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Fossil fuel emissions reach new high in 2024, annual assessment warns

No clear signs yet of the urgently-needed peak in pollution to curb global warming, scientists say.

The Independent UK · Nov 13, 2024

Planet-heating pollutants in atmosphere hit record levels in 2023

Carbon dioxide concentration has increased by more than 10% in just two decades, reports World Meteorological Organization

The Guardian - UK · Oct 28, 2024

We need power to prescribe climate policy, IPCC scientists say

Exclusive: Five IPCC report authors say scientists should be allowed to make policy prescriptions and potentially oversee implementation

The Guardian - UK · Dec 7, 2023

Study: Keeping climate pledges limits warming to 2 degrees

A new study finds that if the nations of the world live up to their promises, future climate change can be kept to within an international goal set by scientists

The Independent UK · Apr 13, 2022

IPCC finds the world has its best chance yet to slash emissions – if it seizes the opportunity

The world has its best chance yet to reduce greenhouse gas emissions quickly, but hard and fast cuts are needed across all sectors and nations to hold warming to safe levels, the global authority on climate change says.

The Conversation · Apr 4, 2022