👁 Well-loved copies of five incredible 'climate books'. Earth News Pain, growth and hope: 5 climate reads for World Book Day Looking for an inspiring climate read? A bookworm shares five favourites. 05/03/2026
👁 Tourists gather beneath Louise Bourgeois’ Maman sculpture outside the Guggenheim Museum during a heatwave, 30 June 2025. Climate Inside the Spanish region leading the way on climate adaptation From storm-proofing grids to electrifying its port, Bilbao has some cutting-edge answers to climate change. 02/08/2025
👁 Firefighters use a hose as the try to extinguish the blaze near the town of Lerapetra on the south coast of Crete island, Greece 3 July. Earth News Is climate change fuelling Europe’s early, extreme wildfire season? A ‘perfect storm’ of heatwaves, drought and poor forest management has burnt 232,000 hectares of European land so far this year, experts warn. 18/07/2025
👁 A partial view of the ILVA steel plant in Taranto, Italy, August 2012. Earth News Ombudsman takes up complaint over polluting Italian steel mill It follows a complaint from local campaigners, accusing the Commission of indifference to the plight of Taranto residents and the environment. 17/07/2025
👁 A person rests in the Retiro park in Madrid, 28 June, the city estimated to have suffered the highest proportion of climate-related deaths in the rapid study, Climate Climate change tripled deaths during Europe heatwave, scientists find A ‘silent killer’, the June to July heatwave is estimated to have claimed many more lives than the Valencia floods last year. 09/07/2025
👁 Women walk with umbrellas to shelter from the sun in hot weather, near Castle Square in Warsaw. 3 July 2025. Ecotech Solar electricity played ‘major role’ during heatwave, experts explain Storing solar energy could be the biggest opportunity to strengthen grids, researchers say, as prices soared in Germany, France and Poland. 07/07/2025
👁 Tuvalu is trying to adapt to climate change, with technological measures including an AI weather monitoring system launched with Atmo and GCCM last year. Climate Over a third of Tuvaluans seek pioneering climate visa to Australia The treaty is seen as a hopeful model for climate mobility, but is the result of “a deeply saddening” reality for Tuvalu. 27/06/2025
👁 Roda Verheyen, lawyer for Peruvian farmer Luciano Lliuya, speaks after the verdict in the climate damages case against RWE in the Higher Regional Court in Hamm, 28 May 2025. Climate Climate cases are increasingly reaching top courts, new analysis finds Landmark cases in 2024 and 2025 have reinforced the importance of legal pathways in helping or hindering climate action. 25/06/2025
👁 ‘Nemo’s garden’, 2021. Climate 7 stunning photos at the intersection of climate, science and health The shortlist of 25 photos captures our changing world in extraordinary depth, from rooftop picnics to undersea greenhouses. 21/06/2025
👁 A solar panel farm in Ruicheng County in central China's Shanxi Province. Ecotech Report reveals huge solar power potential of abandoned coal mines “The same ground that powered the industrial era can help power the climate solutions we now urgently need,” analysts say of the 300 GW solution. 19/06/2025
👁 Loviisan Lämpö has commissioned the world’s largest Sand Battery. Ecotech World’s largest sand battery starts slashing emissions in Finnish town The 15 metres wide battery can store a month's heat demand in summer - how does it work? 15/06/2025
👁 Conservation NGOs welcome UK government plan to ban bottom trawling in new areas. Earth News UK unveils ‘golden opportunity’ for wider ban on bottom trawling It comes as pressure ramps up at UNOC in Nice, including with a satirical film featuring Stephen Fry and Theo James. 09/06/2025
👁 Notpla packaging at Twickenham Stadium, London, 2025. Ecotech Seaweed packaging is shifting single-use plastic out of stadiums Notpla is aiming to expand in Europe and displace 1 billion units of single-use plastic by 2030. 07/06/2025
👁 The right to flow: Paris council is seeking to grant the River Seine - pictured here with an artwork during the Olympics in July 2024 - legal personhood. Nature Why is Paris seeking legal personhood status for the River Seine? Meanwhile, people will be allowed to swim in the Seine's cleaner waters in a month’s time. 05/06/2025
👁 The Ilva steel plant, December 2024. Thousands of people live close by in the Tamburi district, which is downward of the factory. Earth News Inside Taranto’s 12-year wait for EU action on steel plant pollution The European Commission has been accused of misconduct over its handling of toxic pollution from Ilva, once Europe's largest steel plant. 04/06/2025
👁 EU climate commissioner Wopke Hoekstra at the COP29 UN Climate Summit, 24 November 2024, in Baku, Azerbaijan. Climate Top scientists slam EU plan to allow carbon credits in 2040 goal With the EU about to decide on its 2040 climate target, independent scientists say policymakers must act on the evidence. 02/06/2025
👁 Chemically polluted rivers are so last season. These UK scientists are creating dyes from nature. Ecotech These UK scientists are ‘growing colour’ using nature’s DNA codes Colorifix successfully dyed greens and oranges this year, adding to a palette of pigments from nature. 01/06/2025
👁 In the control room of Research Vessel Falkor (too), Chief Scientist Michelle Taylor and Scientist Tea Isler marvel at a massive coral spotted during a ROV dive. Nature See magical new deep-sea photos of coral gardens and thermal vents The mission was so remote that often the closest humans to the vessel were on the International Space Station. 18/05/2025
👁 People carrying belongings wade in flooded street in the aftermath of Typhoon Yagi, in Hanoi, Vietnam on 12 September 2024. Climate Extreme weather behind 99.5% of disaster displacements last year With climate change displacing more people within the countries they live, here’s what experts say is needed to support them. 15/05/2025
👁 Amelia Pop Chocoj with her daughter, standing beside their dying banana plant. Climate Climate change is ‘killing’ the world’s favourite fruit, growers warn Research shows how we can keep enjoying the fruit for generations to come, by cutting emissions, buying Fairtrade, and increasing diversity. 12/05/2025