climate change

Members of the UN International Maritime Organisation on Friday struck a deal to halve carbon dioxide emissions from shipping by 2050 in a deal that will force the industry to redesign fleets. “The initial strategy envisages...

A trial date has been set for October 29 in the case of nearly two dozen US youths suing the US government for failing to protect public resources by burning fossil fuels. The case, Juliana v....

Fiji’s Prime Minister Frank Bainimarama on Tuesday blamed climate change for a deadly cyclone over the weekend, saying his South Pacific nation had entered a “frightening new era”. Cyclone Josie caused severe flooding when it passed...

Even if humanity stops global warming in its tracks at two degrees Celsius, long seen as the guardrail for a climate-safe world, Arctic sea ice will still disappear in some years, scientists have warned. Holding the...

Limiting global warming to two degrees Celsius will not prevent destructive and deadly climate impacts, as once hoped, dozens of experts concluded in a score of scientific studies released Monday. A world that heats up by...

US President Donald Trump has taken an axe to the environmental regulations he inherited from his predecessor Barack Obama, cutting dozens of rules ranging from fracking on public land to protections for endangered species. Yet supporters...

Harmful carbon emissions from energy rose in 2017 for the first time in three years, the International Energy Agency said Thursday, proof that the world’s efforts to fight climate change are falling short. Strong economic growth...

The International forums must take responsibility of tackling the adverse impact of climate change, especially when it affects the rural girls and women. State Minister for Women and Children Affairs Meher Afroz Chumki said this at...

The number of people fleeing crop failures, droughts and rising sea levels will grow drastically over the next three decades if world governments do not intervene, according to a World Bank report released Monday. By 2050,...

New Zealand says it will not adopt world-first plans to allow climate change refugees without approval from the Pacific island nations the measure is intended to help. Both the ruling Labour Party and its Green coalition...