Record 2024 temperatures accelerate ice loss, rise in sea levels, UN weather body says
Record greenhouse gas levels helped bring temperatures to an all-time high in 2024, accelerating glacier and sea ice loss, raising sea levels and edging the
Record greenhouse gas levels helped bring temperatures to an all-time high in 2024, accelerating glacier and sea ice loss, raising sea levels and edging the
The weather in some of the world's most densely populated cities is swinging from droughts to floods and back again as rising temperatures play havoc with the
Only seven countries met World Health Organization (WHO) air quality standards last year, data showed on Tuesday, as researchers warned that the war on smog would
China's veteran climate change envoy, Xie Zhenhua, is set to retire in December at the end of this year's COP28 climate talks in Dubai, a government official
The United States and China have reached "understandings and agreements" on climate issues that will help ensure progress is made at the COP28 talks starting
Negotiators at the COP28 climate conference in Dubai remained far apart on the future role of fossil fuels on Sunday as talks at the Dubai summit
The COP28 climate summit in Dubai started with all the ingredients for spectacular failure: It proposed an end to the fossil-
Shipping fuel regulations introduced in 2020 have led to a substantial cut in sulphur dioxide (SO2) pollution, but may also have made the ocean warmer by
China is facing hotter and longer heatwaves and more frequent and unpredictable heavy rain as a result of climate change, the weather
(This July 9 story has been corrected to clarify that the group has helped projects raise more than 220 million euros, not raise the financing itself, in paragraph 2) By David Stanway SINGAPORE (
Rich countries have left a "leadership void" in climate politics and must provide trillions of dollars to help developing nations cut their greenhouse gas
Climate change is driving changes in rainfall patterns across the world, scientists said in a paper published on Friday, which could also be intensifying
The outcome of November's presidential election will loom large over talks in Beijing this week between U.S. climate envoy John Podesta and his Chinese
More than 40% of major companies, cities and regions have still not set any targets to cut greenhouse gas emissions, according to an annual "stocktake" released
A proposal to establish a sanctuary for whales and other cetacean species in the southern Atlantic Ocean was rejected at a meeting of the International Whaling
Countries need a new international pact to fix a mounting water crisis that could cut economic growth by at least 8% and put half the world's food supplies at
National pledges to cut greenhouse gas emissions still fall far short of what is needed to limit catastrophic global warming, the United Nations said on Monday
China hopes the United States will be able to continue to cooperate with other countries on climate change, whatever the outcome of the
Efforts by the United States and others to persuade more countries to contribute to a new global climate financing initiative risks undermining the Paris
An unusual cluster of typhoons in the West Pacific and a series of powerful hurricanes in the Atlantic are raising questions about the impact that climate change
Scientists said the wind-whipped wildfires tearing across the arid Los Angeles landscape mark the latest in climate-fuelled weather extremes that are
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