The Energy Revolution Is In Reverse

By Alex Kirby, Climate News Network Apr 18, 2014 The world should be moving to a clean energy future, the IPCC says. The recent record of global greenhouse emissions show it's heading in entirely the wrong direction. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Clean Energy Rollout Would Shave Fraction Off Economic Growth

Alexander Reed Kelly / Truthdig Apr 13, 2014 A landmark U.N. study published Sunday says catastrophic climate change can be averted without sacrificing living standards, concluding that "the ditching of fossil fuels is eminently affordable," The Guardian reports. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

‘Forget the Cost — Tackle Climate Anyway’

By Alex Kirby, Climate News Network Apr 4, 2014 If we want to be sure the world will remain habitable we should stop trying to work out the cost and just take action anyway, two researchers say -- and in any case, the cost is unknowable. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Climate Change ‘Makes Violence Likelier’

By Alex Kirby, Climate News Network Mar 31, 2014 Climate is helping to increase political instability and violence, scientists say, in studies that reinforce a key conclusion by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

AAAS: Changing Climate May Bring Irreversible Alterations

By Alex Kirby, Climate News Network Mar 20, 2014 U.S. scientists have intervened in the policy debate to say the evidence that the climate is changing is as strong as that which links smoking with cancer. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Look: Earth Over the Next Century

Alexander Reed Kelly / Truthdig Dec 14, 2013 An international group of scientists concerned with understanding how Earth functions as a system has created a beautiful and terrifying visual summary of data collected by the United Nations' climate panel to project how conditions on the surface of the planet will change in the next 100 years. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Climate Pause—For Thought and Action

By Kieran Cooke, Climate News Network Sep 30, 2013 Those who question the seriousness of the threat climate change poses have strange notions of the risks they think are acceptable. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

Ocean Warming Narrows Climate Options

By Chris Rapley, Climate News Network Sep 29, 2013 The scientists have done their job; now is the time for politicians to lead, and everyone to act. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Criticisms of the 5th IPCC Report

By Climate News Network Sep 28, 2013 There has been a wide welcome for the IPCC's Fifth Assessment Report -- AR5. But some reviewers have found surprising omissions. Dig deeper ( 6 Min. Read )

The IPCC’s Fifth Assessment Report

By Climate News Network Sep 27, 2013 The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change delivers the first part of its Fifth Assessment Report, with its main conclusion: Humanity's fingerprints are all over this warming planet. Dig deeper ( 10 Min. Read )

A Cooler Century? Wait and See

By Alex Kirby, Climate News Network May 25, 2013 New research suggesting the Earth may be warming more slowly than expected does not mean climate change is a false alarm, experts say. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

Climate Landmark Is a Grave Warning Sign

Alexander Reed Kelly / Truthdig May 11, 2013 Humanity on Friday passed a milestone on the way to planetary destruction when monitoring stations registered 400 parts per million of carbon dioxide spread throughout the atmosphere. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )