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Data from World Inequality Report also showed top 10% of income-earners earn more than the other 90%

UN GEO report says ending this harm key to global transformation required ‘before collapse becomes inevitable’

Les réserves d’eau de l’Europe s’assèchent en raison du dérèglement climatique Des scientifiques de l’UCL constatent que de vastes zones du sud de l’Europe s’assèchent, avec des conséquences « de grande envergure » […] D’immenses pans des réserves d’eau européennes sont en train de s’assécher, révèle une nouvelle analyse basée sur deux décennies de données satellitaires, montrant une diminution des stocks d’eau douce en Europe du Sud et centrale, de l’Espagne et de l’Italie jusqu’à la Pologne et certaines régions du Royaume-Uni.

Exclusive: UCL scientists find large swathes of southern Europe are drying up, with ‘far-reaching’ implications

Compromis, mesures volontaires et absence de mention des combustibles fossiles : points clés de l’accord de la COP30 […] Le sommet des Nations unies sur le climat COP30 a fait avancer la lutte contre la crise climatique et les dommages qu’elle cause déjà aux vies et aux moyens de subsistance. Mais les mesures convenues constituent des pas en avant, plutôt que les bonds en avant nécessaires.

A deal is welcome after talks nearly collapsed but the final agreement contains small steps rather than leaps

Delegates made minimal headway on timetable for replacing oil and gas or on firm commitments to reducing carbon emissions

Une analyse magistrale de 5 000 ans de civilisation soutient qu’un effondrement mondial est imminent si les inégalités ne sont pas éliminées. […] Nous ne pouvons pas fixer une date pour la fin du monde, mais en examinant les 5.000 ans de [civilisation], nous pouvons comprendre les trajectoires auxquelles nous sommes confrontés aujourd’hui et l’autodestruction est la plus probable », déclare le Dr Luke Kemp du Centre for the Study of Existential Risk (Centre d’étude des risques existentiels) de l’université de Cambridge (*).

Watchdog’s flagship report says rise in low-carbon electricity will make transition ‘inevitable’, despite Trump’s calls to carry on drilling

Exclusive interview with ex-US vice-president at Cop30 also reveals his hope around much-maligned climate summit

Decision by international court of justice hailed as a gamechanger for climate justice and accountability

Money talks – and his essay denouncing ‘near-term emissions goals’ at Cop30 mostly argues the case for letting the ultra-rich off the hook

Exclusive: ‘Devastating consequences’ now inevitable but emissions cuts still vital, says António Guterres in sole interview before Cop30

Sentient Media reveals less than 4% of climate news stories mention animal agriculture as source of carbon emissions

Antibiotic use in farming is now rampant. How meat is produced in China may mean the drugs you need here won’t work, says Prof Devi Sridhar, chair of global public health at the University of Edinburgh

US president’s son-in-law was instrumental in getting deal – which could bring him huge windfall if plan to redevelop Gaza ever comes to fruition […] For a man with no formal role in the White House, Jared Kushner last week literally took centre-stage as Donald Trump’s emissary to the Middle East. As the administration took a victory lap for hammering out a Gaza ceasefire last week, Kushner, Trump’s son-in-law, stood in Tel Aviv’s ‘hostages square’, addressing a feverish crowd that had booed the mention of Israel’s prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, and later broke into chants of: “Thank You Trump!”

CO2 in air hit new high last year, with scientists concerned natural land and ocean carbon sinks are weakening

Unless global heating is reduced to 1.2C ‘as fast as possible’, warm water coral reefs will not remain ‘at any meaningful scale’, a report by 160 scientists from 23 countries warns

Activist tells Swedish officials she has been subjected to harsh treatment, including insufficient food and water

EU officials warn climate breakdown and wildlife loss ‘are ruining ecosystems that underpin the economy’ […] The European way of life is being jeopardised by environmental degradation, a report has found, with EU officials warning against weakening green rules. The continent has made “important progress” in cutting planet-heating pollution, according to the European Environment Agency, but the death of wildlife and breakdown of the climate are ruining ecosystems that underpin the economy.

The planet is nearing dangerous limits. Yet progress on clean energy shows what’s possible. With political will, cooperation can still avert the worst of the climate crisis

Une commission d’enquête des Nations unies a désormais confirmé ce que les organisations israéliennes, palestiniennes et internationales de défense des droits humains, ainsi que de nombreux spécialistes du génocide, affirmaient déjà : la guerre menée par Israël à Gaza équivaut à un génocide. La commission estime que les massacres, les attaques contre les infrastructures vitales, la famine, les déplacements de population et le refus de soins médicaux répondent à la définition juridique du crime le plus grave de l’histoire. Elle conclut que l’intention génocidaire est « la seule conclusion raisonnable » à tirer des déclarations des dirigeants israéliens et du comportement de leurs forces à Gaza.

Report cites scale of killings and aid blockages, and calls on member countries to punish those responsible

Legal analysis has accused Israel of committing genocide in four out of five categories as defined by 1948 convention

A UN commission has found Israel’s war in Gaza ranks among history’s greatest crimes. The UK government must stop hiding behind legal fictions and recognise the reality

Climate.gov, which went dark this summer, to be revived by volunteers as climate.us with expanded missionEarlier this summer, access to climate.gov – one of the most widely used portals of climate information on the internet – was thwarted by the Trump administration, and its production team was fired in the process.

Trump’s dictator-like behaviour is so brazen, so blatant, that paradoxically, we discount it. But now it’s time to call it what it is

Gains in cutting deaths from tuberculosis at risk as health officials warn clinics forced to ration drugs and testing

Scientists say ‘shocking’ discovery shows rapid cuts in carbon emissions are needed to avoid catastrophic fallout

Suspension of Soy moratorium could open up area of rainforest the size of Portugal to destruction

The long read: Churning quantities of carbon dioxide into the atmosphere at the rate we are going could lead the planet to another Great Dying

Some experts tee up public comment on EPA report calling fossil fuel concerns overblown, as others fast-track review

Almost 100 countries reject draft treaty as ‘unambitious’ and ‘inadequate’

An epic analysis of 5,000 years of civilisation argues that a global collapse is coming unless inequality is vanquished

Writer says for many years he has refused to use word but now must ‘with immense pain and with a broken heart’

Exclusive: Increasingly extreme weather a threat to production and supply chains in Britain and elsewhere

Exclusive: Study claims sites previously ranked first can lose 79% of traffic if results appear below Google Overview

Healthy environment a human right, UN court says in landmark climate ruling

António Guterres says ‘sun is rising on a clean energy age’ as 90% of renewable power projects cheaper than fossil fuels

Heat caused 2,300 deaths across 12 cities, of which 1,500 were down to climate crisis, scientists say