climate change

COP26: World Leaders Reach Significant Glasgow Climate Pact

Countries reached a deal aimed at staving off dangerous climate change at the COP26 summit in Glasgow. The Glasgow Climate…

3 years ago

North Korea: Kim Jong-Un Asks Officials to Tackle Food Shortage and Climate Change

Kim Jong-un called on North Korean officials to deal with food supply issues and highlighted the danger of climate change.…

3 years ago

Davos 2020: Greta Thunberg Attacked By Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin

Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin said Greta Thunberg should go away and study economics before lecturing investors on fossil fuels. Steven…

5 years ago

US Extreme Heat: NYC Mayor Bill de Blasio Declares Local Emergency

Most of the United States and parts of Canada have been hit by a heat wave over the weekend, meteorologists…

5 years ago

Amphibian Named After President Donald Trump

A newly discovered amphibian that buries its head in the sand has been named after President Donald Trump, apparently in…

6 years ago

NCA 2018: Climate Change Could Cost US Hundreds of Billions of Dollars

According to a government report, unchecked climate change will cost the US hundreds of billions of dollars and damage human…

6 years ago

Earth Day 2017: Environmental and Climate Literacy

Earth Day is observed every year on April 22, when more than one billion people across the world mark the…

8 years ago

Paris Climate Deal: Record 171 Countries Sign New International Treaty at UN

Some 171 countries signed the Paris climate deal at United Nations headquarters on April 22 - a record number for…

9 years ago

Ready or Not Here Comes Climate Change

Climate change has been a very heated topic in the U.S. for several years now. At first hailed as a…

9 years ago

COP21: Climate Change Talks Open in Paris

Climate change talks - the 21st session of the Conference of the Parties (COP21) - have begun in Paris, aimed…

9 years ago

Pope Francis Speech at White House Welcoming Ceremony

On the first day of his visit to the US, Pope Francis has called for further action on climate change…

9 years ago

California Drops Plans to Cut Gasoline Consumption by 50%

California has dropped plans to cut gasoline use in half by 2030, after intense oil industry lobbying. Governor Jerry Brown…

9 years ago

America’s Clean Power Plan to be Unveiled by Barack Obama

President Barack Obama will unveil the revised Clean Power Plan on Monday, August 3. The new plan’s objective is to…

9 years ago

Pope Francis Issues Encyclical on Fossil Fuels and Climate Change

Pope Francis has issued an encyclical, calling for fossil fuels to be "progressively replaced without delay". The pontiff urges the…

9 years ago

G7 Summit 2015: Climate Change and Terrorism Top Agenda

The second day of the G7 summit in Germany is being dominated by the climate change and extremism talks. German…

9 years ago

Earth Hour 2015: “Use Your Power to Change Climate Change”

This year’s Earth Hour is celebrated on Saturday, March 28, again between 8:30 and 9:30 pm local time. In 2015,…

10 years ago

UN Climate Summit 2014: World leaders gather in New York for high-level climate change meeting

World leaders are holding a summit on climate change at the United Nations. The aim at the New York meeting…

10 years ago

People’s Climate March: Global street protests over climate change

Multiple street protests demanding urgent action on climate change have been taking place around the world, with marches reported in…

10 years ago

UN climate change report 2014: World must end dirty fuel use

A UN report on climate change released today in Berlin says the world must rapidly move away from carbon-intensive fuels.…

11 years ago

Earth Hour 2014: Switch off your lights on March 29

Switch off your lights on Saturday, March 29, from 20h30 to 21h30 local time and save the planet. Every year…

11 years ago

WMO Bulletin 2013: Warming gases concentration breaks record

A new World Meteorological Organization bulletin has revealed the levels of gases in the atmosphere that drive global warming increased…

11 years ago

Mammoths extinction caused by climate change, claims new research

A new research has found evidence to suggest that climate change, rather than hunting, was the main factor that drove…

11 years ago

Yasuni-ITT Initiative: Ecuador approves oil drilling in Amazon rainforest

The Ecuadorian conservation plan that would have paid the country not to drill for oil in previously untouched parts of…

11 years ago

Michael Bloomberg endorses Barack Obama’s re-election as being the best candidate to tackle climate change

New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg - a political independent who has played a prominent role in the aftermath of Hurricane…

12 years ago

Great Barrier Reef has lost more than half its coral cover in the past 27 years

A new study shows that Australia's Great Barrier Reef has lost more than half its coral cover in the past…

12 years ago