global warming

A wildfire burns in a national park in Oregon, USA.
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IPCC report: ‘Code red’ for human driven global heating, warns UN chief

9 August 2021
Climate and Environment

Climate change is widespread, rapid, and intensifying, and some trends are now irreversible, at least during the present time frame, according to the latest much-anticipated Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) report, released on Monday.

Amidst record-high temperatures, a helicopter flying over the arctic observes a planet that is changing at an unprecedented pace.
World Meteorological Organization (WMO)

Planet-warming trend continues: 2020 closes hottest decade on record – UN weather agency

24 December 2020
Climate and Environment

As 2020 draws to a close, it leaves in its wake the warmest decade on record and one of the three hottest years ever measured, according to the UN weather agency.
 

The Jökulsárlón Glacier Lagoon in Iceland is formed naturally from melted glacial water and is perpetually growing while big blocks of ice crumble from a shrinking glacier.
UN News/Laura Quiñones

2020 may be third hottest year on record, world could hit climate change milestone by 2024

2 December 2020
Climate and Environment

This year is on track to be one of the three hottest on record, completing a run of six years that were all hotter than any year ever measured before, the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) said on Wednesday.  

Desertification threatens the village of Tantaverom. Mbo Malloumu has taken the initiative to plant acacia seedlings to rehabilitate the land. In the past 50 years, Lake Chad basin shrank from 25,000 square kilometers to 2,000square kilometers.
UNDP Chad/Jean Damascene Hakuzim

World food security increasingly at risk due to 'unprecedented' climate change impact, new UN report warns

8 August 2019
Climate and Environment

More than 500 million people today live in areas affected by erosion linked to climate change, the UN warned on Thursday, before urging all countries to commit to sustainable land use to help limit greenhouse gas emissions before it is too late.