World Climate
- All
- News
- Videos
- Web Stories
-
At COP30 Summit, China Says US Will "Some Day" Return To Climate Fold
China believes the United States eventually will return to climate talks, the head of Beijing's delegation told AFP Wednesday at the COP30 climate summit, adding the world must show that the green transition "cannot be reversed."
-
Architecture Of Paris Agreement Must Not Be Altered: India At COP30
India on Tuesday reaffirmed its firm commitment to multilateralism and equity in global climate action, and said that developed nations must fulfil their legal obligations on finance, technology transfer and capacity building to developing countries.
-
"Trump Is Temporary": California Governor Newsom Seizes COP30 Spotlight
With US President Donald Trump skipping the UN's climate summit in the Amazon, California Governor Gavin Newsom grabbed the spotlight Tuesday and unleashed a barrage of attacks on the fossil fuel agenda of his political nemesis.
-
NASA’s ESCAPADE Mission Will Send Twin Probes to Uncover Mars’s Atmospheric Secrets
NASA’s ESCAPADE mission will launch twin mini-satellites, Blue and Gold, to Mars aboard Blue Origin’s New Glenn. The probes will study how solar wind stripped away Mars’s atmosphere and water, helping scientists understand the Red Planet’s lost climate and its transformation into the dry world we see today.
-
Taliban 'Concerned' After Being Left Off Guest List From UN Climate Summit
The Taliban government expressed its disappointment Sunday that it was not invited to the COP30 conference despite Afghanistan being one of the nations most vulnerable to climate change.
-
Decade After Paris Agreement, Experts Say World Has 'Failed' To Halt Warming
The world has changed dramatically in the decade since leaders celebrated a historic climate agreement in Paris a decade ago, but not quite in ways they expected or wanted.
-
Less Than 1% Of Climate Funding Allocated For Health Systems Since 2004: Report
This underinvestment comes as climate change is projected to cause up to 15.6 million deaths by 2050 due to factors like extreme heat, the spread of infectious diseases, and infrastructure failure.
-
Hotter Than Spa Bath: Amazon Lake Hit 41 Degrees Celsius In 2023, Killing Several Dolphins
A brutal drought and extreme heat wave that began in September 2023 had transformed the lake into a steaming cauldron, its waters reaching 41 degrees Celsius -- hotter than most spa baths.
-
COP30: World Leaders Launch Fund To Save Forests, Get First $5 Billion
World leaders attending a climate summit in Brazil launched a fund Thursday to save the world's forests, quickly raking in over $5 billion in pledges to reward tropical countries for not chopping down trees.
-
AI-Generated Disinformation Tactics Spotted Ahead Of COP30
A clip said to show massive flooding in the Amazonian city hosting the UN climate summit is just one widely-shared example of how disinformation, cheaply created by AI and circulating on social media, is influencing perceptions of COP30.
-
Window To Prevent Climate Change "Closing Rapidly": COP30 Host Brazil's President
President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva of COP30 host Brazil said Thursday that "extremist forces" were condemning future generations to life on a planet forever altered by global warming.
-
Ahead Of COP30, UN Warns World Still Off Track To Meet Paris Climate Goals
A UN report has delivered a wake-up call - there has been progressoncutting greenhouse gases,butnot nearly enough to avoid a hotter, riskier future.
-
Emissions, Climate Finance, Forests: COP30 Agenda In Focus
At COP30, the hosts will launch a new, innovative global fund that proposes rewarding countries with high tropical forest cover that keep trees standing instead of chopping them down.
-
G20 Taskforce Calls For Global Panel To Tackle 'Inequality Emergency'
A G20 taskforce established by South African President Cyril Ramaphosa has called for the creation of an international panel to tackle inequality, warning that extreme wealth disparities disrupt democracy and cause economic instability.
-
Can Amazon Rainforest Survive Future? Scientists Test It With 'Time Machine'
Deep in Brazil's Amazon, scientists have built a "time machine" pumping carbon dioxide into the rainforest canopy to simulate atmospheric conditions predicted for the future to gauge how the biome adapts, an open question to be discussed at the COP30
-
At COP30 Summit, China Says US Will "Some Day" Return To Climate Fold
China believes the United States eventually will return to climate talks, the head of Beijing's delegation told AFP Wednesday at the COP30 climate summit, adding the world must show that the green transition "cannot be reversed."
-
Architecture Of Paris Agreement Must Not Be Altered: India At COP30
India on Tuesday reaffirmed its firm commitment to multilateralism and equity in global climate action, and said that developed nations must fulfil their legal obligations on finance, technology transfer and capacity building to developing countries.
-
"Trump Is Temporary": California Governor Newsom Seizes COP30 Spotlight
With US President Donald Trump skipping the UN's climate summit in the Amazon, California Governor Gavin Newsom grabbed the spotlight Tuesday and unleashed a barrage of attacks on the fossil fuel agenda of his political nemesis.
-
NASA’s ESCAPADE Mission Will Send Twin Probes to Uncover Mars’s Atmospheric Secrets
NASA’s ESCAPADE mission will launch twin mini-satellites, Blue and Gold, to Mars aboard Blue Origin’s New Glenn. The probes will study how solar wind stripped away Mars’s atmosphere and water, helping scientists understand the Red Planet’s lost climate and its transformation into the dry world we see today.
-
Taliban 'Concerned' After Being Left Off Guest List From UN Climate Summit
The Taliban government expressed its disappointment Sunday that it was not invited to the COP30 conference despite Afghanistan being one of the nations most vulnerable to climate change.
-
Decade After Paris Agreement, Experts Say World Has 'Failed' To Halt Warming
The world has changed dramatically in the decade since leaders celebrated a historic climate agreement in Paris a decade ago, but not quite in ways they expected or wanted.
-
Less Than 1% Of Climate Funding Allocated For Health Systems Since 2004: Report
This underinvestment comes as climate change is projected to cause up to 15.6 million deaths by 2050 due to factors like extreme heat, the spread of infectious diseases, and infrastructure failure.
-
Hotter Than Spa Bath: Amazon Lake Hit 41 Degrees Celsius In 2023, Killing Several Dolphins
A brutal drought and extreme heat wave that began in September 2023 had transformed the lake into a steaming cauldron, its waters reaching 41 degrees Celsius -- hotter than most spa baths.
-
COP30: World Leaders Launch Fund To Save Forests, Get First $5 Billion
World leaders attending a climate summit in Brazil launched a fund Thursday to save the world's forests, quickly raking in over $5 billion in pledges to reward tropical countries for not chopping down trees.
-
AI-Generated Disinformation Tactics Spotted Ahead Of COP30
A clip said to show massive flooding in the Amazonian city hosting the UN climate summit is just one widely-shared example of how disinformation, cheaply created by AI and circulating on social media, is influencing perceptions of COP30.
-
Window To Prevent Climate Change "Closing Rapidly": COP30 Host Brazil's President
President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva of COP30 host Brazil said Thursday that "extremist forces" were condemning future generations to life on a planet forever altered by global warming.
-
Ahead Of COP30, UN Warns World Still Off Track To Meet Paris Climate Goals
A UN report has delivered a wake-up call - there has been progressoncutting greenhouse gases,butnot nearly enough to avoid a hotter, riskier future.
-
Emissions, Climate Finance, Forests: COP30 Agenda In Focus
At COP30, the hosts will launch a new, innovative global fund that proposes rewarding countries with high tropical forest cover that keep trees standing instead of chopping them down.
-
G20 Taskforce Calls For Global Panel To Tackle 'Inequality Emergency'
A G20 taskforce established by South African President Cyril Ramaphosa has called for the creation of an international panel to tackle inequality, warning that extreme wealth disparities disrupt democracy and cause economic instability.
-
Can Amazon Rainforest Survive Future? Scientists Test It With 'Time Machine'
Deep in Brazil's Amazon, scientists have built a "time machine" pumping carbon dioxide into the rainforest canopy to simulate atmospheric conditions predicted for the future to gauge how the biome adapts, an open question to be discussed at the COP30
