Global warming will reach 1.5C threshold this decade -report 6/11/2023

Climate change is accelerating and the world will cross the 1.5 degrees Celsius (2.7 Fahrenheit) warming threshold this decade, according to research published on Thursday that scientists said should raise alarms at this year's COP28 climate talks. ...more

World Bank poised to host climate loss and damage fund, despite concerns 6/11/2023

Countries moved a step closer on Saturday to getting a fund off the ground to help poor states damaged by climate disasters, despite reservations from developing nations and the United States. ...more

US agency proposes allowing carbon capture projects in national forests 6/11/2023

The U.S. Forest Service wants to allow carbon capture and storage (CCS) projects on national forest land, according to a proposed rule published by the agency on Friday. ...more

China methane reduction plan to be released soon, but may lack clear targets - sources 6/11/2023

China, the world's largest emitter of methane, is expected to unveil its strategy to cut output of the greenhouse gas "imminently" but may stop short of setting specific reduction targets, two people familiar with the plan said. ...more

Climate adaptation funding gap 50% higher than estimated, UN says 3/11/2023

Rich country promises of help for poorer ones to adapt to climate change have slowed despite more frequent extreme weather, with a shortfall now 50% bigger than previously estimated, a U.N. agency said in a report said on Thursday. ...more

Climate's 'Catch-22': Cutting pollution heats up the planet 3/11/2023

Air pollution, a global scourge that kills millions of people a year, is shielding us from the full force of the sun. Getting rid of it will accelerate climate change. ...more

Pope says he will attend COP28 climate summit in Dubai, a first by a pontiff 3/11/2023

Pope Francis said on Wednesday that he will attend the COP28 climate conference starting next month in Dubai, the first time a pontiff will be at the U.N. environmental meeting since they began in 1995. ...more

Flash droughts are likely to become increasingly common, say researchers 3/11/2023

You’ve heard of flash floods but what about flash droughts? Droughts that intensify quickly used to be very rare but over the past 20 years they have become more frequent and intense. And because they come on suddenly, they are more difficult to prepare for. ...more

Claimants take UK government to court over inadequate climate adaptation 3/11/2023

When Kevin Jordan bought his seaside home in Hemsby, Norfolk, he was told it would be safe for a century. In the decade since, 17 of his neighbours’ homes have had to be demolished, or have been swept away into the waters of the North Sea. His is now just 5 metres from the fast-crumbling cliff, isolated and unreachable by car after part of the road collapsed into the North Sea. ...more

Indonesia says 200,000 hectares of palm plantations to be made forests 2/11/2023

Some 200,000 hectares (494,210 acres) of oil palm plantations found in areas designated as forests in Indonesia are expected to be returned to the state to be converted back into forests, a government official said late on Tuesday. ...more