World records 2nd-warmest April; global temperature remains 1.5 deg C above pre-industrial levels

New Delhi | Last month was the second-warmest April globally, with the past 12 months being 1.58 degrees Celsius warmer than at the start of the industrial revolution, according to European climate ... Read More

UN chief warns 1.5C warming goal at risk of 'collapsing'

UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres told AFP Friday that efforts to cap climate warming at 1.5 Celsius above pre-industrial level are failing, as the UN prepared to host a climate week ... Read More

Even best-case levels of global warming would mean 'catastrophic' sea level rise, study says

The world’s ice sheets are on course for runaway melting, leading to multiple feet of sea level rise and “catastrophic” migration away from coastlines, even if the world pulls off the miraculous and ... Read More

The world’s ice sheets just got a dire prognosis, and coastlines are going to pay the price

The world’s ice sheets are on course for runaway melting, leading to multiple feet of sea level rise and “catastrophic” migration away from coastlines, even if the world pulls off the miraculous and ... 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

Only 3 years left: The carbon budget for 1.5°C is almost gone

At current emission rates, we're just over three years away from blowing through the remaining carbon budget to limit warming to 1.5°C. This new international study paints a stark picture: the pace of ... Read More

Why Climate Goals Aren’t a Lost Cause—Even If We Overshoot Them

Global warming is set to exceed 1.5 degrees Celsius soon, meaning the world will most likely fail to meet the 2015 Paris Agreement goal of striving to cap the average temperature increase at 1.5 ... Read More

The global temperature may be even higher than we thought

The world has warmed even more than we thought, according to a new dataset suggesting the temperature rise since pre-industrial times is 6 per cent higher than previous estimates. That would put us on ... Read More