Earth is crossing the 1.5°C limit outlined in the Paris Agreement, beyond which scientists predict catastrophic harm to ...

Although the climate goals set by the Paris Agreement are based on the long-term average temperature, one year of high ...

The world set yet another monthly heat record in January, despite an abnormally chilly U.S., a cooling La Nina​​ and predictions of a slightly less hot 2025, the European climate service Copernicus ...

And as the United Nations’ COP29 climate summit enters its second week, European data shows we’re losing the fight to limit global warming. Here are five notable charts to consider in global ...

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An unprecedented amount of money is flowing to clean-energy, EV, and grid projects around the world, but more is needed to ...

The rapid increase in CO2 is "incompatible" with the international pledge to try to limit global warming to 1.5C above pre-industrial levels, the Met Office says. This was the ambitious goal ...