IPCC projects new climate zones 60 years from now

By 2080, more than half of Earth’s surface is projected to experience new climate zones, according to data from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC). University of Maryland spatial ecologist Matthew Fitzpatrick developed the map, dubbed “The Future Urban Climates,” which allows users to explore how their local climate will transform over the next

India is world’s second largest emitter of N2O

India is the world’s second largest source of nitrous oxide (N2O), a greenhouse gas that heats up the atmosphere far more than carbon dioxide. Nearly 11% of such global man-made emissions in 2020 were from India, topped only by China at 16%. The major source of these emissions comes from fertiliser usage, according to a

TERI organizes Climate Action Discourse at COP28

The Energy and Resources Institute (TERI) organized a first-of-its-kind panel discussion at the Climate Live Pavilion during COP28, focusing on the Sixth Assessment Report (AR 6) by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) and its relevance for India. Prof Jim Skea, IPCC Chair, shared the global assessments of the IPCC and their specific implications

Global warming will reach 1.5C threshold this decade

Climate change is accelerating and the world will cross the 1.5 degrees Celsius (2.7 Fahrenheit) warming threshold this decade, according to research published that scientists said should raise alarms at this year’s COP28 climate talks. Countries pledged in the 2015 Paris Agreement to hold global warming to within 1.5C above pre-industrial temperatures but the new

Carbon budget for 1.5°C will run out in six years

If humanity wants to have a 50-50 chance of limiting global warming to 1.5°C, we can only emit 250 another gigatonnes (billion metric tonnes) of CO₂. This effectively gives the world just six years to get to net zero, according to calculations in new paper published in Nature Climate Change. The global level of emissions

World won’t end if it warms by more than 1.5 degrees: New IPCC head

The newly appointed head of the UN’s Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), Jim Skea, spoke to two major German news outlets. Skea warned against laying too much value on the international community’s current nominal target of limiting global warming to 1.5 degrees Celsius compared to the pre-industrial era. Surpassing that mark would lead to

Report says new fossil fuels ‘incompatible’ with 1.5 C goal

A new report by an independent, Canada-based think tank found a broad consensus of published research supports the International Energy Agency’s conclusion that new oil and gas fields are at odds with the climate target. This article was originally published by Carbon Brief, a U.K.-based website covering the latest developments in climate science, climate policy

IPCC warns to avoid fossils as emissions peak high

Limiting warming to 1.5°C will be out of reach if the world does not bring down global emissions by 48% by 2030 in comparison to 2019, warned the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) in the third instalment of its Sixth Assessment Report released recently. The United Nations body said the world is currently off-track

Ramping up fossil fuel production will make earth unlivable

The Global Climate and Health Alliance has issued its position on the Mitigation of Climate Change report by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC). The communique proposes drastic action to provide humanity with a chance to limit overall global warming to within Paris Agreement targets. In a statement on Tuesday, the global coalition of

Clean energy transition must be fast and fair

Emissions will have to be cut swiftly and deeply across economies to limit global warming to internationally agreed temperature limits, they said in a new flagship science report by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC). But “if you do that at the expense of justice, of poverty eradication and the inclusion of people, then