Global warming

China finds bigger role as US sidesteps Brazil climate summit - analysis

China moves to fill the diplomatic void at COP30 as the US skips the summit, leveraging its backstage role to shape global climate talks.

Attendees walk in front of the China Pavilion during the UN Climate Change Conference (COP30) in Belem, Brazil, November 14, 2025.
Global warming: melting glaciers at the poles; snowstorms and freezing temperatures in other regions.

Israeli breakthrough: The technology that could save the planet from global warming

 THE IDEA of surviving a summer in Tel Aviv without aircon was not appealing

Air conditioning: Controlling the weather living in a brutally hot country - comment

Climate activists and campaigners demonstrate outside the International Court of Justice (ICJ) ahead of the reading of an advisory opinion that is likely to determine the course of future climate action across the world, The Hague, Netherlands, July 23, 2025.

In landmark opinion, World Court says countries must address climate change threat


Rising temperatures raise demand for solutions in Gulf nations

With temperatures soaring around the Persian Gulf, steps are being taken to cool things down, including introducing environmentally friendly laws and planting millions of trees.

Italian tourists walk in the Mesquite Dunes during heat wave in Death Valley National Park, California

G20 leaders can stop climate change if rules change, UN chief says

The UN chief also called on G20 leaders to ensure a stimulus of at least $500 billion per year towards meeting the Sustainable Development Goals.

 UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres holds a press conference, ahead of G20 Summit in New Delhi, India, September 8, 2023.

Pope decries 'terrible world war' on environment, announces new writing

Calling nature a "sacred gift from the creator," the pope urged people to take the side of the "victims of environmental and climatic injustice."

 Pope Francis holds a weekly general audience in Paul VI hall, at the Vatican, August 30, 2023.

Emperor penguins in Antarctica are threatened by loss of sea ice

Sea ice in Antartica is steadily declining, threatening emperor penguin colonies which rely on sea ice for their breeding cycles.

 Penguins are seen on an iceberg as scientists investigate the impact of climate change on Antarctica's penguin colonies, on the northern side of the Antarctic peninsula, Antarctica January 15, 2022.

Pacific island sea levels rising faster than global average, WMO says

El Niño, a warming of water surface temperatures in the eastern and central Pacific Ocean that returned this year, would strongly affect the region.

 A view of the Pacific Ocean from the coast of Hawaii.

Europe space chief warns over political wavering on climate

Scientists say climate change is making heatwaves more frequent, intense, and likely to happen across seasons, not just in what was regarded as the summer months.

 Sun partly covered by smoke from a wildfire in Aljezur, Portugal, August 7, 2023.

No quick fix to reverse Antarctic sea ice loss as warming intensifies - scientists

This year's sea ice minimum is 20% lower than the average over the last 40 years, equivalent to a sea ice loss nearly 10 times the area of New Zealand.

 Antarctica.

Surge in ocean temperatures threatens marine, human lives - scientists

Climate change report says more than 80% of the global population experienced heat conditions that would have been statistically unlikely without human-induced climate change.

 A bright yellow sun against a dark reddish orange sky sets over ocean waves.

Global boiling: How Israel urgently needs to adapt to climate change

"If we don't deal with [climate change], Israel will be a very unpleasant place to live in the next decade or two," Prof. Colin Price, head of  Tel Aviv University's PlanNet Zero

 A firefighting helicopter is silhouetted in front of the sun, as a wildfire burns in Mandra, Greece, July 18, 2023.

Ancient 'time-traveling' pathogens could threaten humanity - study

A new study shows that there are deadly ancient microbes and pathogens trapped within the ice that is now melting due to global warming.

Perito Moreno Glacier in Argentinian Patagonia. Mendenhall Glacier near Juneau, Alaska.