UN chief calls for an "ambition supernova" as nations make minor progress on climate action

Despite all efforts, governments around the world are making insufficient progress in reducing greenhouse gas emissions to prevent the worst effects of global warming, a UN report released on Tuesday warned, according to Reuters and Agerpres.

Health experts say world needs to end fossil fuel use as new report finds a rise in climate-related mortality

By Rachel Ramirez, CNN (CNN) — The climate crisis is carrying a mounting health toll that is set to put even more lives at risk without bold action to phase out planet-warming fossil fuels, a new report from more than 100 scientists and health practitioners found. The annual Lancet Countdown report, released Tuesday, found that delaying climate action will lead to a nearly five-fold increase in heat-related deaths by 2050, underscoring that the …

World severely off track to limit emissions

The world is "failing to get a grip" on climate change, the United Nations has warned, as an assessment of climate pledges shows only minor progress on reducing emissions this decade.

UN-Analyse zu Klimaplänen: "Zeit für eine Supernova an Klimaanstrengungen"

Zu langsam, zu wenig, zu spät - eine UN-Analyse zeigt, dass die nationalen Klimaschutzpläne nicht ausreichen, um das 1,5 Grad-Ziel zu erreichen. UN-Generalsekretär Guterres schlägt Alarm und fordert ehrgeizigere Ziele.[mehr]

Countries' emissions plans put world 'wildly off track' to contain global heating, UN assessment shows

In the latest clear evidence that the world remains wildly off track when it comes to tackling the climate crisis, the UN has found that even if countries enact all of their current climate pledges, planet-heating pollution in 2030 will still be 9 per cent higher than it was in 2010.This reveals a stark gap between the course nations are charting and what science says is needed to avert the most catastrophic impacts of climate change.According t…

Les émissions de CO2 de la Chine devraient baisser l’an prochain grâce aux énergies renouvelables

Pays le plus émetteur de gaz à effet de serre au monde, la Chine investit à vitesse grand V dans les énergies vertes, lui permettant de limiter son utilisation des combustibles fossiles, d’après une étude de Carbon Brief.