climate change

  The G20, accounting for 80 per cent of emissions, is not on track to meet Paris pledges Technological advances, sub-national action and societal support provide foundation for increased…

Science highlights key facts and figures about growing gap between targets and reality  New York, 22 September 2019- The world’s leading climate science organizations have joined forces to produce a…

Plan is part of UN effort to lead by example in responding to climate emergency

Teen climate activist Greta Thunberg—visiting the United States from her native Sweden to attend the United Nations Climate Action Summit beginning Monday in New York—spoke during a hearing of the…

The international community is falling well short of providing the cash needed to ensure universal access to electricity by 2030, according to a report released on Monday (12 November 2018). At the…

I was 18 when I started college at the University of East Anglia in England. I had just completed eight years at a British Army school in Germany. My parents dropped me off on campus with a couple of…

Amid growing international calls for the burning of fossil fuels to be made a crime against humanity, South Africans have been reminded how much public and private funds still prop up carbon…

A climate scientist and dedicated AGU member is recognized for her extraordinary work.

Around the world, climate change is already impacting lives and livelihoods, especially in the world’s poorest countries. Good adaptation can deliver good development. It can help improve lives,…

Lawyer Farhana Yamin explains what drove her to civil disobedience after three decades of environmental advocacy for the IPCC, the United Nations and more. On 16 April this year, I superglued my…

"The Great Green Wall" is an ambitious African-led initiative to grow an 8,000-kilometre forest across the entire width of Africa's Sahel. The project, which started in 2007, aims to combat the…

This story is part of Covering Climate Now, a global collaboration of more than 250 news outlets to strengthen coverage of the climate story. Climate change increasingly threatens communities all…

Climate change headlines have grown increasingly dire. While many associate global warming with this summer’s melting glaciers, forest fires and disastrous flooding, it is higher winter temperatures…

Independent planning commission refuses South Korean company Kepco’s $290m proposal. The New South Wales Independent Planning Commission has rejected the development of a coalmine near Mudgee…

  Costa Rica wins United Nations’ flagship environmental award in the policy leadership category Central American country recognized for leading the way to a zero-carbon future Costa Rica has…

Policy Coherence for Sustainable Development Speakers include: •    Mr. Angel Gurría, Secretary General, OECD •    Mr. Achim Steiner, Administrator, UNDP •    Mr. Iván Duque Márquez, President of…

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Secretary-general takes tough line on select coal-supporting nations.

Scientists warn "the destiny looks poor" for Scandinavia's glaciers as Sweden's highest peak melts away. The glacier-covered southern peak of Sweden's Kebnekaise mountain stands at 2,095.6 metres…

Thousands of climate-change activists formed a human roadblock on Sunday to the Frankfurt auto show, one of the largest car industry showcases in the world.