climate change
Protesters push leaders to avert climate catastrophe
Masses of people joined a worldwide wave of marches on Saturday demanding leaders craft a pact to avert a climate catastrophe when they gather in a still-shaken...
Thousands take to the streets at start of weekend of climate change protests
Thousands turned out for climate change marches in Manila and Brisbane on Saturday, part of a weekend of action across the globe to demand results from...
‘Catastrophe’ climate warnings as carbon levels break new records
Rising seas from global warming could submerge swathes of New York and Shanghai, and drive millions of people into poverty worldwide, researchers warned...
French winemakers hunt for climate change-resistant grape
Amid the bustle of a busy harvest in France’s famed Beaujolais wine-making region, a quiet effort is underway to counter one of the industry’s...
Muslim scholars call for climate action
Muslim scholars and environmental advocates from about 20 countries on Tuesday called for a global phase-out of greenhouse gas emissions by mid-century,...
We’re in really hot water now, annual check-up on Earth’s climate reveals
The world is in increasingly hot and rising water, scientists say in their annual, detailed physical of Earth’s climate.
Annual checkup of Earth’s climate says we’re in hotter water
In their annual, detailed physical of Earth’s climate, scientists say the world is in increasingly hot and rising water.
China readies national carbon market to fight climate change
The lights from the Beijing Environment Exchange — one of seven pilot markets in China for trading carbon — raises questions for the country...
UN, Vatican team up for climate change agenda
The Vatican and the United Nations teamed up to warn the world of the effects of climate change on Tuesday, coming down firmly against skeptics who deny...
U.S. pledges 28 per cent emissions cut for global climate treaty
Obama’s pledge constitutes the opening offer by the U.S. as world leaders strive to reach a climate deal powerful and ambitious enough to prevent...
U.S. pledges 28 percent emissions cut for global climate treaty
Obama’s pledge constitutes the opening offer by the U.S. as world leaders strive to reach a climate deal powerful and ambitious enough to prevent...
Final countdown: Haggling continues over draft of historic climate pact
UN negotiations resume in Geneva on Sunday to streamline the bloated draft for a climate pact that nations – still at odds over key elements – must...
Negotiators meet in Geneva to trim draft climate pact ahead of Paris conference
UN negotiations resume in Geneva on Sunday to streamline the bloated draft for a climate pact that nations – still at odds over key elements – must...
Climate change, extinctions signal Earth in danger zone: study
Climate change and high rates of extinctions of animals and plants are pushing the Earth into a danger zone for humanity, according to an international...
Let nature play a role in climate adaptation, experts urge
When the rainy season comes and floods the fields, poor families in northwest Bangladesh once cut trees to survive or went hungry.
Study: Risks of extreme European summer heat waves rise sharply
The chances of extremely hot summers in parts of Europe have risen tenfold this century because of man-made global warming, a study by British scientists...
UN climate talks spark cautious optimism for global progress
Negotiators from more than 190 countries will meet in Lima, Peru, for two weeks to work on drafts for a global climate deal that is supposed to be adopted...
After US-China climate deal, focus on India to follow suit
After this week’s carbon emissions deal between the United States and China, No.
Carbon levels highest in 800,000 years, warns UN climate panel
Levels of three key greenhouse gases – carbon dioxide (CO2), methane and nitrous oxide – are at their highest in at least 800,000 years, the UN Intergovernmental...
All talk, no action: UN climate change powwow still amounting to naught
Nations will have to roll up their sleeves and make important compromises to meet the deadline, just 14 months off, for a global pact on curbing climate...
E.U. strikes compromise to set bold new climate change targets for 2030
European Union (E.U.) leaders struck a deal on a new target to cut carbon emissions till 2030, calling it a new global standard but leaving critics warning...
Warming Earth heading for hottest year on record
Earth is on pace to tie or even break the mark for the hottest year on record, federal meteorologists say.
Climate change protests intensify worldwide ahead of UN summit
Hundreds of protesters marched through New York City’s financial district on Monday to call attention to what organizers say is capitalism’s...
TV forecasters imagine a future of near-daily weather disasters
Imaginary television weather forecasts predicted floods, storms and searing heat from Arizona to Zambia within four decades, as part of a United Nations...
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