BBC environment journalists analyse the key events coming up in 2025 with game-changing potential for climate and nature.

For the people of Vanuatu, climate change is not a distant threat—it’s here now. Rising seas swallow shorelines, storms ...

As the hearings closed for the largest ICJ case in history, the major capitalist powers displayed their indifference to the ...

By seeking an advisory opinion from the ICJ, developing nations aim to establish a clear legal foundation for their demands, ...

Disappointed by climate negotiations, island nations at risk of submersion are now turning to international courts to deliver ...

The Amazonian city of Belém, Brazil, will be the global focus of efforts to tackle the climate crisis in November 2025, when ...

The UN International Court of Justice (ICJ) is undertaking a landmark hearing to decide on countries’ legal obligations to address climate change, and the consequences for failing to prevent ...

Climate change led to nearly six extra weeks of dangerous heat worldwide over the past year, according to a new study from ...