On the road to lower emissions?
Neil Howard
Why we should look at emissions based on consumption rather than geography.
More like these? Typhoon Haiyan in 2013.
NASA
New analysis shows that warmer ocean temperatures in the Pacific are creating more intense typhoons.
The Cliffs of Moher look out over the Atlantic – but is the ocean endangering us on land?
Sami Pyylampi
Meet the Atlantic Multidecadal Oscillation.
Unless Africa can manage the effects of climate change, the agricultural future for many African’s looks bleak.
Siegfried Modola/Reuters
Unless Africa can manage the effects of climate change, the agricultural future for many Africans looks bleak.
A zebra crossing melts in Delhi during extreme heat.
EPA/Harish Tyagi
The latest heatwaves in India have claimed at least 1,100 lives.
Coffee is one of Africa’s major exports.
Hereward Holland/Reuters
Unless climate change can be mitigated, or farmers can find ways to adapt, the future for coffee production looks bleak.
The white-lipped tree frog, one of the species threatened by warming.
Stephen Williams
Climate change is one of the biggest threats to the world’s wildlife, but recent projects provide hope that we’ll be able to help species adapt.
Australia risks becoming a ‘fossilised’ economy unless we take action on climate change without delay.
david_a_l/Flickr
Economic studies on the costs of climate action share a common message: action on climate change is cheap, and delaying it will be costly.
The Mountain Pygmy Possum, which is the only Australian mammal confined to the alpine zone of Australian Alps. is extremely vulnerable to climate change.
Matthew Pauza
Nearly half of 200 Australian species are threatened by climate change, according to new research, including the iconic mountain pygmy-possum.
Research by James Cook University was rapidly translated into policy that is helping to preserve Queensland’s regions against the effects of climate change.
Nathan Siemers/Flickr
It’s rare for research to have an immediate impact on policy, but lessons learnt from a successful venture in Queensland can show how it can be done.
We cross the 2C threshold at our peril.
Shawn Carpenter/Flickr
2C is the officially agreed safe limit for global warming, but a recent expert finds 2C is still in the danger zone.
You Shell not pass.
Matt Mills McKnight/EPA
The risks of rising carbon emissions means fossil fuel firms need new strategies now - for the sake of their businesses as well as the planet.
Increasing emissions from Canada’s oil and gas sector will make Canada’s post-2020 pledge very difficult to achieve.
kris krüg/Flickr
This month Canada revealed its post-2020 climate target as 30% below 2005 levels by 2030. But current policies make it unlikely Canada will achieve the target within the country.
The frontline of climate change.
Alba Martin-EspaÒol
Yet more doom and gloom from the bottom of the Earth.
Countries should make pledges to fund low-carbon research - such as developing solar technology - and development as part of global climate talks.
University of Salford Press Office/Flickr
Countries will take emissions reduction pledges to international climate talks in Paris at the end of this year. Those pledges should also include funds for low-carbon R&D.
The 34-storey timber tower planned for Stockholm.
Berg | C.F. møller Architects
Until recently, tall wooden towers were an engineering impossibility. Following a breakthrough a few years ago, the sky is increasingly the limit.
It takes time, but this is how a real consensus is built.
EPA/NIELS AHLMANN OLESEN/AAP
There is a way for governments to find out the consensus on global issues such as climate change. But it involves painstaking, complex work, and an end to the adversarial clash of competing ideologies.
Australia needs a better guardrail to stop emissions increasing.
Erica Zabowski/Flickr
While the recent emissions reduction auction in Australia was a success, much more needs to be done to build an effective climate policy.
Nigerian youth celebrate presidential candidate Muhammadu Buhari’s victory. Youth unemployment will continue to threaten the continent’s growth.
Reuters/Goran Tomasevic
How realistic are expectations about Africa’s economic prospects? There are several reasons why we should be both optimistic and cautious about the continent’s future economic performance.
California has been inundated with stranded, hungry sea lion pups, a result of warm waters causing fish to move.
Michael Fiala/Reuters
The “warm blob” of remarkably warm water in the Pacific is changing weather patterns and impacting marine life, providing clues to how ecosystems may change in a warmer future.