Scottish draft climate change plan ‘lacks credibility’

Scotland’s draft climate change plan lacks credibility, according to an independent body.

Theresa May speaks out against Trump climate change stance at UN

Theresa May has issued a veiled warning to Donald Trump, arguing that his plan to withdraw from the Paris climate change treaty ranks alongside North Korea’s nuclear missile tests as a threat to global prosperity and security.

The Latest: Hurricane Maria again very dangerous Cat 5 storm

MIAMI — The Latest on tropical weather (all times local):

5:10 a.m.

Hurricane Maria has regained Category 5 strength, upping its top wind speeds after it had briefly dropped to a Category 4 storm overnight near the island of Dominica.

Tillerson says Trump open to staying in Paris climate accord under “right conditions”

Secretary of State Rex Tillerson said on CBS News’ “Face the Nation” Sunday there is a chance the U.S. could stay in the Paris climate agreement “under the right conditions.”

From Africa to the US to Haiti, climate change is a Black Lives Matter

Just over a year ago, Black Lives Matter UK successfully shut down London City airport. Our aims were to call attention to three things: Britain’s historical responsibility for global temperature changes, while the UK remains among the least vulnerable countries to the direct effects of climate change; second, that black people and poor people globally suffer the most from environmental impacts; and third, that safe freedom of movement is a reality only for the privileged, wealthy and mostly white.

The Guardian view on climate change: see you in court

Recent days have seen Houston, Texas literally sunk under sheer weight of rain, Carribbean islands battered by powerful storms barrelling across the Gulf and now Florida homes blasted by Irma, the largest of three hurricanes churning in the Atlantic basin. It seems almost certain that man-made climate change has a role in such events. Scientists used to be circumspect at attributing any single extreme event to global warming. No longer. Now scientists make the link between climate change and droughts in Kenya, record winter sun in Britain and torrential downpours in south-west China.