Avoiding temperature ‘overshoot’ reduces multiple climate change risks, say scientists
Allowing global temperatures to temporarily “overshoot” end-of-century targets will drive greater economic loss and more severe climate impacts t... Read More
Analysis: Do COP26 promises keep global warming below 2C?
Depending on whom you ask, the COP26 climate summit may seem like the best of times or the worst of times. On the one hand, reports proclaim... Read More
UNEP: Current climate commitments are ‘weak promises, not yet delivered’
Despite stronger climate policy and higher ambition in the latest national pledges, there is still a large gap between near-term commitments under th... Read More
Analysis: What the new IPCC report says about when world may pass 1.5C and 2C
The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change’s (IPCC) sixth assessment report (AR6) is the first major IPCC review to specifically focus on when t... Read More
解説：「共通社会経済経路（SSP）」で未来の気候変動を探る
ここ数年、気候科学者、経済学者、エネルギーシステムモデル研究者による国際チームは、次の100年ほどの間... Read More
State of the climate: 2021 sees widespread climate extremes despite a cool start
While the early months of 2021 have been cooler than much of the past decade, global temperatures have risen in recent months as the effects of La Ni... Read More
Clouds study finds that low climate sensitivity is ‘extremely unlikely’
It is “very likely” that the way clouds change as the world warms will drive further temperature rise, a new study finds. The response of clou... Read More
ゲスト投稿：低い「気候感度」が除外できた理由
国際的な科学者チームが 4 年間かけて詳細な議論を重ねた結果、大気中 CO2濃 度の増加に対する世界の地表温度... Read More
Guest post: Emissions should fall ‘twice as fast’ in case negative emissions fail
Many model pathways designed to meet the climate goals of the Paris Agreement rely heavily on large-scale carbon dioxide removal (CDR), also known a... Read More
Guest post: Why CO2 removal is not equal and opposite to reducing emissions
In recent years, countries, companies and institutions around the world have set “net-zero” emissions targets as part of efforts to tackle climat... Read More
Satellite data reveals impact of warming on global water cycle
Evapotranspiration – the transfer of water from the ground into the air through a combination of evaporation and transpiration – increased global... Read More
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