Climate science
Greenland sees record-smashing early ice sheet melt
NEWS: Scientists ‘incredulous’ at abnormally high numbers for April, with melting across nearly 12% of ice sheet
Save the Children: Ethiopia ‘deeply affected’ by climate change
NEWS: Famine-hit country faces worse drought in future, warns aid chief and former Danish prime minister Helle Thorning-Schmidt
Islands of Gauguin, Robinson Crusoe could become parched paradise
NEWS: Climate change could aggravate water shortages in three-quarters of world’s small islands by 2050, researchers warn
Gulf states win concessions in HFC phase-out talks
NEWS: Hot countries offered four-year grace period to comply with rules to replace potent warming gases in air conditioning
UN energy envoy urges investors to consider 1.5C warming limit
NEWS: Finance sector should be prepared for more aggressive emissions curbs to hit value of carbon majors, says Rachel Kyte
The UN’s climate science panel must adapt to stay relevant
COMMENT: We have got used to vast IPCC reports, but in the coming years tailored studies focused on land, cities and the 1.5C warming ceiling may be more useful to policy makers
World Bank, IPCC gather to discuss climate risks
CRIB NOTES 11-15 APRIL: UN climate science panel to debate 1.5C, World Bank/IMF spring meet, UN climate body outlines legal implications of Paris deal
Climate models ‘overestimate’ increase in wet and dry extremes
NEWS: Analysis of data stretching back 12 centuries reveals questions surrounding climate models that have linked wet and dry weather extremes to current temperature rise
21 countries show how to grow GDP while cutting emissions
NEWS: Much of Europe and the US has ‘decoupled’ economic growth from greenhouse gas emissions since 2000
Super CO2-sucking crops could save the world from starving
NEWS: Plants genetically modified to thrive in hotter temperatures and increased carbon dioxide could cut fertiliser use and raise yields to reduce food shortages
Trillions of dollars at risk from climate impacts – study
NEWS: An overheating planet could wreak financial havoc, researchers find in the most comprehensive valuation to date
Australia approval of vast coal mine ‘evil’ says marine scientist
NEWS: Greens, scientists brand leases for $22bn Adani mine irresponsible in face of whitening Great Barrier Reef
WMO: Climate change could outpace mitigation efforts
NEWS: Despite signs that the world will cut its future fossil fuel use, greenhouse gases already emitted are still driving accelerating climate change
Humans have turned soil into a ‘global warming machine’
NEWS: Emissions from cattle, fertilisers, manure and agriculture mean terrestrial biosphere is actually accelerating climate change
Arctic sea ice falls to record low for winter
NEWS: Satellite data shows sea ice cover was the lowest in 37 years after ‘warm, crazy winter’
The G20 needs to lead on deep decarbonisation pathways
COMMENT: For the world to arrive at a collective goal of zero net emissions by the second half of the century, it needs to know where it’s going: charting that route starts in 2016
Framing climate risk: We need more than a few magic words
COMMENT: Finding ways of communicating that resonate with people’s values is a crucial first step in broadening public engagement, says the head of research at Climate Outreach
Global warming ‘hiatus’ row offers lessons to scientists
COMMENT: Scientifically prudent but publicly ill-conceived formulations can be of huge consequence in a fast-changing media landscape
James Hansen’s apocalyptic sea level study lands to mixed reviews
ANALYSIS: Critics accuse prominent climate scientist of unprofessional behaviour and alarmism, in debate over risk of rapid ice sheet melting
Coal and climate threatens India, China water supplies
IN PICTURES: Greenpeace report reveals world’s most polluting form of energy uses as much water as one billion people, urges governments to invest in renewables