News of greenhouse gas

United Nations reports 'off the charts' melting of glaciers

21-04-2023 09:45 United Nations says world's glaciers melted at dramatic speed last year and saving them is effectively a lost cause.

ENVIRONMENT

Mountains of waste overwhelm Buenos Aires effort to curb methane

03-12-2022 08:43 Norte III landfill operator Ceamse said last year emissions were poised to fall. Satellite observations suggest they haven’t.

OPINION & ANALYSIS

What can cities do to mitigate and adapt to the effects of climate change?

20-10-2022 15:20 The challenges posed by climate change require immediate actions, which national governments are not carrying out to the extent they are needed.

ENVIRONMENT

Gas supplier TGN defends massive methane releases in Argentina

01-07-2022 16:35 Transportadora de Gas del Norte defends intentional release of methane directly into the atmosphere during planned pipeline work.

ENVIRONMENT

Greenhouse gas levels reach record high amid COP26 worries

25-10-2021 15:00 Greenhouse gas concentrations in the atmosphere reached record levels last year, the United Nations said on Monday in a stark warning ahead of the COP26 summit.

ENVIRONMENT

Study: Animal-based food generates nearly twice the emissions as plant

13-09-2021 13:47 Animal farming accounts for twice as many greenhouse gas emissions as plants grown for consumption, according to a study published Monday that mapped agricultural activities worldwide.

ENVIRONMENT

Leaked UN draft climate report: Potential economic impact

23-06-2021 14:49 Climate-boosted extreme weather events – cyclones, droughts, flooding – have already sapped both short- and long-term economic growth, especially in developing countries, says new UN report.

ENVIRONMENT

Leaked UN draft climate report: Potential impact for humans

23-06-2021 14:33 Species extinction, ecosystem collapse, crippling health impacts from disease and heat, water shortages, cities devastated by rising seas – all will accelerate in the coming decades, no matter how rapidly the carbon emissions are cut, new report warns.

ENVIRONMENT

Crushing climate impacts to hit sooner than feared, says draft UN report

23-06-2021 14:24 Hunger, drought and disease will afflict tens of millions more people within decades, according to a draft UN assessment that lays bare the dire human health consequences of a warming planet.

ENVIRONMENT

CO₂ reaches its highest level in more than four million years

08-06-2021 15:43 Based on geological evidence collected over the six decades scientists have been tracking atmospheric CO₂, this year's peak appears to be the highest in as long as 4.5 million years.