Global Forests Expanding: Reflects Wellbeing, not Rising CO2, Experts say
Study find virtually no correlation between higher levels of atmospheric CO2 and nations' forest expansion / decline;
difference mirrors the UN Human Development Index
The surprising, steady expansion of...
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...
BROAD NGO ALLIANCE PRESENTS EQUITY APPROACH TO UNLOCK AMBITION IN UN CLIMATE TALKS
As social movements, environmental and development NGOs, trade unions, faith and other civil society groups, we have come together to assess the climate commitments...
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...
Scary! Five Pacific islands have already disappeared due to sea-level rise.
Five small islands that are part of the Solomon Islands cluster in the Pacific have just been submerged by rising sea levels. The sinking...
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...