CLIMATE SCIENCE

Climate Science News

3,796 articles

The 'rarely unified' blocs behind climate talks
Nov 28, 2023 (AFP)
The COP28, or Conference of Parties, begins on Thursday in Dubai and is meant to last 13 days, but climate negotiations often run past their official deadlines ...
Ten key moments in the climate change fight
Nov 28, 2023 (AFP)
- 1988: Alarm bells - Alerted by scientists to signs that the Earth's surface was warming, the United Nations in 1988 established the Intergovernmental Panel on...
UN chief urges COP28 to break 'deadly cycle' of global warming
Nov 27, 2023 (AFP)
"We are trapped in a deadly cycle," UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said. "The solutions are well known. Leaders must act to limit global temperature rise...
Pope's moral force aims to 'tip' UN climate talks
Nov 27, 2023 (AFP)
The 86-year-old pontiff, a defender of the poor who has made environmental activism a cornerstone of his 10-year papacy, will address the COP28 meeting in Dubai...
Some farmers in drought-hit Iraq forced to reduce crops: NGO
Nov 26, 2023 (AFP)
The Norwegian Refugee Council called on the Iraqi authorities to improve governance of water resources in the country that has been described as one of the most...
Texas Republicans take aim at climate change in textbooks
Nov 25, 2023 (AFP)
That's because a slew of science textbooks submitted to the state Board of Education (BOE) were rejected last week, as the Republican-dominated body moves to cu...
Swedish court lets activist off, citing climate emergency
Nov 24, 2023 (AFP)
Sweden's Prosecution Authority said on Friday that the public prosecutor had yet to decide on whether to appeal against the decision. The case concerned a 41-ye...
'Repressive state': climate activists fear COP28 clampdown in UAE
Nov 24, 2023 (AFP)
Highly attuned to international scrutiny, the UAE, where unauthorised protests are illegal, has said it would permit demonstrations in designated areas of the C...
Four key people to watch at COP28
Nov 23, 2023 (AFP)
Negotiators, activists and the leaders of vulnerable small island nations are all key to shaping the November 30 to December 12 talks. Here are four people to w...
Ice cores from Earth's highest tropical peak provide insight into climate variability
Nov 21, 2023 (SPX)
Nestled within the central Peruvian Andes lies Nevado Huascaran, a tropical mountain whose glaciers preserve the climate histories of the entire region. Researc...
Drought worsens in Spain's Catalonia, officials warn
Nov 21, 2023 (AFP)
Three years without significant rain have left reservoirs in the Mediterranean region at just 19 percent capacity, compared to a nationwide average of 43.7 perc...
Earth to warm up to 2.9C even with current climate pledges: UN
Nov 20, 2023 (AFP)
The UN Environment Programme's annual Emissions Gap report is released just ahead of crucial COP28 climate talks in Dubai and will feed into the global response...
Global one-day temperature spikes above 2C for first time: EU monitor
Nov 20, 2023 (AFP)
Months of extraordinary heat are expected to make 2023 the hottest year in history, with droughts, massive wildfires and fierce storms ravaging swathes of the p...
EU negotiators reach deal on methane emission curbs
Nov 15, 2023 (AFP)
"The text represents a crucial contribution to climate action as methane is a powerful greenhouse gas, second only to carbon dioxide in its overall contribution...
Greenhouse gases hit record high in 2022: UN
Nov 15, 2023 (AFP)
The UN's World Meteorological Organization said levels of the three main greenhouse gases -- the climate-warming carbon dioxide, methane and nitrous oxide -- al...
China, US pledge climate cooperation ahead of Xi-Biden meet
Nov 15, 2023 (AFP)
The announcement came hours ahead of a summit between presidents Joe Biden and Xi Jinping in San Francisco, further fuelling hopes the two nations can mend rela...
World severely off track to limit planet-heating emissions: UN
Nov 14, 2023 (AFP)
In a report released just weeks before high-stakes negotiations on limiting global warming, the United Nations climate change organisation said the world was no...
Top French court overturns ban on radical climate group
Nov 09, 2023 (AFP)
An estimated 6,000 protesters took part in the March 25 demonstration over plans to build one of a series of new reservoirs near Sainte-Soline in western France...
ESA and European Commission to unite on climate action from space
Nov 09, 2023 (ESA)
This landmark initiative signifies a firm commitment to advancing our understanding of Earth's climate system and enhancing our ability to take timely and infor...
Rights group sounds alarm on UAE's hosting of climate talks
Nov 09, 2023 (AFP)
The United Arab Emirates has pledged to let climate activists "assemble peacefully" at the November 30-December 12 COP28 summit in Dubai, despite a ban on unaut...
The content herein, unless otherwise known to be public domain, is Copyright 1995-2026 Space Media Network. All websites are published in Australia and are solely subject to Australian law and governed by Fair Use principles for news reporting and research purposes.