By 2060, people living in low-lying coastal areas, mainly in the U.S., China and India, could be affected by an “irreversible and unavoidable” sea level rise, a new report warns.
A study reveals sea-level rise and coastal erosion have claimed five reef islands in the region, which is facing imminent inundation.
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More than 350 natural and human-caused events took a major economic toll in 2015, reinsurance giant Swiss Re reported.
A new study has cast doubts over claims that a drop in China’s coal consumption in recent years may have led to a decline in carbon emissions.
Gallup reports that 69 percent of Americans believe news of record-high temperatures, but Republicans doubt human activity is responsible.
Coastal cities like New York and London could become flooded decades earlier than previously predicted, researchers said.
The last time the rate of carbon emissions was this high, dinosaurs were still walking on the face of Earth.
While the U.S. senator from Florida rejected the scientific consensus that humans affect climate change, the Ohio governor acknowledged mankind's contribution to it.
Nearly two dozen kids, aged 8 to 19, have accused the U.S. government and President Barack Obama of failing to do enough to prevent the harmful impact of climate change.
The $500 million deposited into the United Nations-backed fund is the first tranche of the $3 billion the U.S. pledged in 2014.
The findings of a new study suggest that the Chinese government may have “under-promised and over-delivered” on emissions reduction.
The drought in the Middle East, which according to many has exacerbated the ongoing conflict in Syria, is likely a result of human-induced climate change.
Speaking to reporters Thursday, Todd Stern warned of “diplomatic consequences” if a new president failed to meet the country's climate change commitments.
At least one in three American school teachers are telling students that climate change “is likely due to natural causes,” a study revealed.
Tuesday's decision by the Supreme Court to temporarily block the ambitious plan has cast doubts over whether the U.S. would be able to meet its climate pledges.
By 2028, planes that do not meet the new emission standards proposed by the International Civil Aviation Organization would have to be retired.
According to the study, published in the journal Science, a shift from light-colored species, such as oak and birch, to darker-colored conifers stoked warming in Europe.
At the Investor Summit on Climate Risk at the United Nations headquarters this week, investors lauded the financial potential of global clean energy projects.
The U.N. confirms that 2015 was the warmest on record. Katie Sargent reports.
2015 was also the first year when the global average temperature was more than 1 degree Celsius above pre-industrial levels.