Climate Pledges: Who’s Doing What?

As the Paris climate summit opens, 183 countries have submitted pledges for greenhouse gas (GHG) curbs meant to underpin a 195-nation climate rescue pact.

“No Planet B” in The Fight Against Global Warming

Tens of thousands of people from Sydney to London joined one of the biggest days of climate change activism on Sunday, telling world leaders gathering for a summit in Paris there is “No Planet B” in the fight against global warming.

U.N.: 2015 is the Hottest Year on Record

Because of man-made global warming and a strong El Nino, Earth’s wild weather this year is smashing the annual heat record, the World Meteorological Organization announced on Wednesday.

Extreme Weather Tied to Over 600,000 Deaths Over 2 Decades

Weather-related disasters in the past two decades have killed more than 600,000 people and inflicted economic losses estimated at trillions of dollars, the United Nations said on Monday, warning that the frequency and impact of such events was set to rise.