New National and Corporate Climate Action on Forests at COP23
New action from countries and corporations to cut emissions from forest use and establish sustainable forestry management featured at COP23 Forests Day on Sunday.
Initiatives...
Progress Urged As Bangkok Climate Talks Open To Prepare Paris Agreement Implementation
Against the backdrop of severe and record heatwaves, bushfires, droughts and floods across the world, governments are convening a supplementary meeting in Bangkok to...
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...
Earth bears massive human load
Gross up the mass of all life on Earth, with its disproportionate human load, and the answer is staggeringly heavy. But the uncertainties are...
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,...