Warning of ‘global catastrophe,’ U.N. says climate change measures are ‘highly inadequate’
2 years, 1 month ago

Warning of ‘global catastrophe,’ U.N. says climate change measures are ‘highly inadequate’

LA Times  

The world, especially richer carbon-emitting nations, remains “far behind” and is not doing nearly enough — nor even promising to do enough — to reach any of the global goals limiting future warming, a United Nations report said. “The report confirms the utterly glacial pace of climate action, despite the looming precipice of climate tipping points we’re approaching,” said climate scientist Bill Hare, head of Climate Analytics, which examines what countries are promising and doing about carbon emissions. World Meteorological Organization Secretary-General Petteri Taalas said the U.N. weather agency has calculated a 50% chance that the world will likely hit the 1.5-degree Celsius mark temporarily in the next five years, and “in the next decade we’d be there on a more permanent basis.” “We’re sliding from climate crisis to climate disaster,” Andersen said in a Thursday news conference. An action gap.” “We’re failing by winning too slowly,” said Stanford climate scientist Rob Jackson, who chairs the independent Global Carbon Project, which tracks carbon dioxide emissions around the world but wasn’t part of the U.N. report. Both Turkey and Russia’s targets for 2030 have higher pollution levels than current policies project, and using their projections would make the G-20 emissions gap artificially low, the report said.

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Biden, on his way out, sets ‘ambitious’ climate goal: Cut US greenhouse gas emissions by over 60%
5 days, 22 hours ago

Biden, on his way out, sets ‘ambitious’ climate goal: Cut US greenhouse gas emissions by over 60%

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden is pledging to cut U.S. greenhouse gas emissions by more than 60% by 2035 as he fights to ensure his legacy on slowing global warming, even as President-elect Donald Trump vows to undo much of Biden’s climate work when he takes office next month. “And I believe that with this new 2035 target as their …

2024 on its way to being the hottest year ever, break record set in 2023
2 weeks, 2 days ago

2024 on its way to being the hottest year ever, break record set in 2023

India Today  

2024 is set to become the hottest year on record, with global temperatures expected to remain elevated into early 2025. This alarming prediction from European Union's Copernicus Climate Change Service follows a series of extreme weather events worldwide, including severe droughts, floods, and heatwaves that have wreaked havoc across multiple continents. C3S reported that from January to November 2024, average …

Climate myopia: This year’s CoP was a big disappointment but small surprise
2 weeks, 6 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 …

Earth’s projected warming hasn’t improved for 3 years. UN climate talks are still pushing
1 month, 1 week ago

Earth’s projected warming hasn’t improved for 3 years. UN climate talks are still pushing

Associated Press  

BAKU, Azerbaijan — For the third straight year, efforts to fight climate change haven’t lowered projections for how hot the world is likely to get — even as countries gather for another round of talks to curb warming, according to an analysis Thursday. “Fossil fuels and emissions are not peaking,” said Sherry Rehman, chair of climate and environment committee in …

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 …

UN asks developed world to help developing countries in climate fight
1 month, 1 week ago

UN asks developed world to help developing countries in climate fight

China Daily  

Participants walk past the hashtag COP29 logo on the opening day of the UNFCCC COP29 Climate Conference on November 11, 2024 in Baku, Azerbaijan. Warning of a grim global warming situation, United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres expressed high expectation to see developed countries beef up their support for developing economies, who disproportionately suffer the consequences of the climate crisis. Climate …

The world has ALREADY exceeded the critical 1.5°C warming threshold, study warns - and scientists say time is running out to curb climate change
1 month, 1 week ago

The world has ALREADY exceeded the critical 1.5°C warming threshold, study warns - and scientists say time is running out to curb climate change

Daily Mail  

Time may be running out to curb climate change, scientists have warned - as new data reveals that the critical 1.5°C threshold has already been reached. Scientists say that a new method for attributing human-caused climate change shows that the 1.5°C limit laid out in the Paris Agreement has already been passed This comes after scientists from the Copernicus Climate …

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

Earth on track for hottest year in recorded history, passing critical 1.5º warming threshold
1 month, 2 weeks ago

Earth on track for hottest year in recorded history, passing critical 1.5º warming threshold

Salon  

The Copernicus Climate Change Service, a European Union organization that monitors global heating, announced on Thursday that the year 2024 will be 1.5 degrees Celsius warmer than pre-industrial levels. "This marks a new milestone in global temperature records and should serve as a catalyst to raise ambition for the upcoming Climate Change Conference, COP29.” "This latest record sends another stark …

Cause and Effect | Climate commitments continue to miss key targets of the Paris Agreement: NDC synthesis report
1 month, 2 weeks ago

Cause and Effect | Climate commitments continue to miss key targets of the Paris Agreement: NDC synthesis report

Hindustan Times  

The latest Nationally Determined Contributions synthesis report reveals a stark reality. NDCs are national climate action plans updated every five years by countries to align with the Paris Agreement, which seeks to limit global temperature rise to well below 2°C, ideally to 1.5°C. While the broad participation in the NDC process — with 168 latest NDCs representing 195 Parties and …

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 …

The world is “miles short” of its target to limit climate change, UN reports
1 month, 3 weeks ago

The world is “miles short” of its target to limit climate change, UN reports

Salon  

For the world to achieve net-zero carbon emissions by 2050, the 200 countries who signed the Paris climate agreement must hit a target of 43% reduction by 2030. Yet according to a recent report by the United Nations agency tasked with tackling global warming, the planet is currently on track to just hit a measly 2.6% reduction in carbon emissions. …

World is on track for a ‘catastrophic’ rise in temperature, UN report says
1 month, 3 weeks ago

World is on track for a ‘catastrophic’ rise in temperature, UN report says

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 world is on track for a “catastrophic” 3.1 degrees Celsius of global warming over …

'We're playing with fire': World on track for 'catastrophic' 3.1°C of warming
1 month, 4 weeks ago

'We're playing with fire': World on track for 'catastrophic' 3.1°C of warming

Raw Story  

The world's nations must commit to dramatically slashing greenhouse gas emissions in the near future or risk a "catastrophic" rise in global average temperatures, a key United Nations climate report published Thursday warned. "It is still technically possible to meet the 1.5°C goal" set out in the Paris agreement, "but only with a G20-led massive global mobilization to cut all …

Global warming will be TWICE as bad as predicted: Earth is on track for 'catastrophic' 3.1°C of warming this century, the UN warns
2 months ago

Global warming will be TWICE as bad as predicted: Earth is on track for 'catastrophic' 3.1°C of warming this century, the UN warns

Daily Mail  

The world is on track for a 'catastrophic' 3.1°C of global warming by the end of this century, the UN has warned. The world is on track for a 'catastrophic' 3.1°C of global warming by the end of this century, the UN has warned The UN warned the world was currently on track for temperature rises of 2.6°C to 3.1°C, …

World on pace for significantly more warming without immediate climate action, report warns
2 months ago

World on pace for significantly more warming without immediate climate action, report warns

The Independent  

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How is the world doing on climate change? Not great
2 months ago

How is the world doing on climate change? Not great

NPR  

How is the world doing on climate change? Global greenhouse gas emissions rose to a new record in 2023, and if countries do not change course, the world will see warming of more than 5.5 degrees Fahrenheit by the end of the century. That would blow past the targets set in the 2015 Paris climate agreement: Countries have agreed to …

Climate Crisis: World Paying a Terrifying Price for Inaction, UN Warns
2 months ago

Climate Crisis: World Paying a Terrifying Price for Inaction, UN Warns

Al Jazeera  

UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has warned that current climate policies will result in global warming of more than 3 degrees Celsius (5.4 degrees Fahrenheit) by the end of the century. The report also finds that the world faces as much as 3.1C (5.6F) of warming above pre-industrial levels by 2100 if governments do not take greater action on slashing planet-warming …

Top climate negotiators urge tougher targets, but outsiders say they aren’t cutting back themselves
2 months, 4 weeks ago

Top climate negotiators urge tougher targets, but outsiders say they aren’t cutting back themselves

Associated Press  

UNITED NATIONS — A trio of leaders of international climate negotiations on Thursday urged colleagues to step up efforts to fight global warming, but outside groups and endangered nations told those leaders to look in the mirror, take their own advice — and stop pumping out fossil fuels. The world’s current targets are pointing to 2.7 degrees Celsius of warming …

Can we avoid 1.5º of global warming? Probably not and our best case scenario is 1.6º, scientists say
4 months ago

Can we avoid 1.5º of global warming? Probably not and our best case scenario is 1.6º, scientists say

Salon  

When almost 200 nations signed the Paris climate agreement in 2015, they pledged to keep Earth's average temperature to no greater than 1.5 degrees Celsius above pre-industrial levels. The scientists learned that even within all but the most ambitious projections regarding limiting greenhouse gas emissions, humans still fail to fall below the 1.6 degrees Celsius threshold. Speaking to Salon last …

Four in five people want more climate action, UN poll finds
6 months ago

Four in five people want more climate action, UN poll finds

Al Jazeera  

Biggest survey of its kind polled 75,000, finding that majority want quick transition from fossil fuels to clean energy. Four in five people want their countries to ramp up efforts in the fight against climate change, according to a United Nations survey billed as the largest yet on the issue. “As world leaders decide on the next round of pledges …

'Climate hell': Earth experiences 12 months of record-breaking heat
6 months, 2 weeks ago

'Climate hell': Earth experiences 12 months of record-breaking heat

India Today  

In a dire warning about the rapidly escalating climate crisis, the United Nations has sounded the alarm over a "shocking" new milestone - the planet has endured an unprecedented 12 consecutive months of record-breaking heat. Guterres placed much of the blame squarely on the fossil fuel industry, accusing "the Godfathers of climate chaos" of raking in record profits while deceiving …

The long road ahead in the battle against global warming
6 months, 4 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
6 months, 4 weeks ago

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 …

A look at the fight against global warming
6 months, 4 weeks ago

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 …

Countries’ carbon removal plans not enough for 1.5C warming limit, study warns
7 months, 3 weeks ago

Countries’ carbon removal plans not enough for 1.5C warming limit, study 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. Scientists have taken the UN’s approach of assessing the “emissions gap” between national climate protection plans and what is …

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 …

Data Munching | The numbers don’t lie: the Earth is warming, and rapidly
10 months, 1 week ago

Data Munching | The numbers don’t lie: the Earth is warming, and rapidly

Hindustan Times  

Earth is running a fever, and the latest temperature readings aren’t offering much comfort. Last week, climate data released by Europe’s Copernicus Climate Change Service, better known as C3S, presented another warning about the impending climate crisis hovering over humanity — for the first time in recorded human history, 12 consecutive months saw temperatures 1.5 degrees Celsius hotter than pre-industrial …

First time world exceeds 1.5C warming limit over 12-month period
10 months, 2 weeks ago

First time world exceeds 1.5C warming limit over 12-month period

Al Jazeera  

EU monitors report comes as NASA launches climate satellite to survey oceans and atmosphere in never-before-seen detail. For the first time on record, global warming has exceeded temperatures of 1.5 degrees Celsius over a 12-month period, European climate monitors have said, in what scientists called a “warning to humanity”. The European Union’s Copernicus Climate Change Service reported the run of …

Will declaration on fossil fuels at UN climate talks lead to action? Consider 5 previous decisions
1 year ago

Will declaration on fossil fuels at UN climate talks lead to action? Consider 5 previous decisions

Associated Press  

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — United Nations climate negotiators on Wednesday declared the world must transition away from oil, gas and coal, a significant decision by nearly 200 countries in nearly 30 years of climate talks. THE PARIS AGREEMENT It wasn’t until 2015 that a global pact to fight climate change was adopted by nearly 200 nations, which called on …

Climate change: The 1.5C threshold explained
1 year ago

Climate change: The 1.5C threshold explained

BBC  

Climate change: The 1.5C threshold explained Getty Images As well as rapidly reducing emissions, societies will need to adapt to the immense challenges of a world at 1.5C warming As leaders gather at COP28 in Dubai to discuss the climate crisis and negotiate how the world will address it, we consider one of the most important numbers in climate change: …

Emissions Gap report: ‘World to warm by nearly 3°C without aggressive action’
1 year, 1 month ago

Emissions Gap report: ‘World to warm by nearly 3°C without aggressive action’

The Hindu  

Countries’ current emissions pledges to limit climate change would still put the world on track to warm by nearly 3 degrees Celsius this century, according to a United Nations analysis released on November 20, 2023. The annual Emissions Gap report, which assesses countries’ promises to tackle climate change compared with what is needed, finds the world faces between 2.5°C and …

Earth to warm up to 2.9C even with current climate pledges: UN
1 year, 1 month ago

Earth to warm up to 2.9C even with current climate pledges: UN

Al Jazeera  

UN warns world ‘out of road’ for limiting warming to 1.5C ahead of COP28 meeting in Dubai. The world’s emissions-cutting pledges are nowhere near enough to curb the effects of climate change, with Earth on track for warming a potentially catastrophic 2.9C this century, the United Nations has warned. Time to ‘step up’ The 2015 Paris Agreement saw countries agree …

UN report says world is racing to well past warming limit as carbon emissions rise instead of plunge
1 year, 1 month ago

UN report says world is racing to well past warming limit as carbon emissions rise instead of plunge

Associated Press  

Earth is speeding to 2.5 to 2.9 degrees Celsius of global warming since pre-industrial times, set to blow well past the agreed-upon international climate threshold, a United Nations report calculated. The United States’ Inflation Reduction Act, which has $375 billion in spending on clean energy, by 2030 would reduce yearly emissions of carbon dioxide by about 1 billion metric tons, …

World failing to get a grip on the climate crisis, says UN chief on new report
1 year, 1 month ago

World failing to get a grip on the climate crisis, says UN chief on new report

Hindustan Times  

NEW DELHI: Even if nations meet all of their current climate commitments, submitted as nationally determined contributions under the Paris Agreement, the 1.5 degrees C global warming threshold will be breached, a new UN report said on Tuesday. FILE The world is off track in its efforts to curb global warming, a new international report calculates The report flagged that …

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 …

‘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, …

Window for stopping global warming above 1.5C ‘rapidly closing’
1 year, 1 month ago

Window for stopping global warming above 1.5C ‘rapidly closing’

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 carbon budget for stopping the Earth heating 1.5C above pre-industrial levels could run out …

Developed countries to overshoot carbon emissions goal: study
1 year, 1 month ago

Developed countries to overshoot carbon emissions goal: study

The Hindu  

In the run-up to a key global climate summit, an analysis shows that developed countries — responsible for three-fourths of existing carbon emissions in the atmosphere — will end up emitting 38% more carbon in 2030 than they have committed to, going by current trajectories, In fact, 83% of this overshoot will be caused by the United States, Russia, and …

Countries asked to slash cooling emissions by 68% by 2050
1 year, 2 months ago

Countries asked to slash cooling emissions by 68% by 2050

The Hindu  

With climate warming leading to more air conditioning use worldwide, dozens of countries including China, India and the United States are being asked to commit to a global pledge that would require at least a 68% reduction in cooling-related emissions by 2050, sources told Reuters. The pledge, which would mark the world's first collective focus on energy emissions from the …

Opinion: Climate change isn’t just about emissions. We’re ignoring a huge part of the fight
1 year, 2 months ago

Opinion: Climate change isn’t just about emissions. We’re ignoring a huge part of the fight

LA Times  

Last month, we heard yet again about the need to stop global warming at about 1.5 degrees centigrade above preindustrial levels. A national adaptation and resilience strategy would help states, in addition to the federal government, set goals for the right spending to ensure effective adaptation while also aggressively cutting emissions. For example, because the climate can change in unexpected …

Pope challenges leaders at United Nations talks to slow global warming before it's too late
1 year, 2 months ago

Pope challenges leaders at United Nations talks to slow global warming before it's too late

The Hindu  

Pope Francis challenged world leaders on October 4 to commit to binding targets to slow climate change before it’s too late, warning that God’s increasingly warming creation is fast reaching a “point of no return.” In an update to his landmark 2015 encyclical on the environment, Pope heightened the alarm about the “irreversible” harm to people and planet already under …

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 …

U.N. says more needed 'on all fronts' to meet climate goals
1 year, 3 months ago

U.N. says more needed 'on all fronts' to meet climate goals

The Hindu  

The world is not on target to curb global warming and more action is needed on all fronts, the United Nations warned on Friday, in the run-up to crucial international talks aimed at stemming the climate crisis. "The Paris Agreement has driven near-universal climate action by setting goals and sending signals to the world regarding the urgency of responding to …

UN report says the world is way off track to curb global warming, but offers ways to fix that
1 year, 3 months ago

UN report says the world is way off track to curb global warming, but offers ways to fix that

Associated Press  

With the world far off track on its 2015 pledge to curb global warming, a new United Nations report central to upcoming climate negotiations details how quickly and deeply energy and financial systems must change to get back on a safer path. To get there, the report said, “the phase-out of unabated fossil fuels is required,” using a phrase international …

UN report says the world is way off track to curb global warming, but offers ways to fix that
1 year, 3 months ago

UN report says the world is way off track to curb global warming, but offers ways to fix that

The Independent  

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‘Much more needed’ to achieve Paris climate goals: UN report
1 year, 3 months ago

‘Much more needed’ to achieve Paris climate goals: UN report

Al Jazeera  

UN says world is not on track to meet the long-term goals of the Paris Agreement, including capping global warming at 1.5 degrees Celsius. “Yet the world is not on track to meet the long-term goals of the Paris Agreement.” According to the report, there was a “rapidly narrowing window” to implement existing commitments to limit global warming to 1.5 …

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 …

G20 environment meeting ends without agreement on climate crisis
1 year, 4 months ago

G20 environment meeting ends without agreement on climate crisis

Al Jazeera  

No consensus reached on key points, including curbing emissions and scaling up renewable energy, despite record temperatures and wildfires across the globe. He said it showed G20 countries, which account for up to 80 percent of global greenhouses emissions, were “nowhere” on their commitments to address climate change. “We were asked to make bold choices, to demonstrate courage, commitment and …

Climate Clock ticks down: Five years left to limit temperature rise to 1.5C
1 year, 5 months ago

Climate Clock ticks down: Five years left to limit temperature rise to 1.5C

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 so-called “Climate Clock” looming over New York’s Union Square passed a critical milestone on …

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