Paris Climate Accord

Turkey boosts fight against climate change by ratifying Paris agreement

Turkish lawmakers unanimously approve the Paris Climate Agreement to join the global fight against climate change.

UN chief: Earth on 'catastrophic' path to 2.7 degrees of heating

Antonio Guterres' figure shatters temperature targets of Paris climate deal, which aimed for heating well below 2C and preferably capped at 1.5C above pre-industrial levels.

CO2 levels hit 50% higher than pre-industrial times

Annual peak of global heat-trapping carbon dioxide in the Earth's atmosphere reaches another dangerous milestone – 50% higher than when the industrial age began, scientists say.

Biden issues executive orders to undo several Trump policies

Hours after his inauguration, President Joe Biden has signed a series of executive orders to keep the US in the WHO, end the entry ban from mostly Muslim-majority countries, bolster environmental protections and strengthen the fight against Covid-19.

UN: World leaders should declare 'climate emergency'

More than 70 world leaders were due to address the one-day virtual gathering aimed at securing much steeper cuts in planet-warming emissions.

Landmark case sees climate groups take on Shell

Royal Dutch Shell to face Dutch court in a case brought by environmentalist and human rights groups who demand the energy firm cut its reliance on fossil fuels.

Biden vows to rejoin Paris climate deal on first day in White House

In the Paris Agreement, nearly 200 countries set their own national targets for reducing or controlling pollution of heat-trapping gases. It was negotiated in 2015 with lots of prodding by the US and China and went into effect on November 4, 2016.

Health savings outweigh costs of limiting global warming, researchers say

The estimated cost of measures to limit Earth-warming greenhouse gas emissions can be more than offset by reductions in deaths and disease from air pollution, a study published by The Lancet Planetary Health journal says.

Scientists turn to 'carbon-sucking' technology as emissions rise

Scientists are turning to riskier solutions, such as dimming the world’s sunshine, or dumping iron into the oceans to soak up carbon as part of a climate-engineering push to cool the planet.