Fifteen former leaders and ministers are set to address sensitive questions on the role of CO2 removal and geoengineering in climate action
Governments must fund humanitarian relief and prioritise cropland for feeding people, not livestock or cars, to guard against future shocks
Corinne Le Quéré is among a group of authors proposing the IPCC publish updates on key climate indicators every year amid an “explosion” of scientific literature
Chilean ex-minister Marcelo Mena will lead the hub, urging governments to tackle methane from fossil fuel, waste and farming sectors in updated national plans
The Kingdom pushed for a stronger emphasis on carbon capture and storage as a climate solution that keeps the oil industry alive longer
The world is on track to overshoot 1.5C warming. Leaving fossil fuels in the ground, changing lifestyles and removing CO2 from the air are needed to fix the climate
The UN’s climate science panel labelled 3.3-3.6bn people as highly vulnerable to climate disaster – but the definition is disputed
Mental health risks are predicted to increase as temperatures continue to rise and people experience more extreme weather events, the report warns
Techno fixes like carbon dioxide removal and solar radiation management are no substitute for exiting coal, oil and gas – whatever polluters would like you to think
Svitlana Krakovska had to withdraw from the approval session of the IPCC report as bombs hit Kyiv. She fears for the future of climate science in Ukraine
Adaptation finance, nature-based solutions and solar geoengineering were among the contentious topics that sent IPCC talks into overtime
Many of the risks projected in 2014 are now unavoidable reality, as climate science outpaces action to avert the crisis
We can adapt to many changes brought by an overheating planet, but some things will be lost forever, scientists warn in blockbuster report
Meat, air con, flying and SUVs are driving emissions up, the latest science shows – and cleaner lifestyle choices can make a difference
Youth, climate disaster victims and vulnerable countries could use the latest UN science report as evidence to sue polluters for damages or remedial action
Only 13 countries have methane emission targets in their climate plans, despite evidence of the gas’s potent role in global heating
The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change has published its first update on the physical science of climate change since 2013. Here are the key messages
Attribution science, which quantifies the influence of human activity on specific heatwaves, droughts and floods, has developed rapidly in the past decade
Only the first section of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change report, about the science of global warming, is set to be ready before the postponed Glasgow summit
UN climate science reports due in 2021 will examine the links between pandemics and human pressures on the natural world to guide policymakers