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13 12 2020 | 06:38

Climate change: Snowy UK winters could become thing of the past.

Snowy winters could become a thing of the past as climate change affects the UK, Met Office analysis suggests. It is one of a series of projections about how UK's climate could change, shared with…

13 12 2020 | 06:35

MOCK COP COMPETITION

     

13 12 2020 | 06:31

Barclays shares update on new transparency tools for 2050 net-zero ambition.

Barclays Group Chairman Nigel Higgins has released a statement addressing what Barclays has done to help address the climate challenge since setting its 2050 net-zero target. The letter details the…

13 12 2020 | 06:22

Peak oil

Peak oil is the year when the maximum rate of extraction of petroleum is reached, after which it is expected to enter terminal decline.[2] As of 2020, peak oil forecasts range from 2019[3] to the…

12 12 2020 | 06:52

After five years, here are five things the Paris Agreement achieved — and didn’t

The Paris Agreement has survived the US withdrawal and normalised net zero, but emissions are still rising and vulnerable people are suffering from climate disasters. In the early hours of 13…

12 12 2020 | 06:45

The Paris agreement five years on: is it strong enough to avert climate catastrophe?

With Trump no longer a threat, there is a sense of optimism around what the accord could achieve – but only if countries meet their targets

12 12 2020 | 06:33

High-level summit and video showcase poorest countries’ spearheading efforts to tackle climate crisis.

A new film being launched in advance of the Thimphu Ambition Summit underlines how the least developed countries are leading the way when it comes to climate action.  

11 12 2020 | 16:02

Climate Ambition Summit 2020 - 12 December

Open access at: www.climateambitionsummit2020.org 1400 GMT / 0900 ET onwards 12 December 2020

11 12 2020 | 14:40

Paris climate agreement: 54 cities on track to meet targets

Mayor of Paris praises ‘important milestone’ on fifth anniversary of the landmark agreement. More than 50 of the world’s leading cities are on track to help keep global heating below 1.5C and tackle…

11 12 2020 | 13:36

Greta Thunberg: 'We are speeding in the wrong direction' on climate crisis.

The world is speeding in the wrong direction in tackling the climate emergency, Greta Thunberg has said, before a UN event at which national leaders have been asked to increase their pledges for…

11 12 2020 | 13:30

Take action to mitigate the effects of climate change in the Sahel.

To: President Cyril Ramaphosa, Chairperson of the African Union – Moussa Faki Mahamat, Chairperson of the African Union Commission – Cristina Duarte, UN Secretary General’s Special Adviser on Africa…

11 12 2020 | 13:26

What is the Paris Climate Agreement and when can Biden rejoin deal?

President-elect Joe Biden has vowed that among the first things he will do on entering the White House is rejoin the Paris Climate Accord, the international pact to cut global emissions and get a…

11 12 2020 | 13:22

The World Is Headed for 3 Degrees of Warming This Century, U.N. Report Warns—But a Green Pandemic Recovery Could Offer Hope.

Dense U.N. reports may not make onto anyone’s must read list for the holidays, so think of the United Nations Environment Program’s 2020 Emissions Gap survey as a warning letter from Santa, on behalf…

11 12 2020 | 13:13

Greenhouse gas emissions transforming the Arctic into 'an entirely different climate.

Warmest temperatures since 1900 have all occurred within the past seven years, according to Noaa’s annual Arctic report card. The Arctic’s rapid transformation into a less frozen, hotter and…

09 12 2020 | 12:20

Amsterdam draws up new rules to tone down its Christmas lights.

City council keen to maintain a good balance between calm streets and illuminations from next year. Amsterdam residents wanting to festoon the outside of their home with Christmas lighting may have…

09 12 2020 | 12:18

Last Month Was the Hottest November Ever.

The month’s global temperature puts 2020 closer to being the hottest year on record. This past November was the hottest ever recorded, another global temperature milestone in a year that’s one step…

09 12 2020 | 12:17

Toasty November means 2020 might nudge out 2016 as hottest year on record.

Global temperatures soared last month, making this November the hottest ever recorded, according to a new report.  Unless temperatures dip dramatically in December, 2020 could potentially overtake…

09 12 2020 | 12:06

The stolen climate crisis babies: US politician jailed for selling children of mothers desperate to escape environmental catastrophe.

The Marshall Islands sit barely six feet above sea level in the middle of the Pacific Ocean and its people are among the most vulnerable in the world to the complex consequences of climate change,…

09 12 2020 | 11:43

A change in the weather: new demand for TV presenters to include climate in forecasts.

The ABC’s Graham Creed says new climate change research could ‘fill a big gap’ in public understanding. Graham Creed has spent 30 years with his head in synoptic charts, and for the past 20 he’s…

09 12 2020 | 11:32

Richest 1% in UK produce 11 times the carbon emissions of poorest 50%, says study.

Oxfam calls for higher taxes on private jets and SUVs to curb pollution by top earners. The richest 1 per cent of people in the UK produce 11 times the amount of carbon emissions as those in the…