Climate science
Ten reasons why food will be scarce in a warmer world
NEWS: Oxfam scores the world on its action so far to help farmers prepare for the shocks of climate change
Climate change experts start IPCC deliberations in Japan
NEWS: Delegates from over 100 countries are in Yokohoma to discuss latest UN study on climate risk
Climate change could devastate Africa crop yields
NEWS: Draft of IPCC’s forthcoming report reveals droughts, floods, famines and health impacts from a warming world
Air pollution causes ‘one in eight deaths’ says UN
NEWS: Air pollution killed 7 million people in 2012, say WHO, making it world’s biggest environmental health threat
Weird weather: WMO highlights extreme events of 2013
ANALYSIS: 2013 was a year of ‘many extreme weather events’ according to the UN – all over the world
Centuries of warming locked into earth’s climate warns UN
NEWS: World Meteorological Organization says countries must become more resilient to extreme weather
Slower sea level rise linked to El Nino and natural weather patterns
NEWS: scientists say slight drop-off in annual sea level rise could be a result of natural variations
Extreme heat waves pose threat to wheat and maize yields – study
Global climate impact assessments are not factoring in negative affects from warming on crops, say scientists
Scientists hint at negative impacts of climate change on farming
Forthcoming UN science study could reveal median crop yields may fall by up to 2% per decade for the rest of century
UN forest protection plans could lead to land grabs – report
A future forest carbon market needs to ensure local communities have control over their lands, says report
Climate change like ‘100-year war’ says US Army expert
Scale of impacts and lack of long-term planning could leave world with ‘no exit strategy’ if temperatures rise
Trevor Manuel: climate deniers ‘mainly in lunatic asylums’
Former South African finance minister says science is now incontrovertible and potential effects of warming world deadly
NASA: global warming could be 20% higher than previous estimates
Research focused on the climate sensitivity of the atmosphere suggests recent ‘cooling’ spell could be a blip
Australia warned to prepare for hotter summers
Latest Climate Council report says extremes of 2013/2014 ‘Angry Summer’ likely to intensify
India pollution linked to Himalaya glacier melt
Kolkata’s choking streets are affecting the health of residents and the region’s long term prosperity
Arctic melt ‘speeding up’ say scientists
Pace of change at North Pole is surprising scientists: latest studies show the region is at its warmest for 40,000 years
US military says climate change could increase wars, conflict
Pentagon’s warning that climate change worsens risks of conflict over water, food and other resources
Australia in 2013: hotter, drier and more fires
Australia almost a degree hotter than it was in 1910, says Bureau of Meteorology, as government tries to repeal climate laws
Marshall Islands’ capital Majuro submerged by ‘King tides’
Evacuations start as sea pours into parts of town, highlighting acute dangers of rising sea levels in Pacific
Europe’s flood costs could double by 2050
Scientists say average annual flood losses could be almost five times greater by mid-century