Category

The prospect of the Earth overheating dangerously has come closer, with scientists warning that worse climate change will soon affect the planet.

Global carbon emissions look likely to increase this year, putting at risk the hope of meeting the world's agreement to slow global warming. under the Paris Agreement

A heat wave can be lethal – and researchers have now counted the ways they can kill. Humans may have only themselves to blame.

Greenhouse gas emissions caused by urban households’ purchases of goods and services from beyond city limits are much bigger than previously thought.

The 2017 UN climate summit may not hit the headlines as some of its predecessors have done, but it can speed up global action.

Protecting the world’s forests could achieve a quarter of the greenhouse gas emissions cuts needed to meet the 1.5°C Paris target, scientists say.

Rethinking land use - the way we exploit, manage and neglect the land - could achieve  about a third of the carbon cuts needed in the next decade.

The UN expects a world 3oC warmer by 2100, even if countries cut their greenhouse gas emissions as they promised in 2015.