Governing body investigates how to reduce waste and carbon emissions from Olympic equipment as the sport confronts its environmental impact, writes JENNIFER McDERMOTT

The future does not have to be climate chaos and social breakdown. MARC VANDEPITTE looks at the alternatives offered by the Global Justice Report, co-authored by Thomas Piketty

Unions and climate activists pressure government to consider legislation for maximum working temperature

The recent heatwaves revealed how ill-prepared Britain remains for a hotter future – and how unequal the ability to cope with it has become, write ROX MIDDLETON, LIAM SHAW and MIRIAM GAUNTLETT

Extreme heat is now one of the defining public health challenges of a warming world, explains Prof IAN WILLIAMS

Government told to explain what action it is taking to ‘tackle extreme overheating, a problem that will only grow worse without intervention’

Red weather warning issued for extreme heat and humidity

Labour urged to close energy tax loopholes as Shell reports ‘obscene’ £5bn profits thanks to Iran war

Global conflict and a gas-linked pricing system are driving up costs, despite a welcome shift towards renewables, explains MURAD QURESHI

Volunteers have helped revive a pool steeped in England’s rural past and now bursting with life. MARK SEDDON takes a look

Coal-fired stoves in traditional homes are the primary source of extreme levels of air pollution in over-crowded Ulaanbaatar. As more people become climate-displaced, the situation is likely to worsen, write SCIENCE AND SOCIETY

Lawyers to challenge approval of data centre in Britain that ‘pollutes on the scale of an international airport’

As athletes prepare for Milan-Cortina, warming temperatures force the IOC to rethink where and when the Games can be staged, writes JENNIFER McDERMOTT and PAT GRAHAM

As fossil fuels have had their day, JOSIE MIZEN makes it clear that it is now the government’s responsibility to initiate the transition to alternative employment in a manner that is organised, efficient and effective

New reforms ‘could open door to rampant profiteering and chaos’

Starmer slammed for refusing to invest in a Brazil-led rainforest fund

One of the major criticisms of China’s breakneck development in recent decades has been the impact on nature — returning after 15 years away, BEN CHACKO assessed whether the government’s recent turn to environmentalism has yielded results

Climate, peace and Palestine activists condemn ‘war criminal’ Donald Trump's policies on his second state visit to Britain

The recently concluded Club World Cup was a sweltering preview of what players can expect at the US-Canada-Mexico World Cup, write GRAHAM DUNBAR and SETH BORENSTEIN