George Osborne: The best barometer for success in Paris?
COMMENT: UK chancellor has taken an axe to country’s green policies in lead up to UN’s climate summit. His March 2016 budget will be an early chance to see if COP21 has worked
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Obama to slash methane emissions 45% by 2025
NEWS: The White House’s first ever methane rules for the oil and gas industry would help US curb global warming
UK, Germany & France join coalition against black carbon and methane pollutants
21 states now signed up to agreement to slow climate change by cutting damaging emissions
Carbon focus: Innovative methods to cut emissions
While negotiations in the main Conference Centre in Durban remain deadlocked, there is plenty of innovation on display in the main conference centre.
The data is in: 2016 was hottest year on record
NASA, NOAA and the Met Office independently confirm global temperatures were 1.1C higher than the pre-industrial average
BBC lost at sea as Radio 4 mocks climate change science
BLOG: Science drenched with a water pistol as sceptical MPs and weathermen line up to bash Met Office
Halloween could be UK’s hottest ever
NEWS: October 31 will be frightfully hot, according to the UK’s Met Office
UK invests £97m in weather and climate supercomputer
NEWS: The Met Office says the system, 13 times more powerful than its existing capacity, will bring £2 billion of benefits
UK set for driest September since records began
NEWS: Provisional Met Office figures suggest that this September will be UK’s driest since at least 1910
Climate change to increase UK flash flood risk – study
NEWS: Chances of potentially dangerous levels of heavy rain likely to increase says Met Office
Global warming ‘slowdowns’ will be frequent say UK scientists
Met Office summary for UN climate summit reveals recent pause in temperature rise not unusual, with more likely in future
Scientists admit global warming has paused (but it’s coming back)
UK Met Office say natural causes responsible for slowing temperature rise, but overall trends suggest we’ll still hit 2 degrees of warming
UK climate experts meet to discuss ‘unusual weather’
Morning briefing: Workshop at UK’s Met Office to determine if climate change played a role in recent extreme weather events
Ed Davey: vested interest & nimbyism drives climate contrarians
UK Secretary of State Ed Davey’s speech to Met Office Climate Services event at Institute of Physics, London on Monday 3 June
Climate change linked to 2011 East Africa drought
UK Met Office report suggests human influence affected rainy seasons in East Africa ahead of catastrophic drought
Expert view: Has global warming stopped?
Climate scientists explain why the planet is still warming, despite new data from the UK Met Office suggesting it has slowed
2012 England’s wettest year on record
Met Office reports UK’s second wettest year since 1910, warning that extreme rainfall, possibly as a result of climate change, is likely to become more frequent
Scientists link British winter heat & Texas drought of 2011 to climate change – but not Thailand floods
Climate change is increasing the chances of extreme weather events, according to a new report from from scientists at the UK Met Office and the USA’s NOAA.
Frosty sun won’t affect earth’s temperature
UK Met Office research suggests that decreased output from the sun until 2100 will not negate rising temperatures caused by carbon emissions.
Argentinian scientists condemn budget cuts ahead of university protest
Right-wing President Javier Milei has taken an axe to funding for education and scientific bodies, sparking fears for climate research
Record-breaking rain fills Chinese subway, drowning twelve people
Flooding in the central province of Henan can be linked to human influence on the climate, but Chinese media is not making the connection
Coronavirus lockdown gives a boost to citizen science projects
From counting penguins to mapping solar panels, people staying at home during the pandemic can contribute to climate change research
2019 second warmest year on record, ends hottest decade yet, says EU observatory
Copernicus’ climate change service provides the first global picture of temperature levels and CO2 concentration in 2019
Visual storytelling paves a two-way street for climate knowledge-sharing
Sponsored content: A Future Climate for Africa filmmaking initiative brings farmers into the climate conversation in sub-Saharan Africa