Damian Carrington

About Damian Carrington
Damian Carrington is The Guardian's Environment editor
World’s largely unprotected peatlands are ticking ‘carbon bomb’, warns study
Bogs and swamps are a colossal carbon store but their continued destruction would blow climate change targets
How the meat-loving Danes moved toward 'insanely tasty green food’
Agreement between farmers, politicians and environmental groups led to a €170m action fund for plant based food
Fossil fuel bosses get ‘red carpet’ at Cop29 despite concerns over influence
Revealed: more than 100 executives given special guest badges as activists challenge role of oil and gas firms at talks
Private jet flights 'used like taxis' driving up climate-heating emissions
Private jet flights have soared in recent years, with the resulting climate-heating emissions rising by 50%, the most comprehensive global analysis to date has revealed.
Deforestation ‘roaring back’ despite 140-country vow to end destruction
Demand for beef, soy, palm oil and nickel hindering efforts to halt demolition by 2030, global report finds
Climate crisis is making days longer, study finds
Melting of ice is slowing planet’s rotation and could disrupt internet traffic, financial transactions and GPS
Most extreme wildfires rising due to climate change
The climate crisis is driving an exponential rise in the most extreme wildfires in key regions around the world, research has revealed.
Concerns arise as sales of SUVs hit record high in 2023
Half of all new cars are now SUVs, and even though approximately 20 per cent of them are hybrid or electric vehicles, rising emissions from the vehicles have been cited for causing as much as a fifth of the increase in global carbon dioxide emissions.
Top climate scientists expect global heating to blast past 1.5 C
The planet is headed for at least 2.5 C of heating with disastrous results for humanity, a poll of hundreds of scientists finds.
Climate crisis costing $16M an hour in extreme weather damage
A new analysis shows at least $2.8 trillion in damage from 2000 to 2019 through worsened storms, floods and heat waves.