Saudi Aramco raises $25.6bn in world’s biggest IPO
Saudi Aramco has priced its long-awaited initial public offering (IPO) at the top end of its range, reports the Financial Times, making it the world’s largest new listing.…
Even 50-year-old climate models correctly predicted global warming
Some 14 out of 17 climate models published since 1970 were accurate in their projections of the warming that would take place after they were first published, reports…
Last decade ‘almost certain’ to have been hottest on record, climate experts warn
There is widespread coverage of the annual assessment of the Earth’s climate by the World Meteorological Organisation (WMO). The Independent reports that average temperatures from both the last…
UN chief warns ‘life itself’ is threatened by big emitters
Various stories mark the first day of COP25 in Madrid. The FT notes how the UN secretary general António Guterres warned 100 world leaders who had gathered at…
Climate change: COP25 talks to open as ‘point of no return’ in sight
Political leaders and climate diplomats are meeting in Madrid for the start of two weeks of talks “amid a growing sense of crisis”, reports BBC News. Speaking on…
UK leaders debate climate, with Boris Johnson replaced by ice sculpture
Leaders of Britain’s major political parties – minus the governing Conservatives – have battled it out over their green credentials in the UK’s first ever general election debate…
Climate Change: Are we passing some key ‘tipping points’?
There is growing evidence that “irreversible climatic changes could be triggered within a few decades”, BBC News reports, according to a new commentary article in the scientific journal Nature. (The…
In bleak report, UN says drastic action is only way to avoid worst effects of climate change
As pressure to act grows, with street protests and extreme weather around the world, the UN’s new report brings a “grim assessment” of “how off-track the world remains”,…
Greenhouse gas concentrations again break records
Concentrations of CO2 and other greenhouse gases, such as methane and nitrous oxide, reached record levels in the atmosphere last year, according to a widely covered World Meteorological…
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