Antarctic ice 'is melting faster'The summer ice melt in parts of Antarctica is at its highest level in 1,000 years, Australian and British researchers reported on Monday, adding new evidence of the impact of global warming on sensitive Antarctic glaciers and i More… |
World climate change goal at risk, warns UNA global goal for limiting climate change is slipping out of reach and governments may have to find ways to artificially suck greenhouse gases from the air if they fail to make deep cuts in rising emissions by 2030, a draft UN report said. More… |
Unresolved disputes at Doha climate talksAlmost 200 nations are meeting in Doha until December 7 to try to extend struggling UN-led efforts to slow global warming to avert ever more droughts, floods, heatwaves and rising sea levels. But they face an uphill task to rea More… |
Seas rising faster; low areas threatenedSea levels are rising 60 percent faster than UN projections, threatening low-lying areas from Miami to the Maldives, a study said on Wednesday. The report, issued during UN talks in Qatar on com More… |
Qatar defends right to host climate talksQatar has defended its right to host UN talks on slowing global warming even though its greenhouse gas output per capita is the highest in the world and it has made no pledge to cut it. Qataris More… |
Heat waves could devastate MideastExtreme heat waves would devastate broad swaths of the earth's land, from the Middle East to the US, if the world fails to tackle the climate change issue, the World Bank said in a report. T More… |
Bahrain set for green drive at UN summitBahrain is set to call for greater cuts in greenhouse gases as it takes part in a major United Nations Conference on Climate Change next week. The Arab Youth Climate Movement (AYCM) Bahrain chapter wants stricter guidelines to be More… |
Climate change 'could kill 100 million by 2030'More than 100 million people will die and global economic growth will be cut by 3.2 percent of gross domestic product (GDP) by 2030 if the world fails to tackle climate change, a report commissioned by 20 governments said on We More… |
El Nino formed, likely to last till winterJapan's official weather bureau said on Friday its climate monitoring data and models indicate the El Nino phenomenon has emerged and is likely to last until the northern winter, potentially adding strain to global food sup More… |
Countries ‘doing too little’ on warmingGreenhouse gas emissions in 2020 could rise to nine billion tonnes above what is needed to limit global warming as some countries look set to miss their emissions cut targets, a report by three climate research groups said. Countries have More… |








