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04 12 2019 | 08:49

Boris Johnson urged to challenge Trump on climate denial.

350 experts call on PM to address president’s ‘dangerous’ and ‘irresponsible’ claims. Boris Johnson is being urged by 350 leading climate researchers to robustly challenge Donald Trump on his “…

04 12 2019 | 08:37

COP25: Madrid Climate Change Conference.

The Madrid Climate Change Conference - COP 25 - will bring the world together to consider ways to strengthen the implementation of the Paris Agreement. Taking place from 2 to 13 December in Madrid,…

04 12 2019 | 08:08

Scientists Warning: Dr. James Hansen - Global Climate Emergency.

Who: James Hansen is widely regarded as the father of climate change awareness and was the Director of NASA’s Goddard Institute for Space Studies for 32 years. He famously said when he resigned in…

02 12 2019 | 10:00

Cut Global Emissions by 7.6 Percent Every Year for Next Decade to Meet 1.5°C Paris Target - UN Report.

Geneva– On the eve of a year in which nations are due to strengthen their Paris climate pledges, a new UN Environment Programme (UNEP) report warns that unless global greenhouse gas emissions fall by…

01 12 2019 | 10:09

No apologies: Africans say their need for oil cash outweighs climate concerns.

CAPE TOWN/LONDON  - A handful of protesters on the ground floor of the cavernous Cape Town International Convention Centre spread fake oil on the ground and chanted, demanding an end to fossil fuels…

30 11 2019 | 11:03

EU’s offshore wind goals are easy to achieve.

The E.U. Commission’s aims to achieving between 230 and 450GW of offshore wind by 2050, provided the right investments in electricity grids and Governments take the right approach to maritime spatial…

30 11 2019 | 10:51

Climate change: Plan to cut carbon emissions from concerts.

Scientists from the University of Manchester are creating a blueprint to help bands and pop stars to perform live and tour the world without contributing to climate change. It's after the Tyndall…

30 11 2019 | 10:50

The climate crisis leaders' debate: what did we learn?

How did the leaders of the main parties, minus Boris Johnson, address the biggest issue of our times? Four writers respond Zoe Williams:It showed the insufficiency of politics in the face of this…

30 11 2019 | 10:39

Climate change will be an issue for most voters in 2020 — CBS News poll.

With next year's presidential election looming, many Americans say climate change will be a factor in their vote, but it will be more of a factor for Democrats than Republicans. Compared to other…

30 11 2019 | 10:32

Climate emergency: world 'may have crossed tipping points’.

Warning of ‘existential threat to civilisation’ as impacts lead to cascade of unstoppable events. The world may already have crossed a series of climate tipping points, according to a stark warning…

30 11 2019 | 10:23

UN: Fighting destructive global warming requires ramp-up in renewables ambition.

A UN report has urged global leaders to stage a dramatic scale-up of renewables deployment, the latest in a series of such warnings issued by world authorities ahead of next week’s climate talks.…

28 11 2019 | 07:42

2019, the year the world woke up to climate change.

Until recently, for most people, climate change was firmly in the realm of the hypothetical.

28 11 2019 | 07:32

Greenhouse gas concentrations in atmosphere reach yet another high.

Another year, another record Geneva, 25 November 2019 - Levels of heat-trapping greenhouse gases in the atmosphere have reached another new record high, according to the World Meteorological…

28 11 2019 | 07:22

It's time to retire metrics like GDP. They don't measure everything that matters.

The way we assess economic performance and social progress is fundamentally wrong, and the climate crisis has brought these concerns to the fore.

26 11 2019 | 09:35

Coal Knew, Too

A newly unearthed journal from 1966 shows the coal industry, like the oil industry, was long aware of the threat of climate change. “Exxon knew.” Thanks to the work of activists and journalists,…

26 11 2019 | 05:22

The Link Between Climate Change and Biodiversity.

Climate change has emerged as a leading cause of biodiversity loss. As Scientific American noted, it will be the fastest-growing cause of species loss in the Americas by midcentury and in Africa it…

25 11 2019 | 14:18

Venice Floods Again — What to Do When You Can’t Move to Higher Ground?

The historic city of Venice (a UNESCO world heritage site) flooded for the third time in a week, with Piazza St.

25 11 2019 | 14:05

Europe not on track to achieve Sustainable Development Goals.

A new report has found that Europe are not on track to achieve any of the 2030 Sustainable development Goals (SDGs). The independent quantitative report, the first of its kind to track the progress…

25 11 2019 | 13:57

Greenpeace activists abseil down Hellenic Petroleum storage tank to protest 'climate emergency'.

ATHENS - Greenpeace activists abseiled down the side of huge storage tank at a Hellenic Petroleum refinery near Athens on Thursday and unfurled a huge banner protesting at the company’s oil and gas…

25 11 2019 | 13:31

Oxford Dictionaries declares 'climate emergency' the word of 2019.

Usage of the term increased 100-fold in the space of 12 months, dictionary says. Oxford Dictionaries has declared “climate emergency” the word of the year for 2019, following a hundred-fold increase…