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Scientists risk arrest to sound climate alarm

Apr 03, 2022 (AFP)

Their non-violent actions are timed to the release Monday of a landmark report from the UN's climate science advisory panel laying out options for slashing carb...

Costa Rica: Central America's green pin-up

Apr 01, 2022 (AFP)

Here are four facts about the country of more than five million people: - Beacon of peace - Independent since 1821, Costa Rica is considered a model of democrac...

UN starts task force for company climate targets

Mar 31, 2022 (AFP)

The group will draw up standards for measuring the credibility of claims by non-state groups -- including cities and companies -- that they are cutting the carb...

How fast can we stop Earth from warming?

Mar 30, 2022 (The Conversation)

This is known as committed warming. Earth similarly has ways of storing and releasing heat. Emerging research is refining scientists' understanding of how Earth...

Nature-based carbon removal can help protect us from a warming planet

Mar 30, 2022 (SPX)

Nature-based climate solutions aim to preserve and enhance carbon storage in terrestrial or aquatic ecosystems and could be a potential contributor to Canada's ...

Mideast, Central Asia temperature-rises twice world average: IMF

Mar 30, 2022 (AFP)

The region is on the "frontlines" of the climate crisis, with food security and public health in danger, and increased risks of poverty and conflict, the report...

Canada announces billions in new climate spending

Mar 29, 2022 (AFP)

In a speech in Vancouver announcing Can$9.1 billion (US$7.3 billion) in climate actions, the prime minister linked Europe's desire to wean itself off Russian oi...

Australian school students join global climate protest

Mar 25, 2022 (AFP)

They waved banners outside Kirribilli House reading "Don't be a fossil fool" and "Scotty coal 4eva" in protest of Morrison's support for coal, a major contribut...

Climate 'greatest threat' to Australia's security, defence figures warn

Mar 23, 2022 (AFP)

The group -- which includes the former chief of the Australian Defence Force, Admiral Chris Barrie -- used an open letter to call on Australia's political leade...

Reality check: what the path to a 1.5C world looks like

Mar 22, 2022 (AFP)

University of Manchester professor Kevin Anderson is lead author of Tuesday's report from the Tyndall Centre for Climate Change Research detailing how quickly c...

New US rule requires publicly-listed firms to disclose emissions

Mar 21, 2022 (AFP)

The measure, which now goes for public comment following a vote by the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), follows similar steps by regulators in Japan an...

Nations vet climate solutions as world 'sleepwalks' to catastrophe

Mar 21, 2022 (AFP)

A partial answer is set for April 4, in the form of a 3,000-page report from the UN's Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) due to be approved after ...

Tunisian eco-pioneers battle to save Sahara oasis life

Mar 20, 2022 (AFP)

They hope their back-to-basics approach can keep alive the ancient Saharan caravan stop and its traditions as a sustainable alternative to the region's high-irr...

Never too late for 'transformational' climate action

Mar 18, 2022 (AFP)

In a United Nations assessment in February dubbed an "atlas of human suffering", experts laid out in devastating detail the past, present and future impacts of ...

Effects of ancient carbon releases suggest possible scenarios for future climate

Mar 17, 2022 (SPX)

The new findings, published March 16 in Science Advances, indicate that the amount of carbon released into the atmosphere during this precursor event was about ...

Ancient El Ninos reveal limits to future climate projections

Mar 17, 2022 (SPX)

That's the conclusion of a study led by scientists at The University of Texas at Austin that analyzed 9,000 years of Earth's history. The scientists drew on cli...

Sky is not the limit for solar geoengineering

Mar 17, 2022 (SPX)

Following a prominent study in 2018 that clarified the lofting technologies by which it would be feasible to undertake solar geoengineering, the new report is t...

Australian court strikes down landmark climate ruling

Mar 15, 2022 (AFP)

Last year's legal win by a group of high school children had been hailed by environmental groups as a potential legal weapon to fight fossil fuel projects. But ...

Sahara desert dust coats swathes of Spain

Mar 15, 2022 (AFP)

People used hoses to wash down the dust in the centre of the capital where a brown film covered windows in apartment buildings. Haze created by the hot air is d...

The longest drought

Mar 15, 2022 (SPX)

Researchers from half a dozen universities investigated what the future might hold in terms of rainfall and soil moisture, two measurements of drought. The team...