Global Warming

UNEP sets out 'best-case' scenario of 1.8C for global average temperature rise, but maintains world can still limit, adapt to, and eventually reduce warming to or below 1.5C threshold in future

Provisional data suggests the past summer has seen the warmest temperature since records began in 1884 in the UK, with the record heat 130 times more likely to have occurred due to human-induced climate change

Major global analysis shows children disproportionately affected by climate-driven heat stress, leading to health and development risks

New American Meteorological Society report warns continued burning of fossil fuels is causing record high emissions and temperatures across the globe, with cascading impacts on the planet's ecosystem

UN's World Meteorological Organisation warns it is 'very likely' that global temperatures will temporarily exceed 1.5C for at least one year by 2030

Irreversible shift in Arctic Ocean chemical make-up driven by climate change has disrupted the region’s food chain for more than a decade, study suggests

New analysis reveals first statistically significant evidence of acceleration in rate of global warming over the past decade

New report warns climate change is set to drive a decline in global grassland grazing systems that remain 'highly dependent on the environment'

Some 3.79 billion people will be living with extreme heat by mid-century if the world reaches 2C of global warming, Oxford University study warns

Copernicus Climate Change Service confirms rising temperatures driven by human activity put world on course to exceed 1.5C threshold set under Paris Agreement