Search Results for 'oceans week'
Earth has 30 years before carbon budget is blown
NEWS: Emissions set to rise 2.5% in 2015 say researchers, with China and India driving new CO2 growth
Ban Ki-moon climate summit: a bluffer’s guide
ANALYSIS: Leaders from all corners of the globe will be in New York for a one-off climate meeting. Here’s what you need to know
Marshalls president: “The beaches where I used to fish are underwater”
COMMENT: President Christopher Loeak issues rallying call to leaders ahead of Ban Ki-moon summit, as ocean threatens to flood his islands
Leonardo DiCaprio appointed UN climate ambassador
NEWS: Actor will speak at Ban Ki-moon climate summit, where leaders gather next week to curb greenhouse gas emissions
Indian billionaire Ratan Tata leads calls for UN ocean treaty
NEWS: Heavy pollution and climate change are threatening long term health and productivity of high seas
UN warns on ocean acidification as GHG levels soar
NEWS: Carbon dioxide emissions in 2013 were largest on record since 1984, says World Meteorological Organization
Why we need to stop talking about ‘geoengineering’
COMMENT: Lumping all ‘geoengineering’ techniques under one label risks making sensible options guilty by association
Podesta heads to Pacific climate meet, NZ and Aus PMs decline
NEWS: Advisor to President Obama to attend Pacific Islands Forum, alongside EU foreign policy chief Catherine Ashton
India counts human and economic cost of late monsoon
NEWS: Record temperatures and a delayed monsoon have left many Indians suffering, causing scientists to explore possible climate link
Greenland ice loss may be faster than thought – study
NEWS: New understanding of Greenland’s glaciers show more of them are below sea level, and may melt faster
Marshall Islands President first to commit to Ban’s climate summit
NEWS: Christopher Loeak confirms he will bring “bold actions” to UN Secretary General’s September meeting
Marshall Islands President: Future will be ‘like living in a war zone’
COMMENT: Leaders must put aside polished negotiating positions and look each other in the eye, says Christopher Loeak
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
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
Some 15% of Pacific islands wiped out by 1m sea level rise – IPCC
NEWS: New UN science study will say 1.3 metres sea level rise ‘locked in’ over next two thousand years
Long-term sea level rise will be much higher, but barely studied – IPCC
IPCC: Sea levels are expected to rise 2.3m for every 1C increase in temperature, the UN’s science report will warn next week
Centuries of warming locked into earth’s climate warns UN
NEWS: World Meteorological Organization says countries must become more resilient to extreme weather
Marshall Islands foreign minister: ‘We are facing a climate disaster’
Phillip Muller says country will be ‘wiped off the map’ unless global efforts to cut greenhouse gases accelerate
Climate science debate “futile” says Marshall Islands minister
Phillip Muller says increased frequency of ‘king tides’ is linked to rising sea levels, warns country in fight for ‘survival’
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