Chinese coal boom a ‘direct threat’ to 1.5C goal, analysts warn
Energy security fears prompted Beijing to rapidly accelerate coal power plans last year, raising concerns about the country’s impact on greenhouse gas emissions
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Climate scientists reject ‘offensive’ claim of US, Saudi meddling in landmark report
An article claiming a landmark report on the consequences of warming past 1.5C had been watered down at the behest of big polluters has been slammed by authors
How to resuscitate 1.5°C by identifying accountable countries
Keeping the 1.5°C warming goal alive requires holding individual countries responsible for their fair share of climate action – our new framework points the way
Warming of 2C ‘substantially’ more harmful than 1.5C – draft UN report
Latest version of major UN science report concludes the upper temperature goal of the Paris Agreement does not represent a climate safe zone
Leaked final government draft of UN 1.5C climate report – annotated
A draft summary of the most important climate science report of 2018, published here annotated with changes from the previous version
11 takeaways from the draft UN report on a 1.5C global warming limit
UN draft report says missing 1.5C warming target will multiply hunger, migration and conflict, but staying under will require unprecedented global cooperation
Did limiting warming to 1.5C just get easier?
A new report has revised the ‘carbon budget’, apparently putting a 1.5C limit to warming within reach. But how useful is this measure?
Paris climate target slips away as Donald Trump rises
Faint hopes for a 1.5C global warming limit to rescue low-lying island states from rising seas have been shattered by the US election result, say scientists
UN approves plans for new IPCC global warming report
Top climate scientists have just under two years to deliver assessment of dangers and avoiding strategies for warming of 1.5C
Global warming above 1.5C inevitable, says ex IPCC chief
Leading scientists say most people remain unaware of the truth that climate change is a stark reality now and will continue to get worse without drastic action
1.5 to stay alive: UN’s warming goal feels the heat
The tougher temperature goal was a great victory for the vulnerable countries in terms of global diplomacy and advocacy. Now comes the hard part of implementation
Adaptation takes centre stage as IPCC prepares 1.5C study
New report by world’s foremost authority on global warming likely to major on how countries can adjust to rising temperatures and weather extremes
UN science panel debates 1.5C as climate records fall
Scientists to explore emission pathways that could lead to lower levels of global warming with IPCC study due in 2018
As IPCC meets to discuss avoiding 1.5C, it is already too late?
Warning that humans may already have emitted enough carbon dioxide to undermine the 1.5°C temperature rise threshold agreed by 195 nations last December
Why the 1.5C climate limit matters in the Maldives
Political focus on tackling climate change has dropped since Paris talks, but need for urgent action remains writes Thoriq Ibrahim
Global warming hit 1.46C in March as records fall
Planet set for fifth successive warming year with average 1.21C temperature rises above 1850-1900 levels, a big increase on the 1.06C warming in 2015
Scientists: 1.5C Paris climate goal needs more research
Science underpinning the global treaty aiming to stop average temperatures rising more than 1.5C above pre-industrial levels needs more research
Scientists: Window for avoiding 1.5C global warming ‘closed’
World is almost certain to breach danger threshold for millions of vulnerable people, study finds
UN climate science body green-lights 1.5C report
Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change accepts call for report on tough aspirational global warming threshold agreed in Paris
Saudi Arabia, India quash UN study warning of 2C dangers
NEWS: Island nations left distraught as major carbon polluters block report that suggested limiting temperature rises to well below 2C would be safer for millions
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
1.5C climate target ‘out of range’, says IPCC chair
NEWS: Efforts to stop warming above 1.5C no longer possible, says Edenhofer, with dire consequences for small island states
Is 1.5C warming target still within reach?
Climate Action Network and Climate Analytics study says rapid investment in biomass, energy efficiency and carbon capture technologies required