Ancient Antarctic explains today’s warming world

Deep in the last Ice Age, 17,700 years ago, the ancient Antarctic suddenly began to warm. Climate change, unexpectedly, made itself felt in the Southern...

UN Opens Talanoa Dialogue Portal, Aiming for Higher Climate Ambition

The UN Climate Change secretariat today launched a new portal to support the Talanoa Diaologue, an important international conversation in which countries will check progress...

Portugal runs for four days straight on renewable energy alone

Portugal kept its lights on with renewable energy alone for four consecutive days last week in a clean energy milestone revealed by data analysis...

Global carbon emissions look likely to increase in 2017

 The world's carbon emissions are expected to show a lurch upwards this year, by around 2%, after three years of staying virtually level. This...

Human rights must be centre-stage as Paris climate change deal takes effect, UN experts...

Human rights must be central to the way the Paris climate change agreement is put into practice, a group of UN specialists has urged...

UfM at COP23: A call for action towards a shared Mediterranean Climate Agenda

Keeping the global temperature rise to below 2º C, the target set by the Paris Agreement, call for a coordinated regional strategy that cannot...