• January 9, 2024 - PBS NewsHour full episode

    January 9, 2024 - PBS NewsHour full episode

    Jan 10, 2024 02:08 AM EDT

    ... that he's immune from criminal charges stemming from his time in office. The Pentagon reveals Defense Secretary Austin is being treated for prostate cancer. Plus, 2023 blows past the last record for the hottest year and nears a critical global warming threshold that countries have been trying to avoid.

  • 2023 beats record for hottest year on record by larger than expected margin

    2023 beats record for hottest year on record by larger than expected margin

    Jan 09, 2024 11:35 PM EDT

    ... at warming the planet, but, again, couldn't anywhere come close to explaining this degree of shattering of previous records. Amna Nawaz: So we know global warming doesn't just mean more heat and hotter records. We know it also means more extreme weather events. Where have we been seeing ...

  • Azerbaijan names a former oil executive to lead climate talks. Activists have concerns

    Azerbaijan names a former oil executive to lead climate talks. Activists have concerns

    Jan 05, 2024 08:49 PM EDT

    ... Dubai known as COP28. The COP president is responsible for running talks and getting nearly 200 countries to agree on a deal to help limit global warming, and skeptics questioned whether al-Jaber would be willing to confront the fossil fuels causing climate change. WATCH: Why some climate experts are ...

  • A look at the top science stories and breakthroughs of 2023

    A look at the top science stories and breakthroughs of 2023

    Dec 31, 2023 02:00 PM EDT

    ... end emissions In December, delegates at the United Nations climate change convention discussed the first official inventory of our actions to combat global warming. The “global stocktake” concluded that while the world is making some progress and it will be possible to reach the Paris goal of limiting global warming ...

  • Analysis: Why leaders at COP28 should focus on the effect of climate change on conflict

    Analysis: Why leaders at COP28 should focus on the effect of climate change on conflict

    Dec 10, 2023 11:49 PM EDT

    ... that provide basic services in exchange for local support. Transnational tensions are also mounting in resource-scarce regions where water supplies are declining due to global warming, and neighbors are unwilling to equitably manage the remaining provisions. Countries on the Nile River, especially Egypt and Ethiopia, are in an ongoing ...

  • Argentina's newly sworn-in President Milei warns of shock adjustment to economy

    Argentina's newly sworn-in President Milei warns of shock adjustment to economy

    Dec 10, 2023 10:51 PM EDT

    He also dispatched a diplomat with a long history of work in climate negotiations to the ongoing COP28 conference in Dubai, Argentine newspaper La Nacion reported, despite having insistently rejected humanity's involvement in global warming. And he backtracked on plans to scrap the nation's health ministry. And during ...

  • As COP28 talks wind down, sticking points remain on fossil fuels and climate adaptation

    As COP28 talks wind down, sticking points remain on fossil fuels and climate adaptation

    Dec 10, 2023 09:54 PM EDT

    ... climate envoy, Jennifer Morgan, suggested any call for blocking a deal would be felt most by small countries vulnerable of sea level rise caused by global warming. “Right now, countries here are fighting for their lives. The small islands, and most countries here, are engaging very actively on this discussion ...

  • Analysis: Carbon removal can help achieve net zero, but comes with its own climate risks

    Analysis: Carbon removal can help achieve net zero, but comes with its own climate risks

    Dec 10, 2023 09:32 PM EDT

    ... always result in the intended climate outcome. For example, balancing fossil-fuel emissions with CO₂ removal through large-scale reforestation can result in a higher global warming compared to a case where the fossil fuel emissions are eliminated. This asymmetry could lead to exceeding temperature limits set by the Paris ...

  • Climate change adaptation commitments so far lacking at COP28

    Climate change adaptation commitments so far lacking at COP28

    Dec 08, 2023 11:13 PM EDT

    ... maize and other crops in Malawi, which is susceptible to droughts and food insecurity, said the land is becoming less fertile each year because of global warming. “I have never received any funding from my government saying this is the mechanism to adapt to climate change,” she said. “We don ...

  • In November, Earth set new heat record for 6th month in a row

    In November, Earth set new heat record for 6th month in a row

    Dec 06, 2023 03:54 PM EDT

    ... calculated. That's very close to the international threshold the world set for climate change. The 2015 Paris climate agreement set a goal of limiting global warming to 1.5 degrees (2.7 degrees Fahrenheit) above pre-industrial times over the long term and failing that at least 2 degrees ...