Climate Change impact on health in Small Island Developing States
Today, at the United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP23), the World Health Organization, in collaboration with the UN Climate Change secretariat and in partnership...
Geo-engineering can stop the Earth warming, at least in theory
Climate scientists now know that geo-engineering – in principle at least – would halt global warming and keep the world at the temperatures it will reach...
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...
Marrakech sends a clear signal: The Paris Agreement is now being implemented
After two weeks of negotiations, the 22nd session of the Conference of the Parties to the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (COP22) in...
COP22 – outcomes and reactions
The major UN climate negotiations of the year, COP22, are about to close in Marrakech with the highlight of the meeting being that countries,...
A final look at the UN climate conference in Bonn: a Canadian writer explains...
A key takeaway from this year’s United Nations climate change conference (COP 23) is that, when it comes to putting a practical foundation under...