Global Warming

• Climate change could even make Earth’s orbit a mess: study

  Climate change is already causing all sorts of problems on Earth, but soon it will be making a mess in orbit around the planet too, a new study finds.

  Science

  Mar 10
  
• 1 in 3 Canadians report being personally impacted by severe weather: poll

  The number of people touched by extreme weather jumped significantly in almost every province but Alberta saw the biggest increase.

  Canada

  Aug 22, 2024
  
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• UN head warns of ‘climate hell’ as May sets temperature record

  The UN's secretary general warned of "climate hell" on Wednesday as two new reports show that the planet may warm above the 1.5 C threshold once hoped to be kept at or under.

  Canada

  Jun 5, 2024
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• Climate change ‘speeding up,’ UN warns as Canada braces for early wildfires

  Climate change is “speeding up,” the head of the United Nations says as B.C. and Alberta prepare for an early start to wildfire season.

  Canada

  Mar 19, 2024
• 1.5C warming threshold could be hit temporarily in 2024: U.K. Met Office

  The global average temperature could temporarily cross a 1.5-degree Celsius threshold next year, Britain's Met Office said on Friday.

  World

  Dec 8, 2023
• To phase out or phase down fossil fuels? Inside the debate at COP28

  After days of shaving off the edges of key warming issues, climate negotiators Tuesday zeroed in on the tough job of dealing with the main cause of what's overheating the planet.

  World

  Dec 5, 2023
• COP28: A Canadian lawyer’s backchannel strategy to force polluters to act

  A Canadian human rights lawyer is trying a different approach to compel the world's biggest polluters to compel nations to drastically lower their emissions.

  Environment

  Dec 2, 2023
• Global warming will reach 1.4C in 2023: WMO

  2023 will reach global warming of about 1.4 degrees Celsius (2.5 Fahrenheit) above preindustrial levels, the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) said on Thursday.

  World

  Nov 30, 2023
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• Oil, gas sector must slash planet warming operations to save climate: report

  The oil and gas sector, one of the major emitters of planet-warming gases, will need a rapid and substantial overhaul for the world to avoid even worse extreme weather events.

  World

  Nov 23, 2023
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• Global emissions set to fall by only 2% come 2030: UN report

  Governments are making insufficient progress in slashing greenhouse gas emissions to avert the worst impacts of global warming, according to a UN report released Tuesday.

  World

  Nov 14, 2023