Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change
World Environment Day: Challenges galore and the dire need to act fast

All recent reports suggest a climate crisis of disastrous proportions. This year’s theme for World Environment Day – Only one Earth – is more relevant than ever

Leaked IPCC draft report warns that ‘worst yet to come for today’s children, grandchildren’

Climate change will likely reshape life in the coming decades, even in a situation where greenhouse gas emissions are controlled to some extent, the draft states

Climate emergency New Zealand New Zealand declares climate emergency, vows to make public sector carbon neutral by 2025

The move is based on findings of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, which emphasize the need to reduce global emissions to zero by 2050 in order to prevent further increase in global warming

Climate change: How fast are sea levels actually rising?

According to earlier research, the rate at which sea levels were rising globally was 3.2 millimeters per year. Recent studies point to an accelerating rise in sea levels

Climate study of past 66 million years reveals earth’s current temperature rise is unprecedented

The study published in the Science journal concludes that this human-made climate change is far beyond the natural changes that are triggered by the earth’s changing orbit