Greece burns as new UN report to sets out stark reality of climate crisis as ‘unequivocal, unprecedented’
Without immediate, rapid and large-scale cuts to greenhouse gas pollution, limiting warming to 1.5C will be beyond reach, scientists say.
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Russia evacuates two villages in Siberia because of wildfires
Russian authorities started to evacuate two villages in a vast region of Siberia where 155 active forest fires burned on Sunday.
Tory tsar warns of climate catastrophe whilst backing fossil fuels
"Human behaviour is alarmingly accelerating global warming," he said, whilst defending allegations that he flew to 30 countries in seven months.
New UN report to set out stark reality of the climate crisis
It will contain warnings of how soon global temperatures could rise 1.5C above pre-industrial levels – a limit that countries have pledged to avoid breaching because of the dangerous consequences for humanity.
Gulf Stream at risk of collapse as Earth warms, study warns
Scientists believe the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation (AMOC) could have reached a point of “almost complete loss of stability” over the last century.
Post-Brexit South America trade deal could trigger further deforestation in the Amazon
Some of the most egregious production practices in intensive animal agriculture still exist in Mexico and Brazil, experts have warned.
UK flooding ‘a sober reminder’ of need for urgent climate change fix
The UK was battered with almost a month’s worth of rain in a day on Sunday, with homes, roads and Tube stations flooded in the south of England.
UK government ‘failing’ to prevent climate dangers, report finds
“The latest UK Climate Projections show a hot summer like 2018 is likely to occur every other year by 2050, by which time the number of heat-related deaths could more than triple from today’s level in the absence of additional adaptation,” the report read.