UN chief says Earth in ‘era of global boiling’, calls for radical action
1 year, 4 months ago

UN chief says Earth in ‘era of global boiling’, calls for radical action

Al Jazeera  

UN chief Antonio Guterres calls the intense heat across the northern hemisphere ‘terrifying’ as he calls for radical action on climate change. United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Thursday pleaded for immediate radical action on climate change, saying that record-shattering July temperatures show Earth has passed from a warming phase into an “era of global boiling”. “For the entire planet, it is a disaster,” he said, noting that “short of a mini-Ice Age over the next days, July 2023 will shatter records across the board.” “Climate change is here. ‘Existential threat’ With large swathes of the United States facing a record-breaking heatwave, President Joe Biden on Thursday called the soaring temperatures from climate change an “existential threat”.

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NOAA: 2024 temperatures set to break last year’s global record
1 week, 5 days ago

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 …

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 …

UN chief calls for action to stem ‘extreme heat epidemic’
4 months, 4 weeks ago

UN chief calls for action to stem ‘extreme heat epidemic’

Al Jazeera  

Antonio Guterres urges countries to shift away from fossil fuels to tackle the climate crisis driving extreme heat. Speaking to reporters on Thursday, Antonio Guterres said billions of people around the globe are experiencing “an extreme heat epidemic” fuelled by climate change. “Extreme heat is increasingly tearing through economies, widening inequalities, undermining the Sustainable Development Goals, and killing people,” the …

'Boiling world' should jointly fight climate change
5 months, 4 weeks ago

'Boiling world' should jointly fight climate change

China Daily  

A man transports an air cooler on a motorcycle during a heat wave in Ahmedabad, India, May 30, 2024. The rising frequency of extreme weather events including intense heat waves across the world calls for urgent measures to adapt to and mitigate climate change. Over the past ten days, more than half of the land area in the central and …

'Boiling world' should jointly fight climate change
5 months, 4 weeks ago

'Boiling world' should jointly fight climate change

China Daily  

A man transports an air cooler on a motorcycle during a heat wave in Ahmedabad, India, May 30, 2024. The rising frequency of extreme weather events including intense heat waves across the world calls for urgent measures to adapt to and mitigate climate change. Over the past ten days, more than half of the land area in the central and …

The world has been its hottest on record for 10 months straight. Scientists can't fully explain why
8 months, 2 weeks ago

The world has been its hottest on record for 10 months straight. Scientists can't fully explain why

ABC  

In short: Leading climate scientists say there is a margin to the extreme heat the world has experienced over the past year that can't be explained by global warming or known climate drivers. Leading climate scientists say there is a margin to the extreme heat the world has experienced over the past year that can't be explained by global warming …

Progress on climate change has been too slow. But it’s been real
1 year ago

Progress on climate change has been too slow. But it’s been real

Hindustan Times  

The agreement at the conference of the parties to the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change, which took place in Paris in 2015, was somewhat impotent. But it could at least lay down the law for subsequent COPs, decreeing that this year’s should see the first “global stocktake” of what had and had not been done to bring the agreement’s …

World severely off track to limit planet-heating emissions: U.N.
1 year, 1 month ago

World severely off track to limit planet-heating emissions: U.N.

The Hindu  

The world is “failing to get a grip” on climate change, the U.N. warned on November 14, as an assessment of current climate pledges shows only minor progress on reducing emissions this decade. In a report released just weeks before high-stakes climate negotiations, the United Nations climate change organisation said the world was failing to act with sufficient urgency to …

Scientifically Speaking | The heartache of climate change
1 year, 3 months ago

Scientifically Speaking | The heartache of climate change

Hindustan Times  

The summer of 2023 has entered the annals of history. As a sign of the times, I learned a new phrase – “heat dome.” According to the American Meteorological Society, a heat dome is “an exceptionally hot air mass that develops when high pressure aloft prevents warm air below from rising, thus trapping the warm air as if it were …

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 …

This summer was a global record breaker for the highest heat ever measured, meteorologists say
1 year, 3 months ago

This summer was a global record breaker for the highest heat ever measured, meteorologists say

The Hindu  

Earth has sweltered through its hottest Northern Hemisphere summer ever measured, with a record warm August capping a season of brutal and deadly temperatures, according to the World Meteorological Organization. Editorial | Mercury rising: On an ‘era of global boiling’ The world's oceans — more than 70% of the Earth's surface — were the hottest ever recorded, nearly 21 C, …

UN announces ‘climate breakdown’ after record summer heat
1 year, 3 months ago

UN announces ‘climate breakdown’ after record summer heat

Al Jazeera  

“Climate breakdown has begun”, the United Nations chief has warned as the World Meteorological Organization reported that the world went through its hottest Northern Hemisphere summer on record. The WMO, citing data from the European Union’s Copernicus Climate Change Service, said on Wednesday that last month was the the hottest August on record “by a large margin” and the second …

Mercury rising: The Hindu Editorial on the ‘era of global boiling’ remark by U.N. chief António Guterres
1 year, 4 months ago

Mercury rising: The Hindu Editorial on the ‘era of global boiling’ remark by U.N. chief António Guterres

The Hindu  

The United Nations Secretary-General, António Guterres, this week reiterated the consequences of the climate catastrophe that has enveloped the globe. Scientists from the World Meteorological Organization and the European Commission’s Copernicus Climate Change Service described conditions this month as “rather remarkable and unprecedented”, with July seeing the hottest three-week period on record. With ocean temperatures on the rise and the …

U.N. chief Antonio Guterres warns Earth in ‘era of global boiling’
1 year, 4 months ago

U.N. chief Antonio Guterres warns Earth in ‘era of global boiling’

The Hindu  

U.N. chief Antonio Guterres on July 27 pleaded for immediate radical action on climate change, saying that record-shattering July temperatures show Earth has passed from a warming phase into an “era of global boiling.” Speaking in New York, the secretary-general described the intense heat across the Northern Hemisphere as a “cruel summer.” “For the entire planet, it is a disaster,” …

UK’s 40C summer of 2022 ‘will seem cool’ as extreme weather events become frequent, Met Office warns
1 year, 4 months ago

UK’s 40C summer of 2022 ‘will seem cool’ as extreme weather events become frequent, Met Office warns

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. Read our privacy policy The sweltering 40C summer in Britain last year “will be considered cool” by the turn …

Playing with fire: We are not just breaking heat records, we are smashing them
1 year, 4 months ago

Playing with fire: We are not just breaking heat records, we are smashing them

The Independent  

The best of Voices delivered to your inbox every week - from controversial columns to expert analysis Sign up for our free weekly Voices newsletter for expert opinion and columns Sign up to our free weekly Voices newsletter SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. The frequency and intensity of recent …

Human-induced climate crisis responsible for killer heatwaves sweeping planet, scientists say
1 year, 4 months ago

Human-induced climate crisis responsible for killer heatwaves sweeping planet, scientists say

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 researchers evaluated the role of climate crisis in these extreme heat events using peer-reviewed methods, weather station data …

Iconic climate scientist James Hansen says that global heating is accelerating
1 year, 5 months ago

Iconic climate scientist James Hansen says that global heating is accelerating

Live Mint  

One of the most haunting figures in Greek mythology is Cassandra, a woman who was gifted with the power of prophecy, but also cursed that no one would believe her warnings. In 2023, as large parts of the world are either reeling from extreme heat, or drowning in extreme rainfall, and as global temperature records tumble, one of the first …

World reels from wildfires, floods as US, China discuss climate crisis
1 year, 5 months ago

World reels from wildfires, floods as US, China discuss climate crisis

Firstpost  

With scientists saying the target of keeping global warming within 1.5 degrees Celsius of pre-industrial levels is moving beyond reach, evidence of the crisis was everywhere Global temperatures headed towards alarming highs and extreme weather proliferated as the world’s two biggest polluters, China and the United States, sought on Monday to reignite climate talks. ‘VERY SCARY’ The high temperatures are …

For the third time this week, Earth sets a heat record
1 year, 5 months ago

For the third time this week, Earth sets a heat record

The Hindu  

Earth's average temperature set a new unofficial record high on July 6, the third such milestone in a week that already rated as the hottest on record. The planetary average hit 63 degrees Fahrenheit, 17.23 degrees Celsius, surpassing the 62.9 and 17.18-degree marks set on Tuesday and equalled on Wednesday, according to data from the University of Maine’s Climate Reanalyzer, …

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 …

UN chief: ‘Cold, hard facts’ should guide climate policy
1 year, 9 months ago

UN chief: ‘Cold, hard facts’ should guide climate policy

Associated Press  

BERLIN — The head of the United Nations called Monday 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. “We are nearing the point of no return; of overshooting the internationally agreed limit of 1.5 degrees Celsius of global warming.” That threshold, agreed …

‘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 …

Extreme heat is a health crisis, Columbia experts say
1 year, 9 months ago

Extreme heat is a health crisis, Columbia experts say

Associated Press  

The record-breaking heat Earth endured during the summer of 2022 will be repeated without a robust international effort to address climate change, a panel of scientists warned Monday. Radley Horton, a research professor at Columbia’s Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory, stated that human-induced climate change has caused the global average atmospheric temperature to warm by about 2 degrees in the last several …

Heatwaves are getting worse - what role does climate change play?
2 years, 3 months ago

Heatwaves are getting worse - what role does climate change play?

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. In the past 100 years, heatwaves have become hotter and more frequent across the world, according to the latest …

Editorial: Climate catastrophe is already here. What will it take for the world to act?
2 years, 9 months ago

Editorial: Climate catastrophe is already here. What will it take for the world to act?

LA Times  

A new United Nations report blares dire warnings of the escalating effects of climate change: Our planet is no longer on the brink of catastrophe; the catastrophe is well underway. In a sweeping assessment released Monday by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, scientists from across the globe found that climate change is causing “dangerous and widespread disruption” to billions …

‘Climate catastrophe’: World faces 2.7C temperature rise
3 years, 1 month ago

‘Climate catastrophe’: World faces 2.7C temperature rise

Al Jazeera  

Current commitments to cut greenhouse gas emissions put the planet on track for a “catastrophic” average 2.7-degree Celsius temperature rise this century, the United Nations has said, the latest stark warning ahead of crunch climate talks. Just days before the COP26 climate summit in the Scottish city of Glasgow, the UN’s Environment Programme said on Tuesday national plans to reduce …

UN chief urges ‘rapid’ emission cuts to curb climate change
3 years, 3 months ago

UN chief urges ‘rapid’ emission cuts to curb climate change

Associated Press  

GENEVA — The head of the United Nations called Thursday for “immediate, rapid and large-scale” cuts in greenhouse gas emissions to curb global warming and avert climate disaster. “Unless there are immediate, rapid and large-scale reductions in greenhouse gas emissions, we will be unable to limit global heating to 1.5 degrees Celsius,” said Guterres. “The consequences will be catastrophic.” In …

UN urges immediate climate action to cool 'season of fire and floods' worldwide
3 years, 3 months ago

UN urges immediate climate action to cool 'season of fire and floods' worldwide

India TV News  

The United Nations on Monday underlined the importance of limiting temperature rise to the internationally agreed goal of 1.5 degrees Celsius above pre-industrial levels. In the wake of extreme weather events increasingly impacting countries across the world, the annual UN climate conference will take place in Glasgow in November. The entire planet is going through a season of fire and …

Harrowing New UN Report Finds Humans Are The ‘Unequivocal’ Cause Of Climate Change
3 years, 4 months ago

Harrowing New UN Report Finds Humans Are The ‘Unequivocal’ Cause Of Climate Change

Huff Post  

LOADING ERROR LOADING A new United Nations report reaffirms what world governments have known and failed to deal with for decades: that climate change is our fault, is already causing devastation around the globe and will continue to get worse. SEAN DAVEY via Getty Images The lengthy document — authored by 234 scientists from 66 countries and which cites more …

UN Climate Summit in November Last Chance, Warns UK's Indian-origin Chief
3 years, 4 months ago

UN Climate Summit in November Last Chance, Warns UK's Indian-origin Chief

News 18  

Alok Sharma, the UK minister in charge of the COP26 climate summit talks in Glasgow in November, on Sunday warned that the meeting hosted by Britain later this year is the world’s last chance to get a grip on climate change. The Indian-origin Cabinet minister, who is the President-designate of the United Nations Climate Change Conference or COP26 in Glasgow …

This year’s summer of climate extremes hits wealthier places
3 years, 4 months ago

This year’s summer of climate extremes hits wealthier places

Live Mint  

As the world staggers through another summer of extreme weather, experts are noticing something different: 2021′s onslaught is hitting harder and in places that have been spared global warming’s wrath in the past. What happens with U.S. hurricane and fire seasons drives the end-of-year statistics for total damage costs of weather disasters, said Ernst Rauch, chief climate and geo scientist …

This summer’s disasters show climate change is very much ‘a rich-country problem’ now
3 years, 4 months ago

This summer’s disasters show climate change is very much ‘a rich-country problem’ now

LA Times  

A man stands under a spray of water to beat the heat at a splash park in Calgary, Alberta, in June. Canada and the Pacific Northwest of the U.S. had what climate scientist Zeke Hausfather called “scary” heat that soared well past triple digits on the thermometer, shattering records and accompanied by unusual wildfires. What happens with U.S. hurricane and …

Leaked UN draft report warns of accelerating climate devastation
3 years, 6 months ago

Leaked UN draft report warns of accelerating climate devastation

Al Jazeera  

Devastating climate effects from unliveable heat to more widespread disease are accelerating and will become obvious within 30 years, draft UN report says. That goal is enshrined in the 2015 Paris Agreement, adopted by nearly 200 nations which pledged to collectively cap warming at “well below” two degrees Celsius – and 1.5 degrees if possible. But the UN draft report …

Climate Change Tracker: The world is heating up faster than we thought
3 years, 11 months ago

Climate Change Tracker: The world is heating up faster than we thought

Live Mint  

Earlier this year, the World Meteorological Organization’s United In Science report had warned that between 2020-2024, there may be one or more months in which the world would breach the 1.5 degree Celsius heat barrier. That was a serious wake-up call, since the United Nations-led global effort, under the Paris Agreement, is to limit global temperature rise to 2 degree …

Climate change makes freak Siberian heat 600 times likelier
4 years, 5 months ago

Climate change makes freak Siberian heat 600 times likelier

Associated Press  

Nearly impossible without man-made global warming, this year’s freak Siberian heat wave is producing climate change’s most flagrant footprint of extreme weather, a new flash study says. They found that without climate change the type of prolonged heat that hit Siberia would happen once in 80,000 years, “effectively impossible without human influence,” said study lead author Andrew Ciavarella, a scientist …

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