• 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 ...

  • Weekend storms to cool California heat wave, but may cause flash floods

    Weekend storms to cool California heat wave, but may cause flash floods

    Sep 09, 2022 02:48 PM EDT

    ... massive flooding around the globe as moisture evaporating from land and water is held in the atmosphere and then redeposited by intense rains. Scientists are reluctant to attribute any specific weather event to global warming, but say heat waves are exactly the type of changes that will become more common.

  • As Africa's climate warms, rich countries pledge more funds

    As Africa's climate warms, rich countries pledge more funds

    Sep 05, 2022 05:09 PM EDT

    ... and $300 billion, Adesina said. He added that the costs of adapting to climate change are expected to increase by 2050, as the effects of global warming get more severe. Ghana’s President Nana Akufo Addo said his country will push for the funds allocated to adapting to a warmer ...

  • Aid pours into Pakistan as deaths from flooding cross 1,200 mark

    Aid pours into Pakistan as deaths from flooding cross 1,200 mark

    Sep 02, 2022 07:23 PM EDT

    ... the extreme flooding. Ammar Malik, a research scientist at AidData, a research lab at the College of William & Mary in the United States, said global warming had worsened the floods in two ways, by hastening the annual monsoon and accelerating summertime glacial melting. WATCH: Millions of flood victims in ...

  • U.N. weather agency predicts rare third consecutive La Nina in 2022

    U.N. weather agency predicts rare third consecutive La Nina in 2022

    Aug 31, 2022 03:24 PM EDT

    ... warming is easing. "It is exceptional to have three consecutive years with a La Nina event. Its cooling influence is temporarily slowing the rise in global temperatures, but it will not halt or reverse the long-term warming trend," WMO Secretary-General Petteri Taalas said. La Nina is a natural ...

  • Death toll in Pakistan passes 1,110 as monsoon floods reach historic levels

    Death toll in Pakistan passes 1,110 as monsoon floods reach historic levels

    Aug 29, 2022 10:50 PM EDT

    ... glacial ice mass on the planet, nearly 8,000 glaciers in this part of the world. Those glaciers are receding because of climate change and global warming. And what that is doing is, it is causing flash floods. It is causing glacial lake outburst floods. And all that water is ...

  • Biden's climate change measure promises future land leases for oil companies

    Biden's climate change measure promises future land leases for oil companies

    Aug 19, 2022 01:05 AM EDT

    BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) — The U.S. oil industry hit a legal roadblock in January when a judge struck down a $192 million oil and natural gas lease sale in the Gulf of Mexico over future global warming emissions from burning the fuels. It came at a pivotal time for Chevron ...