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Climate 100

The Independent announces the return of its acclaimed Climate 100 List for 2025

Following on from last year's inaugural Climate 100 List, nominations for its Reader's Choice category are once again open for suggestions of unsung climate heroes from around the world who have made a significant contribution to protecting the environment

<p>Despite more awareness than ever, the climate crisis is worsening and it's never felt more urgent to react to protect areas like the Ecuadorian Amazon Environment</p>

Latest Climate News

<p>People drive motorcycles on a flooded street in Hanoi, Vietnam</p>
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Three killed in Vietnam as Typhoon Kajiki brings floods and blackouts

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Three killed in Vietnam as Typhoon Kajiki brings floods and blackouts

<p>People drive motorcycles on a flooded street in Hanoi, Vietnam</p>
<p>Hurricane Katrina was one of the deadliest and costliest hurricanes in U.S. history. Now, employees of the Federal Emergency Management Agency warn progress its made since the storm is being reversed under the Trump administration</p>
Climate

FEMA staff warn Trump officials’ actions risk a Katrina-level disaster

<p>Tourists cool off in a fountain during a heatwave in Ronda</p>
Science

Heatwaves are making people age faster, study warns

<p>File: Worlds first osmotic power plant in Tofte, south of Oslo </p>
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Can osmosis power the future? Japan launches Asia’s first plant

<p>People on a motorbike wade through a partly flooded street during heavy rain in Vinh city, Nghe An province, on 25 August 2025, where Typhoon Kajiki is expected to make landfall</p>
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Typhoon Kajiki makes landfall in Vietnam

<p>People on a motorbike wade through a partly flooded street during heavy rain in Vinh city, Nghe An province, on 25 August 2025, where Typhoon Kajiki is expected to make landfall</p>
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Typhoon Kajiki makes landfall in Vietnam

<p>A National Hurricane Center map of Hurricane Erin's probable path</p>
Americas

Hurricane Erin: The areas most likely to see the storm’s impacts

<p>Jamie Rhome, Deputy Director of the National Hurricane Center, tracking Erin this past week. Forecasters at the center are using a new AI tool to help them faster predict Atlantic hurricanes</p>
Climate

Ground-breaking AI tool is helping forecasters spot hurricanes faster

<p>China has been installing solar panels at a blistering pace, far faster than anywhere else in the world, and the investment is starting to pay off</p>
China

China races to build world’s largest solar farm to hit emission goals

<p>Scientists say their new supplement could help save bees (File picture)</p>
Home News

Scientists invent ‘superfood’ they hope will save honeybees

<p>Spain Fires</p>
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Wildfires in Spain are setting an alarming new record, according to EU

<p>A girl sits over the rubble of her damaged home following Friday's flash flooding at a neighbourhood of Pir Baba, an area of Buner district, in Pakistan's northwest</p>
South Asia

In pictures: Death toll rises to 358 after flash floods in Pakistan

<p>Geologists report that the Ventina glacier has already lost 1.7 kilometres (1 mile) in length since the first measuring benchmarks were established in 1895.</p>
Europe

The large glacier now too unstable for scientists to visit

<p>New citizen science water quality testing of Windermere has revealed ‘really concerning’ pollution in England’s largest and most famous lake. </p>
Home News

Warning issued as ‘really concerning’ pollution found in famous lake

<p>Passers-by watch a demonstration by the World Wildlife Fund against plastic waste during the ongoing plastics treaty negotiations in front of the UN office in Geneva, Switzerland, Wednesday, 13 August, 2025 (Martial Trezzini/Keystone via AP)</p>
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UN plastic pollution talks end in ‘abject failure’

<p>A breaching blue whale. Blue whale songs off the coast of California have reportedly dropped by approximately 40 percent as their primary food source - krill – have become more scarce as a result of rising ocean temperatures</p>
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Blue whales have gone silent, and that has scientists worried

Climate Spotlight

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Healthy environment ruled a human right by world’s top court

Countries could be held legally liable for failure to act on climate change

<p>Activists protest outside the International Court of Justice, left, in The Hague </p>

Climate Videos

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Climate activists spill 1,000 litres of fake blood over oil rig

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Record breaking crowds watch summer solstice sunrise at Stonehenge

Climate

I collected my plastic waste for a year — here is what I learned

Home News

UK must get prepared for Storm Darragh events, climate chief warns

IndyBest

<p>We considered the look, feel and cost of these period pants, as well as how they washed, dried and fitted into our life</p>
Fashion & Beauty

Best period pants for 2025, tried and tested

<p>I tested these bottles in my car, at the gym, on trains and planes, and when dashing between meetings</p>
Sports Equipment & Accessories

Best water bottles for 2025, tried and tested

<p>Be kind to your skin and the planet </p>
Beauty

9 best environmentally-friendly razors for a clean shave

<p>These are the brands every sneakerhead should get to know </p>
Women's Shoes

12 best vegan trainers to add to your rotation

<p>We tested the latest eco-friendly formulas for a minimum of five days</p>
Sun Care & Tanning

13 reef-safe sunscreens that are kind on skin and the planet

<p>Recycling single-use cups isn’t straightforward, which is where reusable options come in </p>
Coffee

Best travel mugs and reusable coffee cups 2025

<p>Each was tested over a cycle and these were the ones that made our period most comfortable</p>
Beauty

Best reusable sanitary pads 2025, tried and tested

<p>The lab-grown gemstones are created by heating a hydrogen gas mixture to 800C, replicating the processes that form diamonds under the earth</p>
Women's Accessories

Pandora’s new lab-grown diamond collection is here – and I’m impressed

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The world saw a record number of hot humid days in 2024, scientists said (Owen Humphreys/PA)
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Record humidity across the world in 2024 as experts warn of rising health risk

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Record humidity across the world in 2024 as experts warn of rising health risk

The world saw a record number of hot humid days in 2024, scientists said (Owen Humphreys/PA)
<p>People walk in the rain in Hong Kong</p>
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Podul brings heavy rain to China after injuring scores in Taiwan

<p>People bathing at the Ounaskoski Beach at the Arctic Circle in Rovaniemi, Finnish Lapland</p>
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Scandinavian heatwave made 10 times more likely by climate crisis

<p>Chile Rapa Nui</p>
Americas

Iconic Easter Island statues could be gone in 60 years, study warns

<p>Switzerland Plastic Pollution Treaty</p>
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Plastic treaty talks nearing collapse as nations remain deadlocked

<p>Switzerland Plastic Pollution Treaty</p>
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Plastic treaty talks nearing collapse as nations remain deadlocked

<p>Package plastic waste is seen at a dumpsite on the outskirts of Lagos, Nigeria</p>
Africa

The polluted city struggling to enforce single-use plastic ban

<p>Waves generated by Typhoon Podul break along the coast in Kaohsiung </p>
News

Flight cancellations as Typhoon Podul makes landfall in Taiwan

<p>Rescue workers evacuate residents from flooded areas in Rongjiang county of Guizhou province, China, on 24 June 2025</p>
China

Nearly 20,000 evacuated as Chinese city gets year’s rain in 24 hours

Greece Wildfire
Europe

Evacuations in Greece after major forest fire breaks out

<p>Climate UN Chief Renewables</p>
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Fossil fuels are ‘running out of road’, says UN chief

<p>Demonstrators gather at a rally to protest against a national and international use of Per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS), as a precautionary principle, in Oullins on May 26, 2024. </p>
Health

Forever chemicals in household objects linked to type 2 diabetes

<p>A toxic algal bloom washes dead and dying sea creatures between O'Sullivan Beach and Hallett Cove in Adelaide, Australia, on 12 July 2025</p>
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‘Devastating’ toxic algal bloom declared natural disaster in Australia

<p>Children are evacuated to safer grounds during a heavy downpour at a residential area after Tropical Storm Wipha caused intensified monsoon rains in Quezon city, Philippines</p>
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4 dead as Tropical Storm Wipha tears through Thailand, China, Vietnam

<p>Demonstrators gather at a rally to protest against a national and international use of Per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS), as a precautionary principle, in Oullins on May 26, 2024. </p>
Health

Forever chemicals in household objects linked to type 2 diabetes

<p>A toxic algal bloom washes dead and dying sea creatures between O'Sullivan Beach and Hallett Cove in Adelaide, Australia, on 12 July 2025</p>
News

‘Devastating’ toxic algal bloom declared natural disaster in Australia

<p>Children are evacuated to safer grounds during a heavy downpour at a residential area after Tropical Storm Wipha caused intensified monsoon rains in Quezon city, Philippines</p>
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4 dead as Tropical Storm Wipha tears through Thailand, China, Vietnam

<p>High waves pound reef rocks as typhoon Wutip approaches in Qionghai, Hainan province of China, on 12 June 2025</p>
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China braces for heavy rainfall as typhoon Wutip set to make landfall

<p>A rainbow wrasse swims in the protected area of France's Port-Cros National Park ahead of the UN Ocean Conference</p>
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Oceans have absorbed heat of 1.7 billion atomic bombs, scientists warn

<p>Gaza-bound Madleen ship seated on the boat, wearing life jackets with their hands up, at sea in the Mediterranean</p>
Middle East

Gaza-bound aid boat carrying Greta Thunberg intercepted

<p>The Prince of Wales urges immediate action to save the world's oceans at a speech in Monaco</p>
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Prince William calls for urgent action to save world’s oceans

<p>Muslims perform morning prayers in the Grand Mosque during the annual Hajj pilgrimage in Mecca, Saudi Arabia, on 2 June 2025</p>
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How Saudi Arabia plans to avoid repeat of 2024’s record Hajj deaths

<p>File. A volunteer collects plastic waste from the shores of Freedom Island in Las Pinas, Metro Manila, Philippines</p>
News

Scientists create plastic that dissolves in seawater within hours

<p>Tesla boss Elon Musk with US president Donald Trump </p>
India

Elon Musk’s Tesla ‘not interested’ in manufacturing in India

<p>People cross the dam wall at Baitings Reservoir in West Yorkshire, England, on 19 May 2025</p>
News

Thousands of river species at risk as dams block migration routes

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