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Japan Times
WORLD / Science & Health
Mar 21, 2023
World has less than a decade to stop catastrophic warming, U.N. panel says
A new U.N. report says it is still possible to hold global warming to relatively safe levels, but doing so will require global cooperation, billions of dollars and big changes.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Oct 17, 2022
The high stakes of climate-risk accounting
Businesses and investors stand to make a lot of money if they properly navigate the new climate risk environment u2014 yet we remain where we are.
Japan Times
WORLD
Apr 7, 2022
Scientists consider how to make ever-longer IPCC climate science reports an easier read
The initial report series by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, in 1990, totaled a relatively modest 1,000 pages.
Japan Times
WORLD / Science & Health
Apr 5, 2022
Planet’s breakneck warming likely to pass 1.5 degrees, U.N. scientists warn
The world may be on track to warm by more than 3 degrees u2014 a change that would painfully remake societies and life on the planet.
Japan Times
WORLD / Science & Health
Apr 5, 2022
Five takeaways from the U.N.’s latest 3,000-page climate report
The new report updates previous work by the IPCC, and offers evidence that climate action, when done right, can improve the health and wellbeing of people around the world.
Japan Times
WORLD
Mar 1, 2022
Ukraine climate scientist fears for Russian peer who apologized for war
Russian researcher Oleg Anisimov took the unexpected step of apologizing for the Russian military invasion during a virtual IPCC meeting.
JAPAN
May 13, 2019
U.N. panel in Kyoto agrees new guidelines to more accurately measure greenhouse gas emissions
A U.N. panel on climate change announced Monday in Kyoto that it has agreed on updated guidelines to more accurately measure countries' greenhouse gas emissions, including ways to calculate emissions resulting from hydrogen production.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Oct 29, 2018
As IPCC report warns of growing climate change risks, Japan seeks to adapt
A report released this month by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) indicates that unless global warming is limited to 1.5 degrees Celsius above preindustrial levels, Japan's summer of extreme weather may become the new normal.
EDITORIALS
Oct 9, 2018
A world off target when it comes to limiting emissions
Immediate action is required to limit the rate of global warming, but history gives us little reason to be optimistic.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Oct 9, 2018
Latest climate science must mobilize us, not paralyze us
We urgently need to limit the increase in global temperature to within 1.5 degrees Celsius of the pre-industrial level.
Japan Times
JAPAN / KANSAI PERSPECTIVE
Jan 21, 2018
Japan's Kansai region abuzz over chance to host G-20 and climate gatherings in 2019
2018 has just begun, but Osaka and Kyoto are already looking ahead to 2019, when the prospect of hosting two major international conferences has the local political and business circles excited.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Mar 30, 2014
Yokohama landmarks go dark for Earth Hour
Lights went off simultaneously Saturday night at about 40 major sites in Yokohama in support of a worldwide movement to generate awareness about global warming.
Japan Times
ENVIRONMENT
Mar 27, 2014
Cost high, but danger of inaction higher, climate panel chief warns
Rajendra Pachauri, chairman of the U.N.-sponsored Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, stressed Wednesday that the impacts of global warming will be severe if the world fails to take action.
Japan Times
ENVIRONMENT
Mar 23, 2014
Globing warming to hit Asia the hardest; coastal cities most vulnerable, experts say
People in coastal regions of Asia, particularly those living in cities, could face some of the worst effects of global warming, climate experts will warn this week.
Japan Times
ENVIRONMENT
Oct 10, 2013
Earth's climate change tipping point to start in 2020, new model predicts
Locations around the globe will soon reach climatic tipping points, with some in tropical regions — home to most of the world's biodiversity — feeling the first impacts of unprecedented eras of elevated temperatures as soon as seven years from now, according to a study released Wednesday.

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