Paris promises: where the world’s biggest polluters stand
UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres has convened a major climate summit on September 23 because the world's main polluters remain well behind their 2015 Paris Agreement goals
The long road to clean energy
Can green energy curb climate change, which is accelerating at an alarming pace?
Land and climate: problems, solutions inextricably linked
The Intergovernmental Panel for Climate Change has delivered the most comprehensive scientific overview yet of the links between the land we live off and global warming
Only eight EU countries to phase out coal by 2030
The EU says that eight of its 28 member countries aim to phase out coal-powered electricity by 2030, triggering charges it is missing the mark under the Paris climate deal.
EU gas investment undermines bloc’s climate goals: analysis
The EU's investment arm risks torpedoing the bloc's commitment to abide by climate goals by financing gas infrastructure projects, according to new analysis
European Commission calls for zero net-emissions goal on climate
The European Commission adopted a strategic long-term vision that targets a climate neutral Europe by 2050.
Worldwide record high temperatures
How has the global average temperature developed over the past decades?
Even 2°C warming means more lethal heatwaves by 2100: study
Climate change will increase the frequency of lethal heatwaves even if humanity caps global warming at two degrees Celsius, scientists say.