Yesterday’s German election victory for the conservative Christian Democrats (CDU), whose leader Friedrich Merz is set to become the next chancellor ...

More than half of countries have not committed to protecting 30% of their land and sea for nature by 2030 in plans submitted to the UN.

The IPCC's forthcoming special report on climate change and cities has more women than men on its authorship team, for the first time ...

South African president Cyril Ramaphosa urged the Group of 20 (G20) nations to set aside their differences and focus on tackling global challenges ...

Digital sequence information, or “DSI”, refers to the genetic information derived from biodiversity. Public and private databases – headquartered mainly in the global north – often source this genetic ...

China’s solar and windfarms would no longer be guaranteed sales at a fixed price linked to coal benchmarks, under a new policy released by the central government. The policy asks local governments to ...

Freshwater, essential for ecosystems and human well-being, is becoming increasingly scarce. Population growth, urbanisation ...

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A top US federal prosecutor has quit after declining a request from Donald Trump-appointed staff to investigate Joe Biden’s climate spending.