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U.N. Counts the Human Cost of Climate Change

By Tim Radford / Climate News Network Nov 27, 2015 A new study informs delegates to the Paris climate change summit, COP21, that extreme weather in the last two decades has claimed well over half a million lives and cost trillions of dollars. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Warming Will Increase Carbon Emissions From Lakes

By Tim Radford / Climate News Network Nov 20, 2015 Scientists show that many of the world’s millions of lakes will probably release even more carbon dioxide into the atmosphere as global temperatures increase. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Paris Attacks Cast Shadow Over Climate Talks

By Kieran Cooke / Climate News Network Nov 18, 2015 Organizing a climate change conference involving nearly 200 countries has been made considerably more difficult by last week's attacks. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Go-It-Alone Action Could Break Climate Gridlock

By Tim Radford, Climate News Network Nov 5, 2015 Researchers say the way to establish fair levels for everyone on global emissions reduction is for one of the major powers to stand up and set the benchmark. Dig deeper ( 5 Min. Read )

Why the Paris Climate Summit Will Be a Peace Conference

By Michael T. Klare / TomDispatch Nov 4, 2015 A failure to cap carbon emissions will bring on not just climate shocks, but also worldwide instability, insurrection and warfare. In this sense, the COP-21 in Paris in November should be considered perhaps the most significant peace convocation in history. Dig deeper ( 9 Min. Read )