Over the past 200 years, plants and animals have been going extinct at unprecedented rates - thanks in no small part to us.
But now, new research has found that extinction rates are slowing down.
Find out what that means in this month's news round-up, also featuring category 6 hurricanes, liquid air and the state of play ahead of COP30.
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In this week's feature, we visit one of the world's most climate-vulnerable countries - the Philippines - to find out how landscape architects are preparing for tomorrow's disasters.
The COP30 climate summit kicks off in just a few days, and once again, we'll be bringing you live coverage from Belém, Brazil. Here's what to expect at this year's event.
With hotel beds in Belém at a premium, will climate activists make it to COP30? We asked a few groups about their plans.
Every year, governments spend USD 2.6 trillion on environmentally harmful subsidies. What if we spent that money on healthier things?
In Sierra Leone, hungry chimpanzees are stealing food from farmers. Here's how they can coexist.
Want to learn some African proverbs? These five sayings inspired our friends at GLFx Mombasa to restore their mangroves.
If you've got a small project that's struggling to attract funding, you're not alone: there are many reasons why investors are biased towards bigger projects.
We may have reached our first climate tipping point: the world's coral reefs are dying off. Is it too late to save them?
Hurricane Melissa was one of the most powerful hurricanes ever - and the climate crisis made it four times more likely. Will we now have to start classifying hurricanes as category 6?
The climate crisis is already harming our health, so imagine a world with 57 more days of extreme heat per year by the end of the century. Still, it could have been even worse without the Paris Agreement.
Mosquitoes have been discovered in Iceland for the first time ever, while scientists think they've finally figured out why this Antarctic glacier is retreating so quickly.
Could anime help foster climate action? A new series aims to win over Japan's largely indifferent youth.
As it stands, climate action could cost you your job, because less than 3 percent of international climate finance is currently going towards a just transition.
Gaza is facing ecological collapse after two years of war, with its food, water, energy and sanitation systems all nearly totally destroyed.
Communities in northern Pakistan live at the mercy of bursting glaciers, but their Indigenous knowledge is helping them stay safe.
In this Canadian First Nation, 90 percent of residents suffer from mercury poisoning - and they're suing the provincial and federal governments for allowing that to happen.
Plant and animal extinctions have been slowing down over the past 100 years. Does that mean the sixth mass extinction could soon be over?
Either way, extinctions haven't ended - and not even the microbes in our bodies can escape them.
You can't make tequila without bats, which is why Mexican farmers and conservationists are working together to protect them.
If it's autumn where you are, you've probably noticed the leaves changing color. But why?
There's a new form of renewable energy storage coming in 2026: liquid air.
In a landmark decision, the European Court of Human Rights has ruled that countries must assess the climate impacts of any new oil and gas projects before allowing them to proceed.
Global coal production hit a record high last year, even as demand dwindles. That has sent prices plummeting, which is destroying Russia's coal industry.
Shell is selling off some of its Nigerian assets, but the king of Ekpetiama is suing to block the transfer until the company pays up for polluting his lands.
Is your beef driving deforestation in the Amazon? Meatpacker JBS has been accused of exploiting a loophole to source meat from ranches operating illegally in the rainforest.
Dozens of countries have still yet to submit new national climate plans ahead of COP30. Those that have are doing far too little to reduce their emissions.
COP30 host Brazil has done well to reduce deforestation, secure Indigenous land rights and promote forest finance, but it's also approved oil drilling near the mouth of the Amazon River.
Foreign aid for climate adaptation fell by USD 2 billion between 2022 and 2023 - and that was before the latest round of aid cuts.
The U.S. and Saudi Arabia have torpedoed a global deal to reduce shipping emissions. Back at home, Washington has also finalized plans to allow oil and gas drilling in an Alaskan nature reserve.
The EU Deforestation Regulation will come into effect at the end of the year after all, albeit slightly watered down (more on that soon).
And as Russia deliberately sets wildfires across Ukraine, Finland and Poland are fortifying their borders by rewetting their peatlands - a tactic that also helps tackle the climate crisis.