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Earth to warm more quickly, new climate models show
The new calculations suggest the Paris Agreement goals of capping global warming at 'well below' two degrees, and at 1.5C if possible, will be harder to reach
Oceans turning from friend to foe, warns landmark U.N. climate report
Destructive changes already set in motion could see a steady decline in fish stocks, a hundredfold or more increase in the damages caused by superstorms, and hundreds of millions of people displaced by rising seas
What is bleaker than the climate crisis?
We can think of so many reasons why we are not making progress in solving the climate crisis. One of them, I think, is because the science is incomplete.
World warned: change now or endanger food and climate
Efforts to limit global warming while feeding a booming population could be wrecked without swift and sweeping changes to how we use the land we live off
Nations agree landmark U.N. climate report after marathon talks
The land use report from the United Nations' Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change is expected to spell out the stark choices facing a warming planet with a growing, hungry population
Humanity's next test: Feed 10 billion without ruining Earth
Stephen Cornelius, WWF's chief advisor on climate change, says the world needs 'an urgent transformation in how we use land in the future'
Swedish teen Thunberg slams 'hate and threats' as visit divides French parliament
Climate activist Greta Thunberg takes on her critics directly, accusing politicians, business leaders, and journalists of failing to communicate the scientific truth as shown in the latest IPCC report and leaving the burden to children
2-meter sea level rise 'plausible' by 2100 – study
A group of the world's leading ice scientists says the area of land lost to the ocean could be equivalent to that of France, Germany, Spain, and Britain combined and would displace more than 180 million people
2018 top science stories: Rhino skeleton, climate change, and Lego heads
As we wrap up 2018, the Mind Movers of the Mind Museum write about some of this year's most important science stories
Nations still worlds apart at crunch U.N. climate summit
Far from the goal of reducing global temperature to 'well below' two degrees Celsius, experts urge delegates to act immediately or condemn at-risk nations to prevent worse effects
U.N. climate summit set for tense finale as nations sound alarm
Sources close to the COP24 talks say delegates from nearly 200 nations are still far apart on several issues – from adopting the latest environmental science to how future climate action is funded
[OPINION] Societal transformation: The road to 1.5°C target for PH
Climate action is far more than just disaster resilience
U.N. warns paradigm shift needed to avert global climate chaos
'Things that scientists have been saying would happen further in the future are happening now,' Jennifer Morgan, Executive Director of Greenpeace International, says
Saudi Arabia backs down from blocking U.N. climate report – sources
The Saudis had objected to the inclusion of a passage emphasising the need for sharp reductions in the use of fossil fuels –Saudi Arabia's main export.
U.N. report on 'mission impossible' climate target: key points
The report lays out what it will take to prevent Earth's average surface temperature from rising beyond 1.5C (2.7 degrees Fahrenheit) above preindustrial levels
U.N. report on global warming target puts governments on the spot
(3rd UPDATE) 'This will be one of the most important meetings in IPCC history,' says Hoesung Lee, chair of the UN's Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change
1.5ºC climate goal 'very unlikely' but doable – draft UN report
'There is a very high risk that under current emissions trajectories, and current national pledges, global warming will exceed 1.5ºC above preindustrial levels,' says the 1,000-page report prepared by hundreds of scientists
Planet-warming methane from livestock underestimated – study
Revised calculations of methane produced per head of cattle show that global livestock emissions in 2011 are 11% higher than estimates based on data from the UN's Intergovernmental Panel for Climate Change
Global warming set to pass 2°C threshold in 2050 – report
Climate change is happening now and much faster than anticipated says Sir Robert Watson former head of the UN s Intergovernmental Panel for Climate Change
SONA 2016: Duterte, don’t get caught in the fog of global warming
Rolly Calalang: Duterte’s lukewarm reception of the climate change agreement is not really out of line
The Paris Agreement and PH's fossil fuel industry
The most effective way to reduce the impact of the fossil fuel industry in the Philippines is to convince investors to shift their investments from fossil fuels to renewable energy
Global warming: What if we do nothing?
If mankind fails to curb global warming we would face fallout ranging from massive refugee crises to scorching heatwaves
TIMELINE: The long road to the climate summit of the century
In this Rappler infographic retrace the steps the world has taken to address climate change through international summits
Global warming: What if we do nothing?
Starting on November 30 195 nations will huddle in Paris for a climate rescue pact to rein in the greenhouse gases that drive climate change Here is what could happen if they come up empty handed
Megacities hit hard by surging sea levels even at 2ºC rise – study
A 2ºC 3 6ºF spike in Earth s temperature would submerge land currently occupied by 280 million people while an increase of 4ºC 7 2ºF – humanity s current trajectory – would cover areas lived on by more than 600 million a study says
Global warming 'pause' theory is dead but still twitching
The thermal time out a team of researchers found resulted from faulty statistical methods
Sea level rise unavoidable, says NASA
Ice sheets in Greenland and Antarctica are melting faster than ever and oceans are warming and expanding much more rapidly than they have in years past
Sea-level rise accelerating, say scientists
Scientists say meltwater from the Earth s ice sheets are a likely cause
Court bars former UN climate chief from leaving India
Rajendra Pachauri who stepped down as chairman of the Nobel Prize winning Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change IPCC is also not allowed to enter his workplace as part of his interim bail conditions
UN climate panel head resigns amid sex claims
UPDATED IPCC chair Rajendra Pachauri steps down amid claims that he sexually harassed a subordinate
India court delays any arrest of UN climate head over sex case
The police investigation comes at a crucial time as Rajendra Pachauri tries to set the table for a key climate change summit in Paris in December where world leaders are expected to broker an international treaty on tackling global warming
UN climate chief to miss session after sex harassment case
Delhi police says Pachauri 74 is accused of sexually harassing a 29 year old female researcher from his Delhi based thinktank The Energy and Resources Institute
Limited climate change accord likely in Paris –IPCC expert
The promises currently on the table are not enough to hit the two degrees Celsius target by 2020 We have to do more says a climate change expert
Disturbing climate change
Rappler talks to Fr Jett Villarin on Typhoon Ruby and the UN climate change talks in Lima
Developing world may need annual $500B for climate by 2050 – UN
The projected amount is as much as 5 times higher than previous estimates and significantly more than today s spending on climate adaptation
Kerry: Ignoring climate science puts 'our kids, grandkids' at risk
The UN s Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change IPCC says time is running out to limit global warming to two degrees Celsius and that current trends in carbon emissions heralded disaster
Time running out to reach 2ºC warming target
UPDATED Earth is now on a trajectory for at least 4ºC warming by 2100 over pre industrial times – a recipe for worsening drought flood rising seas and species extinctions
UN climate panel on final stretch of key report
The document crowns a vast overview of the existing scientific evidence for global warming predictions of its impacts and solutions for curbing greenhouse gas emissions which cause the problem
Climate: Summit rhetoric faces credibility test
A month after world leaders pledged to curb the threat of climate change their words will be put to the test when talks for a new global pact resume in Bonn
Far more displaced by disasters than conflict – study
Report: 22 million people were displaced in 2013 due to disasters brought on by natural hazards nearly three times the number who were forced from their homes due to violence
A defining moment for climate change
In Bonn it is our hope that the world will be able to finally move forward even if slowly at first toward consensus
Reefs cheaper than concrete to protect coast cities
Around 100 million people living close to the sea at altitudes of less than 10 meters could benefit from risk reduction by reefs including the Philippines Indonesia and India
A future of thirst: Water crisis lies on the horizon
Don t waste even a single drop By the end of this century billions are likely to be gripped by water stress and the stuff of life could be an unseen driver of conflict
West Antarctic ice sheet collapse 'unstoppable': NASA
The speedy melting points to a need to adjust calculations for sea level rise upwards say scientists
Governments approve text of UN climate report
The IPCC s assessment reports are closely watched events in the political and scientific fields of climate change
How gov't is readying farmers for climate change
Farmers and fishermen who depend on the abundance of natural resources are expected to suffer economically
Carbon cuts possible for manageable warming: experts
It will entail challenging technological economic institutional and behavior change
Calls for action as world faces fork in climate road
Scientists politicians envoys and green groups stand united in calls for faster more drastic action to avoid the worst case scenarios of conflict drought and massive displacement highlighted in IPCC s climate report
Climate change boosts conflict risk, flood, hunger: UN
The report said the impact of climate change was already being felt and would increase with every additional degree that temperatures rose
The fight for food and climate justice
While no country – rich or poor – can afford to be complacent it is the world’s poorest and most food insecure countries that are the least prepared and most at risk
