Category: Climate Change

End of eternal ice: Many glaciers will not survive this century, climate scientists say

© NASA Earth Observatory Natural-colour satellite image of the margin of Matusevich Glacier in East Antarctica. (file) Glaciers in many regions will not survive the 21st century if they keep melting at the current rate, potentially jeopardising hundreds of millions of people living downstream, UN climate experts said on the first World Day for Glaciers. Together […]

It’s official: January was the warmest on record

© Unsplash/Craig Manners January 2025 was the warmest since records began, at 1.75°C above the pre-industrial level. The world has just experienced the hottest January ever recorded, the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) said on Thursday, citing data crunched by UN partner the Copernicus Climate Service Last month was 1.75 degrees Celsius above the pre-industrial level […]

COP29 climate talks end with $300 billion annual pledge, Guterres calls deal a ‘base to build on’

UNFCCC/Kiara Worth | Wide shot of the plenary hall at the UN climate conference, COP29, in Baku, Azerbaijan.   Rich nations pledged to contribute at least $300 billion annually to the global fight against climate change as UN climate talks came to a contentious end early Sunday morning in Baku. Developing nations who had sought […]

COP29 gets boost from Rio as G20 leaders back scaling up climate finance from ‘billions to trillions’

UNFCCC/Kiara Worth | Midway point press conference in Baku on Monday, 18 November, with COP29 President Mukhtar Babayev (far left), and the Executive Director of UN Climate Change, Simon Stiell (second from left). The high-level diplomatic push for climate action shifted southward on Tuesday as G20 leaders meeting in Rio sent a clear signal to […]

COP16: Landmark biodiversity agreements adopted

UN Biodiversity | COP16 reached the first ever agreement recognising people of African descent and Indigenous Peoples as key drivers in conserving nature. By Greace Vanegas The world’s largest biodiversity summit, known as COP16, concluded last weekend in Colombia, with several landmark decisions, including first ever agreements on nature’s genetic data and on recognising people of […]