The Guardian has concluded its annual climate support campaign, with more than 30,000 readers backing the initiative over the past three weeks. The campaign reaffirms the organisation's commitment to independent environmental journalism and its pledge to cut emissions by two-thirds by 2030.
Since its 2025 climate pledge, the world has experienced extreme heat and widespread denial of the climate crisis, but also inspiring efforts to tackle it. The Guardian says it has remained steadfast in exposing those who have tried to block or reverse the transition to a clean energy world, while highlighting the work of those confronting the challenge.
Reporting on climate impacts and disinformation
The Guardian has highlighted how the climate emergency has pitted billionaires against the wellbeing of ordinary people, including extensive reporting on the environmental impact of the AI revolution and how US tech giants lobbied the EU to hide the environmental toll of their datacentres.
The organisation also examined how the oil crisis triggered by the war on Iran has helped a coalition of business interests, rightwing populists and media outlets ramp up attacks on net zero goals. Major oil companies made £93bn in profits in three months following the start of the conflict, the Guardian revealed.
Guardian journalists have reported on how Donald Trump has continued reneging on the US's international climate commitments and undermining federal climate regulations, while also examining how the US president has been pouring taxpayer money into his crusade against clean energy and boosting coal.
Positive developments have also been covered, including Spain's embrace of renewables and lower utility prices, Australia's revolution in home renewables and battery use, and Paris's construction of a giant cooling machine using river water from the Seine.
Coverage of extreme weather and natural world
The Guardian's daily reporting on climate impacts has drawn on its network of correspondents worldwide, covering the toll on gig workers in India and how school closures in the country have forced working mothers to bear the brunt of the climate crisis.
With Europe heating up twice as fast as other continents, reporters spoke to locals and tourists about this year's heatwaves, as well as firefighters about how the scale of wildfires has forced difficult choices. The organisation also reported on extreme flooding and typhoons across Asia, floods in Nigeria inducing "climate anxiety", and how floods across west Africa have been supercharged by global heating, displacing thousands of people.
Guardian journalists travelled 100 miles along the Danube to witness how drought has devastated the EU's longest river, and highlighted how other species have experienced catastrophic consequences from extreme weather.
Progress on emissions and transparency
Since 2020, the Guardian's greenhouse gas emissions have reduced by 48%, positioning it well to achieve its target of a 67% reduction by 2030. Emissions decreased by 9% during the 2024/2025 reporting period, with print operations still representing 64% of overall emissions.
The Guardian has refused advertising from all fossil fuel-extractive companies since January 2020. The Scott Trust endowment fund has invested around £150m in areas ranging from renewable energy to decreasing emissions in manufacturing, and has committed to invest at least 3% of its value in natural capital and biodiversity solutions.
The organisation continues to hold itself accountable to B Corporation standards, has started estimating emissions from generative AI usage, and has participated in advertising industry working groups on emissions impact. Annual company emissions data will be published in the autumn, and the B Corp recertification result will be announced later this year.
