Articles by Simon Jessop and Gloria Dickie

Investors, Including Allianz and Swiss Re, Urge U.N. to Create Plan for Farm Emissions

Investors managing $14 trillion have urged the United Nations to create a global plan to make the agriculture sector sustainable and curb one of the biggest sources of climate-damaging emissions, a letter seen by Reuters showed. Food production accounts for …

Environmental Groups Sue TotalEnergies Over Climate Marketing Claims

A group of environmental organizations has filed a lawsuit in France against the country’s largest energy company TotalEnergies, accusing it of misleading consumers about its efforts to fight climate change. The claim, which has been served on TotalEnergies and was …

‘Delay Means Death’ – UN Report Warns Window for Climate Action Is Rapidly Closing

Climate change is already disrupting billions of lives and humanity is not doing enough to limit the suffering, the United Nations climate science panel warned in a major report on Monday. Noting that nearly half the world’s population was already …

Extreme Wildfires Expected to Increase 30% by 2050

Indonesia’s peatlands, California’s forests, and, now, vast swathes of Argentine wetland have all been ravaged by extreme wildfires, heralding a fiery future and the dire need to prevent it. With climate change triggering droughts and farmers clearing forests, the number …

Thawing Permafrost Could Damage Up to 50% of Arctic Infrastructure: Report

Thawing permafrost could put as much as 50% of Arctic infrastructure at high risk of damage by 2050, requiring tens of billions of dollars in maintenance and repairs, scientists warned on Tuesday. The world’s permafrost — land that remains frozen …