The year 2024 was the first in which average global temperatures at the surface of the planet exceeded 1.5C above pre-industrial levels in the majority of leading datasets.

The UK's right-leaning newspapers unleashed a huge wave of editorials attacking energy secretary Ed Miliband throughout 2024.

Earth reached its hottest year on record in 2024, according to the European Commission’s Copernicus Climate Service, the UK Met Office and Japan’s weather agency ...

More than 2,000 buildings destroyed and at least five people killed in “wildfires scorching communities across Los Angeles County”, and more climate news.

Last year was significant for energy and climate developments in China. Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions growth hovered close ...

A wildfire fanned by strong winds tore through an affluent Los Angeles neighbourhood yesterday, forcing 30,000 people to evacuate, and more climate news.

President Joe Biden has announced a "permanent stop” to new oil and gas drilling across more than 625m acres of coastal waters around the US ...

Donald Trump has criticised the UK government’s energy policy with a call to “open up” North Sea oil and gas production and “get rid of windmills” ...

Tesla has recorded its “first ever drop” in annual sales, against a backdrop of growing competition from Chinese rivals, and more in climate news.

Separately, 2024 was Australia’s second hottest year on record, reports the Guardian. Data from the Bureau of Meteorology found that, last year, the country was 1.46C above the “long-term average” ...