The Latest Breaking News from Climate Change

Extreme heat is already killing people around the world while increasing disease, displacement and loss of livelihood and culture, scientists say

The tougher safeguard mechanism is an important stepping stone for decarbonising the economy and politicians must not delay, a leading businesswoman warns.

It’s easy to feel pessimistic when scientists around the world are warning that climate change has advanced so far, it’s now inevitable that societies will either transform themselves or be transformed. But as two of the authors of a recent international climate report, we also see reason for optimism.

The world is in deep trouble on climate change, but if we really put our shoulder to the wheel we can turn things around. Loosely, that’s the essence of today’s report by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC).