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The world kept warming in 2022. Is the 1.5-degree Celsius target within reach?

Climate Change

Limiting warming to 1.5 degrees Celsius is the most-repeated goal in the fight against climate change. But as each new year is among recorded history’s hottest, is it still a viable one? 

Floodwaters slowly recede in the aftermath of Hurricane Ida in Lafitte, Louisiana, Wednesday, Sept. 1, 2021.

New IPCC report says climate change poses an extreme risk to billions of people

Philanthropist Bill Gates attends the World Leaders' Summit "Accelerating Clean Technology Innovation and Deployment," at the COP26 Summit, in Glasgow, Scotland, Tuesday, Nov. 2, 2021. 

Foundations of international relations: Part II

Critical State
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UN scientists warn of worsening global warming

Climate Change
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5 things to know about the new UN report on climate change

Climate Change
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The Paris climate problem: A dangerous lack of urgency

Climate Change

Most countries aren’t cutting emissions fast enough, and their pledges for the next 10 years fall far short of what’s needed, a new analysis warns.

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The world struck a major climate deal in Poland. So, what’s in it?

Climate Change

Negotiators created rules to help the world meet the goals of the Paris Agreement. But the UN climate chief still told the delegation, “Climate change is still running faster than us.”

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Even a slight increase in global warming could be catastrophic, experts warn

Climate Change

A new Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) report details dire climate damage could occur if global average surface temperatures rise to 2 degrees C from the 1.5 degrees C maximum set by the Paris Climate Agreement. Is it too late to clean up our human-made climate change mess?

Haiku - Gregory Johnson

This scientist’s ‘art’ depicts an Earth in crisis

Environment

The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change generated a lot of news reports — but none of them put the report quite in the context of this NOAA scientist. Rather than use mere prose, Johnson turned to Haiku and illustrations to The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change generated a lot of news reports — but none of them put the report quite in the context of this NOAA scientist. Rather than use mere prose, Johnson turned to Haiku and illustrations to

The latest report from the UN's Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change details the rapidly growing impacts and risks of climate change, including threats to agriculture, crucial ecosystems and urban areas.

UN scientists tell us, ready or not, here comes climate change

Environment

The latest report from the UN’s climate science panel includes one of the sternest warnings yet of the risks ahead from climate change.