Global World News How Is The World Doing On Climate Change Not Great

The world is likely to exceed a key global warming target soon. Now what?

The Emissions Gap Report 2025 reveals that says that global temperatures are on track to exceed the most ambitious end of the temperature goal of the Paris Agreement. Read More

Landmark Paris Agreement set a path to slow warming. The world hasn’t stayed on it

The world has seen faster climate change than expected since the Paris Agreement a decade ago. Scientists say Earth's warming has outpaced efforts to reduce fossil fuel pollution that came out of the ... Read More

The Future of Climate Progress Is Being Built in the Global South

For the countries now driving the global climate transition, progress hinges on finance. Developing countries need about $1.3 trillion a year in external finance by 2035, only around 1% of global GDP. Read More

The World Is Failing Its 2025 Paris Climate Target. Now What?

This was supposed to be the year that global greenhouse gas emissions reach their peak levels in order to limit warming to 1.5°C. Read More

Tackling Climate Change Without the U.S.

This year’s U.N. climate talks are being held in Brazil. So far, they’ve been noteworthy for who isn’t attending. Read More

What Global Climate Action Looks Like at COP30 Without the U.S.

Greetings from São Paulo where corporate executives from around the world have gathered ahead of this year’s United Nations climate talks—known as COP30. This is my second stop in a two-week trip to ... Read More

Leaders at the Global Climate Summit Highlight the Rising Toll of Warming

Instead, with heat-trapping emissions from the burning of fossil fuels and deforestation continuing to rise, the world is on track to warm by roughly 2.8 degrees Celsius. Scientists have said that ... Read More

Climate change is messing with global wind speeds, impacting planetary health

If you liked this story, share it with other people. Climate change is affecting global wind patterns in multiple ways, many of which have direct implications for human health. Worsening sand and dust ... Read More

The Climate Adaptation Crisis in Global Health

For the United States to address the global health risks posed by accelerating climate change, it will need to reframe climate adaptation as a pragmatic policy that can bridge partisan divides and ... Read More

At UN climate summit, world leaders say time is running short to stop the worst effects of warming

World leaders warned Thursday that time is running short for urgent and decisive action to prevent the worst effects of climate change, and blasted the United States for its retreat from those efforts ... Read More

Coral reef collapse drives world across first climate tipping point

Thanks to the dire condition of the Earth's coral reefs, the planet has now reached its first tipping point for human-caused climate change, according to a new report by scientists in Europe. The ... Read More

How climate change poses a national security threat

Climate change doesn’t just pose an existential threat to our planet. It’s also ratcheting up national security risks. With increasing food insecurity, resource scarcity and unstable borders, climate ... Read More