All posts tagged "global warming"
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Global temperatures set to breach 1.5°C threshold over next five years, UN says
There is a 70% chance that the 5-year average warming for 2025-2029 will exceed the 1.5°C global warming limit set under the Paris Agreement, according to the World Meteorological Organization
- Posted June 4, 2025
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COP30 president calls for new governance mechanisms in climate change fight
New climate governance mechanisms are needed if countries are to meet their Paris Agreement commitments, the COP30 president has said. In a letter published last week, André Aranha Corrêa do
- Posted May 12, 2025
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Current climate policy ‘doomed to fail’, says former UK PM Tony Blair
Net zero policies are increasingly viewed as “unaffordable, ineffective, or politically toxic” and efforts to phase out fossil fuels in the short term are “doomed to fail”, according to a
- Posted May 1, 2025
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World breaches 1.5C warming limit as climate deadline looms for governments
United Nations (UN) secretary-general António Guterres has called on governments around the world to accelerate climate action after the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) confirmed that 2024 was the warmest year
- Posted January 17, 2025
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Climate concerns persist in 2025 but faith in government action wanes
A 33-country survey has revealed that citizens are increasingly anxious about climate change but less confident in government and technological solutions. “This growing unease underscores the urgent need for global
- Posted January 8, 2025
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US climate envoy John Kerry admits to being ‘rattled’ over finance challenge of net zero transition
The US special presidential envoy for climate John Kerry has urged the world’s governments to engage the private sector in stumping up the huge investment required to help countries fulfil
- Posted December 14, 2022
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Governments urged to end ’empty pledges’ on climate
The UN has urged governments to stop the “litany of broken climate promises” and act immediately to slash greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions to stop climate change spiralling out of control.
- Posted April 6, 2022
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Far stronger policies needed to limit climate change, scientists conclude
Policies to mitigate climate change need to be urgently and substantially strengthened to limit warming to 1.5°C, the world’s leading climate scientists have said in landmark research published today. To
- Posted October 8, 2018