Wealthy nations fall short of climate funding pledge
A UN report has revealed that wealthy donor countries are more than $20bn short of their 2020 target to help poorer nations combat climate change, as the host of next Continue Reading
Climate change: Warming gas concentrations at new record high
Coal fired plants such as this one in Arizona are a significant source of carbon emissions Concentrations of key gases in the atmosphere that are driving up global temperatures reached Continue Reading
Global Carbon Dioxide Emissions and Climate Change 2018-2100
This part of the Annual Report provides updated analysis of world carbon dioxide emissions from fossil fuels consumption, evaluates the future prospect of global warming and considers the implications of Continue Reading
Business leaders back plan to cut industry emissions to zero
A group of business leaders has backed proposals for radical changes to industries including steel, cement, shipping and aviation to cut their greenhouse gas emissions, arguing that they can be Continue Reading
The Extinction Rebellion: A Tipping Point for the Climate Emergency?
The only rational response to the scientific evidence on climate change, is to declare a global emergency – to mobilise all of society to do whatever it takes to fix Continue Reading
‘Like a Terror Movie’: How Climate Change Will Cause More Simultaneous Disasters
Global warming is posing such wide-ranging risks to humanity, involving so many types of phenomena, that by the end of this century some parts of the world could face as Continue Reading
Australia’s drought, climate change and the future of food
There’s a reason that few people are thinking about world grain supplies. Last year saw record worldwide production of grains and record stocks of grains left over. But this year Continue Reading
The stark message from California’s raging fires
The editorial board YESTERDAY Seventeen of California’s 20 worst recorded fires have struck since the start of this century — five of those in the past 18 months. The most Continue Reading
Making Visible the Globe-Warming Gases of the Permian Fracking Boom
There is an LED sign at a Chase Bank in downtown Midland, Texas, the heart of the Permian Basin, which quantifies the current oil boom. It alternates between current rig Continue Reading
China emerges as powerbroker in global climate talks
As nations jockey for position ahead of next month’s UN climate talks, the most significant of its kind since the Paris accord was sealed three years ago, negotiators are beating Continue Reading