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October bid for climate text after troubled round
Jun 11, 2015 (AFP)
UN talks ground to a close in Bonn Thursday, having made little headway in crafting a world climate pact but with a new tactic for pushing the process over the ...
California drought grips tourist magnet Yosemite
Jun 11, 2015 (AFP)
It is one of America's most popular natural wonders. But even Yosemite National Park cannot escape the drought ravaging California, now in its fourth year and f...
Evidence against a global warming hiatus?
Jun 10, 2015 (SPX)
An analysis using updated global surface temperature data disputes the existence of a 21st century global warming slowdown described in studies including the la...
Worries grow as climate talks leave issues unaddressed
Jun 10, 2015 (AFP)
Negotiators on Wednesday tiptoed through a problem-laden draft for a UN climate pact amid deepening concern over a December deadline to seal the deal. Just one ...
Greenhouse gas-caused warming felt in just months
Jun 09, 2015 (SPX)
The heat generated by burning a fossil fuel is surpassed within a few months by the warming caused by the release of its carbon dioxide into the atmosphere, acc...
Protein identified in certain microalgae changes
Jun 09, 2015 (SPX)
Adrian Marchetti and his team of oceanographers at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill have identified --for the first time--that a protein called p...
G7 says 'deep cuts' in greenhouse gases needed this century
Jun 08, 2015 (AFP)
G7 leaders called at a summit Monday for a "decarbonisation of the global economy" and said deep cuts in greenhouse gas emissions are needed over the course of ...
Chinese emissions may peak by 2025, says analysis
Jun 07, 2015 (AFP)
In a boost for hopes to curb climate change, China's greenhouse gas emissions will probably peak in 2025, five years earlier than its stated target, a study sai...
Climate debate takes global pulse ahead of Paris summit
Jun 06, 2015 (AFP)
From the typhoon-ravaged Philippines to the Arizona desert, thousands of people gathered across 79 countries Saturday for what was touted as the world's largest...
Global climate on verge of multi-decadal change
Jun 05, 2015 (SPX)
A study, published in Nature, proves that ocean circulation is the link between weather and decadal scale climatic change. These findings, by scientists from th...
Climate: G7, EU still lag 2 C pathway, says monitor
Jun 04, 2015 (AFP)
The major industrialised economies are far off track in helping the world meet the UN's global warming target, a monitoring group said on Thursday. Carbon pledg...
Climate change debate fueled by 'echo chambers'
Jun 03, 2015 (SPX)
A new study from researchers at the University of Maryland (UMD) and the National Socio-Environmental Synthesis Center (SESYNC) demonstrates that the highly con...
UN climate effort under pressure for pre-pact action
Jun 03, 2015 (AFP)
As frustration grows with the protracted political process of penning a world climate pact for 2020, rich nations face ever-louder calls to take action in the c...
Climate: France hikes pressure in 'pre-agreement' call
Jun 01, 2015 (AFP)
France sought Monday to breathe life into talks for a UN climate pact, urging countries to forge a "pre-agreement" weeks before they meet to seal the deal in De...
Savannahs slow climate change
May 29, 2015 (SPX)
Tropical rainforests have long been considered the Earth's lungs, sequestering large amounts of carbon dioxide from the atmosphere and thereby slowing down the ...
What would it take to limit climate change to 1.5C?
May 29, 2015 (SPX)
Limiting temperature rise by 2100 to less than 1.5C is feasible, at least from a purely technological standpoint, according to the study published in the journa...
Mid-year talks to shape fate of climate pact
May 29, 2015 (AFP)
Negotiators are gearing for twin meetings next week that may determine whether the vaunted 2015 Paris climate accord will be a big bang or a fizzle. A 10-day co...
Corporate sponsorship of climate talks sparks NGO ire
May 27, 2015 (AFP)
France on Wednesday unveiled a list of companies which will sponsor the year-end UN climate talks in Paris, sparking accusations of corporate "greenwashing" fro...
Drought-hit Californians paint their lawns green
May 27, 2015 (AFP)
The heat is stifling, the soil dry as a bone, and a new law in drought-stricken California restricts the use of sprinklers. But far from saying farewell to thei...
Political mood good for climate deal: France's Fabius
May 26, 2015 (AFP)
Despite "extremely complex" issues, the political mood for reaching a global climate deal this year is stronger than ever, says French Foreign Minister Laurent ...
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