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Earth's crust beneath oceans could store centuries' output of CO2
Dec 04, 2013 (UPI)
The Earth's crust beneath its oceans could store many centuries' worth of industrial CO2, keeping it out of a warming atmosphere, British researchers say. With ...
New HQ but little cash for UN climate fund
Dec 04, 2013 (AFP)
The UN's new Green Climate Fund (GCF)opened its headquarters in South Korea on Wednesday, facing the key challenge of funding its mission to support low carbon ...
Australia at risk of severe consequences of climate change
Dec 03, 2013 (UPI)
Australia is at risk of severe consequences as a result of climate change, a new book warns. "Four Degrees of Global Warming: Australia in a Hot World," by a gr...
Ex-NASA expert issues call for climate solutions
Dec 02, 2013 (AFP)
Longtime NASA expert James Hansen has issued a call for new approaches to stop global warming, saying solutions are needed and that currently accepted targets a...
Underestimated future climate change?
Nov 29, 2013 (SPX)
New model calculations by ETH researcher Thomas Frolicher show that global warming may continue after a stoppage of CO 2 emissions. We cannot rule out the possi...
The reality behind Europe's response to climate change
Nov 28, 2013 (SPX)
British cities - unlike their counterparts on the mainland - are taking the lead in making plans to curb and handle the impact of climate change. So says Diana ...
Even if emissions stop, carbon dioxide could warm Earth for centuries
Nov 26, 2013 (SPX)
Even if carbon dioxide emissions came to a sudden halt, the carbon dioxide already in Earth's atmosphere could continue to warm our planet for hundreds of years...
Pacific region faces economic risk from climate change: ADB
Nov 26, 2013 (UPI)
The Pacific region could experience economic losses of as much as 12.7 percent of annual gross domestic product by 2100 as a result of climate change, an Asian ...
New faultlines widen at UN climate talks
Nov 24, 2013 (AFP)
Fraught UN climate talks revealed growing frustration this week among vulnerable nations and observers with the political stance of emerging economies like Chin...
Fraught UN talks reach climate deal consensus
Nov 23, 2013 (AFP)
UN negotiators agreed in fraught overtime talks Saturday on cornerstone issues of an ambitious, global climate pact to stave off dangerous Earth warming. While ...
Climate talks in trouble as green groups walk out
Nov 21, 2013 (AFP)
Exasperated green groups walked out of faltering UN climate talks in Warsaw on Thursday as rich and poor nations bickered about who must do what to curb planet ...
Repeal of Australia's carbon tax moves closer
Nov 21, 2013 (AFP)
A bill to abolish an Australian carbon tax designed to combat climate change cleared parliament's lower house Thursday with the new conservative government sayi...
Ministers face off on climate finance in Warsaw
Nov 20, 2013 (AFP)
Rich and poor countries squared off at climate talks in Warsaw on Wednesday as UN chief Ban Ki-moon called for "much bolder" action to stave off an existential ...
Paths out of uncertainty
Nov 20, 2013 (SPX)
Long-term and average changes are in the focus of the discussion on climate change: globally, as the different scientific climate models all predict, it will be...
Haiyan revives compensation row at UN climate talks
Nov 20, 2013 (AFP)
The devastation wreaked by Typhoon Haiyan has become a rallying cry at UN climate talks, where the Philippines and other developing nations are demanding aid gu...
Success of climate talks vital for 2 C target
Nov 20, 2013 (SPX)
Achieving a global climate agreement soon could be crucial for the objective to keep global mean temperature rise below 2 degrees Celsius. The challenges of mee...
Philippines storm spurs passion for poor at climate talks
Nov 19, 2013 (AFP)
Negotiations under the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) rarely show on the public's radar, except perhaps in the scenes of bickering over who'...
'Missing heat' discovery prompts new estimate of global warming
Nov 18, 2013 (SPX)
An interdisciplinary team of researchers say they have found 'missing heat' in the climate system, casting doubt on suggestions that global warming has slowed o...
Demonstrators at Warsaw climate summit demand emission cuts
Nov 18, 2013 (UPI)
Climate change demonstrators took to the streets of Warsaw during the weekend as host Poland comes under fire from critics at the U.N. COP19 climate summit. Cha...
Japan lowers carbon dioxide emissions reduction target
Nov 18, 2013 (UPI)
Japan has slashed its carbon dioxide emissions reduction target. Japan says it now tentatively aims to reduce its greenhouse gas emissions by 3.8 percent from f...
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