Latest Climate Change Headlines
All the headlines from our Climate Change Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Poll: N.J. Residents Back Gov’t Storm Mitigation Efforts but Few Willing to Pay
Apr 23 2014 // A newly published study from Rutgers University in New Jersey shows that most state residents strongly support government programs aimed at lowering the likelihood of severe damage from future hurricanes. The study also...
Bigger and More Frequent Wildfires Burning Western U.S.
Apr 21 2014 // Wildfires across the western United States have been getting bigger and more frequent over the last 30 years, according to a new study. The number of wildfires over 1,000 acres in size in the region stretching from...
IPCC Concludes Climate Change is Irreversible, Effective Responses Needed
Apr 21 2014 // The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) has issued its latest report, which states that “the effects of climate change are already occurring on all continents and across the oceans. The world, in many...
3rd IPCC Report: Greenhouse Gas Emissions Accelerate Despite Reduction Efforts
Apr 16 2014 // The latest in a series of reports from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) unfortunately confirms that “global emissions of greenhouse gases have risen to unprecedented levels despite a growing...
UN Climate Report Seeks ‘Clear-Cut’ Economics to Guide Actions
Apr 11 2014 // A U.N. report about ways to fix global warming due on Sunday is likely to disappoint investors seeking clear-cut economic calculations about the benefits and costs of curbing rising greenhouse gas emissions. Authors say...
UN Climate Chief Calls For ‘Urgent Transformation’ of Oil, Gas to Green Energy
Apr 3 2014 // The U.N.’s climate chief called on the oil and gas industry on Thursday to make a drastic shift to a clean, low-carbon future or risk having to leave three-quarters of fossil fuel reserves in the ground. “The...
Catlin’s Comments on IPCC Report Stress Need to Minimize Risks
Apr 1 2014 // The Bermuda-based Catlin Group Limited has issued a statement following the release of the latest report by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), a scientific intergovernmental body under the auspices of...
IPCC Concludes Climate Change is Irreversible, Effective Responses Needed
Mar 31 2014 // The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) has issued its latest report, which states bluntly that “the effects of climate change are already occurring on all continents and across the oceans. The world, in...
Extracting Carbon from Nature Can Aid Climate, but Will Be Costly: UN Report
Mar 27 2014 // A little-known technology that may be able to take the equivalent of China’s greenhouse gas emissions out of the carbon cycle could be the radical policy shift needed to slow climate change this century, a draft U.N....
308 Disaster Events; $140 Billion Economic Losses in 2013: Swiss Re Report
Mar 26 2014 // Swiss Re’s latest sigma report highlights the 308 disaster events in 2013, of which 150 were natural catastrophes and 158 man-made. Almost 26 000 people lost their lives or went missing in the disasters. The biggest...
Oxfam Report Says World Unprepared for Threats from Warmer Climate
Mar 25 2014 // The world is “woefully unprepared” for the threat to food security from drought and flooding brought on by a warming climate, the development charity Oxfam said. In addition to extreme weather patterns, more...
IPCC Japan Meeting Aims for ‘Comprehensive Assessment’ on Climate Change
Mar 25 2014 // The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) announced that government representatives and scientists opened a five-day meeting today, which aims to “finalize a report assessing the impacts of climate change...
UN Says China, U.S. Climate Cooperation Raises Hopes for Global Deal
Mar 6 2014 // Closer cooperation between China and the United States, the top two greenhouse gas emitters, on combating global warming is boosting prospects for a U.N. deal meant to be agreed next year, the U.N.’s climate chief...
Bill Seeks to Help Mass. Prep for Climate Change
Feb 24 2014 // A bill recently filed in Massachusetts Legislature would create a “coastal buyback program” allowing the state to purchase land that is repeatedly threatened by damaging tides or is located in flood plain...
Millions in Aid for Drought-Stricken California Promises Obama
Feb 14 2014 // U.S. President Barack Obama is offering millions of dollars in aid and other assistance to California farmers, ranchers and communities beset by one of the worst droughts in the state’s history. The federal help will...
Massachusetts Bill Seeks to Create ‘Coastal Buyback Program’
Feb 4 2014 // A bill filed in Massachusetts Legislature last week would create a “coastal buyback program” allowing the state to purchase land that is repeatedly threatened by damaging tides or is located in flood plain...
Warming Climate Caused by ‘Human Influence’ Says IPCC’s Latest Report
Jan 30 2014 // “Warming of the climate system is unequivocal, human influence on the climate system is clear, and limiting climate change will require substantial and sustained reductions of greenhouse gas emissions,” are the...
The World’s Biggest Risks
Jan 27 2014 // The chronic gap between the incomes of the richest and poorest citizens is seen as the risk that is most likely to cause serious damage globally in the coming decade. That’s according to more than 700 global experts...
Investors Should Support Global Warming Fight, UN Climate Chief Says
Jan 17 2014 // Institutional investors managing trillions of dollars should shift their portfolios away from fossil fuel investments toward cleaner energy sources to put a stop to the dangerous rise in global temperatures causing climate...
China, India, Brazil Join U.S. As Among Biggest Contributors to Global Warming
Jan 17 2014 // China, India and Brazil — three of the largest developing nations— joined the U.S. in a list of the biggest historical contributors to global warming, according to a study by researchers in Canada. Seven nations...
