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Australia and Turkey criticised for hosting UN climate conference while embracing coal

Global campaign group 350.org urges Cop31 hosts to announce a coal phase-out date and national roadmaps to get off fossil fuels

Adam Morton in Nadi, Fiji3d ago

Whales on Australia’s ‘humpback highway’ are at growing risk of injury from boat and propeller strikes

Exclusive: Images show deep cuts and damage to tails and fins, as experts warn the migrating species often aren’t able to avoid a collision

Graham Readfearn Climate and environment correspondent 4d ago

‘It’s shocking really’: Devon community tracks River Dart sewage spills

Citizen environmentalists create online platform that flags spills in real time and highlights repeatedly polluted spots

Steven Morris4d ago

Worst ever outbreak of bluetongue hits British farms

Climate crisis blamed as virus that originated in Africa spreads to livestock as far north as Aberdeenshire

Pippa Neill Environment reporter4d ago

Country diary: The breathtaking sight of a tuna taking flight in British waters

South Hams, Devon: These are monstrous animals, growing to 3 metres and reaching 40mph, and I was lucky enough to see a pack in hunting mode

Anita Roy4d ago

Letter: Paul Brown obituary

Sean Ryan writes: The Guardian environment correspondent knew how to deal with Brazilian muggers

Sean Ryan5d ago

Eastern Spain braces for torrential rain and flooding

Up to 300mm of rain could fall in places, while extreme downpours bring landslides and deaths in Nepal

Megan Davies and James Michelin for MetDesk5d ago

Increased air pollution linked to more night-time coughing, UK-led study finds

‘Day-to-day’ symptom of harmful emissions, which in turn can disrupt sleep, can be overlooked, say researchers

Gary Fuller5d ago

Country diary: A TB scare is still hanging over the farm

Tebay, Cumbria: I’ve had a stroke of luck with applying for government funding, but some bad vet results are overshadowing things once more

Andrea Meanwell5d ago

‘Like caring for a pet’: the app that lets you know if your neighbourhood tree is thirsty

Gieß den Kiez app shows trees in critical need of watering and can be adopted by other heat-stressed cities around the world

Emma Snaith5d ago

May heatwaves, deaths, ruined harvests: study of Europe’s summer paints grim picture for the future

EU Copernicus report shows surface air temperatures from June to August were 2.5C above decadal average

Ajit Niranjan5d ago

Nature boys and girls – here’s your chance to get published in the Guardian

Our wildlife series Young Country Diary is looking for articles written by children, about their autumn encounters with nature

Guardian community team6d ago

The zero-bills home: how one family is beating the energy price hikes

The Naylors’ four-bedroom home in Milton Keynes acts like a mini-power station after retrofitting solar panels, a battery and a heat pump

Shane Hickey6d ago

Country diary: Which tree sounds the best in the wind? Take a bough, the poplar

Frome, Somerset: With a sway and a swoosh, we’re entering the season to enjoy psithurism – the aural quality of the breeze in the trees

Derek Niemann6d ago

‘Explosion of melt rates’: 20% of Swiss glaciers lost in five years

Alpine regions in Europe experiencing extreme glacier collapse due to heat-trapping effects of fossil fuel pollution

Ajit Niranjan6d ago

‘The toll is huge’: El Niño-driven wildfires overwhelm Indonesia’s orangutan population

The global climate phenomenon has triggered devastating infernos in the ape’s Indonesian heartlands, with long-term effects on the animals still unknown

Rebecca Ratcliffe6d ago

Floating scarecrows: how Cornish fishers are stopping seabirds drowning in their nets

Simple deterrents can slash the number of razorbills and guillemots being trapped underwater, two-year study shows

Patrick Barkham30 Sept

Has direct experience of a recent climate event changed your mind about the climate crisis?

Perhaps you lost your home or possessions in a wildfire, or your mountain business has been affected by glacial retreat and snow scarcity

Guardian community team30 Sept

Two million people in England unaware their properties are at risk of flooding

Environment Agency warns residents of 6m at-risk properties to prepare for wet and windy three months ahead

Matthew Taylor30 Sept

UK banks are Europe’s biggest coal financiers, report finds

Study says UK-based banks provided $8.3bn in coal financing in four years, with Barclays and HSBC leading rise