Top news of the week: 22.09.2022.
Pakistan floods ‘made up to 50% worse by global heating’
Study says climate crisis likely to have significantly increased rainfall and made future floods more likely
Vulnerable countries demand global tax to pay for climate-led loss and damage
Poor nations exhort UN to consider ‘climate-related and justice-based’ tax on big fossil fuel users and air travel
Tipping points: How could they shape the world’s response to climate change?
The tipping points conference brought together researchers, economists and civil society representatives discuss the prospect of “tipping points” in a warming world.
‘A big moment’: Wales expected to ban single-use plastic carrier bags
Move would mean anyone caught supplying bags could face fine, in first law of its type in the UK
‘Africa is on the frontlines but not the front pages’: Vanessa Nakate on her climate fight
The new Unicef goodwill ambassador would like to see reparations from nations most responsible for climate crisis
King Charles may find political tussles with Liz Truss hard to avoid
Though he has pledged to stay out of politics, the King is a man of strong views, many of which differ from the prime minister’s
How could positive 'tipping points' accelerate climate action?
As catastrophic climate change tipping points loom, could positive shifts toward green action also be speeding up?
Pakistan reels from floods: ‘We thought we’d die of hunger. Now we fear death from water’
After record temperatures and drought, swaths of the country lie submerged, symptoms of a climate crisis its people play little part in