World could see 1.5C of warming in next five years, WMO reports
The world faces a 50 per cent chance of warming of 1.5 degrees Celsius above pre-industrial levels, if only briefly, by 2026, the World Meteorological...
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Pressure mounts as UN climate negotiations enter final day
Negotiators at the U.N. climate summit in Glasgow are expected to lock horns on Friday for what is scheduled to be the final day of bargaining over...
Tuvalu looking at legal ways to be a state if it is submerged
By Stefica Nicol Bikes Tuvalu is looking at legal ways to keep its ownership of its maritime zones and recognition as a state even if...
IPCC climate report: the language of the scientists
There are 150 new coal-fired plants under construction or already approved and funded in the world, so you can’t really say that we are taking...
UN’s stark climate report: time is running out
The Mediterranean will be particularly affected with higher summer temperatures, drought and fires says IPCC report The UN’s Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC)...
A game-changer? G7 climate pledge could shift Asia’s coal policy
By Beh Lih Yi and Michael Taylor The G7 wealthy nations failed to go far enough at their weekend summit to halt the use of...
Oil majors in a state of change
As controlling global warming becomes a priority the countries of the East Med could get left behind The headline this week was ‘BP dodges...
Himalayan glaciers melting far faster this century
Himalayan glaciers have been melting twice as fast since the start of this century, underscoring the threat the climate crisis poses to water supplies for hundreds of...
Last year was fourth warmest, greenhouse gases up – EU’s Copernicus
By Alister Doyle, Environment Correspondent OSLO, Jan 7 (Reuters) – Last year was the fourth warmest on record, extending a scorching streak driven by a...
The shoddy junk science of climate change deniers
It is no use arguing with the anthropogenic global warming/climate change sceptics represented in previous Sunday Mail letters’ page writers such as “Douglas” and Geoffrey...
