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TRUMP STICKING TO HIS COAL-FIRED GUNS ON CLIMATE CHANGE GALVANISES WORLD
These talks were about tightening the bolts on the Paris Agreement to drive momentum behind the global climate juggernaut... READ MORE›
GLOBAL ATMOSPHERIC CO2 LEVELS HIT RECORD HIGH
The new report has raised alarm among scientists and prompted calls for nations to consider more drastic emissions reductions at the upcoming climate negotiations in Bonn... READ MORE›
CONCENTRATION OF CARBON DIOXIDE IN ATMOSPHERE HITS RECORD HIGH, U.N. SAYS
Concentrations of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere surged at a record-breaking speed in 2016, the World Meteorological Organization said... READ MORE›
CONCENTRATION OF CO2 IN ATMOSPHERE HITS RECORD HIGH
The Greenhouse Gas Bulletin, the UN weather agency's annual flagship report, tracks the continent of dangerous gasses in atmosphere in the post-industrial era since 1750 ... READ MORE›
ENERGY FIRMS BACK INVESTMENT INTO DIESEL ENGINE
Another investment is into Solidia Technologies, a US-based cement and concrete production company that uses carbon dioxide instead of water in curing cement... READ MORE›
EL NINO CONTRIBUTES TO NEW HIGH IN CO2 LEVELS
The amount of atmospheric carbon dioxide CO2 in our world is likely to top 410 parts per million ppm this year... READ MORE›
NASA SATELLITE SPOTS SEASONAL SPIKES IN CARBON EMISSIONS, INCLUDING IN TROPICS DUE TO EL NINO
Data from a circling NASA satellite show spikes in carbon emissions worldwide, particularly in winter, along with new insights into the rising levels of po... READ MORE›
GREENHOUSE GAS TEST STARTS IN ICELAND
Every ton of carbon dioxide we don't emit in the first place means we don't have to take it out later on, she said... READ MORE›
WORLD WILL NEED 'CARBON SUCKING' TECHNOLOGY BY 2030S, SCIENTISTS WARN
I don't think we can have confidence that anything else can do this, the Berlin-based chief executive told a London climate change conference... READ MORE›
IS YOUR CHOCOLATE CRAVING DESTROYING FORESTS IN WEST AFRICA? GLOBAL BRANDS MARS, NESTLE TACKLE HARMFUL COCOA PRODUCTION
Details of the Cocoa and Forests Initiative, which is initially focusing on Cote d'Ivoire and Ghana, will be announced before November's global climate talks in Bonn... READ MORE›
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NATIONS FIGHTING POWERFUL REFRIGERANT THAT WARMS PLANET REACH LANDMARK DEAL
The talks in Kigali, the capital of Rwanda, did not draw the same spotlight as the climate change accord forged in Paris last year... READ MORE›
CHINESE MEDIA SAYS 'SELFISH AND IRRESPONSIBLE' TRUMP HAS CRIPPLED U.S. LEADERSHIP
It calls decision to withdraw from Paris accord a huge setback in battle against climate change... READ MORE›
HUMANS ON THE VERGE OF CAUSING EARTH'S FASTEST CLIMATE CHANGE IN 50M YEARS
A new study published in Nature Communications looks at changes in solar activity and carbon dioxide levels over the past 420 million years... READ MORE›
UK ACCUSED OF DOING CHINA'S BIDDING AFTER POLICE RAID HOME OF TIANANMEN SQUARE SURVIVOR OVER PEACEFUL PROTEST
Dr Jiang, traumatised after witnessing seeing Chinese soldiers shoot fellow unarmed protesters at Tiananmen Square in 1989, was re-arrested in 1995 before fleeing China in 2003... READ MORE›
US SCIENTISTS FIND NEW WAY TO CONVERT CO2 TO GREEN FUEL
Unexpected discovery that produces ethanol could be a building block towards creating a low-carbon energy system... READ MORE›
ENVIRONMENTAL RECORDS SHATTERED AS CLIMATE CHANGE 'PLAYS OUT BEFORE US'
Temperatures, sea levels and carbon dioxide all hit milestones amid extreme weather in 2015, major international 'state of the climate' report finds... READ MORE›
'NEW ERA OF CLIMATE CHANGE REALITY' AS EMISSIONS HIT SYMBOLIC THRESHOLD
Around two-thirds of the warming effect, known as radiative forcing, by long-lived greenhouse gases comes from carbon dioxide... READ MORE›
WE ARE WASTING THE BEAUTIFUL WORLD WE HAVE BEEN GIVEN
Restoring forests could also help, by locking up carbon dioxide that would otherwise escape into the air... READ MORE›
MARINE FOOD CHAINS AT RISK OF COLLAPSE, EXTENSIVE STUDY OF WORLD'S OCEANS FINDS
Meanwhile, warming of the oceans is causing water to thermally expand, fuelling sea level rises caused by melting land ice... READ MORE›
4 CARTOONS THAT SUM UP THE ABSURDITY OF SAUDI ARABIA LEADING A UN HUMAN RIGHTS PANEL
Cartoons taunting Saudi Arabia's membership of the United Nations human rights council have gone viral on social media after the kingdom executed 47 people in one day... READ MORE›
STOP BURNING FOSSIL FUELS NOW: THERE IS NO CO2 'TECHNOFIX', SCIENTISTS WARN
In a thought experiment they tried another option the future dramatic removal of huge volumes of carbon dioxide from the atmosphere... READ MORE›
'LADY SOS': THE WOMAN SAVING SYRIAN REFUGEES AT SEA
Muslims and refugees are being scapegoated and alienated as attacks claimed by ISIL rise, Human Rights Watch says... READ MORE›
AMAZON RAINFOREST LOSING CAPACITY TO FIGHT CLIMATE CHANGE AS TREES DIE
For the first time in history, carbon dioxide absorption by the Amazon rainforest has been surpassed by fossil fuel emissions in Latin America, the study found... READ MORE›
LOOMING CRUCIFIXION SPARKS GLOBAL CALLS TO SPARE LIFE OF YOUNG SAUDI ALI MOHAMMED AL-NIMR
Many Western countries, including the United States and Australia, have diplomatic and trading ties with Saudi Arabia... READ MORE›
GOVERNMENT URGED TO REVEAL ITS ROLE IN GETTING SAUDI ARABIA A UN HUMAN RIGHTS ROLE
Exclusive UK Government urged to reveal its role in getting Saudi Arabia onto UN Human Rights Council... READ MORE›
THE PLANETS FUTURE IS IN THE BALANCE. BUT A TRANSFORMATION IS ALREADY UNDER WAY
We estimated that the Earth has crossed four boundaries as a result of human activity, relating to climate change, biodiversity loss, deforestation and fertiliser use... READ MORE›
THE WORLD IS RACING TO STOP CLIMATE CHANGE WITH TEMPERATURE GOALS BUT THE MATH DOESNT ADD UP
These scenarios often have the world removing net amounts carbon dioxide from the atmosphere after 2050, rather than putting more there... READ MORE›
ELECTRICITY DEMAND IN SOUTHERN EUROPE TO SOAR WITH AIR CON - SCIENTISTS
Climate change is not the most important thing for electricity demands in the future, he said... READ MORE›
PALU JOURNAL A CITY TURNS TO FACE INDONESIAS MURDEROUS PAST
Mastura signed a local regulation officially recognizing human rights abuse victims in the city... READ MORE›
THIS RANT COMPARING IDS AND CHINA WAS TOO MUCH FOR EVEN THE QUESTION TIME AUDIENCE
I just wonder how the Conservative government can scrutinise China for their human rights violations when they are being investigated themselves he said... READ MORE›
PUTIN SIGNS LAW ALLOWING RUSSIA TO OVERTURN RULINGS OF INTERNATIONAL RIGHTS COURTS
MOSCOW President Vladimir Putin has signed a law allowing Russia's Constitutional Court to decide whether or not to implement rulings of international human rights courts... READ MORE›
WHY IS IT LEFT TO US NGOS TO EXPOSE AUSTRALIAN MINING'S WRONGDOING IN AFRICA?
The economy of Eritrea has experienced considerable growth in recent years, explains the website for Australian mining company Danakali... READ MORE›
FIVE HUMAN RIGHTS ABUSERS BACKED BY THE U.S. WHOM YOU NEVER HEARD OF
More than 30 were killed, mostly at the hands of Bahraini security forces, and hundreds more were wounded, according to human rights groups... READ MORE›
SAUDI ARABIA CARRYING OUT 'UNPRECEDENTED WAVE' OF EXECUTIONS
There's a lot of speculation, says Adam Coogle, who monitors Saudi Arabia's use of the death penalty, for Human Rights Watch... READ MORE›
U.S. BLOCKS SOME ANTI-DRUG FUNDS FOR MEXICO OVER HUMAN RIGHTS CONCERNS
State Department has decided that Mexico failed to reach some human rights goals triggering a cutoff of millions of dollars in aid... READ MORE›
NOT BEING TORTURED ISN'T THE ONLY HUMAN RIGHT WE TAKE FOR GRANTED
A day does not go by without news reports of grave human rights abuses in countries across all regions of the world... READ MORE›
SENIOR UN OFFICIAL CASTIGATES WORLD BANK OVER ITS APPROACH TO HUMAN RIGHTS
For decades, the World Bank has argued that human rights and development are mutually reinforcing... READ MORE›
AI WEIWEI ACCUSES CAMERON OF SACRIFICING BRITAIN'S VALUES BY PURSUING CHINA'S MONEY
Ai Weiwei accuses David Cameron of sacrificing UK's human rights record for Chinese cash... READ MORE›
ANTARCTIC CO2 HITS 400PPM FOR FIRST TIME IN 4 MILLION YEARS
That's why monitoring carbon dioxide at Mauna Loa, the South Pole and other locations around the world continues to be an important activity... READ MORE›
RUSSELL BRAND DESCRIBES ONE-MINUTE'S SILENCE FOR TUNISIA VICTIMS AS 'ABSOLUTE BULL****'
Russell Brand describes one-minute's silence for Tunisia victims as 'absolute bull '... READ MORE›