1.5C
I am proud to have negotiated the Paris Agreement, at my first UN summit
Five years on from the landmark talks in Paris, multilateralism and dialogue continue to be the way forward for countries to meet their climate promises
UK climate champion: Oil majors can join the ‘race to zero’ – if they align with 1.5C
With less than a year to the Cop26 climate talks in Glasgow, Nigel Topping sets out his plan to mobilise the private sector in a race to net zero emissions
Guterres confronts China over coal boom, urging a green recovery
China’s provinces have overseen a coal plant building spree in the first half of the year, in a bid to revive the Covid pandemic-hit economy
Next UN climate science report to consider lessons from coronavirus
UN climate science reports due in 2021 will examine the links between pandemics and human pressures on the natural world to guide policymakers
World faces ‘decisive decade’ to fix global warming, former UN climate chief says
Christiana Figueres issues blueprint for a peaceful global revolution to tackle ‘dire emergency’ of climate change, guided by the Paris Agreement she helped craft
2020 may be ‘last opportunity’ to limit warming to 1.5°C
Whether countries deliver on their pledge to raise ambition will be more consequential to the future of the Paris deal than even Trump’s withdrawal
IEA World Energy Outlook outlines 1.5C scenario
Observers warn the IEA’s projection is inconsistent with the world’s long-term sustainable development needs
Dying oceans rising faster than predicted, UN warns in stark report
Accelerating melting in Antarctica coupled with heating and acidification will push world’s oceans into ‘unprecedented’ condition, the UN science panel said
Net zero: the story of the target that will shape our future
The ‘lionesses’ who changed the way we measure climate ambition
Australia seeks to water down climate declaration at Pacific summit
An annotated draft Pacific Islands Forum statement shows the Morrison administration trying to quash references to 1.5C, carbon neutrality and coal development
UN report on 1.5C blocked from climate talks after Saudi Arabia disputes science
There will be no further formal discussions of the IPCC’s findings at the UN after Saudi Arabia fought to undermine the findings of the global scientific community
‘Gentlemen’s agreement’ could leave 1.5C science report out of formal UN talks
Unless objections from Saudi Arabia can be overcome by next week, a major scientific study may be sidelined in discussions on the Paris Agreement
IEA develops pathway to ambitious 1.5C climate goal
Under pressure, the International Energy Agency has started work on a scenario in line with the toughest target of the Paris Agreement for its influential outlook
I am a denier. A human extinction denier
The rhetoric of extinction and emergency does not adequately describe the situation we find ourselves in and is counter-productive
Britain, home of the industrial revolution, ‘to end contribution to global warming’
Government advisors recommend climate target to be hiked to net-zero by 2050, a mark they said would lead the world and mobilise ambition in other countries
Saudi version of climate justice rejected by developing countries
Oil-rich country’s resistance to welcoming findings of science report on 1.5C warming has marked it out from poorer countries
Climate science on 1.5C erased at UN talks as US and Saudis step in
In a moment of drama in Poland, countries closed ranks against a push by oil producers to water down recognition of the UN’s report on the impacts of 1.5C warming
French senate ‘failed to heed’ UN science warning before protests
A major climate report in October found shifting to a green economy risked social disruption, but French senators told a scientist they were ‘powerless’ to respond
Islands need support to face shocking impacts of 1.5C global warming
Last month’s landmark UN science report underlines why vulnerable countries must demand funding to cover their climate-induced losses
Why UN climate science reports have Africa-shaped gaps
African experts explain the barriers they face to taking part in influential climate science assessments like this month’s blockbuster on 1.5C global warming