IPCC articles

IPCC urges Obama to raise awareness of science behind climate change

US President Barack Obama

Rajendra Pachauri says US president should push for improving public's understanding of man-made global warming

28 Feb 2013

NGOs demand Doha cancellation of carbon credit surplus

Doha in Qatar

Over 150 organisations say Kyoto loopholes are undermining carbon-cutting efforts

29 Nov 2012

Prepare for accelerating climate risks, IPCC says

Parched soil by the White Nile in Khartoum Sudan

UN scientists warn climate change is set to cause increasingly dangerous and costly weather disasters

29 Mar 2012

IPCC: climate change set to worsen extreme weather

Summary of UN body's forthcoming report warns heatwaves and floods are likely to increase in the next century

18 Nov 2011

Updated: Government told to "stop ignoring" geo-engineering

Capturing CO2 direct from the atmosphere could increase the rate of decarbonisation, says Institution of Mechanical Engineers

20 Jun 2011

There is geo-engineering, and then there is geo-engineering

16 Jun 2011

IPCC asks scientists to assess geo-engineering climate solutions

Leaked documents ahead of key Lima meeting suggest UN body is looking to slow emissions with technological fixes rather than talks

16 Jun 2011

IPCC: Almost 80 per cent of global energy to come from renewables by 2050

UN-commissioned report predicts 77 per cent of energy could come from renewable sources, but only if the right policies are adopted

09 May 2011

Renewable energy can power the world, says landmark IPCC study

UN's climate change science body says renewables supply, particularly solar power, can meet global demand

09 May 2011

UN to forecast renewables boom through to 2050

Leaked Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change report predicts a 100 exajoule increase in renewable energy capacity

05 May 2011

Bjørn Lomborg: $100bn a year needed to fight climate change

Exclusive 'Sceptical environmentalist' and critic of climate scientists to declare global warming a chief concern facing world

31 Aug 2010

Vindicated scientists warn against rising climate risks

Dutch review concludes that handful of errors in IPCC report do not undermine central conclusions about the origins and scale of climate change

06 Jul 2010

NGOs divided over IPCC resignation

'Bring me the head of Pachauri', cry some, while others say he should stay

05 Feb 2010

Leaked climate change emails scientist 'hid' data flaws

Investigation reveals suppressed Chinese urban warming data

03 Feb 2010

How to fight the climate change backlash

The so-called climategate scandal has reignited opposition to the low-carbon economy, and it is time business leaders fought back

02 Feb 2010

African nations stage Barcelona climate talks protest

Meetings in Barcelona suspended as coalition of African countries refuses to discuss technical issues until industrialised nations put forward detailed commitments

03 Nov 2009

World leaders accused of myopia over climate change deal

Senior officials and negotiators increasingly gloomy about the prospects for a global warming deal next month

02 Nov 2009

China and India accuse West of ignoring climate science

Chinese negotiator voices "unhappiness" at rich nations' reluctance to sign up to ambitious emissions targets

14 Aug 2009

IPCC to increase focus on economic costs of climate change

UN-backed scientific panel to also focus on extreme weather events, rising sea levels and impact on developing world

21 Jul 2009

Scientists urged to step up climate warnings

Climate change negotiators urge scientific community to deliver starker warnings in attempt to close communication gap with politicians

10 Mar 2009

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