plans 18 months after deadline

August 6, 2026

Matched: climate

• paris agreement
• climate targets
• ndc compliance
• climate policy
• developing countries

We need a wartime mindset to fight the threat of wildfires | Seth Klein

August 6, 2026

• wildfires
• climate crisis
• second world war
• france
• spain
• emergency response

Human-driven climate crisis fuels Canada’s deadly wildfires, study finds

August 6, 2026

Matched: climate

• fossil fuels
• global heating
• smoke
• ontario
• northwest territories

The world’s mangrove forests are bouncing back. That’s good news for our coasts and climate

August 6, 2026

Matched: climate

• mangroves
• climate
• conservation
• coastal ecosystems
• reforestation
• biodiversity