China launched a carbon trading system Monday designed to drive down emissions, as the world's biggest polluter takes steps towards decarbonizing its economy by 2060.

New Zealand unveiled a blueprint Sunday to phase out petrol-powered cars while its dairy industry, a key pillar of the economy, must slash cow numbers under the ambitious plan to be carbon neutral by 2050.

A Dutch court on Friday ordered Shell to pay compensation in a long-running case brought by four Nigerian farmers who accuse the oil giant of causing widespread pollution.

At least five people died and another 10 were injured Thursday in a chemical leak near the U.S. city of Atlanta, police said.

Out for an afternoon hike, Veerle Bonaers and a friend stop pushing their baby and look down to their map, suddenly aware they have taken a wrong turn. 

President Joe Biden said Wednesday the United States must lead the global response to the climate crisis, as he signed a raft of orders aimed at curbing rising temperatures and announced a climate summit in April.

The United States will try to keep climate negotiations with China separate from other disagreements affecting the two countries' ties, John Kerry said Wednesday.

Nearly two-thirds of 1.2 million people polled worldwide say humanity faces a climate emergency, according to a UN survey, the largest of its kind ever undertaken.

The rate at which ice is disappearing across the world matches "worst-case climate warming scenarios", UK scientists have warned in new research.

World leaders are set to appear online on Monday at the first summit dedicated to making the planet more resilient to the effects of climate change.