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IPCC report prompts calls to tackle methane emissions at Cop26
Only 13 countries have methane emission targets in their climate plans, despite evidence of the gas’s potent role in global heating
Five takeaways from the IPCC’s 2021 climate science report
The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change has published its first update on the physical science of climate change since 2013. Here are the key messages
Timeline: How the science linking climate change to extreme weather took off
Attribution science, which quantifies the influence of human activity on specific heatwaves, droughts and floods, has developed rapidly in the past decade
Most of UN climate science report likely to be delayed beyond 2021 Glasgow summit
Only the first section of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change report, about the science of global warming, is set to be ready before the postponed Glasgow summit
Next UN climate science report to consider lessons from coronavirus
UN climate science reports due in 2021 will examine the links between pandemics and human pressures on the natural world to guide policymakers
Greta Thunberg misses Nobel prize amid green vs peace dispute
The Swedish teen activist may have been too young, or come up against disagreement over whether environmentalism counts as a peace activity
Dying oceans rising faster than predicted, UN warns in stark report
Accelerating melting in Antarctica coupled with heating and acidification will push world’s oceans into ‘unprecedented’ condition, the UN science panel said
Meat and potatoes: international media majors on diet in IPCC coverage
Reporting on latest science around climate change and land use focused on rich nations’ eating habits, but did it miss the bigger picture?
How we manage land is critical to climate justice
The latest science shows the impacts of global warming – and solutions to it – risk worsening inequality if not coupled with support to the world’s poor
IPCC: Urgent action needed to tackle hunger alongside climate crisis
In a special report, the UN’s climate science panel warned use of land to store carbon or grow fuel crops risked worsening food insecurity if poorly managed
Nine solutions to the food-forests-fuel trilemma
The UN climate science body is expected to warn of increasing pressure on land use to meet climate and development goals. Here are ways to limit the conflict
Leaked UN science report warns of clash between bioenergy and food
Models suggest large areas of land are needed for forests and biofuel crops to halt climate change, but this risks worsening hunger, draft tells policymakers
UN report on 1.5C blocked from climate talks after Saudi Arabia disputes science
There will be no further formal discussions of the IPCC’s findings at the UN after Saudi Arabia fought to undermine the findings of the global scientific community
I am a denier. A human extinction denier
The rhetoric of extinction and emergency does not adequately describe the situation we find ourselves in and is counter-productive
Chile’s ‘Blue Cop’ will push leaders to protect oceans to heal climate
Hosts of UN climate talks push ocean health up political agenda in year when IPCC scientists will deliver major report on climate link
Climate science on 1.5C erased at UN talks as US and Saudis step in
In a moment of drama in Poland, countries closed ranks against a push by oil producers to water down recognition of the UN’s report on the impacts of 1.5C warming
French senate ‘failed to heed’ UN science warning before protests
A major climate report in October found shifting to a green economy risked social disruption, but French senators told a scientist they were ‘powerless’ to respond
Islands need support to face shocking impacts of 1.5C global warming
Last month’s landmark UN science report underlines why vulnerable countries must demand funding to cover their climate-induced losses
Why UN climate science reports have Africa-shaped gaps
African experts explain the barriers they face to taking part in influential climate science assessments like this month’s blockbuster on 1.5C global warming
EU lawmakers support 55% emission cuts as IPCC spectre lurks
MEPs are calling on the EU to bump its 2030 target in light of this week’s scientific report of 1.5C of global warming