Global Warming

Climate change activists led by Extinction Rebellion gathered outside the UK parliament on Friday (April 21) to urge action from politicians to tackle global warming. - REUTERS Published: 23 Apr 2023 RELATED Night of the lesbians Ukraine reports new gains early in counteroffensive Ploughing through history MORE IN SECTION Wildfire…

UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has sounded the alarm over the need for “deeper and faster” emissions cuts to address global warming after voicing his concern that the international community is “hellbent on destruction”. Mr Guterres issued a rallying cry over the urgency of accelerated climate action on International Mother Earth…

This is today's edition of The Download, our weekday newsletter that provides a daily dose of what's going on in the world of technology. The UN just handed out an urgent climate to-do list. Here’s what it says. Time is running short to limit global warming to 1.5°C (2.7 °F) above preindustrial…

Many Irish citizens do not understand the climate consequences of their actions, as demonstrated by the “alarming” number of new SUVs on the road, the country’s leading climatologist said. rofessor Peter Thorne of Maynooth University said individual responsibility was now a crucial part of climate action. Governments must enable people…

Choices made on reducing emissions this decade “will reverberate for thousands of years”, as the UN described a new report on climate change as a “survival guide for humanity”. SUSTAINABILITY & CLIMATE Your home  for the latest news, features, opinions and analysis on the issues of Sustainability and Climate from…

Scientists say funding needs to increase ‘many-fold’ in order to reach climate goals and protect communities disproportionately affected by global warming Vulnerable communities disproportionately affected by global warming are being given ‘insufficient’ funds to help adapt to extreme climate impacts, the latest report from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change…

Ethiopia is experiencing its worst drought in four decades EDUARDO SOTERAS/AFP/Getty Images The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), a global group of climate scientists, has released its latest report today. It yet again warns that without immediate and massive emissions reductions, limiting global warming to 1.5°C will be beyond…

Updated 1 week ago · Published on 20 Mar 2023 2:20PM · Science in the last decade has elevated the danger posed by so-called tipping points in Earth’s climate system that could see tropical forests in the Amazon morph into savannah, and ice sheets in Greenland and West Antarctica shed…

The Texas State Board of Education altered its internal guidance to schools last month to emphasize the “positive” aspects of fossil fuels in science textbooks. The changes are raising concerns among scientists, education experts and other board members that the panel is establishing policies that could lead to the statewide…

From: People & PowerHow a battle over mineral resources in Argentina could determine the fight against global warming. Argentina is home to huge reserves of lithium, a light metal used in electric batteries that is likely to be vital for reducing our reliance on planet-warming fossil fuels. But those reserves…