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Is climate change to blame for the California wildfires?

Climate scientist say warming temperatures and droughts are making wildfires more frequent and intense.

Al Jazeera · Jan 11, 2025

Climate Change Brought Extreme Weather, Heat In 2024: UN

Climate change sparked a trail of extreme weather and record heat in 2024, the United Nations said on Monday, urging the world to pull back from the "road to ruin".

International Business Times · Dec 30, 2024

Record year caps ‘decade of deadly heat’, says UN in climate warning

UN secretary-general Antonio Guterres the world must ‘exit this road to ruin’ in his new year message.

Evening Standard · Dec 30, 2024

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Decade of deadly heat ends with record year as world warned of ‘road to ruin’

The top ten 10 hottest years on record have happened in the last 10 years

The Independent UK · Dec 30, 2024

Fossil fuel rise drives planet closer to critical climate safety limit

The world is on track to deplete its remaining carbon budget within six years, pushing global temperatures beyond the 1.5C threshold, a major international study has found.

Radio France Internationale · Nov 13, 2024

Starmer to tell Cop29 that climate transition offers huge investment opportunity

Sir Keir Starmer is expected to tell the nearly 100 other delegations in Baku that Britain is returning to ‘responsible international engagement’.

Evening Standard · Nov 11, 2024

UN climate talks start as experts warn 2024 is heading for record heat

Sir Keir Starmer is among the leaders heading to Baku, Azerbaijan, for the conference.

The Independent UK · Nov 11, 2024

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Paris Agreement Climate Goals 'In Great Peril', Warns UN

The Paris climate agreement's goals "are in great peril" and 2024 is on track to break new temperature records, the United Nations warned Monday as COP29 talks opened in Baku.

International Business Times · Nov 11, 2024

2024 set to be hottest year on record as temperatures breach 1.5C threshold

This year is on track to beat 2023’s record heat, the World Meteorological Organisation said

Evening Standard · Nov 11, 2024

Cop29: Key questions about the UN climate conference

The meeting kicks off against a backdrop of deadly weather events, extreme conditions and record temperatures in recent months.

Evening Standard · Nov 11, 2024

2024 on track for hottest year on record as humanity ‘torching planet’, UN warns

The World Meteorological Organisation (WMO) says international datasets show 2024 outstripping 2023’s record heat.

The Independent UK · Nov 7, 2024

"Alarm bells" over greenhouse gases

The temperature increases could spiral out into a "vicious cycle," experts say

Salon · Oct 31, 2024

First Thing: Harris seeks to rally youth vote in Michigan

Democratic presidential candidate campaigns in university city of Ann Arbor as polls show state on knife-edge

The Guardian - UK · Oct 29, 2024

Record greenhouse gas levels lock in decades of global warming

Record-breaking levels of greenhouse gases were recorded in the Earth's atmosphere in 2023 – reaching concentrations not seen for millions of years, the World Meteorological Organisation (WMO) warned on Monday.

Radio France Internationale · Oct 28, 2024

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International Business Times · Oct 28, 2024

Carbon Cuts 'Miles Short' Of 2030 Goal: UN

Greenhouse gas concentrations in the atmosphere reached new record highs in 2023, the UN warned on Monday, with countries falling "miles short" of what is needed to curb devastating global warming.

The Guardian - UK · Oct 28, 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 Independent UK · Oct 28, 2024

Greenhouse gas concentrations surged to new record last year, UN experts warn

The World Meteorological Organisation said CO2 is accumulating in the atmosphere faster than any time experienced during human existence.

LiveScience · Oct 28, 2024

What's the fastest recorded wind speed?

Wind can whip up to surprising speeds, depending on if it's natural or human made.

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The Guardian - UK · Oct 7, 2024

First Thing: One year after the 7 October attacks

As Israel mourns those killed one year ago today, attacks on Lebanon and Gaza continue. Plus: the aftermath of Hurricane Helene

2023: Driest Year In Decades, Threatening Global Water Security

Learn about the unprecedented dry spell in 2023, impacting global rivers and glaciers due to record-high temperatures and posing severe water security threats.

The Independent UK · Oct 7, 2024

The world's rivers faced the driest year in three decades in 2023, the UN weather agency says

The U.N. weather agency is reporting that 2023 was the driest year in more than three decades for the world’s rivers, as the record-hot year underpinned the drying up of water flows and contributed to prolonged droughts in many places

The Guardian - UK · Oct 7, 2024

Climate warning as world’s rivers dry up at fastest rate for 30 years

World Meteorological Organization says water is ‘canary in the coalmine of climate change’ and calls for urgent action

The Independent UK · Oct 4, 2024

Ski resorts warn they face ‘existential threat’ from climate crisis

Skiing body joins forces with UN to address ‘bleak future’ of winter sports

Fortune · Oct 4, 2024

Europe's ski resorts face 'existential crisis' from climate crisis

The level at which snow settles is set to rise by up to 650 meters in the coming decades, threatening resorts like Verbier and Courchevel.

International Business Times · Oct 3, 2024

Skiing Calls On UN Climate Science To Combat Melting Future

World skiing's governing body joined forces with the UN's weather agency on Thursday in a bid to feed its meteorological expertise into managing the "existential threat" to winter sports posed by climate change.

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