There is widespread media coverage of the extreme heat affecting large areas of North America. The Guardian reports that “at least about two dozen people have died amid the perilous climate ...

An essential guide to the week’s key developments relating to climate change. The number of UK newspaper editorials calling for more oil and gas extraction in the North Sea so far in 2026, according ...

The World Bank has abandoned a target for 45% of the funding it gives developing countries to be “climate finance”.

Dangerous, record-breaking heat could thwart 4 July plans across much of the north-east US this weekend, reports the Associated Press.

Candidates are being nominated to take over as the UN secretary general, when António Guterres steps down after nearly a ...

Global sea surface temperatures hit a record high in June “fuelling fears of more dangerous heatwaves this summer and fanning concerns over the escalating global climate crisis" ...

Labour MPs have urged the prospective prime minister Andy Burnham to “rule out” the development of the Rosebank oilfield in the North Sea, reports the Guardian ...

UK newspapers have already published 63 editorials this year calling for more oil and gas extraction in the North Sea, according to Carbon Brief analysis. These newspapers seek to blame energy ...

The World Bank has announced that it will “retire” its goal to devote 45% of its annual lending to projects with climate co-benefits, reports Reuters. The newswire adds that the lender will extend its ...