The United Nations has announced that 2016 is very likely to be the hottest year on record, surpassing 2015, which had been the warmest year since records began. Meanwhile, Reuters reports president-elect Donald Trump is seeking quick ways to withdraw the U.S. from the Paris accord to combat climate change. Trump is a longtime climate […]
In what’s widely being described as the most shocking upset in U.S. election history, Donald J. Trump has beaten Hillary Clinton to become the 45th president of the U.S. 'Trump's Election Is a Disaster' by @StefanieSpear of @EcoWatch: https://t.co/jjnWs7tWQX#GameOverForClimate — Prof Michael E. Mann (@MichaelEMann) November 9, 2016 As one of the world’s largest greenhouse […]
Without the emissions cuts laid out in the Paris agreement, global temperatures could reach 2 C as early as 2040 and cause the fastest acceleration in sea level rise in human history, according to a new study. Sea levels could rise up to a foot in the most vulnerable cities by mid-century, with the rate […]
Tomorrow, millions of Americans will be casting their ballots for president, senator, representative and a whole host of other offices. And while the oaths the winners take next year will be largely the same as ever, the political environment they step into will be a brave new world, especially when it comes to climate change. […]
The UN Climate Change Conference in Marrakech kicked off today, just three days after the Paris climate change agreement entered into force. It's Official: Paris Agreement Becomes International Law https://t.co/rNE0OPlDex @climateprogress @tcktcktck — EcoWatch (@EcoWatch) November 5, 2016 At the opening, Morocco’s Foreign Minister and newly-elected COP22 President Salaheddine Mezouar underscored his country’s willingness to […]
By Chris Hope It should be a momentous occasion for the environment. On Oct. 5, 55 countries with 55 percent of the world’s greenhouse gas emissions ratified the Paris climate change agreement. Today, it comes into force. It's Official: #ParisAgreement Becomes International Law https://t.co/VoVrMIk5rM @UNFCCC @sierraclub @greenpeaceusa @foe_us @NRDC — EcoWatch (@EcoWatch) November 4, 2016 […]
By Patricia Espinosa and Salaheddine Mezouar Humanity will look back on Nov. 4, as the day that countries of the world shut the door on inevitable climate disaster and set off with determination towards a sustainable future. The Paris climate change agreement—the result of the most complex, comprehensive and critical international climate negotiation ever attempted—came […]
By Alex Kirby The global watchdog responsible for protecting the world’s wealth of species, the UN’s Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD), has looked at the hopes for reining in climate change through geoengineering. Its bleak conclusion, echoing that reached by many independent scientists, is that the chances are “highly uncertain.” “Novel means,” in this context, […]
It’s no secret—here in the U.S., there’s an election coming up. It’s soon. It’s a big decision for American voters. And it’s a big deal. It’s also not the only decision with global consequences this fall. Because at the same time the U.S. campaign season was getting into the business end of things, more and […]
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