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Nations fail to break deadlock on UN climate report timing
Bangkok (AFP) Mar 2, 2025 Nations failed to break a deadlock over the timing of the UN's next blockbuster assessment of climate change science after a marathon meeting in China that US envoys skipped. At issue was whether the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), which informs policymakers, will deliver its next three-part assessment before a 2028 United Nations' "stocktake" of the global response to rising temperatures. Many wealthy countries and developing nations exposed to climate impacts wanted an accele ... read more |
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Hundreds of firings at key US climate agency: lawmakerWashington (AFP) Feb 28, 2025 Hundreds of scientists and experts have been fired from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), a leading US agency responsible for weather forecasting, climate analysis, marine conservation and more, a Democratic lawmaker said Thursday. ... more 
China missed key climate target last year: official dataBeijing (AFP) Feb 28, 2025 China missed a key climate target in 2024 and emissions in the world's second-largest economy rose slightly as coal remained dominant despite record renewable additions, official data showed Friday. ... more 
Over 500,000 Afghans displaced due to climate disasters in 2024: IOMKabul (AFP) Feb 27, 2025 More than half a million people in Afghanistan were displaced due to climate disasters in 2024, the International Organization for Migration said in a country report published on Tuesday. ... more 
Britons advised to cut meat, air travel to reach net zero targetsLondon (AFP) Feb 26, 2025 Britons will have to pay more to fly and should forego two-steaks worth of meat a week if the country is to meet net zero targets, the government's advisory body said Wednesday. ... more |
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Little Scope for Large-Scale Climate Plantations Without Breaching Planetary BoundariesBerlin, Germany (SPX) Feb 18, 2025 A new study by researchers at the Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research (PIK) reveals that the potential for carbon removal through climate plantations is significantly lower than previously ... more 
Corruption threatens climate action, watchdog warns; World may have entered era of 1.5C warming, scientists sayBerlin (AFP) Feb 11, 2025 Corruption threatens to "derail" global cooperation to tackle climate change, graft watchdog Transparency International warned in a report on Tuesday. ... more 
Indonesia backs climate deals after envoy's Paris skepticismJakarta (AFP) Feb 6, 2025 Indonesia's environment ministry has backed Jakarta's participation in the landmark Paris climate deal after the country's climate envoy suggested the agreement was irrelevant given Washington's withdrawal. ... more
Fighting global warming in nations' self-interest: UN climate chiefBrasilia (AFP) Feb 6, 2025 The UN's climate chief, seeking to shore up solidarity on combating global warming as the United States retreats from its leadership role, appealed to nations' self-interest in a speech Thursday. ... more
Germany fears Russia link in car vandalism blamed on climate activistsBerlin (AFP) Feb 5, 2025 Germany is investigating whether vandalism aimed at hundreds of cars that was widely blamed on climate activists may have been a Russian pre-election campaign seeking to smear the Greens party. ... more |
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Top climate scientist declares 2C climate goal 'dead'
Washington (AFP) Feb 5, 2025 Holding long-term global warming to two degrees Celsius - the fallback target of the Paris climate accord - is now "impossible," according to a stark though hotly debated new analysis published by leading scientists. Led by renowned if dissenting climatologist James Hansen, the paper appears in the journal "Environment: Science and Policy for Sustainable Development" and concludes that Earth's climate is more sensitive to rising greenhouse gas emissions than previously thought. Compounding the ... read more 
UK prosecutors defend jail terms of environmental activistsLondon (AFP) Jan 30, 2025 UK prosecutors on Thursday defended lengthy prison sentences handed down to 16 environmental activists, telling London's Court of Appeal that their actions posed a danger to the public. ... more |
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Climate activists appeal long UK jail terms for 'peaceful protest' London (AFP) Jan 29, 2025 Sixteen British climate protesters Wednesday began an appeal against tough jail terms imposed for their activist campaign, as two others faced court for damaging Stonehenge. ... more 
UN confirms US demand to withdrawal from Paris climate dealUnited Nations, United States (AFP) Jan 28, 2025 The United Nations confirmed Tuesday it had received notification from Washington of its withdrawal from the Paris climate change agreement, a key campaign pledge of US President Donald Trump. ... more 
Billionaire Bloomberg to fund UN climate body after US withdrawalWashington (AFP) Jan 23, 2025 Billionaire entrepreneur Michael Bloomberg announced Thursday that his foundation will step in to fund the UN climate change body after President Donald Trump declared the United States would withdraw from the Paris Agreement for the second time. ... more
Scientists predict what crops may thrive in the UK by 2080 due to climate changeLondon, UK (SPX) Jan 24, 2025 Climate change, while posing major challenges to agriculture, could also expand the range of crops grown in the UK by 2080. According to a study led by the UK Centre for Ecology and Hydrology (UKCEH ... more 
242 mn children's schooling disrupted by climate shocks in 2024: UNICEFUnited Nations, United States (AFP) Jan 24, 2025 Extreme weather disrupted the schooling of about 242 million children in 85 countries last year - roughly one in seven students, the UN children's agency reported Thursday, deploring what it said was an "overlooked" aspect of the climate crisis. ... more |
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