UN Climate Change News, 21 March 2019 - Today marks a special day in the history of global climate action: It marks the day when the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) first came into…
Scientists responded angrily to President Donald Trump’s anti-renewable energy claim that people would have to turn off their TV sets if there wasn’t enough wind to power turbines.
Activist Greta Thunberg, 16, says action proved ‘no one is too small to make a difference’.
More than 1.4 million young people around the world took part in school strikes for climate action,…
Climate must not be confused with local conditions, but remodelled broadcasts could help people understand the dangers we face.
Still, and in defiance of decades worth of scientific evidence, vast…
The fourth day of the Environment Assembly was a busy one, with the High-Level Segment and the One Planet Summit.
Here are the links to some of the high-level speeches:
A new study has unearthed ancient wetland sites that have provided an insight into the global carbon cycle.
Scientists from the University of Eastern Finland have pieced together evidence from over…
One in four American adults identify themselves as “evangelicals.” Because self-described evangelicals, particularly white evangelicals, have become the most reliable supporters of Republican…
The call for abstracts for the 2019 edition of the International Conference on Sustainable Development is now available.
The conference will take place on September 24 and 25, 2019, on the Columbia…
UN Climate Change News, 13 March 2019 – In an unprecedented move for a “La Liga” soccer club, Sevilla-based Real Betis Balompié has officially joined the Climate Neutral Now initiative of UN Climate…
2019 may be the year Europe stops financing the incineration of precious resources: the European Parliament’s proposal to cut EU subsidies to waste disposal and incineration facilities within the…
Rain is becoming more frequent in Greenland and accelerating the melting of its ice, a new study has found.
Scientists say they're "surprised" to discover rain falling even during the long Arctic…
A new study has found that marine heatwaves (MHWs) are starting to affect global biodiversity.
The report, published in Nature Climate Change, has found that heatwaves in oceans are becoming more…
A new study has found that coastal wetlands play an important role in reducing the effects of climate change.
The study, a collaboration between global universities, including the University of…
Cop25 will take place 2-13 December 2019 in Santiago, the Chilean capital, UN officials announced.
Cop25, as it is known, was originally scheduled for November in Brazil, but the plan changed after…
Droughts have become more commonplace in South Africa in recent years. In the past two decades since 1990, 12 of those years were defined as drier years compared to only seven years in the previous…
The chief economist of one of the world’s biggest oil companies is urging other companies to take climate change seriously — and sooner rather than later.
If not, it might be bad for business. …
Alexandria Villasenor is among the American student activists joining the global fray and helping to organize the first nationwide strike on 15 March.
Alexandria Villasenor looks a slightly…