Heat & Temperature
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Carbon Levels & MeasurementChinaClimate Policy/Meetings/NegotiationsDrive to 1.5Drought, Famine & WildfiresHeat & TemperatureInternational Agencies & StudiesNational Plans & ResponsesPost-Carbon TransitionSevere Storms & Flooding
China Tips Plans for Faster Carbon Cuts as Severe Weather Impacts Mount
China announced plans last weekend to finalize new, tougher carbon reduction targets that reflect the “highest possible ambition” to combat the climate crisis, just ... -
Carbon Levels & MeasurementClimate Policy/Meetings/NegotiationsDrive to 1.5Heat & TemperatureInternational Agencies & StudiesIPCC ReportMedia, Messaging, & Public OpinionOceans
Scientists Debate Whether Revised Temperature History Reduces Available Carbon Budget
A recent revision of sea surface temperature records from the mid-20th century to the present has scientists and policy-makers considering whether the carbon budget ... -
AfricaAsiaDrive to 1.5Energy/Carbon Pricing & EconomicsFailure Is Not An OptionHealth & SafetyHeat & TemperatureHuman Rights & MigrationInternational Agencies & StudiesJobs
Climate-Driven Heat Stress Could Put 80 Million Jobs at Risk by 2030, UN Agency Warns
Heat stress caused by climate change could put the equivalent of 80 million jobs at risk by 2030, with poor countries facing the most ... -
Arctic & AntarcticaDrought, Famine & WildfiresEuropeFood SecurityHealth & SafetyHeat & TemperatureIce Loss & Sea Level Rise
Europe Mobilizes as ‘On-the-Fly’ Attribution Study Tags Climate Change for Record Heat Wave
With the south of France feeling like Death Valley this past weekend, and much of Italy on “red alert,” attribution science experts have declared ... -
Biodiversity & HabitatClimate Action/"Blockadia"Climate Policy/Meetings/NegotiationsDrive to 1.5Energy PoliticsFinance & InvestmentHealth & SafetyHeat & TemperatureInternational Agencies & StudiesIPCC ReportMiddle EastOil & GasPost-Carbon TransitionSmall Island States
Saudis Lead Fossil States to Block 1.5°C Report, Declare Island States a ‘Disposable Global Zone’
A landmark report on 1.5°C pathways was forever dropped from formal consideration in United Nations climate negotiations, and Climate Action Network-International scorched countries for ... -
Drive to 1.5Drought, Famine & WildfiresEuropeFailure Is Not An OptionHealth & SafetyHeat & TemperatureMedia, Messaging, & Public Opinion
Europe Bakes as Early Summer Heat Wave Drive Temperatures Above 40°C
With nighttime temperatures exceeding 30°C in Madrid and weekend day temperatures expected to soar far above normal for June in many cities across their ... -
CitiesDrive to 1.5Drought, Famine & WildfiresFailure Is Not An OptionHealth & SafetyHeat & TemperatureIndia
India’s Sixth-Largest City Runs Out of Water
India’s sixth-largest city has run out of water, after a crippling drought and heat wave left its four main reservoirs completely dry. -
Carbon Levels & MeasurementClimate Policy/Meetings/NegotiationsHeat & TemperatureInternational Agencies & StudiesOil & GasPetrochemicals & PlasticsSevere Storms & FloodingShale & Fracking
Global Plastics Boom Drives Annual CO2 Increase to Seven-Year High
The global boom in plastics was a key factor driving the sharp rise in carbon dioxide emissions in 2018, Greenpeace UK’s award-winning Unearthed news ... -
AsiaBiodiversity & HabitatCanadaCitiesClimate Action/"Blockadia"Climate Policy/Meetings/NegotiationsFood SecurityHealth & SafetyHeat & TemperatureHuman Rights & MigrationIce Loss & Sea Level RiseSevere Storms & Flooding
Bui: Time for a Federal Leaders’ Debate on Climate Crisis [Sign-On]
After seeing the climate crisis crash into the two places she calls home, Vietnam and Ottawa, Our Time Ottawa organizer Vi Bui is pushing ... -
Drive to 1.5Drought, Famine & WildfiresFailure Is Not An OptionFood SecurityHealth & SafetyHeat & TemperatureIndia
Villages Evacuate, Leaving Sick and Elderly Behind, as India’s Crippling Drought Deepens
Families in hundreds of villages in parts of India have been forced to leave the sick and the elderly behind, as they evacuate their ... -
India Bakes Under Stifling Heat Wave as Data Show Warming Trend
Much of the Indian subcontinent was blanketed in a stifling heat wave last week, with five of the 15 hottest places on the planet ...
