At a Glance
Four separate analyses, including from NOAA and NASA, found Earth's warmest June on record was in 2019.
Earth is on track for one of its warmest years dating to 1880 based on trends…
A new report by the Committee on Climate Change has warned that the UK Government is not prepared to deal with the climate crisis.
A month after the UK made it legally binding to be net zero by 2050…
Last week’s record-breaking temperatures in France and other parts of Europe were at least five times more likely to happen – and potentially even 100 times more – because of climate change,…
More than three-quarters of the world's cities will experience a 'striking change' in climate conditions, according to a new study.
By the year 2050, London's climate will resemble Madrid's today;…
The vast expanse of sea ice around Antarctica has suffered a “precipitous” fall since 2014, satellite data shows, and fell at a faster rate than seen in the Arctic. EURACTIV’s media partner, The…
The extreme heat wave that's been scorching Europe in triple-digit temperatures may be up to 100 times more likely to occur today than it was in 1900, according to a new study from team of scientists…
Intense heat waves have killed more than 100 people in India this summer and are predicted to worsen in coming years, creating a possible humanitarian crisis as large parts of the country potentially…
Experts say the blast of heat is "the definition of unusual.”
Alaska could experience record high temperatures in the coming days as a massive heat dome parks over the region, sending temperatures…
New UK research predicts extremes of weather will hit food production.
Global heating could bring many more bouts of severe drought as well as increased flooding to Africa than previously forecast,…
Global warming is expected to result in an increase in work-related heat stress, damaging productivity and causing job and economic losses. The poorest countries will be worst affected.
With some places expecting to be hit with air temperatures of over 40°C in the next days, much of Europe is in the grip of a heatwave – and one that is setting record highs for June. According to…
UNITED NATIONS, New York, 13 June 2019 — A broad coalition of business, civil society and UN leaders today issued a call to action for private companies to make their critical and necessary…
Ice is melting in unprecedented ways as summer approaches in the Arctic. In recent days, observations have revealed a record-challenging melt event over the Greenland ice sheet, while the extent of…
A heatwave has suddenly borne down on millions of people, killing several as the temperature passes 50C Celsius.
Temperatures passed 50 degrees Celsius in northern India as an unrelenting heatwave…
The World Green Building Council has published a new net-zero report.
The Advancing Net Zero project aims to accelerate the uptake of net zero carbon buildings to 100 per cent in 2050, an initiative…
CO2 in the atmosphere has reached unprecedented levels.
The concentration of carbon dioxide emissions in the atmosphere reached an unprecedented level this month. Researchers at the fossil fuel…
Scientists believe that global sea levels could rise far more than predicted, due to accelerating melting in Greenland and Antarctica.
The long-held view has been that the world's seas would rise by…
The Indian Ocean has made its mark on the global news cycle this year. In March, tropical cyclone Idai made headlines as one of the most severe storms to have made landfall in Mozambique. Current…