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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
EU lawmakers support 55% emission cuts as IPCC spectre lurks
MEPs are calling on the EU to bump its 2030 target in light of this week’s scientific report of 1.5C of global warming
Reality check: is the 1.5C warming target even possible?
Scientists have warned that warming more than half a degree above now is dangerous, but can we stop it?
Climate lawyers to use UN 1.5C report to sue governments
Lawyers have long planned to use a report released on Monday to lend weight to calls for climate damages or redress through the courts
Economics Nobel goes to inventor of models used in UN 1.5C report
William Nordhaus originated the idea of a 2C global warming limit but last year cast doubt on our ability to reach it. He shares the prize with Paul Romer
‘Most important years in history’: major UN report sounds last-minute climate alarm
Warming beyond 1.5C will unleash a frightening set of consequences and scientists say only a global transformation, beginning now, can avoid it
37 things you need to know about 1.5C global warming
The UN climate science panel has released its summary of the evidence around the tougher climate goal demanded by vulnerable countries. We break it down
EU: Breaching 1.5C would trigger cascade of negative effects
Confidential comments on a draft UN report show the EU calling for scientists to discount scenarios where temperatures temporarily overshoot the Paris goal
Leaked US critique of climate report sets stage for political showdown in Korea
Confidential government feedback casts doubt on scientific models, pushes domestic energy priorities and questions economic basis for climate action
Climate science faces ‘pivotal moment’ and government questions
A major report on the impacts of warming 1.5C will be the subject of intense government scrutiny this week
Climate scientists reject ‘offensive’ claim of US, Saudi meddling in landmark report
An article claiming a landmark report on the consequences of warming past 1.5C had been watered down at the behest of big polluters has been slammed by authors
My dad, who retires today, changed how we think about climate change
Climate scientist Chris Hope has worked on climate policy since its earliest years, on the day of his retirement, his son Mat finally asks him what the Page model actually is
Warming of 2C ‘substantially’ more harmful than 1.5C – draft UN report
Latest version of major UN science report concludes the upper temperature goal of the Paris Agreement does not represent a climate safe zone
Leaked final government draft of UN 1.5C climate report – annotated
A draft summary of the most important climate science report of 2018, published here annotated with changes from the previous version
We need bold action before 2020 to hold global warming below 1.5C
If rich countries fail to live up to their promises over the next two years, they condemn small islands to catastrophic warming impacts, says Maldives minister
Emissions controls for 1.5C climate target to cost three times 2C: study
Meeting the tougher global warming limit in the Paris Agreement will require earlier emissions cuts in transport and buildings sectors, study shows
11 takeaways from the draft UN report on a 1.5C global warming limit
UN draft report says missing 1.5C warming target will multiply hunger, migration and conflict, but staying under will require unprecedented global cooperation
Leaked draft summary of UN special report on 1.5C climate goal – in full
Read the draft summary for policymakers of the most important climate science report of the year, on the challenge of holding global warming to 1.5C
EU and others to fill UN climate science funding gap left by Trump
Donald Trump’s decision to axe US donations has left the IPCC with an urgent cash crunch. Sources say some governments are set to increase their contributions
Climate negotiators rally to protect IPCC science funding
National delegates in Bonn rejected a proposal by UN Framework Convention on Climate Change to stop funding science reports from its core budget