World on ‘thin ice’ as UN climate report gives stark warning
1 year, 9 months ago

World on ‘thin ice’ as UN climate report gives stark warning

Associated Press  

BERLIN — Humanity still has a chance, close to the last, to prevent the worst of climate change’s future harms, a top United Nations panel of scientists said Monday. After 1.5 degrees “the risks are starting to pile on,” said report co-author Francis X. Johnson, a climate, land and policy scientist at the Stockholm Environment Institute. If current consumption and production patterns continue, Lee said, “the global average 1.5 degrees temperature increase will be seen sometime in this decade.” Scientists emphasize that the world or humanity won’t end suddenly if Earth passes the 1.5 degree mark. Mukherji said “it’s not as if it’s a cliff that we all fall off.” But an earlier IPCC report detailed how the harms — including even nastier extreme weather — are much worse beyond 1.5 degrees of warming. “It is certainly prudent to be planning for a future that’s warmer than 1.5 degrees,” said IPCC report review editor Steven Rose, an economist at the Electric Power Research Institute in the United States.

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Scientists sound alarm about terrifying ocean event that could bring global devastation
3 weeks ago

Scientists sound alarm about terrifying ocean event that could bring global devastation

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. New research from the University of New South Wales is warning that the impact of that water could make …

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 …

'Serious risk' of vital ocean current collapse by 2100, warn scientists
1 month, 4 weeks ago

'Serious risk' of vital ocean current collapse by 2100, warn scientists

Raw Story  

A group of 44 climate scientists from 15 different countries warn there is a "serious risk" that soaring global temperatures will trigger the "catastrophic" collapse of a crucial system of ocean currents—and possibly sooner than established estimates considered likely. "Given that the outcome would be catastrophic and impacting the entire world for centuries to come, we believe more needs to …

World on pace for significantly more warming without immediate climate action, report warns
1 month, 4 weeks ago

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

The Independent  

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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 …

The planet is dangerously close to this climate threshold. Here’s what 1.5°C really means
10 months, 3 weeks ago

The planet is dangerously close to this climate threshold. Here’s what 1.5°C really means

LA Times  

The alarm bells are loud and clear. With a global average temperature of 58.96 degrees, Earth in 2023 was within striking distance of a dangerous limit: 2.7 degrees of warming over the preindustrial period, or 1.5 degrees Celsius, according to the European Union’s Copernicus Climate Change Service. “At this point, it is really difficult to see a path to keeping …

On the cusp of climate talks, UN chief Guterres visits crucial Antarctica
1 year, 1 month ago

On the cusp of climate talks, UN chief Guterres visits crucial Antarctica

The Hindu  

On the cusp of the COP28 climate talks, U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres visited frozen but rapidly melting Antarctica and said Thursday that intense action must be taken at the conference where countries will address their commitments to lowering emissions of planet-warming gases. He described the U.N. climate change conference that begins in Dubai next week as an opportunity for nations …

A rapidly melting Antarctica gets the attention of UN chief ahead of COP28 climate talks
1 year, 1 month ago

A rapidly melting Antarctica gets the attention of UN chief ahead of COP28 climate talks

Associated Press  

KING GEORGE ISLAND, Antarctica — On the cusp of the COP28 climate talks, U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres visited frozen but rapidly melting Antarctica and said Thursday that intense action must be taken at the conference where countries will address their commitments to lowering emissions of planet-warming gases. He described the U.N. climate change conference that begins in Dubai next week …

Even frozen Antarctica is being walloped by climate extremes, scientists find
1 year, 4 months ago

Even frozen Antarctica is being walloped by climate extremes, scientists find

LA Times  

Penguins walk on the shore of Bahia Almirantazgo in Antarctica on Jan. 27, 2015. The continent “is not a static giant frozen in time,” they said, but instead feels climate change’s wrath and extremes “sporadically and unpredictably.” Anna Hogg, a co-author on the paper and professor at the University of Leeds, said that their work illustrates complex and connected changes …

Global warming rate speeds up at 0.2 degrees celsius per decade, scientists warn
1 year, 6 months ago

Global warming rate speeds up at 0.2 degrees celsius per decade, scientists warn

Hindustan Times  

Record-high greenhouse gas emissions and diminishing air pollution have caused an unparalleled acceleration in global warming, 50 top scientists warned Thursday in a sweeping climate science update. From 2013 to 2022, "human-induced warming has been increasing at an unprecedented rate of over 0.2 degrees Celsius per decade," they reported in a peer-reviewed study aimed at policymakers. World leaders will be …

Current climate path will lead to collapse of life on Earth, say scientists
1 year, 7 months ago

Current climate path will lead to collapse of life on Earth, say scientists

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 Failing to limit the global temperature to 1.5C above pre-industrial levels could trigger tipping points …

Global warming now more likely to breach 1.5°C threshold by 2027, scientists warn
1 year, 7 months ago

Global warming now more likely to breach 1.5°C threshold by 2027, scientists warn

The Hindu  

For the first time ever, global temperatures are now more likely than not to breach 1.5°C of warming within the next five years, the World Meteorological Organization said on May 17. With a 66% chance of temporarily reaching 1.5°C by 2027, "it's the first time in history that it's more likely than not that we will exceed 1.5°C," said Adam …

Flirting with climate danger: UN forecasts 2 in 3 chance of briefly hitting key heat limit soon
1 year, 7 months ago

Flirting with climate danger: UN forecasts 2 in 3 chance of briefly hitting key heat limit soon

The Independent  

The latest headlines from our reporters across the US sent straight to your inbox each weekday Your briefing on the latest headlines from across the US Your briefing on the latest headlines from across the US SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy There’s a two-out-of-three chance …

World’s scientists say 1.5C still achievable but ‘humanity on thin ice’
1 year, 9 months ago

World’s scientists say 1.5C still achievable but ‘humanity on thin ice’

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 After five years of meetings, reports and debate, the world’s scientific community has delivered an …

World on ‘thin ice’: U.N. climate report gives stark warning
1 year, 9 months ago

World on ‘thin ice’: U.N. climate report gives stark warning

LA Times  

Humanity still has a chance, close to the last, to prevent the worst of climate change’s future harms, a top United Nations panel of scientists said Monday. After 1.5 degrees “the risks are starting to pile on,” said report co-author Francis X. Johnson, a climate, land and policy scientist at the Stockholm Environment Institute. If current consumption and production patterns …

The state of the climate in 2023
1 year, 9 months ago

The state of the climate in 2023

BBC  

The state of the climate in 2023 Ina Fassbender / Getty Images A total of 28 countries experienced their warmest year on record in 2022, including the UK, Germany and China In the last few years, the world has experienced extreme weather, record temperatures and rapid ice melt. "You don't need the hottest year globally ever to experience the hottest …

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 …

Climate Change: Why we could see a terrible rise in global temperatures in just 50 years
1 year, 10 months ago

Climate Change: Why we could see a terrible rise in global temperatures in just 50 years

Live Mint  

The United Nations’ international body on climate science, the IPCC, is easily the most authoritative institution on global heating. While it can be suspected that the intricacies of international consensus could have more than a little to do with this, the fact remains that even the most conservative estimates state that the world is fast running out of time to …

UN weather report: Climate woes bad and getting worse faster
2 years, 1 month ago

UN weather report: Climate woes bad and getting worse faster

Associated Press  

SHARM EL-SHEIKH, Egypt — Earth’s warming weather and rising seas are getting worse and doing so faster than before, the World Meteorological Organization warned Sunday in a somber note as world leaders started gathering for international climate negotiations. “The latest State of the Global Climate report is a chronicle of climate chaos,” United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said. “We must …

Climate pledges still nowhere near enough for 1.5C, says UN
2 years, 1 month ago

Climate pledges still nowhere near enough for 1.5C, says UN

Live Mint  

The world's current climate pledges are far off track to limit temperature rises to 1.5 degrees Celsius and will steer a world already wracked by increasing floods, heatwaves and storms towards "catastrophic" warming, the UN said Wednesday. "We are still nowhere near the scale and pace of emission reductions required to put us on track toward a 1.5 degrees Celsius …

UN sums up climate science: world heading in wrong direction
2 years, 3 months ago

UN sums up climate science: world heading in wrong direction

Associated Press  

GENEVA — With weather disasters costing $200 million a day and irreversible climate catastrophe looming, the world is “heading in the wrong direction,” the United Nations says in a new report that pulls together the latest science on climate change. “This year’s United in Science report shows climate impacts heading into uncharted territories of destruction.” “Yet each year we double-down …

Climate Change: World on the brink of five tipping points
2 years, 3 months ago

Climate Change: World on the brink of five tipping points

Live Mint  

One of the gravest dangers of human-made climate change, as we are witnessing across the world today, is that of the world passing several ‘tipping points’. In this regard, the global study’s title says it all: Exceeding 1.5°C Global Warming Could Trigger Multiple Climate Tipping Points. It synthesizes current scientific evidence to analyse 16 global climate tipping points, which would …

World has 50-50 chance of hitting 1.5C mark soon: U.N.
2 years, 7 months ago

World has 50-50 chance of hitting 1.5C mark soon: U.N.

The Hindu  

Global temperatures have a 48 per cent chance of reaching 1.5 degrees above pre-industrial levels at least once within the next five years, according to new findings from the World Meteorological Organization. Rapidly warming planet While WMO scientists said that any surge over 1.5 degrees Celsius may be temporary, there is a clear trend towards rising temperature. In the five …

There’s a 50:50 chance the planet will pass the 1.5C warming threshold in the next 5 years
2 years, 7 months ago

There’s a 50:50 chance the planet will pass the 1.5C warming threshold in the next 5 years

CNN  

CNN — There’s now a 50:50 chance that the world will surpass a critical threshold of 1.5 degrees Celsius of global warming in the next five years, a new World Meteorological Organization report shows, warning of heating that could have devastating impacts on systems like coral reefs as well as Arctic ice. “This study shows – with a high level …

Earth given 50-50 chance of hitting key warming mark by 2026
2 years, 7 months ago

Earth given 50-50 chance of hitting key warming mark by 2026

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. Read our privacy policy The world is creeping closer …

Earth given 50-50 chance of hitting key warming mark by 2026
2 years, 7 months ago

Earth given 50-50 chance of hitting key warming mark by 2026

Associated Press  

The world is creeping closer to the warming threshold international agreements are trying to prevent, with nearly a 50-50 chance that Earth will temporarily hit that temperature mark within the next five years, teams of meteorologists across the globe predicted. With human-made climate change continuing, there’s a 48% chance that the globe will reach a yearly average of 1.5 degrees …

Earth given 50-50 chance of hitting key warming mark by 2026, report says
2 years, 7 months ago

Earth given 50-50 chance of hitting key warming mark by 2026, report says

LA Times  

The world is creeping closer to the warming threshold international agreements are trying to prevent, with nearly a 50-50 chance that Earth will temporarily hit that temperature mark within the next five years, teams of meteorologists across the globe predicted. With human-made climate change continuing, there’s a 48% chance that the globe will reach a yearly average of 1.5 degrees …

‘Delay means death’: New climate report issues stark warnings
2 years, 9 months ago

‘Delay means death’: New climate report issues stark warnings

Al Jazeera  

World has a ‘brief and rapidly closing window’ to stem the worst effects of climate change, latest UN report warns. Climate change is likely going to make the world sicker, hungrier, poorer and way more dangerous by 2040 with an “unavoidable” increase in risks, and there remained only “a brief and rapidly closing window of opportunity to secure a liveable …

This is what the world looks like if we pass the crucial 1.5-degree climate threshold
3 years, 1 month ago

This is what the world looks like if we pass the crucial 1.5-degree climate threshold

NPR  

This is what the world looks like if we pass the crucial 1.5-degree climate threshold Enlarge this image toggle caption Branden Eastwood/AFP via Getty Images Branden Eastwood/AFP via Getty Images There's one number heard more than any other from the podiums at the United Nations climate summit in Glasgow, Scotland: 1.5 degrees Celsius. By limiting the planet's warming to 1.5 …

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 …

Climate change: 1.5°C warming target could be ‘catastrophic’ for health, 230 journals say
3 years, 3 months ago

Climate change: 1.5°C warming target could be ‘catastrophic’ for health, 230 journals say

CNN  

CNN — Human health is already being harmed by the climate crisis, and the impacts could become catastrophic and irreversible unless governments do much more to address global warming, the editors of more than 230 medical journals said in a joint editorial Monday. It warned that an increase of global average temperatures of 1.5°C above pre-industrial levels and the loss …

There’s a Silver Lining in the Extremely Bleak New Climate Report
54 years, 11 months ago

There’s a Silver Lining in the Extremely Bleak New Climate Report

Slate  

The United Nations’ climate change research group issued a new report on Monday with an unequivocal finding: We’re in deep trouble. The worldwide cohort of 234 scientists who contributed to the report stated that humans are “unequivocally” responsible for this state of affairs, which will affect “all regions” of the globe—including supposedly climate-friendly cities—by hastening the frequency of heat waves, …

UN Climate Change Report: 'It’s going to get worse...nowhere to run, nowhere to hide'
3 years, 4 months ago

UN Climate Change Report: 'It’s going to get worse...nowhere to run, nowhere to hide'

India TV News  

UN Climate Change Report: Earth’s climate is getting so hot that temperatures in about a decade will probably blow past a level of warming that world leaders have sought to prevent, according to a report released Monday that the United Nations calls a “code red for humanity.” “It’s just guaranteed that it’s going to get worse,” said report co-author Linda …

Humanity is facing a climate emergency agrees 1.2 million people globally according to UN survey
3 years, 10 months ago

Humanity is facing a climate emergency agrees 1.2 million people globally according to UN survey

Firstpost  

Nearly 75 percent of residents in small island states — facing the prospect of losing their homelands to rising seas — perceived the climate threat as an emergency. Nearly two-thirds of 1.2 million people polled worldwide say humanity faces a climate emergency, according to a UN survey, the largest of its kind ever undertaken. “And the large majority of those …

UN chief denounces ‘suicidal’ failure to tackle climate change
4 years ago

UN chief denounces ‘suicidal’ failure to tackle climate change

Al Jazeera  

Antonio Guterres says recovery from the coronavirus pandemic could be humanity’s chance for a reset to save the planet. United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has denounced a “suicidal” failure to tackle climate change and said recovery from the coronavirus pandemic could be humanity’s chance for a reset to save Earth. “COVID recovery and our planet’s repair must be two sides …

Climate won’t warm as much as we feared, but will cross the limits we've set, scientists say
4 years, 5 months ago

Climate won’t warm as much as we feared, but will cross the limits we've set, scientists say

Firstpost  

Researchers explain why relaxed efforts against carbon emissions will not avoid substantial warming. Scientists study this in terms of “equilibrium climate sensitivity” – the temperature rise for a sustained doubling of carbon dioxide concentrations. If equilibrium climate sensitivity lies at the low end of the range, climate change might be manageable with relatively relaxed national policies. For example, the 2013 …

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