Exclusive: ‘Devastating consequences’ now inevitable but emissions cuts still vital, says António Guterres in sole interview before Cop30

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The sky’s the limit

Greenhouse gases from wildfires at sixth highest level on record after blazes in large areas of the Americas and Africa Carbon emissions from extreme wildfires increased by 9% last year to reach the sixth highest level on record. Intense fast-spreading fires devastated huge swathes of South America’s rainforests, dry forests and wetlands and decimated Canada’s northern forests, pushing up the levels of damaging greenhouse gases. Continue reading...

Researchers say carbon emissions change in Queensland tropical rainforests may have global climate implications

Carbon emissions from extreme wildfires increased by 9% last year to reach the sixth highest level on record. Intense fast-spreading fires devastated huge swathes of South America’s rainforests, dry forests and wetlands and decimated Canada’s northern forests, pushing up the...

NSW has baby Numbats, and lots of them!

Greens senator Sarah Hanson-Young called environment department bureaucrats ‘weak’ - though later withdrew the remark

Document outlines negotiations over contentious extension of gas giant’s development after conditional approval in May

Better water management and efficient irrigation required to tackle issue, which can increase risk of wildfires

When Zack de la Rocha told you to rage against the machine, he didn’t mean take it literally. Agitprop. Fury bait. Yes, you feed it too.

Scientists call for renewed global effort to curb fossil fuels as seven of nine planetary boundaries now transgressed

Once on the brink of extinction, Mala are being returned to central Australia through science, culture and conservation.

As logging, fire and shrinking habitat push the glossy black cockatoo closer to the brink, we don’t just risk losing a species, but a world of wonder

The National Adaptation Plan is only a small step towards a comprehensive strategy to build resilience into Australia’s economy

National climate risk assessment report finds heat-related deaths would surge 450% in Sydney if global heating surpasses 3 degrees * Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updates * Get our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcast The number of heat-related deaths in Sydney could surge by almost 450% if global heating surpasses 3 degrees, according to a landmark report that finds no Australian community would be immune from the “cascading, compounding and concurrent” risks of a worsening climate. The federal government on Monday released the long-awaited national climate risk assessment, providing the most detailed picture of the severe and far-reaching social and economic of the climate crisis for Australia. Continue reading...