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SWEDEN CRITICISES US CLIMATE STANCE AS IT REVEALS AMBITIOUS CARBON EMISSIONS LAW
The European Union as a whole has set a target of an 80-95 percent reduction in greenhouse gas emissions by 2050... READ MORE›
BREAKTHROUGH AS US AND CHINA AGREE TO RATIFY PARIS CLIMATE CHANGE DEAL
G20 summit us and china ratify paris agreement in major step for climate change fight... READ MORE›
FINAL DRAFT OF LANDMARK CLIMATE PACT TO BE RELEASED
I'll be holding my breath until the gavel comes down," said Jennifer Morgan, an expert in international climate change negotiations with the World Resources Institute, a research organization... READ MORE›
WHAT WOULD HAPPEN IF THE WORLD SUDDENLY WENT VEGETARIAN?
In fact, clear solutions already exist for reducing greenhouse gas emissions from the livestock industry... READ MORE›
PARIS CLIMATE DEAL: NEARLY 200 NATIONS SIGN IN END OF FOSSIL FUEL ERA
The text commits countries to peak greenhouse gas emissions as soon as possible, and to seek a balance between human-caused emissions and removals by carbon sinks... READ MORE›
WORLD ON TRACK FOR 3C OF WARMING UNDER CURRENT GLOBAL CLIMATE PLEDGES, WARNS UN
Mass migration as a result of climate change is hard to separate from other causes of migration, but is predicted to become a much greater problem... READ MORE›
GERMAN COALITION AGREES TO CUT CARBON EMISSIONS UP TO 95% BY 2050
Germany's environment minister Barbara Hendricks first presented a list of ambitious CO2 reduction targets for various economic sectors in 2015... READ MORE›
ARNOLD SCHWARZENEGGER SAYS CLIMATE CAMPAIGNS NEED TO FOCUS ON 'RIGHT NOW' NOT 2050
The Paris conference is the biggest leap forward in dealing with climate change... READ MORE›
GRAND PROMISES OF PARIS CLIMATE DEAL UNDERMINED BY SQUALID RETRENCHMENTS
But the Paris agreement is full of soft facts promises that can slip or unravel... READ MORE›
MARCH TEMPERATURE SMASHES 100-YEAR GLOBAL RECORD
This means that there is a high risk of record global temperatures over the next few months, Scaife said... READ MORE›
'IT'S TRICKY': WHY THERE'S NO MAGIC NUMBER FOR AN EFFECTIVE CARBON TAX
First, governments charge very different prices for carbon dioxide emissions... READ MORE›
HERE'S HOW WE KNOW TRUMP'S CABINET PICKS ARE WRONG ON HUMAN-CAUSED GLOBAL WARMING
But scientists base their conclusions on evidence, and as discussed above, the evidence for human-caused global warming is overwhelming... READ MORE›
OBAMA URGES LEADERS TO ACT WITH US AT CLIMATE TALKS
The talks were kicked off by world leaders including President Obama, President Xi Jinping of China, Prime Minister Narendra Modi of India and President Vladimir V... READ MORE›
OIL INDUSTRY KNEW OF 'SERIOUS' CLIMATE CONCERNS MORE THAN 45 YEARS AGO
Former US president Lyndon Johnson also received an early warning about climate change, with scientists explaining the mechanism of the greenhouse effect in 1965... READ MORE›
2 DEGREES CELSIUS: A CRITICAL NUMBER FOR CLIMATE CHANGE
Framework Convention on Climate Change said in a statement... READ MORE›
TRUDEAU LAUDS PARIS CLIMATE DEAL AS 'HISTORIC, AMBITIOUS AND BALANCED'
Internationally, we will provide significant support to help developing countries reduce their emissions and deal with the impacts of climate change... READ MORE›
EUROPE UNLIKELY TO MEET CLIMATE GOAL STUDY FINDS
The closings occurred just as Europe began tackling climate change, which assisted the European Union in meeting its 2020 targets, he said... READ MORE›
SURGE IN RENEWABLE ENERGY STALLS WORLD GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS
The new figures confirm last year's surprising but welcome news we now have seen two straight years of greenhouse gas emissions decoupling from economic growth... READ MORE›
BIGGEST US COAL COMPANY FUNDED DOZENS OF GROUPS QUESTIONING CLIMATE CHANGE
Analysis of Peabody Energy court documents show company backed trade groups, lobbyists and thinktanks dubbed 'heart and soul of climate denial'... READ MORE›
WORLD BANK TO SPEND 28% OF INVESTMENTS ON CLIMATE CHANGE PROJECTS
World Bank to spend 28 percent of investments on climate change projects... READ MORE›
CALIFORNIA TO SEEK ITS OWN CLIMATE CHANGE DEAL WITH CHINA AFTER DONALD TRUMP DITCHES PARIS AGREEMENT
California to seek its own climate change-fighting deal with China after Donald Trump ditches Paris Agreement... READ MORE›
HUMANS DAMAGING THE ENVIRONMENT FASTER THAN IT CAN RECOVER, UN FINDS
Despite the recent global agreement on cutting greenhouse gas emissions, signed in Paris last December, global carbon output continues to rise... READ MORE›
HOW CYCLING COULD HELP THE PARIS CLIMATE TALKS CHANGE THE WORLD
But it illustrates a general approach of planning for a road-dominated future, one where transport-based greenhouse gas emissions will, inevitably, remain high... READ MORE›
NATIONS STRIKE HISTORIC DEAL ON CLIMATE CHANGE
It seeks to limit rising temperatures to within 2 degrees Celsius 3.6 degrees Fahrenheit compared to pre-industrial levels through the year 2100... READ MORE›
SELL LAST GASOLINE CAR BY 2035 TO MEET CLIMATE GOALS, STUDY SAYS
The CAT is one of the main groups that monitors government actions to restrict global warming and includes researchers who are authors on UN climate reports... READ MORE›
2 DEGREES CELSIUS: A CRITICAL NUMBER FOR CLIMATE CHANGE
China and the United States, respectively, account for about 24 percent and 14 percent of total greenhouse gas emissions, according to the World Resources Institute... READ MORE›
PARIS CLIMATE CHANGE TALKS YIELD FIRST DRAFT AMID AIR OF OPTIMISM
That contrasts with the US position, which is for some parts to be legally binding, but not countries' pledges to limit the greenhouse gas emissions... READ MORE›
5 KEY POINTS IN PARIS AGREEMENT ON CLIMATE CHANGE
The final text of the Paris Agreement -- considered to be the world's first universal climate agreement -- is 31 pages long... READ MORE›
'COWS EXPEL GAS SO THEY DON'T EXPLODE'
Methane, primarily emitted from agriculture and the fossil fuel industry, doesn't linger in the atmosphere as long as carbon dioxide... READ MORE›
AUSTRALIA'S BIGGEST BANKS PUMP BILLIONS INTO FOSSIL FUELS DESPITE CLIMATE PLEDGES
And in light of statements supporting a move away from fossil fuels, banks could always choose not to refinance a loan, he said... READ MORE›