"The Green Climate Fund approved ‌record funding for projects at its latest board meeting and aims to scale up the amount of private capital it can mobilise for every dollar it invests, its ​executive director told Reuters on Thursday."

"In the aftermath of the Maui fires, thousands of people across all the major social media platforms shared posts and videos alleging that the fires had a more sinister origin. They posited that the government had used a “direct energy weapon,” or a form of laser, to ignite the area."

"A new report finds health harms from warming outpaced progress after the Paris Agreement and calls for climate change to be declared a global health emergency." "A decade after world leaders signed the legally binding Paris Agreement to combat climate change, the crisis’ health harms are getting worse and progress is lagging, according to a new report from leading international scientists."

"The chemical industry has known for decades that ingested microplastic particles can reach vital organs, an investigation has found."

"Headlines say the dirtiest fossil fuel is “back in fashion” — but there's much more to the story."

"The trial, which start[ed] Monday, comes as Canada rolls back climate policies. A new government report warns the country could experience 5 degrees Celsius of warming under current emissions trajectories."

"If climate change continues apace, 96 percent of shallow coral reef ecosystems may collapse within 50 years, including in Australia’s Great Barrier reef."