“An exclamation point on global warming”: Climate scientists warn 2024 was marked by broken records
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“An exclamation point on global warming”: Climate scientists warn 2024 was marked by broken records

Salon  

The year 2024 is on track to be the hottest in recorded history, as humanity has officially exceeded the 1.5º C threshold established by the 2015 Paris climate accord. Dr. Peter Kalmus, a NASA climate scientist who emphasized his opinions are his own, noted that heating is accelerating “and is now substantially more rapid than it was a decade ago.” Dr. Ken Caldeira, an atmospheric scientist at the Carnegie Institution for Science's Department of Global Ecology, observed that from the perspective of scientists who dedicate their careers to studying climate systems, one major question is whether the current temperature spikes occurred because the previous El Niño cycle gave humanity years of relative relief from temperature increases. As such, 2024’s distinction as the warmest year in human history “underscores the reality that the planet will continue to warm as long as we burn fossil fuels and add carbon pollution to the atmosphere,” Dr. Michael E. Mann, a climatologist from the University of Pennsylvania, told Salon. “This underscores the profound impact that human-caused climate change is already having in the form of devastating extreme weather events that threaten our economy and, increasingly, our lives,” Mann said. “On the politics side, the big question is what Trump and the MAGA gang will do to Biden's legislative achievements in the climate arena,” Caldeira said, referring to President Joe Biden’s various executive and legislative reforms intended to address climate change.

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NOAA: 2024 temperatures set to break last year’s global record
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NOAA: 2024 temperatures set to break last year’s global record

Politico  

NOAA’s findings are an ominous sign for global efforts to keep global temperatures from rising 1.5 C since the Industrial Revolution, a goal set out in the Paris climate agreement. Climate scientists had predicted earlier this year that 2024 would set a new record, but the trends are even more worrying than anticipated, said Zeke Hausfather, a research scientist at …

Why do so many people ignore major threats like climate change?
2 weeks, 3 days ago

Why do so many people ignore major threats like climate change?

Salon  

Earlier last month, the European Union's Copernicus Climate Change Service announced that Earth’s average temperature in 2024 had been on average 1.5 degrees C above pre-industrial levels. “For too long now, scientific and media communications have presented the subject of climate change in ways that have failed to trigger an adequate threat warning among readers and viewers, and have also …

Climate myopia: This year’s CoP was a big disappointment but small surprise
2 weeks, 4 days ago

Climate myopia: This year’s CoP was a big disappointment but small surprise

Live Mint  

The 29th Conference of the Parties to Climate Change came to an end on 24 November 2024 with deep disappointment on the outcomes—not just on finance, but on most other aspects of the agenda. With grossly inadequate mitigation of the crisis, the climate finance that developing countries can legitimately asl for will increase exponentially, leading to continued disappointment from a …

Letters to the Editor: Climate change is a global threat, but it isn’t the worst one. This is
4 weeks ago

Letters to the Editor: Climate change is a global threat, but it isn’t the worst one. This is

LA Times  

To the editor: Climate change is the biggest threat facing us? Soon, that list may include the leaders of North Korea and Iran — and who knows how many others as the nuclear genie multiplies throughout the world? It is long past time for thought leaders to wake up to the world’s most urgent threat and get a real conversation …

COP29 talks struggle in a year of climate stress and global bickering
1 month, 1 week ago

COP29 talks struggle in a year of climate stress and global bickering

The Hindu  

This year’s U.N. climate summit is struggling to focus minds on the health of the planet, with turbulent geopolitics, a confrontational host and the reelection of U.S. climate skeptic Donald Trump stealing the limelight. On Friday, midway through the two-week summit, a group of former leaders, climate experts and scientists published an open letter calling for the COP process to …

2015-2024 declared hottest decade ever as COP29 kicks off in Baku
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1 month, 1 week ago

2015-2024 declared hottest decade ever as COP29 kicks off in Baku

India Today  

As COP29 convenes, the global community is met with a dire warning from the UN’s World Meteorological Organization. The WMO’s State of the Climate 2024 Update issued a red alert, pointing at the swift acceleration of climate change within a single generation. From January to September 2024, global mean surface air temperatures were 1.54°C above pre-industrial levels, a significant increase …

A shadow ‘financial crisis’ has cost the world $2 trillion
1 month, 1 week ago

A shadow ‘financial crisis’ has cost the world $2 trillion

CNN  

CNN — Last month, two major storms, Hurricane Helene and Hurricane Milton, caused a total of between $51.5 billion and $81.5 billion of property damage, mostly to Southeastern US states, according to estimates from CoreLogic. The report from the International Chamber of Commerce, which comes as the United Nations Climate Change Conference begins in Azerbaijan this week, estimated that the …

2024 'virtually certain' to be hottest year on record: EU climate agency
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1 month, 2 weeks ago

2024 'virtually certain' to be hottest year on record: EU climate agency

Raw Story  

A day after U.S. voters elected climate-denying Republican Donald Trump in the presidential race, soon ushering in an administration that is sure to expand fossil fuel drilling, the European Union's Earth observation agency announced that 2024 is "virtually certain" to be the hottest year on record and to hit a worrying temperature milestone. While a single year above the 1.5°C …

Year 2024 to be the first to breach 1.5C warming limit: EU climate agency
1 month, 2 weeks ago

Year 2024 to be the first to breach 1.5C warming limit: EU climate agency

Al Jazeera  

The Copernicus Climate Change Service warning comes days before nations are due to gather for crunch climate talks led by the UN. On Thursday, the Copernicus Climate Change Service said this year is also “virtually certain” to eclipse 2023 as the world’s warmest since records began. “This marks a new milestone in global temperature records and should serve as a …

Climate records keep shattering. How worried should we be?
6 months, 2 weeks ago

Climate records keep shattering. How worried should we be?

The Independent  

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Meanwhile, scientists and climate policymakers warn of the growing …

Random Forays: Climate change- understanding what we can do
6 months, 3 weeks ago

Random Forays: Climate change- understanding what we can do

Hindustan Times  

Aren’t we feeling smothered by the searing heat which has melted all previous records this summer? Though everyone cannot plant mini forests, there are organisations like Eco Sikhs which are assisting those desirous of planting volumes of trees. At the recent launch of advocate Jatinder ‘Jay’ Cheema’s book titled “Climate Change- The Policy, Law and Practice”, the aspect of individual …

The long road ahead in the battle against global warming
6 months, 3 weeks ago

The long road ahead in the battle against global warming

Hindustan Times  

As record-high temperatures and unprecedented heat waves sweep across Asia, the urgency of addressing global warming has never been clearer. This article explores the impacts of rising temperatures, evaluates the current efforts to combat global warming, and considers the need for enhanced adaptability. Global warming {{^userSubscribed}} {{/userSubscribed}} {{^userSubscribed}} {{/userSubscribed}} Countries across Asia are experiencing record-breaking temperatures and severe heat waves, …

A look at the fight against global warming
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A look at the fight against global warming

Hindustan Times  

Heatwaves pose a recurring challenge to lives across the globe, as the climate crisis intensifies and there are frequent and myriad disruptions to the global atmospheric circulation system. There is global consensus about the fact that the climate crisis is caused by human activity; and to address the challenge, countries across the globe adopted the Paris Climate Agreement at COP21 …

Poll finds fewer Americans are concerned about climate change
7 months, 2 weeks ago

Poll finds fewer Americans are concerned about climate change

Salon  

Even though humans are experiencing the hottest months in recorded human history, and scientists warn our species is living on "borrowed time," a recent poll found a notable dip in the number of people who view climate change as an urgent issue. Concern about the urgency of addressing climate change — characterizing it as "very serious" — has dropped among …

"Borrowed time": As we shatter temperature records, experts worry we're in "uncharted territory"
8 months, 1 week ago

"Borrowed time": As we shatter temperature records, experts worry we're in "uncharted territory"

Salon  

Our rapidly heating planet is regularly shattering records these days. Now the European Union's Copernicus Climate Change Service revealed that March 2024 was 1.68º C warmer than pre-industrial times, prompting one NASA scientist to warn the BBC that humanity is now in "uncharted territory." Schmidt, the director of Nasa's Goddard Institute for Space Studies, told Salon that "the long term …

Two years to save the world from climate catastrophe
8 months, 1 week ago

Two years to save the world from climate catastrophe

Live Mint  

“Two years to save the world.” As far as opening lines of speeches go, that would be dramatic in most contexts. In fact, there’s growing disquiet among climate scientists that it is possible that the rate of climate impacts may have been understated—the world seems to be heading for runaway temperature rise; and climate “tipping points” that had seemed far …

UN weather agency issues ‘red alert’ on climate change after record heat, ice-melt increases in 2023
9 months ago

UN weather agency issues ‘red alert’ on climate change after record heat, ice-melt increases in 2023

Associated Press  

GENEVA — The U.N. weather agency is sounding a “red alert” about global warming, citing record-smashing increases last year in greenhouse gases, land and water temperatures and melting of glaciers and sea ice, and is warning that the world’s efforts to reverse the trend have been inadequate. “Never have we been so close – albeit on a temporary basis at …

UN weather agency issues ‘red alert’ on climate change after record heat
9 months ago

UN weather agency issues ‘red alert’ on climate change after record heat

Al Jazeera  

The World Meteorological Organization warns there is a ‘high probability’ that 2024 will be another record-hot year. The United Nations’ weather agency is sounding a “red alert” about global warming, citing record-breaking increases last year in greenhouse gases, land and water temperatures and the melting of glaciers and sea ice. “Never have we been so close – albeit on a …

The untold story behind climate change: we've known about the crisis for a while
10 months ago

The untold story behind climate change: we've known about the crisis for a while

Hindustan Times  

There is no particular moment in history when the threat of a changing climate moved from academics to public consciousness. The report made claims that “turned out to be correct”, Naomi Oreskes, professor of history of science at Harvard University, said during a podcast, “Scientists warned about climate change in 1965. The report found resonance just a few years later, …

Earth surpassed 'doomed' 2.7F global warming limit for the first time in 2023 - which scientists say was hottest in 100,000 years
10 months, 1 week ago

Earth surpassed 'doomed' 2.7F global warming limit for the first time in 2023 - which scientists say was hottest in 100,000 years

Daily Mail  

The Earth exceeded 2.7 degrees Fahrenheit of warming in a 12-month period for the first time since scientists began recording global temperatures. Last year was the hottest year on record, and scientists suspect El Niño and global warming combined to make it the hottest year in 100,000 years. Climate predictions that came true In the late 1970s, petroleum company ExxonMobil …

24 climate predictions for 2024
11 months, 2 weeks ago

24 climate predictions for 2024

Raw Story  

This story was originally published by Grist. Naveena Sadasivam — Senior staff writer covering environmental justice and accountability ‘Greenhushing’ spreads as companies seek to dodge lawsuits Just a few years ago, splashy corporate climate promises were everywhere. But there won’t be as many misleading Kate Yoder — Staff writer examining the intersections of climate, language, history, culture, and accountability A …

Negotiators, activists and officials ramp up the urgency as climate talks enter final days
1 year ago

Negotiators, activists and officials ramp up the urgency as climate talks enter final days

The Independent  

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At COP28, pageantry is over and negotiations get intense to save a planet in peril
1 year ago

At COP28, pageantry is over and negotiations get intense to save a planet in peril

Associated Press  

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — Teams of veteran negotiators fanned out Friday at the United Nations climate conference with orders to get the strongest, most ambitious agreements possible, especially on the central issue of the fading future of fossil fuels for a dangerously warming planet. COP28 President Sultan al-Jaber said he was “quite positive, hopeful and optimistic” that the summit …

Past decade was the hottest on record as climate change ‘surged alarmingly,’ WMO reports
1 year ago

Past decade was the hottest on record as climate change ‘surged alarmingly,’ WMO reports

CNN  

CNN — The decade between 2011 and 2020 was the hottest on record for the planet’s land and oceans as the rate of climate change “surged alarmingly,” according to a new report from the World Meteorological Organization. Climate pollution from all fossil fuel types — coal, oil, and natural gas — increased around the world, the Global Carbon Project found, …

U.N. climate talks head says "no science" backs ending fossil fuels. That's incorrect
1 year ago

U.N. climate talks head says "no science" backs ending fossil fuels. That's incorrect

NPR  

U.N. climate talks head says "no science" backs ending fossil fuels. That's incorrect Enlarge this image toggle caption Kamran Jebreili/AP Kamran Jebreili/AP The head of United Nations climate talks underway in Dubai insisted incorrectly that there is no science to support phasing out fossil fuels to avoid catastrophic warming. Sponsor Message In reality, scientists warn that the only paths to …

2023 set to be hottest year ever: UN
1 year ago

2023 set to be hottest year ever: UN

The Hindu  

This year is set to be the hottest ever recorded, the UN said on November 30, demanding urgent action to rein in global warming and stem the havoc following in its wake. The UN's World Meteorological Organization warned that 2023 had shattered a whole host of climate records, with extreme weather leaving "a trail of devastation and despair". The WMO …

A climate conference hosted by an oil-rich country. That’s just one of the contradictions at the Dubai talks
1 year ago

A climate conference hosted by an oil-rich country. That’s just one of the contradictions at the Dubai talks

Associated Press  

The world is heading for considerably less warming than projected a decade ago, but that good news is overwhelmed by much more pain from current climate change than scientists anticipated, experts said. “So things aren’t as bad as they could have been or as we worried they might be 20 years ago, but they’re still far from where we need …

President Joe Biden plans to skip U.N. climate talks beginning this week in Dubai
1 year ago

President Joe Biden plans to skip U.N. climate talks beginning this week in Dubai

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden plans to skip the annual climate talks in Dubai this week, an event that is expected to draw heads of state and diplomats from roughly 200 nations and the Vatican. The White House said it was sending a climate team, including Special Envoy John Kerry, climate adviser Ali Zaidi and clean energy adviser John Podesta. …

UN chief calls for an “ambition supernova” as nations make minor progress on climate action
1 year, 1 month ago

UN chief calls for an “ambition supernova” as nations make minor progress on climate action

Associated Press  

Countries’ climate action plans are still far behind what’s needed to curb human-caused warming and limit the devastating effects of extreme heat, storms and droughts, but some nations have taken marginal steps toward slashing emissions, a United Nations analysis of national plans found Tuesday. The U.N. climate chief, Simon Stiell, urged that upcoming international climate talks in Dubai become a …

‘Every bit matters’: Six key takeaways from the latest U.S. climate report
1 year, 1 month ago

‘Every bit matters’: Six key takeaways from the latest U.S. climate report

LA Times  

The dire effects of human-caused climate change are worsening and they threaten to bring more extreme heat waves, droughts, floods and wildfires unless urgent actions are taken, scientists warned in a major national report. Efforts to adapt to climate change and curb the burning of fossil fuels have expanded since the last assessment was issued in 2018, the report says, …

Is Biden taking climate change seriously? Here's why some experts want him to declare an emergency
1 year, 1 month ago

Is Biden taking climate change seriously? Here's why some experts want him to declare an emergency

Salon  

When it comes to climate change, everything is trending in the wrong direction. "Global heating is an emergency — the greatest emergency humanity currently faces, despite ongoing public apathy — so it's incredibly foolish that President Biden still hasn't declared a climate emergency," explained Dr. Peter Kalmus, a climate scientist at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory and an associate project scientist …

Planet Earth Is On Life Support, Scientists Warn
1 year, 1 month ago

Planet Earth Is On Life Support, Scientists Warn

Huff Post  

If Earth were a human, it would already be in the emergency room. An international team of scientists on Tuesday issued a new assessment of planetary health that says the world has entered “uncharted climate territory” and that “life on planet Earth is under siege.” The report, published in the journal BioScience, found that 20 of 35 identified “vital signs” …

Climate change ‘dystopian future already here’
1 year, 3 months ago

Climate change ‘dystopian future already here’

Al Jazeera  

Climate change is causing human rights emergencies around the world, the United Nations human rights chief says, specifically highlighting Iraq’s “spiralling damage” from global warming. In view of the record global temperatures this year, Guterres last week called for much more ambition in the fight against climate change to prevent “the worst climate chaos”. At last year’s UN COP27 climate …

Editorial: Five takeaways from the first year of America’s biggest climate law
1 year, 4 months ago

Editorial: Five takeaways from the first year of America’s biggest climate law

LA Times  

President Biden drives a Cadillac Lyriq through the showroom during a tour at the Detroit Auto Show last year. One year ago, President Biden signed the Inflation Reduction Act, the nation’s most significant action yet to combat climate change. The law dedicated $369 billion to boost renewable energy production and manufacturing, help homeowners install rooftop solar panels, switch to efficient …

‘A year of extremes’: What World Meteorological Organization’s 2022 report says about the state of global climate
1 year, 8 months ago

‘A year of extremes’: What World Meteorological Organization’s 2022 report says about the state of global climate

Firstpost  

The UN agency’s 2022 report has some worrying findings about climate change that has fuelled extreme weather events. Published on Friday, the State of Global Climate 2022 report by the World Meteorological Organization makes some worrying revelations about record-high temperatures, melting glaciers and rising pollution. What have the findings of WMO’s report on the state of global climate revealed about …

The UN’s climate handbook for a ‘liveable’ future
1 year, 9 months ago

The UN’s climate handbook for a ‘liveable’ future

Al Jazeera  

Hitting the 2015 Paris Agreement temperature goals will require a massive reduction in fossil fuel use and unprecedented changes in all aspects of society, IPCC reports say. Earth is hotter than it has been in 125,000 years but deadly heatwaves, storms and floods amplified by global warming could be a foretaste as planet-heating fossil fuels put a “liveable” future at …

‘Planet in the crosshairs’: UN chief demands rapid emission cuts
1 year, 9 months ago

‘Planet in the crosshairs’: UN chief demands rapid emission cuts

Al Jazeera  

Secretary-General Antonio Guterres says the latest report by UN climate scientists ‘could not come at a more pivotal time’. The head of the United Nations called for scientists to serve up “cold hard facts” to push governments into making policies that curb climate change before a key global warming threshold is passed. In a video address to delegates, UN Secretary-General …

Editorial: 2022 brought more heat and pollution. We’re still careening toward climate disaster
1 year, 11 months ago

Editorial: 2022 brought more heat and pollution. We’re still careening toward climate disaster

LA Times  

New climate data show that 2022 was among the hottest years on record but that U.S. greenhouse gas emissions just keep rising. Another study showed the amount of heat being taken up by Earth’s oceans reached another record high last year. And it’s another stark reminder that despite some recent progress on climate policy, such as the passage of the …

The long fight against climate change deniers
2 years, 2 months ago

The long fight against climate change deniers

Al Jazeera  

A string of climate change deniers have sought to downplay the significance of global warming and humanity’s role in driving it. “He was using scientists as tools in his propaganda war,” said Stott, who specialised in identifying man-made and natural causes of climate change at the United Kingdom’s Met Office and the University of Exeter. Over time, Stott said he …

Celebrity private jets, insidious new expressions of climate change denial.
2 years, 3 months ago

Celebrity private jets, insidious new expressions of climate change denial.

Slate  

Here is a neat encapsulation of a common approach to climate denial. At a press conference on Monday, a reporter asked the coach of Paris St. Germain—one of the largest soccer clubs in the world, and funded by Qatar—about the club’s decision to take a private jet the 240 miles from Paris to Nantes. That laugh inadvertently reveals a great …

Climate disinformation leaves lasting mark as world heats
2 years, 4 months ago

Climate disinformation leaves lasting mark as world heats

Associated Press  

In 1998, as nations around the world agreed to cut carbon emissions through the Kyoto Protocol, America’s fossil fuel companies plotted their response, including an aggressive strategy to inject doubt into the public debate. there may be no moment when we can declare victory.” The memo, later leaked to The New York Times that year, went on to outline how …

UN climate chief: Don’t give in to despair on global warming
2 years, 6 months ago

UN climate chief: Don’t give in to despair on global warming

Associated Press  

BERLIN — Nations must keep up hope and focus on tackling global warming despite the many obstacles now to international cooperation — including the war in Ukraine, the coronavirus pandemic, food shortages and rising energy costs, the U.N. climate chief urged Monday. Look at what we have accomplished in the last six years.” Many of the key issues delegates gathered …

‘At a crossroads’ to a liveable future: UN report urges rapid action
2 years, 8 months ago

‘At a crossroads’ to a liveable future: UN report urges rapid action

The Independent  

Sign up to the Independent Climate email for the latest advice on saving the planet Get our free Climate email Get our free Climate email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. The UN’s Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change science body has released the third part of its sixth assessment report, …

Calls for shift from fossil fuels as UN prepares to release new climate report
2 years, 8 months ago

Calls for shift from fossil fuels as UN prepares to release new climate report

The Independent  

Sign up to the Independent Climate email for the latest advice on saving the planet Get our free Climate email Get our free Climate email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. The latest report from UN science body the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change sets out solutions needed to curb …

‘Who’s talking climate change now?’ energy producers say
2 years, 8 months ago

‘Who’s talking climate change now?’ energy producers say

Al Jazeera  

With the Russian invasion of Ukraine boosting energy costs and reducing availability, proponents are pushing back against fossil fuel eradication. It rang out at the Atlantic Council Global Energy Forum, the World Government Summit, and a UAE- OPEC Secretary-General Mohammad Sanusi Barkindo said at the upcoming UN climate talks, known as COP27, in Egypt and next year’s COP28 in the …

Editorial: Misinformation is blocking climate action, and the U.N. is finally calling it out
2 years, 9 months ago

Editorial: Misinformation is blocking climate action, and the U.N. is finally calling it out

LA Times  

A landmark U.N. climate report on the escalating effects of global warming broke new ground by finally highlighting the role of misinformation in obstructing climate action. The assessment describes an atmosphere in which public perception about climate change is continually undermined by fossil fuel interests’ peddling of false, misleading and contrarian information and its circulation through social media echo chambers; …

UN to finalize science report on how warming hits home hard
2 years, 10 months ago

UN to finalize science report on how warming hits home hard

Associated Press  

BERLIN — Scientists and governments met Monday to finalize a major U.N. report on how global warming disrupts people’s lives, their natural environment and the Earth itself. Don’t expect a flowery valentine to the planet: instead an activist group predicted “a nightmare painted in the dry language of science.” The United Nations’ Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, a collection of …

Jordan Peterson says he got his climate info from an Exxon-funded climate denir
2 years, 10 months ago

Jordan Peterson says he got his climate info from an Exxon-funded climate denir

The Independent  

Sign up to the Independent Climate email for the latest advice on saving the planet Get our free Climate email Get our free Climate email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. “And that’s a huge problem when you’re trying to model over 100 years because the errors compound just like …

Editorial: 1 in 3 Americans now ‘alarmed’ by climate change. Why aren’t our leaders?
2 years, 11 months ago

Editorial: 1 in 3 Americans now ‘alarmed’ by climate change. Why aren’t our leaders?

LA Times  

New results from a long-running public opinion survey show that about 1 in 3 Americans is now “alarmed” by global warming. The share of the U.S. adult population alarmed by global warming nearly doubled over the last five years from 18% to an all-time high of 33%, with about half of that increase occurring between December 2020 and September 2021, …

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