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World is on track for 2.7C and ‘phenomenal’ human suffering, scientists warn Global heating will drive billions of people out of the “climate niche” in which humanity has flourished for millennia, a study has estimated, exposing them to unprecedented temperatures and extreme weather. The world is on track for 2.7C of heating with current action

Members of the Ultima Generazione anti-fossil-fuel group poured diluted charcoal into the water of Trevi fountain. Uniformed police waded into the water to take away the activists. Some onlookers cheered, while others jeered at the protesters. The activists said they were protesting against public subsidies for fossil fuels and linked their action to deadly floods

US president and Australian prime minister launch joint initiative to accelerate transition to clean energy Get our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcast The Australian prime minister, Anthony Albanese, has met the US president, Joe Biden, on the sidelines of the G7 summit in Japan and signed an agreement to

Research ABSTRACT Biocultural homogenization is a wicked problem that implies the loss of biological and cultural diversity at different scales. It is promoted by globalized one-dimensional ways of thinking that ignore the biophysical and cultural singularities of the heterogeneous regions of the planet. In Chile, we find ecoregions as diverse as the arid Norte Grande,

Climate crisis a key factor in flash flooding of Beledweyne as rains end drought and Shabelle River breaks its banks Floods have caused almost a quarter of a million people to flee their homes after the Shabelle River in central Somalia broke its banks and submerged the town of Beledweyne, even as the country faces

Research ABSTRACT Reflexivity is a key expectation that researchers in transdisciplinary and transformative research for sustainable development need to meet. Its aim is to enable researchers to deal with normativity, to contribute to identifying and balancing different actors’ interests in processes of knowledge production, and to strengthen a pluralistic view of implicit assumptions. When designing

Government has rowed back on plans to ditch 4,000 laws but key pollution legislation still slated to go UK politics live – latest updates Laws to ensure the government is transparent about how they plan to reduce harmful air pollution are among those to be scrapped in the EU retained law bill. A climbdown by