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To defeat the global Goliaths devastating our planet, we must raise an army of Davids | Peter Lewis
To defeat the global Goliaths devastating our planet, we must raise an army of Davids | Peter Lewis
As Australians face a maelstrom of interconnected disasters, the climate catastrophe has become just one of many things to doomscroll about
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November 26, 2025 at 12:22 AM
To defeat the global Goliaths devastating our planet, we must raise an army of Davids | Peter Lewis
Guardian Essential poll: only a quarter of older Australians believe climate change can be prevented
Guardian Essential poll: only a quarter of older Australians believe climate change can be prevented
Results show a ‘general sense of gloom’ as fewer Australians now believe climate change is caused by humans compared with March
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November 25, 2025 at 2:02 PM
Guardian Essential poll: only a quarter of older Australians believe climate change can be prevented
‘Taking back the desert’: can Australia’s small marsupials learn how to live alongside their predator, the feral cat?
‘Taking back the desert’: can Australia’s small marsupials learn how to live alongside their predator, the feral cat?
Scientists have entered into a bold project to see if native species can train themselves to survive alongside cats
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November 25, 2025 at 2:02 PM
‘Taking back the desert’: can Australia’s small marsupials learn how to live alongside their predator, the feral cat?
‘A precarious position’: almost 3,000 species at risk of disappearing from Wales, report finds
‘A precarious position’: almost 3,000 species at risk of disappearing from Wales, report finds
Environmental body says modest investment and changes can help preserve long list of animals, fungi and lichen
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November 25, 2025 at 12:41 PM
‘A precarious position’: almost 3,000 species at risk of disappearing from Wales, report finds
US, Russia and Saudi Arabia create axis of obstruction as Cop30 sputters out
US, Russia and Saudi Arabia create axis of obstruction as Cop30 sputters out
Trump puts US in unflattering company as lack of representative at climate talks reveals disdain for climate progress
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November 25, 2025 at 11:01 AM
US, Russia and Saudi Arabia create axis of obstruction as Cop30 sputters out
UK can create 5,400 jobs if it stops plastic waste exports, report finds
UK can create 5,400 jobs if it stops plastic waste exports, report finds
Campaigners say closure of loophole making it cheaper to export rather than recycle will boost circular economy
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November 25, 2025 at 10:30 AM
UK can create 5,400 jobs if it stops plastic waste exports, report finds
One in seven English bathing spots rated as polluted in latest testing
One in seven English bathing spots rated as polluted in latest testing
Scarborough and Bognor Regis among places where water is so polluted it is not recommended for swimming
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November 25, 2025 at 10:21 AM
One in seven English bathing spots rated as polluted in latest testing
‘The narwhals stop calling’: how the noise from ships is silencing wildlife in the Arctic
‘The narwhals stop calling’: how the noise from ships is silencing wildlife in the Arctic
Evidence that the whales and other marine animals are particularly vulnerable to sound is driving calls for quieter vessels
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November 25, 2025 at 10:03 AM
‘The narwhals stop calling’: how the noise from ships is silencing wildlife in the Arctic
Nature inFocus photography competition 2025: flamingos, foxes and a chilled out chimp
Nature inFocus photography competition 2025: flamingos, foxes and a chilled out chimp
The Nature inFocus photography competition 2025 announced its winners at the Nature inFocus festival hosted at Jayamahal Palace in Bengaluru, India
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November 25, 2025 at 8:02 AM
Nature inFocus photography competition 2025: flamingos, foxes and a chilled out chimp
Country diary: The lone seal pup isn’t ready for the sea yet
Country diary: The lone seal pup isn’t ready for the sea yet
Hayle, Cornwall: Grey seals are born in winter and have to quickly become self-sufficient. With the water crashing in, this one is seeking shelter
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November 25, 2025 at 5:33 AM
Country diary: The lone seal pup isn’t ready for the sea yet
‘Fossil fuel giants finally in the crosshairs’: Cop30 avoids total failure with last-ditch deal
‘Fossil fuel giants finally in the crosshairs’: Cop30 avoids total failure with last-ditch deal
It took some oblique wording, but Saudi Arabia made a last-minute decision to sign deal that marks departure for Cop
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November 25, 2025 at 5:01 AM
‘Fossil fuel giants finally in the crosshairs’: Cop30 avoids total failure with last-ditch deal
‘It fully changed my life!’ How young rewilders transformed a farm – and began a movement
‘It fully changed my life!’ How young rewilders transformed a farm – and began a movement
At Maple Farm, nature is returning in droves: nightingales, grass snakes, slowworms, bats and insects. All due to the vision of a group determined to accelerate its recovery
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November 25, 2025 at 5:01 AM
‘It fully changed my life!’ How young rewilders transformed a farm – and began a movement
Labor’s attempts to woo Greens and Coalition on nature laws revealed amid criticism of ‘coin toss’
Labor’s attempts to woo Greens and Coalition on nature laws revealed amid criticism of ‘coin toss’
Labor is continuing talks with both sides and could be prepared to give more ground
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November 25, 2025 at 3:50 AM
Labor’s attempts to woo Greens and Coalition on nature laws revealed amid criticism of ‘coin toss’
What do Murray Watt and climate activists have in common? | Fiona Katauskas
What do Murray Watt and climate activists have in common? | Fiona Katauskas
It’s all in the timing
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November 24, 2025 at 10:57 PM
What do Murray Watt and climate activists have in common? | Fiona Katauskas
The Guardian view on UN climate talks: they reveal how little time is left | Editorial
The Guardian view on UN climate talks: they reveal how little time is left | Editorial
Editorial: A fragile Cop30 consensus is a win. But only a real bargain between rich and poor nations can weather the climate shocks that are coming
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November 24, 2025 at 6:41 PM
The Guardian view on UN climate talks: they reveal how little time is left | Editorial
‘It’s hell for us here’: Mumbai families suffer as datacentres keep the city hooked on coal
‘It’s hell for us here’: Mumbai families suffer as datacentres keep the city hooked on coal
As Mumbai sees increased energy demand from new datacenters, particularly from Amazon, the filthiest neighbourhood in one of India’s largest cities must keep its major coal plants
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November 24, 2025 at 6:36 PM
‘It’s hell for us here’: Mumbai families suffer as datacentres keep the city hooked on coal
Bitter rows and overnight talks: how a fragile Cop30 deal was agreed – podcast
Bitter rows and overnight talks: how a fragile Cop30 deal was agreed – podcast
After bitter arguments, threatened walkouts and heated all-night negotiations, delegates eventually reached a deal this weekend at the Cop30 climate summit in Brazil. To unpick what was achieved and what was left out, Madeleine Finlay hears from the Guardian’s environment editor, Fiona Harvey, who has been following every twist and turn
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November 24, 2025 at 5:46 PM
Bitter rows and overnight talks: how a fragile Cop30 deal was agreed – podcast
More than 650 jobs at risk as scrap metals giant files for liquidation
More than 650 jobs at risk as scrap metals giant files for liquidation
Unimetals, which operates at 27 UK locations, files winding–up petition after failing to find a buyer
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November 24, 2025 at 4:34 PM
More than 650 jobs at risk as scrap metals giant files for liquidation
The 2025 BirdLife Australia photography awards – in pictures
The 2025 BirdLife Australia photography awards – in pictures
A preening brush turkey, a wise cassowary and some hungry terns are among the winning and shortlisted photos in this year’s prize
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November 24, 2025 at 2:01 PM
The 2025 BirdLife Australia photography awards – in pictures
UK wildfires devastated more areas in 2025 than at any time since records began, figures show
UK wildfires devastated more areas in 2025 than at any time since records began, figures show
Firefighters call for long-term investment and say UK is dangerously underprepared as climate crisis worsens
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November 24, 2025 at 1:25 PM
UK wildfires devastated more areas in 2025 than at any time since records began, figures show
Weather tracker: heatwave roasts Israel as Australia prepares for cyclone
Weather tracker: heatwave roasts Israel as Australia prepares for cyclone
Temperatures over 35C break November records in Isreal while Tropical Cyclone Fina approaches Western Australia
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November 24, 2025 at 12:00 PM
Weather tracker: heatwave roasts Israel as Australia prepares for cyclone
Zombie fires: how Arctic wildfires that come back to life are ravaging forests
Zombie fires: how Arctic wildfires that come back to life are ravaging forests
Blazes that smoulder in the permafrost, only to reignite, are extending fire season though winter, leaving vegetation struggling to recover
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November 24, 2025 at 10:03 AM
Zombie fires: how Arctic wildfires that come back to life are ravaging forests
Search is on for the German hairy snail in London
Search is on for the German hairy snail in London
Conchologists, and citizen scientists team up to seek out endangered mollusc species along River Thames
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November 24, 2025 at 9:05 AM
Search is on for the German hairy snail in London
Another Cop wrecked by fossil fuel interests and our leaders’ cowardice – but there is another way | Genevieve Guenther
Another Cop wrecked by fossil fuel interests and our leaders’ cowardice – but there is another way | Genevieve Guenther
The fingerprints of Russia and Saudi Arabia are all over the decision text in Brazil. But a group of nations led by Colombia and the Netherlands offer hope, says End Climate Silence founding director Genevieve Guenther
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November 24, 2025 at 8:02 AM
Another Cop wrecked by fossil fuel interests and our leaders’ cowardice – but there is another way | Genevieve Guenther
‘I’m afraid for our children’: living with the climate crisis in the Philippines – in pictures
‘I’m afraid for our children’: living with the climate crisis in the Philippines – in pictures
Gideon Mendel’s visceral portraits from his project Drowning World show people in Bulacan province dealing with the climate emergency in their daily lives
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November 24, 2025 at 7:04 AM
‘I’m afraid for our children’: living with the climate crisis in the Philippines – in pictures