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Former US president Barack Obama greets people at COP26 – where negotiators are seeking global progress on climate action. Credit - AP
Take heart at what’s unfolded at COP26 in Glasgow – the world can still hold global heating to 1.5℃
November 12, 2021

Greta Thunberg has already pronounced the COP26 climate conference a failure. In important respects, the Swedish activist is correct. The commitments made at the conference are insufficient to hold global heating to 1.5℃ this century.

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A boy walks through a dried up field in eastern Iraq, which suffered a blistering summer heatwave and drought this year. Photograph: Ahmad Al-Rubaye/AFP/Getty Images
Cop26: world on track for disastrous heating of more than 2.4C, says key report
November 12, 2021

The world is on track for disastrous levels of global heating far in excess of the limits in the Paris climate agreement, despite a flurry of carbon-cutting pledges from governments at the UN Cop26 summit.

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Some animals, such as lizards, tortoises and insects, will encounter thermal stress as a result of climate change. Credit: Dr Susana Clusella-Trullas
How resilient are different species to the effects of global warming?
August 27, 2021

It is not easy to predict how animals—from insects to fish—are going to respond to climate change and especially extremes of temperature. This lack of understanding hinders our ability to predict the vulnerability of these animals to climate change.

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Tropical Rainforest, Borneo. Credit - Mongabay.com
Planting forests may cool the planet more than thought
August 13, 2021

Planting trees and replenishing forests are among the simplest and most appealing natural climate solutions, but the impact of trees on atmospheric temperature is more complex than meets the eye.

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Marshall Islands atolls. credit - Vainuupo Jungblut
There's no time left for empty promises says Pacific climate activist
August 13, 2021

The Pacific's coral reef systems and coastal fisheries are set for extinction if wealthy nations don't drastically and immediately cut greenhouse gas emissions.

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A resident watches a wildfire on Evia island, Greece, as the region endures its worst heatwave in decades, which experts have linked to the climate crisis. Photograph: Angelos Tzortzinis/AFP/Getty Images
Major climate changes inevitable and irreversible – IPCC’s starkest warning yet
August 11, 2021

Human activity is changing the Earth’s climate in ways “unprecedented” in thousands or hundreds of thousands of years, with some of the changes now inevitable and “irreversible”, climate scientists have warned.

  • Read more about Major climate changes inevitable and irreversible – IPCC’s starkest warning yet
The sun rises over a neighborhood in Encinitas, California, amid a heatwave last year. Photograph: Mike Blake/Reuters
Earth is trapping ‘unprecedented’ amount of heat, Nasa says
June 24, 2021

The Earth is trapping nearly twice as much heat as it did in 2005, according to new research, described as an “unprecedented” increase amid the climate crisis.

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