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Leonardo DiCaprio pledges $20m to tackle climate change

LeonardoDiCapriohasannouncedhisfoundationwillgiveout$20m(£15m)totackletheeffectsofclimatechange.Thehugesumwillbespreadbetweenmorethan100organisationssupportingw

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Climate change risks for fish across world: UW researchers

Inthefirstanalysisofhowvulnerabletheworld'sfreshwaterandmarinefishesaretoclimatechange,researchersattheUniversityofWashington(UW)havefoundthatsensitivitytotempe

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1/3 of parasite species at risk of extinction due to climate change

Changingtemperaturesmaycausetheextinctionofuptoone-thirdofparasitespeciesby2070,accordingtoanewstudypublishedinthejournalScienceAdvancesonSeptember6.Thediverseg

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Pacific leaders to turn up heat on climate change

ClimatechangewilldominatediscussionswhentheleadersofvulnerablePacificnationsholdtheirannualmeetingintheSamoancapitalApiathisweek,withglobalwarmingthreateningthe

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'Fewer but stronger': Connecting the dots of cyclones and climate change

Scientistsfreelyacknowledgetheydon'tknoweverythingabouthowglobalwarmingaffectshurricanesliketheonepummellingsoutheastTexas.Butwhattheydoknowisenoughtokeepthemup

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Another casualty of climate change: peace

Formonths,farmersintheIndianStateofTamilNaduhavebeenprotesting,sometimesnaked,sometimescarryingskulls,sometimeslightingcandlesinremembranceofsixprotestingfarmer

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To cool planet, researchers propose spraying particles into marine cloud

AgroupofresearchersattheUniversityofWashington(UW)isinvestigatingtheideaofmarinecloudbrighteningasastrategytooffsetglobalwarming.Asashort-termmeasureforapossibl

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Small odds of reaching 2 C climate goal: researchers

Thereisafive-percentchanceoflimitingaverageglobalwarmingtoundertwodegreesCelsius(3.6degreesFahrenheit),thetargetsetinthe2015climate-rescueParisAgreement,researc

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UC Berkeley research links climate change to suicides in India

Estimates in a study published Monday indicate that climate change has led to failing harvests that push farmers into poverty and cause more than 59,000 suicides in India over the last 30 years.

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Scientists: Suck CO2 out of atmosphere or face the consequences

Weneedtostartremovingcarbondioxidefromtheatmosphereassoonaspossible.Ifwedon't,futuregenerationswillhavetochoosebetweenbiblicalweathereventsorspendingtrillionsof

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Sea levels could rise further on back of human-caused climate change: sc

Human-inducedclimatechangehasthepowertocauseasignificantriseinsealevelsoverthenext100years,aclimatescientistfromtheIntergovernmentalPanelonClimateChange(IPCC)sa

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ADB warns climate change 'disastrous' for Asia

Climatechangewillbe"disastrous"forAsia,undoingmuchofthephenomenaleconomicgrowththathashelpeditmakevastinroadsagainstpoverty,accordingtoareportfromtheAsianDevelo

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Young minds gather at 9th International Youth Summit on Climate Change

SeveralyoungactivemindsfromaroundtheworldgatheredinTianjinforthe9thInternationalYouthSummitonClimateChangefromJuly9-12,andtheirstrongdevotiontocombatclimatechan

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World leaders braced for tough talks with Trump on climate, trade

Leaders from the world's top economies prepared for tough talks with U.S. President Donald Trump on climate change and trade on Friday as a Group of 20 summit got underway in Germany amid the threat of violent protests.

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Green energy transition moves fast in Germany

PotentiallythemostfraughtG20summittodateasclimatechangehasbeensuretobeakeystickingpoint.TheUSdecidedtopulloutoftheParisaccordbuthostGermanyandotherworldleadersc

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Hopes of mild climate change dashed by new research

Hopes that the world’s huge carbon emissions might not drive temperatures up to dangerous levels have been dashed by new research.

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Hopes of mild climate change dashed by new research

Hopesthattheworld’shugecarbonemissionsmightnotdrivetemperaturesuptodangerouslevelshavebeendashedbynewresearch.Theworkshowsthattemperaturerisesmeasuredoverrecent