The Latest Breaking News from Johan Rockstrom

After years of pushing the world to limit Earth's warming to 1.5 degrees Celsius, climate leaders are starting to acknowledge that the target set by the 2015 Paris Agreement will almost surely be breached

Record heat waves and deadly weather disasters have punctuated a decade of missed climate targets.

Ocean acidification close to critical threshold, say scientists, posing threat to marine ecosystems and global liveability

Earth has endured 12 months of temperatures 1.5C hotter than the pre-industrial era for the first time on record, Europe's climate monitor said Thursday, in what scientists called a "warning to humanity".

The climate negotiations that just finished in Dubai hit upon the essence of compromise, finding common language that everyone accepted, at times grudgingly

A new study of Earth's health says the planet is outside its “safe operating space for humanity” on six out of nine key measurements

We are "destabilising the entire planet" warn an international team of scientists, who outline the planetary boundaries we need to stay within to provide a "safe and just" future.

A new study says Earth has pushed past seven out of eight scientifically established safety limits and into “the danger zone,” not just for an overheating planet that’s losing its natural areas, but for well-being of people living on it

Landmark report urges overhaul of wasteful water practices around world on eve of crucial UN summit