Is the world warming faster than expected? 20/11/2023

Climate records have tumbled in 2023. ...more

Amazon River tributary falls to lowest in over a century amid Brazil drought 20/11/2023

A major tributary of the Amazon River fell to its lowest level in over a century on Monday at the heart of the Brazilian rainforest as a record drought upends the lives of hundreds of thousands of people and damages the jungle ecosystem. ...more

Top companies' lobbying undermines their climate pledges, study finds 20/11/2023

Glencore, ExxonMobil and Stellantis are among companies lobbying for policies that conflict with their own pledges to cut carbon emissions, a study published by non-profit think tank InfluenceMap on Thursday found. ...more

EU greenhouse gas emissions drop 5% in the second quarter 17/11/2023

Greenhouse gas emissions in the European Union fell by more than 5% in the second quarter of 2023, with the biggest decline recorded in electricity and gas supply, statistics agency Eurostat said on Wednesday. ...more

'No end in sight' to rising greenhouse gases -UN weather agency 17/11/2023

The concentration of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere reached a record high last year, the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) said on Wednesday, warning there was "no end in sight" to the trend. ...more

Worsening sand, dust storms driving global land loss, says UN 17/11/2023

The world is losing almost 1 million square kilometres (386,000 square miles) of productive land a year to sand and dust storms made worse by human activities, the United Nations body in charge of fighting desertification warned on Wednesday. ...more

Rich countries may have met $100 bln climate goal last year -OECD 17/11/2023

Developed nations may have achieved their overdue promise of $100 billion to help poorer countries cope with climate change in 2022, the OECD said on Thursday, an estimate that may muster some political goodwill on the eve of the COP28 climate summit. ...more

Poor countries missing out on pre-arranged climate disaster finance - study 17/11/2023

The poorest and most vulnerable countries do not benefit enough from pre-arranged financing to cope with disasters and are most exposed to the losses and damage caused by climate change, the London-based Centre for Disaster Protection said on Thursday. ...more

US helps forge global group on measuring natgas' climate-warming emissions 17/11/2023

The U.S. and more than a dozen countries and groups have forged a working group to advance efforts to measure greenhouse gas emissions across the natural gas supply chain to cut global output of the pollution blamed for climate change, the Energy Department said on Wednesday. ...more

Global emissions set to fall only 2% by 2030 - UN report 16/11/2023

Governments are making insufficient progress in slashing greenhouse gas emissions to avert the worst impacts of global warming, according to a United Nations report released Tuesday. ...more