Global World News Climate Change Is The World Warming Faster Than Expected

Good climate news to end the year - world is decarbonizing faster than was expected ten years ago

Planet-warming greenhouse gas emissions kept rising in 2025 and country pledges to cut them are nowhere near where they need to be to avoid catastrophic climate change, but there were silver linings ... Read More

Four bright spots in climate news in 2025

Climate news hasn’t been great in 2025. Global greenhouse-gas emissions hit record highs (again). This year is set to be either the second or third warmest on record. Climate-fueled disasters like ... Read More

From record warming to rusting rivers, 2025 Arctic Report Card shows a region transforming faster than expected

The past water year, October 2024 through September 2025, brought the highest Arctic air temperatures since records began 125 years ago, including the warmest autumn ever measured and a winter and a ... Read More

Are we really living in the most dangerous period of climate change?

The world has witnessed unprecedented climate changes in recent decades, leading many to wonder: Has climate change become faster than ever before? Scientific studies indicate ... Read More

Why the Arctic is warming faster than the rest of the planet, and why it matters to everyone

A major US climate assessment warns that the Arctic has entered its hottest and wettest phase on record, with melting permafrost triggering chemical changes in rivers and weakening the region’s role ... Read More

We’re passing a dangerous global warming threshold — but we’re not doomed

Overshooting this goal means more severe consequences from warming. Rising global average temperatures mean more extreme heat waves, rising sea levels, severe droughts, and floods. There may also be ... Read More

YEAR-ENDER - How climate change has impacted Africa so far this century

Africa is warming faster than the global average, with rising heat, erratic rainfall and extreme weather reshaping livelihoods despite the continent’s minimal role in causing climate change - Anadolu ... Read More

Why the Paris Agreement worked – and what it needs to do to survive

Today marks the 10th anniversary of the landmark Paris Agreement, which has become a key compass in policymaking over the past years, preventing us from reaching a world with 4°C of warming. Climate ... Read More

Himalayas warming 50 percent faster than global average: Study

With global warming accelerating, the Himalayas and high altitudes in the mountain range are warming 50 percent faster than the global average since 1950, according to a new study. The study revealed ... Read More

Glaciers are disappearing faster than ever, and scientists now know when the loss will peak

Glaciers around the world are shrinking at a pace scientists say will continue for decades. Public attention often focuses on rising seas and water shortages. Read More

Paris Agreement turns 10 as heat rises faster than global action

Ten years after the Paris Agreement was signed on 12 December 2015, the world is warming faster than countries are cutting emissions – even as clean energy expands and projected future warming has ... Read More

New Zealand’s seas warming faster than global average: report

Scientists have found the oceans around New Zealand are warming, rising, and turning more acidic - Copyright AFP William WEST Scientists have found the oceans around ... Read More