World Apr 7, 2022
Scientists consider how to make ever-longer IPCC climate science reports an easier read
by Alister Doyle
The initial report series by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, in 1990, totaled a relatively modest 1,000 pages.
World / Science & Health Apr 5, 2022
Planet’s breakneck warming likely to pass 1.5 degrees, U.N. scientists warn
by Eric Roston
The world may be on track to warm by more than 3 degrees — a change that would painfully remake societies and life on the planet.
World / Science & Health Apr 5, 2022
Five takeaways from the U.N.’s latest 3,000-page climate report
by Eric Roston
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.
World Mar 1, 2022
Ukraine climate scientist fears for Russian peer who apologized for war
by Akshat Rathi
Russian researcher Oleg Anisimov took the unexpected step of apologizing for the Russian military invasion during a virtual IPCC meeting.
National 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. The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change adopted a new methodology report ...
National Oct 29, 2018
As IPCC report warns of growing climate change risks, Japan seeks to adapt
by Oscar Boyd and Cory Baird
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 ...
Editorials Oct 9, 2018
Immediate action is required to limit the rate of global warming, but history gives us little reason to be optimistic.
Commentary / World Oct 9, 2018
Latest climate science must mobilize us, not paralyze us
by Monica Araya and Carlos Manuel Rodriguez
We urgently need to limit the increase in global temperature to within 1.5 degrees Celsius of the pre-industrial level.
National | KANSAI PERSPECTIVE Jan 21, 2018
Japan's Kansai region abuzz over chance to host G-20 and climate gatherings in 2019
by Eric Johnston
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 ...
National Mar 30, 2014
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 ...
Environment Mar 27, 2014
Cost high, but danger of inaction higher, climate panel chief warns
by Hiroki Noda
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 ...
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. Hundreds of millions of people are likely to lose their homes as flooding, famine and rising sea levels ...