Latest Climate Change Headlines
All the headlines from our Climate Change Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Worsening Wealth Gap Is World’s Biggest Risk: World Economic Forum
Jan 16 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, according to over 700 global experts contributing to...
Europe to Experience More Droughts Due to Climate Change
Jan 15 2014 // Europe is poised to suffer more droughts as the 21st century progresses because of climate change, according to a study by the European Union’s Joint Research Centre and Germany’s University of Kassel. Many...
United Nations Explores Climate Change Solutions; Urges Carbon Dioxide Removal
Jan 15 2014 // Governments may have to extract vast amounts of greenhouse gases from the air by 2100 to achieve a target for limiting global warming, backed by trillion-dollar shifts towards clean energy, a draft U.N. report showed on...
Australia Swelters from Record Heat Wave; Bushfire Warnings Issued
Jan 3 2014 // A searing heat wave is baking central and northern Australia, piling more misery on drought-hit cattle farmers who have been slaughtering livestock as Australia sweltered through the hottest year on record in...
Local Leaders Planning for Climate Effects
Dec 12 2013 // When it comes to climate change, local officials have a message for Washington: Lead or get out of the way. Local governments have long acted as first responders in emergencies and now are working to plan for sea level...
Sea-Level Rise Too Fast for Current Forecast Tools, Study Says
Dec 4 2013 // By the time climate change reduces crop yields or frequently floods New York City subways, it will be too late to avert damage without better forecasting tools, a panel of scientists said in a report released...
China, India Succeed in Weakening Warsaw Global Warming Pact
Nov 26 2013 // China and India’s success in weakening the latest global warming agreement created friction with other developing nations that are seeking to step up the fight against climate change. The two countries insisted on...
Global Warming Pact Expected from Warsaw Talks
Nov 22 2013 // Envoys from 190 nations are close to agreeing upon the first building blocks for the next treaty aimed at fighting global warming, sketching the way to worldwide cuts in fossil-fuel emissions. The delegates, due to finish...
Philippine Disaster Fuels Call for Rich Nations to Compensate Poor for Global Warming Losses
Nov 18 2013 // The typhoon that killed thousands of people in the Philippines has energized debate about whether rich nations should compensate poor ones for climate-related losses, a proposal the U.S. and European Union are...
UNEP Report: Global Action Needed to Close 8-12 Billion Ton Emissions Gap
Nov 6 2013 // Greenhouse gas emissions in 2020 will be 8 billion to 12 billion tons more than the level needed to keep global warming to only 2 degrees Celsius [3.6°F] and avoid severe climate change, a United Nations report estimated...
Report: Warming Likely to Make Bad Things Worse
Nov 5 2013 // Many of the ills of the modern world — starvation, poverty, flooding, heat waves, droughts, war and disease — are likely to worsen as the world warms from man-made climate change, a leaked draft of an...
Climate Inaction
Nov 4 2013 // The new report by Ceres, a nonprofit representing businesses and investors on climate issues, highlights the cost to taxpayers of subsidies for flood-prone properties and farmers’ crop insurance and other federal...
Emerging Economies Nearing Half of Global Warming Emissions
Nov 1 2013 // Total greenhouse gas emissions by China and other emerging nations since 1850 will surpass those of rich nations this decade, complicating U.N. talks about who is most to blame for global warming, a study showed on...
Insurance, Tax, Climate Groups Hit Possible Delay in Flood Insurance Changes
Oct 28 2013 // The prospect of a delay in flood insurance reforms that are raising premiums for many homeowners is being met with pushback from business, taxpayer and insurance groups. Rep. Maxine Waters, D-Calif., ranking member of the...
How a Run-of-the-Mill Hurricane Mutated Into a Superstorm Named Sandy
Oct 28 2013 // It was the moment a run-of-the-mill hurricane mutated into a monster named Sandy. Paradoxically, it was the same time Sandy lost much of its wind power, dropping from a hurricane to a tropical storm. It was a Friday night...
Global Climate Spending Falling Further Behind Target: Report
Oct 22 2013 // Global spending to combat climate change fell last year and remains far below the level needed to prevent its most dangerous effects, a report by the Climate Policy Initiative said on Tuesday. Investment in renewable...
Tech Risks Threaten Supply Chain More Than Weather: Guy Carpenter
Oct 21 2013 // Technology failure and cyber attacks represent a greater threat to most organizations than adverse weather, fire and social unrest combined, according to a new report by Guy Carpenter. The report, “Tomorrow Never...
Swiss Re Report on France Highlights Economic Concerns
Oct 15 2013 // France’s current economic concerns overshadow fears for longer-term issues, according to a risk perception survey, commissioned by Swiss Re, released at a conference held in Paris last Thursday. Swiss Re concluded...
Willis Sponsors Antarctic Research to Gauge Climate Change Impact
Oct 3 2013 // Willis Group Holdings announced that it is sponsoring a scientific program in Antarctica from November 2013 to January 2014 to “better understand our changing climate and build resilience to weather-related...
Global Warming Slows as Fossil Fuel Emissions Rise to Record
Sep 27 2013 // Global warming has slowed since 1998 even though humans are spewing ever more greenhouse gases and are almost certainly to blame for damaging the atmosphere. That’s according to a 36-page summary of a report from a...
