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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›
AS MIGRANT TRAGEDIES SHOCK EUROPE A BIGGER CRISIS LOOMS IN MIDEAST
The United Nations is urging countries worldwide to grant asylum to 130,000 Syrians in the coming year... READ MORE›
RAW DATA THE WIDENING WORLD OF HAND-PICKED TRUTHS
But presenting people with the best available science doesn't seem to change many minds... READ MORE›
POOR NATIONS WANT U.S. TO PAY REPARATIONS FOR EXTREME WEATHER
Poorer nations blame extreme weather-related disasters on climate change stemming from emission-polluting countries that have more developed and wealthier economies... READ MORE›
G20 COUNTRIES PAY OVER $1,000 PER CITIZEN IN FOSSIL FUEL SUBSIDIES, SAYS IMF
G20 countries pay over 1,000 per citizen in fossil fuel subsidies, says IMF... READ MORE›
MPS VOTE 207 TO 81 TO BACK PARIS CLIMATE CHANGE AGREEMENT IN HOUSE TONIGHT
McKenna insisted carbon pricing is just one part of a sweeping national climate change strategy, which will include green infrustructure and public transit... READ MORE›
WHY THE MEDIA MUST MAKE CLIMATE CHANGE A VITAL ISSUE FOR PRESIDENT TRUMP
There is much detail to work out, both on the impacts of climate change and how Trump's policies will influence them... READ MORE›
AS SOUTH SUDAN CRISIS WORSENS THERE IS NO MORE COUNTRY
MALAKAL South Sudan In places where the fighting is fiercest no one is even attempting to count the dead... READ MORE›
AT UN POPE ISSUES SWEEPING CALL FOR PEACE AND JUSTICE
Standing before the General Assembly in his first speech here Francis endorsed United Nations efforts to reach a global compact to fight poverty and climate change... READ MORE›
TONY ABBOTT IS A CLIMATE CHANGE 'VILLAIN', SAYS CANADIAN AUTHOR NAOMI KLEIN
One part I find particularly shocking is that Australia is very much on the frontline of climate change, she said... READ MORE›
RUSSIAN TROOPS 'FIGHTING ALONGSIDE ASSAD'S ARMY AGAINST SYRIAN REBELS'
An unnamed activist with the Syrian rebel group the Free Syrian Army told The Times The Russians have been there a long time... READ MORE›
BURNING ALL FOSSIL FUELS WILL MELT ENTIRE ANTARCTIC ICE-SHEET, STUDY SHOWS
Burning all fossil fuels will melt entire Antarctic ice-sheet, study shows... READ MORE›
GLOBAL WARMING MAY BE FAR WORSE THAN THOUGHT, CLOUD ANALYSIS SUGGESTS
Climate change projections have vastly underestimated the role that clouds play, meaning future warming could be far worse than is currently projected, according to new research... READ MORE›
THE DALAI LAMA WHY IM HOPEFUL ABOUT THE WORLDS FUTURE
My generation has witnessed so much violence -- some historians estimate that more than 200 million people were killed in conflicts in the 20th century... READ MORE›
EDITORIAL LOST VOICES OF THE WORLDS REFUGEES
In the many conferences and diplomatic discussions about refugees, their own voices are rarely heard... READ MORE›
FOR TONY ABBOTT, IT'S FULL STEAM AHEAD ON COAL, 'THE FOUNDATION OF PROSPERITY'
Australia's insistence on locking itself into fossil fuels while distancing itself from ambitious efforts to combat climate change has not gone unnoticed overseas... 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›
OBAMA DEFENDS ARCTIC DRILLING DECISION ON EVE OF ALASKA CLIMATE CHANGE TRIP
Obama in his weekly address on Saturday insisted there was no clash between his climate change agenda and Arctic drilling... READ MORE›
READ PUTIN'S U.N. GENERAL ASSEMBLY SPEECH
Russia believes in the huge potential of the United Nations, which should help us avoid a new global confrontation and engage in strategic cooperation... READ MORE›
GLOBAL POVERTY DROPS SHARPLY WITH CHINA MAKING BIG STRIDES UN REPORT SAYS
In releasing the report, United Nations officials celebrated meeting some of the goals... READ MORE›
CLIMATE CHANGE WILL WIPE $2.5TN OFF GLOBAL FINANCIAL ASSETS
Climate change will wipe 2.5tn off global financial assets study... READ MORE›
CATACLYSMS FROM THE NORTH POLE TO SOUTH AMERICA
Is one factor, human-caused climate change and global warming is another... READ MORE›
CLIMATE CHANGE: WORLDS WEALTHIEST UNDERSTAND, BUT ONLY HALF SEE IT AS THREAT
In Russia, despite widespread understanding of climate change, less than 50 percent of people thought it was a risk to them... READ MORE›
EU WANTS PARIS CLIMATE DEAL TO CUT CARBON EMISSIONS 60% BY 2050
EU wants Paris climate deal to cut carbon emissions 60 percent by 2050... READ MORE›
UN SECURITY COUNCIL IS FAILING SYRIA, BAN KI-MOON ADMITS
We need some solidarity unity of purpose particularly among the permanent members of the security council he said in an interview... READ MORE›
PARTNERSHIP AIMS TO BOLSTER LOCAL HEALTH CARE PROVIDERS
We need good information, Dr. Margaret Chan, director general of the World Health Organization, said at an event to announce the new partnership... READ MORE›
U.N. SAYS SOME OF ITS PEACEKEEPERS WERE PAYING 13-YEAR-OLDS FOR SEX
As the United Nations maintains nine peacekeeping operations in Africa, employing over 100,000 people on the continent, the abuses threaten to erode the organization's legitimacy... READ MORE›
ANTHRAX OUTBREAK TRIGGERED BY CLIMATE CHANGE SICKENS DOZENS IN ARCTIC CIRCLE
Three unusual sinkholes were discovered on the Yamal peninsula in 2014, a phenomenon that many scientists also tied to climate change... READ MORE›
POPE TO URGE SWIFT ACTION ON GLOBAL WARMING
Pope Francis will call for swift action to protect the Earth and fight global warming according to a leaked draft of the pontiff's encyclical... 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›