Climate science
IPCC report: Bet your house on low carbon energy growth
NEWS: Wind, solar and hydro will have to shoulder four fifths of the global power supply by 2050 to meet carbon targets
IPCC report: Gas just a short term fix to cut CO2 levels
ANALYSIS: Shale gas can help address climate change say UN panel, but will have to be cut substantially by 2050
UN: Radical action needed to avert climate catastrophe
NEWS: IPCC warns swift transition to renewables needed to avoid dangerous temperature rise, but changes are affordable
Confusion over climate costs undermined IPCC message
ANALYSIS: Image of scientists bickering with Richard Tol weakened public perception of consensus within IPCC
400ppm: the milestone that puts Earth in the “danger zone”
FEATURE: The Earth entered uncharted territory when CO2 levels hit 400ppm for the first time. So what does the milestone mean?
Melting permafrost will release more methane – study
NEWS: Higher estimates of methane emissions from melting permafrost could accelerate climate ‘tipping points’, says report
Natural ocean cycle has offset manmade warming – study
NEWS: A cool phase in the Atlantic ocean helps to explain sixteen year ‘pause’ in warming of surface temperatures
IPCC must issue shorter, less frequent reports, says reviewer
NEWS: Shorter reports produced once a decade could ease pressure on scientists responsible for enormous scientific overview
Adaptation as complicated as cutting emissions – UN disasters envoy
NEWS: Governments must not see adaptation as ‘politically easy’ way out of tackling climate change, says Margareta Wahlström
Economists defend estimates of climate cost
NEWS: Putting price tag on climate change is key in spurring politicians into action, say economists, lawyers and scientists
Kill the cheeseburgers to stop global warming – report
NEWS: Scientists say public must stop eating so much meat and dairy produce, citing rising levels of carbon pollution from industry
Rajendra Pachauri: adaptation only works alongside carbon cuts
INTERVIEW: Chair of UN’s IPCC science panel tells RTCC calls to focus exclusively on coping with climate change are misplaced
Do governments need clearer climate messages from the IPCC?
ANALYSIS: UN climate panel only reports ‘facts’, but is it time to make clearer the implications for policy?
BBC and UK government ‘failing public’ over climate change coverage
NEWS: Damning report from MPs says BBC should adopt clear editorial guidelines around climate coverage
IPCC: specific costs of climate change impacts still unclear
NEWS: placing a dollar cost on potential climate threats proved hard for IPCC scientists and economists
How much worse is a 4 degrees world?
ANALYSIS: risks linked to warming above 2C likely to be unpredictable and dangerous, says IPCC report
IPCC report: Arctic, crops and coral reefs on climate frontline
NEWS: scientists say large investments may be needed to ensure some communities survive changing weather patterns
Climate change is already here, poses serious threat – IPCC
NEWS: Costs of global warming outweigh benefits say UN scientists, with damages likely to rise without emission cuts
UN science panel releases climate impacts report – as it happened
Latest news, analysis, tweets and commentary from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change’s report on the impacts of global warming
Climate change will hike air pollution deaths says UN study
IPCC: Pollen, smoke and ozone levels likely to increase in warming world, affecting health of residents in major cities