Get all your news in one place.

100’s of premium titles.
One app.

Get all your news in one place.

100’s of premium titles. One news app.

The Latest Breaking News on Tuesday briefing: Why 2023 was a watershed year for the climate crisis

What frightens me about the climate crisis is we don’t know how bad things really are

As the barrage of bad news from places like Greece continues, all we can be certain of is there are many surprises lying ahead, says analyst Roger Harrabin

The Guardian - UK

Explained | Climate targets are becoming outdated, so India needs its own

Both the 1.5- and the 2-degree-Celsius thresholds for global warming are grounded in political expediency more than science, even as reducing emissions as a paradigm for tackling climate change has essentially failed.

The Hindu

The UK is still not prepared for extreme temperatures – here's what it should do

While massive heatwaves are affecting southern Europe, China, the US and many other places, it’s rainy and not particularly warm in the UK. But that doesn’t mean there’s no risk of intense heat: on this exact week last year, the UK broke 40°C for the first time.

The Conversation

From analysis to the latest developments in health,
read the most diverse news in one place.

‘We are damned fools’: scientist who sounded climate alarm in 80s warns of worse to come

James Hansen, who testified to Congress on global heating in 1988, says world is approaching a ‘new climate frontier’

The Guardian - US

UN says climate change 'out of control' as average daily temperature record smashed

Days of record-breaking heat show how global warming could spiral into a 'catastrophic situation', United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres warns.

Daily Record

Nations set to agree on shipping emissions cuts but fall short of aligning with climate goals

Maritime nations have been finalizing a plan Thursday to slash emissions from the shipping industry to net zero by close to 2050 but experts warn the deal falls well short of what’s needed to prevent climate catastrophe

The Independent UK

Global heat is just the latest 2023 extreme that shows an Earth in crisis

Scientists say global heat that inched into worrisome new territory this week is a clear example of how pollutants released by humans are warming their environment

The Independent UK

Read news from The Economist, FT, and more,
with one subscription

For third day, it was the hottest day on Earth, as global temperature matches record set Tuesday

Earth’s average temperature remained at a record high Wednesday, after two days in which the planet reached unofficial records

The Independent UK

Australia needs to reduce emissions to net zero by 2038 to do ‘fair share’ to contain global heating, analysis shows

Exclusive: Researchers say government’s climate schedule needs to be brought forward by a decade to keep heating to 1.5C

The Guardian - AU

The hard right and climate catastrophe are intimately linked. This is how

As climate policy is weakened, extreme weather intensifies and more refugees are driven from their homes – and the cycle of hatred continues, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot

The Guardian - UK

Limiting global warming to 2℃ is not enough -- why the world must keep temperature rise below 1℃

The Paris Climate agreement represented a historic step towards a safer future for humanity on Earth when it was adopted in 2015. The agreement strove to keep global heating below 2℃ above pre-industrial levels with the aim of limiting the increase to 1.5℃ if possible. It was signed by 196…

The Conversation

The green energy revolution: how semiconductors are driving decarbonisation

THE ARTICLES ON THESE PAGES ARE PRODUCED BY BUSINESS REPORTER, WHICH TAKES SOLE RESPONSIBILITY FOR THE CONTENTS

The Independent UK

Earth is getting hotter at a faster rate despite pledges of government action

Average global temperatures are rising at an ever faster rate despite pledges of world leaders to tackle climate change, a new study has revealed.

Space

Greenhouse Gas Emissions Hit An All-time High: Study

Time is no longer on our side.

Zenger

Get all your
news in one place.

100’s of premium titles.
One news app.

The Conversation

Greenhouse gas emissions are at an all-time high and Earth is warming faster than ever – report

Greenhouse gas emissions are at an all-time high, with yearly emissions equivalent to 54 billion tonnes of carbon dioxide. Humanity has caused surface temperatures to warm by 1.14°C since the late 1800s – and this warming is increasing at an unprecedented rate of over 0.2°C per decade. The highest temperatures…

The Week

The climate change tipping points getting ever closer

Fresh alarm has been raised about the state of the climate after experts announced that ice-free Arctic summers are now unavoidable.

France 24

World warming at record 0.2C per decade, top scientists warn

Record-high greenhouse gas emissions and diminishing air pollution have caused an unparalleled acceleration in global warming, 50 top scientists warned Thursday in a sweeping climate science update.

The Guardian - UK

Global greenhouse gas emissions at all-time high, study finds

Scientists say world is burning through ‘carbon budget’ that can be emitted while staying below 1.5C

Get all your
news in one place.

100’s of premium titles.
One news app.

The Conversation

Current emissions targets could keep the planet below a 2°C temperature rise but a turbocharged effort is needed

In the landmark Paris Agreement, adopted at the 2015 United Nations climate change conference (COP21), 196 countries decided that the world must limit global temperature increases to well below 2°C above pre-industrial levels – and to 1.5°C above current levels if possible.

Salon

Climate crisis has stranded 600M people

More than 600 million people are already living outside of a crucial “climate niche”

Salon

Universities have to do more for climate

University leaders should be asking what actual climate action looks like

The Independent UK

Hybrid offers a cleaner, brighter future says E2E partner and IWG CEO, Mark Dixon

IWG Founder and CEO Mark Dixon explains the environmental benefits of the hybrid model, and how it offers the potential to reduce work-related carbon emissions by 49% in the UK and 90% in the US.

The Week

Why the 1.5C threshold matters to our climate

The probability of the world exceeding the 1.5C climate change target within the next five years has risen to 66%, according to the World Meteorological Organization (WMO).

The Hindu

Warming warning: On the World Meteorological Organization projections for temperature trends

India will be severely tested due to changes in the global climate

The National (Scotland)

New report shows ‘urgent need’ to end new oil and gas exploration, Greens say

THE Scottish Greens have said that a new report underlines the “urgent need” to end new oil and gas exploration...

1 … 3 4 5 6

People

From analysis to the latest developments in health,
read the most diverse news in one place.

Organisations

Climate Change Authority

31 stories

Read news from The Economist, FT, and more,
with one subscription

Topics

Places

Fourteen days free

Download the app

One app. One membership.
100+ trusted global sources.