A new study quantifies for the first time some of the key implications of trying to use natural gas while pursuing the Paris 1.5°C target, arguing that it should not be a “bridging fuel” but should…
How much rain might fall in your area and how high might temperatures climb? The BBC and the Met Office have looked at the UK's changing climate in detail to find out.
The UK is already experiencing…
While the climate crisis is, unfortunately, a reality, it is all too easy to assume that every aspect of our changing world is a consequence of climate change. Assumptions play no role in key…
When considering the implications of thawing permafrost, our initial worries are likely to turn to the major issue of methane being released into the atmosphere and exacerbating global warming or…
Rising temperatures heated by the extraction and combustion of fossil fuels like oil and gas are melting permafrost — land previously frozen year round — and causing problems for Russia's oil and gas…
Meeting 1.5C target could save millions from ‘death, strong economic damages and forced migration’, lead scientist tells The Independent
Rapid climate action could spare nearly two billion people…
Only Gambia is currently on course to deliver climate action that is in alignment with the 1.5°C pathway of the Paris Agreement, according to new research from Climate Action Tracker (CAT), which…
The year 2020 marked a turning point for greenhouse gas emissions. They fell for the first time in our modern history, to a greater extent than during the 1970s oil shocks and the 1930s Great…
The latest edition in an annual series of global climate reports shows that Europe experienced its warmest year in 2020 by a considerable amount.
The report showed that 2020 in Europe was 1.9 °C…
Many European countries reported their highest annual average temperatures last year
Europe experienced its hottest year on record by a wide margin last year, data shows.
Temperatures across the…
The hot, dry weather has been brought on by a weather phenomenon known as an anticyclone
An anticyclone named ‘Lucifer’ sweeping across Europe is set to bring further record-breaking temperatures…
Global land and sea temperatures were 1.67F above the average for July, making it the hottest month since records began 142 years ago.
July 2021 has earned the “unenviable distinction” of being…
Parts of the Mediterranean and central Europe have experienced extreme temperatures this summer, with wildfires causing devastation in both Turkey and Greece. The blaze on Evia, Greece’s second-…
As wildfires swept through the Italian island of Sicily, fueled by an extreme heatwave, officials in one city recorded on Wednesday what is believed to be the highest temperature ever recorded in…
Report warns temperatures likely to rise by more than 1.5C bringing widespread extreme weather.
Human activity is changing the Earth’s climate in ways “unprecedented” in thousands or hundreds of…
Pacific north-west prepares for triple-digit temperatures just months after heat resulted in hundreds of deaths in region
The Oregon governor declared a state of emergency on Tuesday as the region…
Of all the troubling news in the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) report out on Monday, one warning will surely generate the most headlines: under all scenarios examined, Earth is…
Today’s IPCC Working Group 1 Report is a code red for humanity. The alarm bells are deafening, and the evidence is irrefutable: greenhouse gas emissions from fossil fuel burning and deforestation are…