• Germany wants to put climate losses on agenda at UN talks

    Germany wants to put climate losses on agenda at UN talks

    Oct 07, 2022 07:59 PM EDT

    BERLIN (AP) — Germany wants the huge economic damage resulting from global warming to be discussed at this year's United Nations climate talks, Germany's foreign minister said Friday. Vulnerable countries have long demanded that big polluters be held accountable for the effects that their greenhouse gas emissions are having ...

  • UN chief says the world is in 'life-or-death struggle' for survival

    UN chief says the world is in 'life-or-death struggle' for survival

    Oct 03, 2022 10:43 PM EDT

    ... accused the world’s 20 wealthiest countries of failing to do enough to stop the planet from overheating. The U.N. chief said emissions of global-warming greenhouse gases are at an all-time high and rising, and it’s time for “a quantum level compromise” between rich developed countries ...

  • Amid rising seas, island nations push for legal protection

    Amid rising seas, island nations push for legal protection

    Oct 01, 2022 12:53 AM EDT

    ... for the cultural heritage of island nations. Tuvalu Prime Minister Kausea Natano said that Pacific Island nations had done very little to contribute to global warming — he said less than 0.03 percent of the world’s total emissions — but yet could be destroyed by the consequences of a warming ...

  • West rejects Putin's claim it sabotaged Nord Stream gas pipelines

    West rejects Putin's claim it sabotaged Nord Stream gas pipelines

    Sep 30, 2022 05:55 PM EDT

    ... ground-based observations in Sweden, Norway, and Finland. Experts say these methane levels aren’t dangerous to public health but are a potent source of global warming. The suspected sabotage has produced two methane leaks off Sweden, including a large one above Nord Stream 1 and a smaller one above ...

  • WATCH: U.N. Security Council meets to discuss Nord Stream pipelines explosions

    WATCH: U.N. Security Council meets to discuss Nord Stream pipelines explosions

    Sep 30, 2022 05:49 PM EDT

    ... ground-based observations in Sweden, Norway, and Finland. Experts say these methane levels aren’t dangerous to public health but are a potent source of global warming. The suspected sabotage has produced two methane leaks off Sweden, including a large one above Nord Stream 1 and a smaller one above ...

  • How warm water turbocharged Hurricane Ian in less than a day

    How warm water turbocharged Hurricane Ian in less than a day

    Sep 28, 2022 01:54 AM EDT

    ... show. The current hurricane season had been uncharacteristically mild until about a week ago because of dry air in the Atlantic. Yet while storms aren't necessarily more frequent, they are getting nastier because of global warming, experts say. WATCH: Tampa mayor on evacuations, storm preparations ahead of Hurricane Ian

  • Big Oil pledged to fight climate change, but do their actions line up?

    Big Oil pledged to fight climate change, but do their actions line up?

    Sep 24, 2022 09:30 PM EDT

    ... towards things like renewables. Ali Rogin: The United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change recommends substantial reduction in overall fossil fuel use to limit future global warming to less than two degrees Celsius. That's the goal of the Paris Climate Agreement, which the United States rejoined last year. To ...

  • WATCH: White House says U.S. is prepared to impose 'severe economic costs' on Russia

    WATCH: White House says U.S. is prepared to impose 'severe economic costs' on Russia

    Sep 23, 2022 05:22 PM EDT

    ... At an event sponsored by The New York Times, Malpass wouldn't answer directly when asked whether the burning of fossil fuels has contributed to global warming. Instead, he said he is not a scientist. Jean-Pierre did not say whether the administration would seek to remove Malpass, as that ...

  • 'We are heading in the wrong direction' U.N. says in new report on climate change

    'We are heading in the wrong direction' U.N. says in new report on climate change

    Sep 13, 2022 02:15 PM EDT

    ... Nations says in a new report that pulls together the latest science on climate change. The World Meteorological Organization, in the latest stark warning about global warming, said weather-related disasters have increased fivefold over the last 50 years and are killing 115 people per day on average – and the ...

  • International aid arrives in Pakistani province hit hardest by floods

    International aid arrives in Pakistani province hit hardest by floods

    Sep 11, 2022 05:52 PM EDT

    ... if we don't have a drainage system and dams,” Bajwa told reporters. He said constructing dams would help produce electricity, curb pollution and decrease global warming and that army engineers have been asked to conduct an initial study. Bajwa said working on alternate energy sources is essential and called ...