Nonhuman entities like corporations and municipalities have long had “legal personhood” in U.S. law. Now, Utah lawmakers want to prevent lakes, forests and other parts of...
US President Joe Biden has picked veteran Democratic official John Podesta as the US’s new top climate ambassador. He replaces John Kerry who stepped down last...
Developed countries have failed to choose their representatives on the board of the new loss and damage fund by the agreed deadline, risking delays in getting...
Businesses’ voluntary climate plans can do a little. Combined with state and local government policies, they can do a lot. By Dan Gearino What once was...
At COP28 in Dubai, Carbon Brief’s Anika Patel spoke with Prof Zou Ji, CEO and president of the Energy Foundation China, to discuss China’s approach to...
Welcome to Carbon Brief’s Cropped. We handpick and explain the most important stories at the intersection of climate, land, food and nature over the past fortnight....
It has been more than one year since the gavel came down at the last UN biodiversity summit, where almost every country in the world agreed...
With heat deaths surging in Texas, Arizona and across the nation, researchers model a myriad of heat effects on the human body and focus on the...
The court ruled that the state can restrict new groundwater pumping if it will impact other users and wildlife, a decision environmentalists are calling a major...
A year after a major methane leak from underground gas storage, a new study identifies potentially thousands of similarly risky wells across the United States By...