Sea levels in some parts of the world could be rising by as much as 8 to 12 inches per decade within the lifetime of today’s youngest generations, outpacing the ability of many coastal communities to ...

A new report finds that the world is headed for around 2.8 degrees C of warming by the end of this century, far less than was forecast before the Paris Climate Agreement. Still, countries remain far ...

Efforts to limit the global temperature increase to 1.5°C under the Paris Climate Agreement may not go far enough to save the world's ice sheets, according to a study published in the journal ...

When the 2015 Paris Agreement was inked nearly a decade ago, it marked a consensus, agreed to by nearly all the countries in the world, that global temperature rise should be limited to well below 2 ...

Flames stretched hundreds of feet into the air as the Park fire approached in Tehama County's Mill Creek area of California Aug. 7, 2024. Credit - JOSH EDELSON/AFP—Getty Images Ten years ago the world ...

At a conference in Paris in December 2015, almost 200 countries signed a landmark agreement designed to avoid the worst consequences of climate change. One key aim was to try to limit future global ...

Ten years ago, world leaders in Paris committed to limiting global warming to well below 2°C above pre-industrial levels, while pursuing efforts to limit it to 1.5°C. Since then, the average global ...

We are living through one of the most disruptive moments in modern human history, as the early impacts of climate change coincide with the onset of massive economic, technological, and social ...

Get your news from a source that’s not owned and controlled by oligarchs. Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily. Sea levels in some parts of the world could be rising by as much as 8 to 12 inches ...