Global World News Average Global Temperature Has Warmed 1 5 Degrees Celsius Above Pre Industrial Levels For 12 Months In A Row

Middle East, North Africa temperatures rising twice as fast as global average, says UN weather agency

The Middle East and North Africa recorded their hottest year on record in 2024, with temperatures rising at twice the global average of recent decades, the U.N. weather agency said in a report. Read More

Oops, Scientists May Have Miscalculated Our Global Warming Timeline

"Hearst Magazines and Yahoo may earn commission or revenue on some items through these links." The Paris Climate Accords in 2015 set an ambitious (and necessary) goal of keeping global temperatures at ... Read More

World climate report warns of growing risks to lives, economy and planet

A new report from the World Meteorological Organization delivers a stark warning: climate change is accelerating, with some impacts now irreversible for centuries. The State of the Global Climate ... Read More

World will overshoot 1.5 degree climate goal, UN says

The world has failed to meet its main climate change target of limiting the rise in global temperatures to 1.5 degrees Celsius, and will likely breach this threshold in the next decade, the United ... Read More

Arctic warming seen at three times global average in years ahead, UN weather agency says

GENEVA, May 28 (Reuters) - The world is expected to experience more record temperatures over the next five years, with Arctic warming predicted at more than three times the global average, a new ... Read More

Climate tipping points are being crossed, scientists warn ahead of COP30

Climate change is accelerating risks to Amazon, AMOC Warm water coral reefs in unstoppable dieback, report finds Renewable energy surpasses coal globally, marking a positive climate shift COPENHAGEN, ... Read More

Global Climate Policy Is Broken

It’s time for a climate reckoning. Global climate cooperation has been underway for more than three decades, since the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change was signed in 1992. In 2015, ... Read More

1.5 degrees ‘no longer plausible’ as global emissions hit record

The most aggressive goal of the Paris Agreement is out of reach, according to a new analysis by the Global Carbon Project. The world is on track to set a new record for greenhouse gas emissions just ... Read More

Oops, scientists may have miscalculated our global warming timeline

“The big picture is that the global warming clock for emissions reductions to minimize the risk of dangerous climate change has been brought forward by at least a decade,” Malcolm McCulloch, lead ... Read More