Uns Intergovernmental Panel
-
{
- All
- News
-
Urgent Climate Action Needed To Limit Warming To 1.5 Degrees: UN Report
The world is very likely to miss the most important climate target of limiting global temperature rise to 1.5 degrees Celsius above pre-industrial levels but drastic and urgent action in this decade can prevent it, a UN panel on climate change said i
-
Humanity Must Rescue Oceans To Rescue Itself, UN Warns
Two days after a climate summit failed to deliver game-changing pledges to slash carbon emissions, the United Nations warned Wednesday that global warming is devastating oceans and Earth's frozen spaces in ways that directly threaten a large slice of humanity.
-
Many Megacities To Be Hit Annually By Extreme Weather In 2050: UN Report
By 2050, many coastal megacities and small island nations will experience once-a-century weather catastrophes every year, even with an aggressive drawdown of greenhouse gas emissions, a major UN report said.
-
Sea Levels Rising 2.5 Times Faster Due To Melting Of Ice Sheets: UN
Since 2005 seas have risen 2.5 times faster than during the 20th century mainly due to melting of ice sheets, and will likely jump four-fold again by 2100 if carbon emissions continue unabated, the UN warned on Wednesday.
-
Time Running Out, Warns UN, Predicts 1.5C Global Warming As Early As 2030
Avoiding global climate chaos will require a major transformation of society and the world economy that is "unprecedented in scale," the UN said Monday in a landmark report that warns time is running out to avert disaster.
-
Leaked UN Report Warns Of Rising Global Temperature, Catastrophic Impacts
Earth's temperature will cross the threshold of 1.5 degree Celsius, if urgent actions are not taken to curb global warming. The leaked final draft report of UN's Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) warned, "if emissions continue at their present rate, human induced warming will exceed 1.5 degree by around 2040."
-
And What if 2 Degree Celsius Isn't Good Enough?: Global Warming
Locking in an action plan to cap global warming at two degrees Celsius will be the ultimate yardstick for success or failure at the Paris climate summit that opens in a week.
-
Global Warming: What if We Do Nothing?
If mankind fails to curtail global warming, we will have to deal with fallout ranging from massive refugee crises and submerged cities to scorching heatwaves and drought, scientists say.
-
South Korea's Hoesung Lee to Lead United Nations Panel of Climate Scientists
Governments picked South Korea's Hoesung Lee on Tuesday to head the UN panel of climate scientists, which guides policies for combating global warming and won a share of the 2007 Nobel Peace Prize.
-
UN Says it Won't Conduct Any Inquiry Against RK Pachauri, Accused of Sexual Harassment
The United Nations has said it will not inquire into allegations of sexual harassment against RK Pachauri, who resigned as the chairman of its Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change on Tuesday.
-
Urgent Climate Action Needed To Limit Warming To 1.5 Degrees: UN Report
The world is very likely to miss the most important climate target of limiting global temperature rise to 1.5 degrees Celsius above pre-industrial levels but drastic and urgent action in this decade can prevent it, a UN panel on climate change said i
-
Humanity Must Rescue Oceans To Rescue Itself, UN Warns
Two days after a climate summit failed to deliver game-changing pledges to slash carbon emissions, the United Nations warned Wednesday that global warming is devastating oceans and Earth's frozen spaces in ways that directly threaten a large slice of humanity.
-
Many Megacities To Be Hit Annually By Extreme Weather In 2050: UN Report
By 2050, many coastal megacities and small island nations will experience once-a-century weather catastrophes every year, even with an aggressive drawdown of greenhouse gas emissions, a major UN report said.
-
Sea Levels Rising 2.5 Times Faster Due To Melting Of Ice Sheets: UN
Since 2005 seas have risen 2.5 times faster than during the 20th century mainly due to melting of ice sheets, and will likely jump four-fold again by 2100 if carbon emissions continue unabated, the UN warned on Wednesday.
-
Time Running Out, Warns UN, Predicts 1.5C Global Warming As Early As 2030
Avoiding global climate chaos will require a major transformation of society and the world economy that is "unprecedented in scale," the UN said Monday in a landmark report that warns time is running out to avert disaster.
-
Leaked UN Report Warns Of Rising Global Temperature, Catastrophic Impacts
Earth's temperature will cross the threshold of 1.5 degree Celsius, if urgent actions are not taken to curb global warming. The leaked final draft report of UN's Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) warned, "if emissions continue at their present rate, human induced warming will exceed 1.5 degree by around 2040."
-
And What if 2 Degree Celsius Isn't Good Enough?: Global Warming
Locking in an action plan to cap global warming at two degrees Celsius will be the ultimate yardstick for success or failure at the Paris climate summit that opens in a week.
-
Global Warming: What if We Do Nothing?
If mankind fails to curtail global warming, we will have to deal with fallout ranging from massive refugee crises and submerged cities to scorching heatwaves and drought, scientists say.
-
South Korea's Hoesung Lee to Lead United Nations Panel of Climate Scientists
Governments picked South Korea's Hoesung Lee on Tuesday to head the UN panel of climate scientists, which guides policies for combating global warming and won a share of the 2007 Nobel Peace Prize.
-
UN Says it Won't Conduct Any Inquiry Against RK Pachauri, Accused of Sexual Harassment
The United Nations has said it will not inquire into allegations of sexual harassment against RK Pachauri, who resigned as the chairman of its Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change on Tuesday.
