Point of no return? Greenland ice loss occurring faster than expected
The melting of Greenland's massive ice sheet is happening much faster than expected and could put millions more people at risk by the end of the century, scientists warned Tuesday. Up to 3 km thick (2 miles) in some places, Greenland has lost 3.8 trillion ...
Greenhouse gases thrust into the atmosphere mainly by burning fossil fuels are warming Earth's surface more quickly than previously understood, according to new climate models set to replace those used in current U.N. projections, scientists said Tuesday. By 2100, average temperatures could rise 7.0 degrees ...
Humanity faces increasingly painful trade-offs between food security and rising temperatures within decades unless it curbs emissions and stops unsustainable farming and deforestation, a landmark climate assessment said Thursday. The U.N.'s Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) warned that efforts to limit global warming while ...
Land use and climate solutions are inextricably linked, U.N. report says
The Intergovernmental Panel for Climate Change on Thursday delivered the most comprehensive scientific overview yet of the links between the land we live off and global warming. Here are some key takeaways: Sucking Earth dry The report was compiled by more than 100 climate and land-use scientists, ...
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. The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change adopted a new methodology report ...
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. The report's findings stand out from previous assessments ...
Immediate action is required to limit the rate of global warming, but history gives us little reason to be optimistic.
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'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. One of the big 2019 events is the Group of 20 summit. Following media ...
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. Landmark Tower, Bay Bridge and Yokohama Red Brick Warehouse were among the structures in the port city that took part ...
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. While admitting in an interview with Japanese reporters that to achieve an international goal of keeping ...
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. Hundreds of millions of people are likely to lose their homes as flooding, famine and rising sea levels ...
