Climate

Germans used to be against air conditioning. Not any more

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The secret manual that tells you how to debunk stupid Net Zero and annoy posh people with dreadlocks

I used to pray for days of 30-degree temperatures. But this year, something has shifted

The charlatans who said we had nothing to fear from Brexit now make the same claim about the world getting hotter

As a killer heatwave grips France, an argument over air conditioning has become so fierce that it could sway the national political mood.

Faced with constant electricity blackouts and a failing grid, people in Pakistan took matters into their own hands. The result is a lesson for the rest of the world, and also a warning

It can save your life, drain your bank account and accelerate the apocalypse. But at least you won't die sweating

For Europe's farmers, longer and hotter summers contribute to the region’s biggest problem of all

Scientists predict that, during the next century, entire regions of the earth will run out of water. And the day that a tap is turned on and nothing comes out, it will all be too late

The warming climate is pushing disease-carrying insects as far north as the Arctic – with unsettling implications for Europe

The former Green Party leader says that the government wants to ignore the climate crisis and if Nigel Farage gets into power, Britain’s climate policy will become even worse

In Singapore, the land on which houses are built is so expensive it’s worth many times more than the houses themselves. That makes farming next to impossible. So where do you get your food?

The region is getting hotter and drier to the point of being uninhabitable. And in the coming decades, as the world moves to renewables and the oil price starts to collapse, what then?

The Conservative leader and her family have once again been the guest of the chair of a climate science denial group

The weather in the south of the country has been so severe that floods have swept everything away in their path

A turbulent 2025 unfolded in striking contrasts – from apocalyptic climate disasters and surging global protests to the ever-present threat of war

The Institute of Economic Affairs has received huge amounts of cash from fossil fuel companies and Rupert Murdoch

As Cop30 approaches, apocalyptic visions look more everyday than ever

Former energy minister Martin Callanan has taken a job with a heat pump firm he failed to clear with the watchdog

The founder of Quews News has used his YouTube channel to slam the Reform leader’s views on immigration

Solarpunk began as a sci-fi vision of a beautiful, sustainable planet. Now it inspires Hollywood movies and real-life tech. Can it change the world?

In What We Can Know, our greatest living novelist sees the UK slip beneath the waves – and looks for light in a drowned world

A devastating earthquake hit Afghanistan, and the call for aid has gone out. But if it’s all being stolen by the Taliban, what’s the point?

While railing against net zero in public, Reform's deputy leader has been investing in solar panels

Panama, undeserving of its media silence, is still humming with creatures great and small

Unfortunately, this time comes with unique reminders of the inequality and suffering that is the core experience of South Africans

In Iceland, where the boundaries of what’s possible are often pushed, Thermal Beets is ditching the harmful plastic ordinarily used to make records

After years in the culinary wilderness, pulses are becoming more popular in Britain. But yields are suffering as the climate crisis marches on

Extreme summer heat, driven by climate change, is putting off tourists and having a devastating effect on the Eternal City’s economy