Greenhouse gas

From Ukraine to Gaza, war's ecological toll sparks ecocide accountability push

As conflicts from Ukraine to Gaza ravage ecosystems, momentum is building to recognize environmental destruction as a war crime

Plumes of smoke rise after the IDF carried out house demolitions in the northern Gaza Strip in January. It is believed that between 80,000 and 200,000 tons of munitions were fired or dropped on Gaza over two years of war.
US PRESIDENT Donald Trump delivers remarks on the US economy and affordability at the Mount Airy Casino Resort in Mount Pocono, Pennsylvania, US December 9, 2025.

Trump administration to dissolve key climate research agency

 A helicopter flies over smoke rising from a fast-moving wildfire spreading on the outskirts of Marseille, southern France, July 8, 2025.

European heatwave caused 2,300 deaths, scientists estimate

Overview of the town  of Lalibela, Amhara, Ethiopia.

Ethiopia is the leader in African green development - opinion


Expert highlights five climate-tech sectors to watch in 2023

Nuclear fission and carbon capture are among the climate-tech sectors to keep an eye on according to Terra Venture Partners managing partner and physicist Dr Astorre Modena.

 (L-R) Terra Venture partners Astorre Modena and Harold Wiener

Israel's next government must push climate legislation - opinion

The impact of the climate crisis on the well-being of Israel’s citizens is to a large extent dependent on the politicians’ coming to grips with the issue.

 LIOR SCHILLAT, director-general of the Energy Ministry, shakes hands with Birgit Schwenk, director-general for climate action at the German Ministry for Economic Affairs and Climate Action, after signing a working plan for energy cooperation, at COP27 in Sharm e-Sheikh, earlier this month.

China announces plan to curb rising methane emissions but challenges await

Senior climate change envoy Xie Zhenhua said on the sidelines of climate talks in Egypt's Sharm El-Sheikh on Tuesday the new action plan would lead to concrete measures to curb methane emissions.

Carbon dioxide storage tanks are seen at a cement plant and carbon capture facility in Wuhu, Anhui province, China September 11, 2019.

NASA instrument detects dozens of methane super-emitters from space

The device, called an imaging spectrometer, has identified more than 50 methane "super-emitters" around the globe

 Imaging of a methane plume at least 3 miles (4.8 km) long rising from a major landfill, where methane is a byproduct of decomposition, south of Tehran, Iran, captured by NASA's orbital imaging spectrometer, is overlaid on a satellite photo in this handout image released October 25, 2022

Resistance isn't futile: 'Borg' can help Earth fight climate change - study

Though named after the terrifying villains of Star Trek fame, the Borg are actually real DNA packages, which could help us remove methane from the atmosphere.

BIRDS FLY near factory emissions n Tangshan, China, in 2016. Waskow emphasizes the importance of using religion to fight climate change

Where will humanity go after Earth becomes uninhabitable? - study

If Earth becomes overcrowded, there must be an exo-planet somewhere out there with more room. But where?

 What will the future of humanity be after Earth becomes uninhabitable?

World’s dirtiest oil and gas fields are in Russia, Turkmenistan and Texas

Oil and natural gas fields in Russia, Turkmenistan and Texas are the most climate-damaging on Earth, according to a first-of-its-kind analysis.

 Flared natural gas is burned off at Apache Corporations operations at the Deadwood natural gas plant in the Permian Basin on Feb. 5, 2015, in Garden City, Texas.

Climate action: Extreme steps needed to avert disaster - IPCC

Radical emission cuts combined with some atmospheric carbon removal are the only hope to limit global warming to 1.5°, scientists warn.

Greenhouse gases

PepsiCo to use Israeli-made plastic alternative as part of green strategy

PepsiCo's move is part of the brand's new strategy to put sustainability at the heart of its business, a project branded PepsiCo Positive.

A man stands next to a Pepsi advertisement while using an umbrella in the rain, in Rawalpindi

Airlines have a recipe to reach zero emissions by 2050: Cooking oil

United Airlines has found a way to meet its goal of eliminating greenhouse gas emissions by 2050 - using cooking oil and rendered waste fat from beef, pork and chicken.

 Grounded Boeing 737 MAX aircraft are seen parked in an aerial photo at Boeing Field in Seattle, Washington, U.S. July 1, 2019.