The UN Chief António Guterres, the Prime Minister Boris Johnson and the COP26 President were among the first to hail Biden’s move

The president also signed an executive order to halt the construction of the controversial Keystone XL pipeline

The amount is equivalent to the total energy-related carbon dioxide emissions of the European Union

The UK’s national weather service attributes the rise mainly to fossil fuel burning and deforestation

Globally, temperatures were an average of 1.25°C higher than in pre-industrial times, according to the EU climate agency Copernicus Climate Change Service

A new study shows six-in-ten of the costliest natural catastrophes during 2020 occurred in the US

A new study warns the country could face a ‘future of extreme heatwaves’, carrying with it a raft of serious health risks