IPCC News
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IPCC’s urgent warning to tackle climate change
Climate change threatens to become “severe, pervasive and irreversible”, according to the latest report from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC). Without drastic cuts in greenhouse gas emissions, the report says, global average temperatures will probably increase by another 2°C by mid-century on their 1986-2005 levels. This implies temperatures nearly 4°C ...
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Markets can play key role in achieving 1.5 degree goal - IETA
The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change’s Special Report on Global Warming of 1.5 degrees Celsius makes an important contribution to understanding the challenges – and benefits – of the 1.5 degree goal. It is clear to the business community that the international community has a long way to go in pursuing this goal. The report, published today, is a critical input for ...
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Carbon Dioxide Capture, Storage May Help Ease Global Warming
MONTREAL, Quebec, Canada, September 29, 2005 (ENS) - Capturing and storing the greenhouse gas carbon dioxide (CO2) produced by power plants and factories before it enters the atmosphere could play a major role in minimizing climate change, finds a new assessment report finalized here Monday by member scientists of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC). The first summary of ...
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Climate Change Widespread, Rapid, and Intensifying - IPCC Report
Scientists are observing changes in the Earth's climate in every region and across the whole climate system, according to the latest Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) Report, released today. Many of the changes observed in the climate are unprecedented in thousands, if not hundreds of thousands of years, and some of the changes already set in motion-such as continued sea level ...
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New IPCC report addresses risks of extreme events and disasters
It is "virtually certain" that warm weather extreme events will become more frequent this century, according to a new summary report published by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) on 18 November. In order to explore ways of adapting to heatwaves and other extreme events potentially exacerbated in future by climate change, the IPCC has brought together a range of scientific and ...
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Scientists question EPA estimates of greenhouse gas emissions
The approach the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) uses to estimate greenhouse gas emissions from agricultural anaerobic lagoons that treat manure contains errors and may underestimate methane emissions by up to 65%, according to scientists from the University of Missouri. Anaerobic lagoons treat manure on some animal feeding operations prior to application to crops as a fertilizer. ...
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Five takeaways from the IPCC report on extreme weather and climate change
The world must brace for more extreme weather. That is the clear message from a new report that finds climate change is likely to bring more record-breaking temperatures, heat waves, and heavy downpours. The much anticipated Special Report on Managing the Risks of Extreme Events and Disasters to Advance Climate Change Adaptation (SREX) – the summary of which was released today by the ...
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Developed nations must reduce emissions by half by 2020, says new study
After a year of extreme weather events and recent studies outlining climate change’s impacts, it’s become increasingly clear that we must understand what emissions reduction pathways are necessary to avoid these risks. The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change’s (IPCC) last Assessment Report, for example, outlined the emissions reductions needed from developed countries to ...
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Reports point to growing risks from climate change
As the UN climate change talks continue in Doha, Qatar, several reports over the past month have highlighted a sombre picture of the Earth's changing climate, raising alarm bells in particular for the world's poorest regions. A report from the World Bank launched last month (18 November) warns that the planet "is on track for a four degrees Celsius warmer world" by 2100, marked by extreme heat ...
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Future forests: will climate change affect wood-supply?
While climate change is expected to increase growth rates in Europe's forests, society's demand for wood could outweigh these benefits, says a new study. Forest management techniques will therefore play a far more significant role in maintaining productivity and avoiding degradation than the effects of rising temperatures. Recent climate change projections indicate a rise in annual temperature ...
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UN report raises ceiling for greenhouse gas pollution
The U.N.'s environmental authority has quietly raised its assessment of the level at which global greenhouse gas emissions must peak to avoid dangerous climate change, as governments seek a new accord to fight global warming. In its first four annual emissions reports in 2010-2013, the United Nations Environment Program said emissions must not exceed 44 billion tons in 2020 for the world to ...
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Conclusions on Preparations for the 19th session of the Conference of the Parties (COP 19) 9th Session of the Meeting of the Parties to the Kyoto Protocol (Warsaw, 11 - 22 November 2013)
The Council adopted the following conclusions: The Council of the European Union, Urgency 1. NOTES with concern the latest findings of Working Group I of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC); UNDERLINES that global warming is unequivocal and since the 1950s many of the observed changes are unprecedented over decades to millennia, that it is extremely likely that human ...
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Exploring future biodiversity in a changing climate
New research describes how biodiversity might be affected in four 'future worlds' that are based on the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) special report on emissions scenarios (SRES)1. In the report the future of the planet is explored through four scenarios of human development, a key aspect of which is change in land-use. The new study suggests a reduction in biodiversity, even ...
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India set to defy warnings on coal’s climate impact
The man responsible for maintaining India’s power supply says he wants the country’s coal production to double within the next five years. Piyush Goyal, Minister of State for Power, Coal, New and Renewable energy, says India needs to dig twice as much coal as it does today if it is to meet its soaring energy demand. By 2019, it is expected to be consuming two trillion units of ...
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Brazilian companies announce global warming game plan
The Brazil Greenhouse Gas Protocol Program was launched on Tuesday and its 12 founding corporate members have voluntarily agreed to report their global-warming emissions. “The program provides options for sound measurement and allows members to take action to reduce their GHG emissions,” said Thelma Krug, secretary of climate change, Brazil Environment Ministry, at the launch event here in the ...
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The renewable revolution cannot occur with limitless growth, experts warn
Despite the hopes attached to renewable energy, a rapid transition to green technologies, coupled with continued economic growth, could lead to severe energy and mineral shortages, as well as conflict and environmental damage. Nevertheless, these pitfalls can be avoided by focusing the renewable revolution on wellbeing rather than on green growth. This week, the 25th Conference of Parties ...
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Will Warsaw climate talks point way to new deal?
Climate envoys from rich countries, emerging economies and low-lying nations at risk of being swamped by rising seas will meet in Poland for the next two weeks to lay the groundwork for a new global warming pact. Though no major decisions are expected at the conference starting Monday in Warsaw's National Stadium, the level of progress could be an indicator of the world's chances of reaching a ...
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More than 100 climate simulations show the future climate
Researchers at SMHI have completed over 100 regional climate simulations for Europe, Africa, the Arctic, the Middle East and South Asia within the framework of the CORDEX project. The result is detailed regional material that is unique in its size. It can be used for further research, in studies into climate effects and for climate adaptation. Material from nine global climate models has been ...
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A new global framework to measure greenhouse gas emissions from cities
At an official side event to the UNFCCC Bonn Climate Change Conference this week, C40 Cities Climate Leadership Group (C40), ICLEI– Local Governments for Sustainability, the World Resources Institute (WRI), and partners released Pilot Version 1.0 of the Global Protocol for Community-Scale Greenhouse Gas Emissions (GPC). The release of the GPC Pilot Version 1.0 marks an unprecedented ...
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World`s environment ministers meet to mobilize global green economy
A green economy is emerging worldwide as growing numbers of companies embrace environmental policies and investors pump hundreds of billions into clean technology and renewable energies, finds the 2008 United Nations Environment Programme Year Book. The Year Book was presented here today at the opening of the largest gathering of environment ministers since the UN climate conference in Bali, ...
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