Global Warming

Scientists found that CO2 emissions from fossil fuels will be 1.1 percent higher in 2025 than a year ago. Photo: Olivier MORIN / AFP/File Source: AFP Global fossil fuel emissions are set to hit a new high in 2025, according to research published Thursday that also warns curbing warming under…

November 12, 2025 3 min read Climate Action Is Slow—But It Will Still Curb Extreme Heat Ten years after the Paris climate agreement, the limited progress we’ve made in reducing global warming means that there will be less extreme heat in the future than there would be without the accord…

Nearly 18,000 kilometers from the sleepy town of Arayat in the Philippines, the United Nations’ annual climate change conference has descended on the city of Belem, deep in the Amazonian heartland of Brazil. Many of the thousands of delegates to COP30 likely won’t be familiar with Arayat, in a province…

The ocean is losing its greenness, a new study has found: Global chlorophyll concentration, a proxy for phytoplankton biomass, declined over the past two decades, especially in coastal areas. Phytoplankton are the base of the marine food web, supporting fisheries and broader ecosystems, so their decline could have far-reaching implications,…

Last Updated: November 10, 2025, 10:25 IST COP30 opens in Brazil’s Belém, where nearly 200 nations will debate whether the world can still meet its pledge to curb global warming The world’s biggest annual climate meeting, the 30th Conference of the Parties, or COP30, begins today in Belém, Brazil. (AP…

WASHINGTON (AP) — Near the end of his first term, President Donald Trump signed into law a bill that aimed to reduce harmful, planet-warming pollutants emitted by refrigerators and air conditioners. The bipartisan measure brought environmentalists and major business groups into rare alignment on the contentious issue of climate change…

BELEM, Brazil (AP) — Officials from countries most vulnerable to global warming offered searing dispatches of life on the front line of a warming planet Friday, as world leaders gathered on the edge of the Amazon rainforest for the annual United Nations climate talks. Ahead of Monday’s official kickoff, officials…

Consider your morning cup of coffee. Your kettle’s heating element — or flame on a stove — warms up water that you infuse with beans and pour into a mug. Maybe you get busy and the cup of joe sits there for a while, releasing its heat into the atmosphere…

Wildfires are becoming more intense around the world, according to a new report. (Image credit: Bloomberg Creative/Getty Images) Earth just endured one of its most extreme wildfire years on record — and scientists say human-driven climate change is the cause. A sweeping new analysis, the State of Wildfires 2024–25 report…

As we speak, dozens of global leaders have begun arriving in Belém, Brazil, for a two-day high-level meeting ahead of the official start of the United Nations Climate Change Conference, COP30.  The discussions, set for Thursday and Friday, aim to build consensus on urgent actions to curb global warming and…