Heatwaves, pollution and disease are the main health issues linked to global warming but action to halt emissions would deliver huge benefits The health of hundreds of millions of people around the world is already being damaged by climate change, a major report has revealed. Heatwaves are affecting many more vulnerable...
Global carbon pollution appears to be close to peaking Over the past half-century, growth in the global economy and carbon pollution have been tied together. When the global economy has been strong, weâve consumed more energy, which has translated into burning more fossil fuels and releasing more carbon pollution. But...
Governments have been underestimating methane emissions from gas and must phase out the fossil fuel, along with coal and oil, by 2035 to keep within Paris climate targets, a major study shows Governments have drastically underestimated methane emissions from natural gas and will miss the Paris agreementâs goal of limiting...
Syriaâs decision means America will be the only country outside the landmark deal if it follows through with Donald Trumpâs vow to leave Syria has decided to sign the Paris agreement on climate change, the worldâs final functioning state to do so. The surprise decision, taken amid a brutal civil war...
Governmentâs clean growth strategy unequivocally states that tackling climate change and a prosperous economy go hand in hand The grownups have finally won and everyone in the UK, from those in cold homes to those on polluted streets and in flooded towns, will benefit. The most important aspect of the UK...
European Environment Agency reports solar and and wind is reducing fossil fuel dependency but clean energy capacity still not growing fast enough A surge in the use of wind and solar energy helped Europe to cut its fossil fuel consumption and greenhouse gas emissions by about 10% in 2015, an authoritative new...
Governments have been underestimating methane emissions from gas and must phase out the fossil fuel, along with coal and oil, by 2035 to keep within Paris climate targets, a major study shows Governments have drastically underestimated methane emissions from natural gas and will miss the Paris agreementâs goal of limiting...
Group says church should show âmoral leadershipâ in light of claims that the oil giant misled the public over the risks of global warming The Church of England should âshow moral leadershipâ and immediately sell its investments in the oil giant ExxonMobil, according to a group of bishops and other clergy. ExxonMobil...
Halting dangerous global warming means putting the landmark Paris agreement into practice â without the US â and tackling the divisive issue of compensation What is happening? The worldâs nations are meeting for the 23rd annual âconference of the partiesâ(COP) under the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) which aims to...
Data so far this year points to 2017 continuing a long-term trend of record breaking temperatures around the world, says World Meteorological Organization 2017 is set to be one of the hottest three years on record, provisional data suggests, confirming yet again a warming trend that scientists say bears the...
Experts warn refugees could number tens of millions in the next decade, and call for a new legal framework to protect the most vulnerable Tens of millions of people will be forced from their homes by climate change in the next decade, creating the biggest refugee crisis the world has...
Edinburgh University researchers say windfarm energy prevented 36m tonnes of harmful coal and gas emissions in six years Wind power plays a key role in curbing greenhouse emissions from other energy sources such as coal and gas, a new study has shown. Energy from windfarms in the UK prevented almost 36m tonnes of...
Report reveals large gap between government pledges and the reductions needed to prevent dangerous global warming There is still a large gap between the pledges by governments to cut greenhouse gas emissions and the reductions scientists say are needed to avoid dangerous levels of climate change, the UN has said. Current plans...
Exclusive: researchers calculated the total lifecycle emissions of an electric car, including its manufacture, battery manufacture, and all of its energy consumption Electric cars emit significantly less greenhouse gases over their lifetimes than diesel engines even when they are powered by the most carbon intensive energy, a new report has...
While almost all companies have plans in place to reduce carbon emissions, those plans donât go far enough, according to the Carbon Disclosure Project Nearly nine out of 10 of the worldâs biggest companies have plans in place to reduce carbon emissions, new research has found, but only a fifth of them...
