Saleemul Huq: Ditching 2C warming goal will condemn millions
COMMENT: Moves are afoot to lower expectations ahead of upcoming Paris deal, with long term costs for the planet
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Earth’s oceans have economic value of $24 trillion, says WWF
NEWS: Green campaign group warns valuable natural resource is threatened by pollution, overfishing and climate change
Ocean acidification triggered mass extinctions 252 million years ago
NEWS: The biggest extinction ever known on Earth resulted from oceans turned acid by CO2, the main gas driving human-caused climate change today
African ministers back 1.5C warming goal for Paris summit
NEWS: Climate vulnerable nations call for ambitious carbon cuts and more emphasis on adaptation in proposed 2015 deal
Ocean acidification attack on algae damaging marine ecosystems
NEWS: Development of group of alga may be stunted as oceans absorb more carbon dioxide, with widespread effects for marine life, say scientists
Can global warming be limited to 1.5C?
COMMENT: Scientists at Climate Analytics discuss the odds of avoiding temperature rises above 1.5C and 2C
“This is a matter of our race’s existence and extinction”
COMMENT: A letter from a schoolgirl on the sinking Seychelles to the UN secretary general Ban Ki-moon
Watered down UN climate science report is still important
ANALYSIS: Finding that world must reach zero emissions this century is significant, even though key phrase was omitted from final version
Biodiversity: the ‘stepchild’ of international talks
INTERVIEW: With little hard cash on the table at UN summit, biodiversity champions seek to link up with mainstream agendas
UN: Expand marine protection zones to cope with climate threat
NEWS: Warming waters and acidification are steadily degrading the planet’s oceans, says new study
Backtracking from 2C goal abandons island states to the waves
ANALYSIS: Negotiators are already distancing themselves from the 2C goal, but it is too important to throw away
How Hurricane Sandy spurred Rhode Island climate action
INTERVIEW: While debate rages across the US over President Obama’s carbon cuts, one small east-coast state has taken a lead
Great Barrier Reef may withstand warming seas
NEWS: Australian reef could be more resilient to warming than thought, historical data shows
Hawaii passes climate change adaptation law
NEWS: New law creates climate council and seeks to protect islands from threat of rising sea levels
Island states invoke IPCC report at climate negotiations
NEWS: Low lying island countries at risk from sea level rise are pushing for tougher climate action ahead of Bonn talks
Cutting CO2 emissions saves money, says UN climate panel
ANALYSIS: Costs of global transition to clean energy sources smaller than expected, and could offer huge benefits
UN climate panel answers 11 key questions on its latest report
BLOG: Scientists working on the IPCC’s latest study answer questions on adaptation, positives from warming and timeframes
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?
How much worse is a 4 degrees world?
ANALYSIS: risks linked to warming above 2C likely to be unpredictable and dangerous, says IPCC report
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
Asia’s great cities face rising flooding risks in warming world
NEWS: Draft of IPCC’s forthcoming report highlights rising seas as acute risk for China, India, Thailand and Vietnam
Climate change could devastate Africa crop yields
NEWS: Draft of IPCC’s forthcoming report reveals droughts, floods, famines and health impacts from a warming world
John Kerry warns of ocean ‘dead zones’ from pollution and acidification
US Secretary of State follows up comments on climate action with call for more marine protection zones