Latest Climate Change Headlines
All the headlines from our Climate Change Topic Page, ordered by recency.
IPCC Japan Meeting Aims for ‘Comprehensive Assessment’ on Climate Change
Mar 25 2014 // The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) announced that government representatives and scientists opened a five-day meeting today, which aims to “finalize a report assessing the impacts of climate change...
UN Says China, U.S. Climate Cooperation Raises Hopes for Global Deal
Mar 6 2014 // Closer cooperation between China and the United States, the top two greenhouse gas emitters, on combating global warming is boosting prospects for a U.N. deal meant to be agreed next year, the U.N.’s climate chief...
Bill Seeks to Help Mass. Prep for Climate Change
Feb 24 2014 // A bill recently filed in Massachusetts Legislature would create a “coastal buyback program” allowing the state to purchase land that is repeatedly threatened by damaging tides or is located in flood plain...
Millions in Aid for Drought-Stricken California Promises Obama
Feb 14 2014 // U.S. President Barack Obama is offering millions of dollars in aid and other assistance to California farmers, ranchers and communities beset by one of the worst droughts in the state’s history. The federal help will...
Massachusetts Bill Seeks to Create ‘Coastal Buyback Program’
Feb 4 2014 // A bill filed in Massachusetts Legislature last week would create a “coastal buyback program” allowing the state to purchase land that is repeatedly threatened by damaging tides or is located in flood plain...
Warming Climate Caused by ‘Human Influence’ Says IPCC’s Latest Report
Jan 30 2014 // “Warming of the climate system is unequivocal, human influence on the climate system is clear, and limiting climate change will require substantial and sustained reductions of greenhouse gas emissions,” are the...
The World’s Biggest Risks
Jan 27 2014 // The chronic gap between the incomes of the richest and poorest citizens is seen as the risk that is most likely to cause serious damage globally in the coming decade. That’s according to more than 700 global experts...
Investors Should Support Global Warming Fight, UN Climate Chief Says
Jan 17 2014 // Institutional investors managing trillions of dollars should shift their portfolios away from fossil fuel investments toward cleaner energy sources to put a stop to the dangerous rise in global temperatures causing climate...
China, India, Brazil Join U.S. As Among Biggest Contributors to Global Warming
Jan 17 2014 // China, India and Brazil — three of the largest developing nations— joined the U.S. in a list of the biggest historical contributors to global warming, according to a study by researchers in Canada. Seven nations...
Worsening Wealth Gap Is World’s Biggest Risk: World Economic Forum
Jan 16 2014 // The chronic gap between the incomes of the richest and poorest citizens is seen as the risk that is most likely to cause serious damage globally in the coming decade, according to over 700 global experts contributing to...
Europe to Experience More Droughts Due to Climate Change
Jan 15 2014 // Europe is poised to suffer more droughts as the 21st century progresses because of climate change, according to a study by the European Union’s Joint Research Centre and Germany’s University of Kassel. Many...
United Nations Explores Climate Change Solutions; Urges Carbon Dioxide Removal
Jan 15 2014 // Governments may have to extract vast amounts of greenhouse gases from the air by 2100 to achieve a target for limiting global warming, backed by trillion-dollar shifts towards clean energy, a draft U.N. report showed on...
Australia Swelters from Record Heat Wave; Bushfire Warnings Issued
Jan 3 2014 // A searing heat wave is baking central and northern Australia, piling more misery on drought-hit cattle farmers who have been slaughtering livestock as Australia sweltered through the hottest year on record in...
Local Leaders Planning for Climate Effects
Dec 12 2013 // When it comes to climate change, local officials have a message for Washington: Lead or get out of the way. Local governments have long acted as first responders in emergencies and now are working to plan for sea level...
Sea-Level Rise Too Fast for Current Forecast Tools, Study Says
Dec 4 2013 // By the time climate change reduces crop yields or frequently floods New York City subways, it will be too late to avert damage without better forecasting tools, a panel of scientists said in a report released...
China, India Succeed in Weakening Warsaw Global Warming Pact
Nov 26 2013 // China and India’s success in weakening the latest global warming agreement created friction with other developing nations that are seeking to step up the fight against climate change. The two countries insisted on...
Global Warming Pact Expected from Warsaw Talks
Nov 22 2013 // Envoys from 190 nations are close to agreeing upon the first building blocks for the next treaty aimed at fighting global warming, sketching the way to worldwide cuts in fossil-fuel emissions. The delegates, due to finish...
Philippine Disaster Fuels Call for Rich Nations to Compensate Poor for Global Warming Losses
Nov 18 2013 // The typhoon that killed thousands of people in the Philippines has energized debate about whether rich nations should compensate poor ones for climate-related losses, a proposal the U.S. and European Union are...
UNEP Report: Global Action Needed to Close 8-12 Billion Ton Emissions Gap
Nov 6 2013 // Greenhouse gas emissions in 2020 will be 8 billion to 12 billion tons more than the level needed to keep global warming to only 2 degrees Celsius [3.6°F] and avoid severe climate change, a United Nations report estimated...
Report: Warming Likely to Make Bad Things Worse
Nov 5 2013 // Many of the ills of the modern world — starvation, poverty, flooding, heat waves, droughts, war and disease — are likely to worsen as the world warms from man-made climate change, a leaked draft of an...
