• China envoy defends emissions at climate summit, criticizes U.S. under Trump

    China envoy defends emissions at climate summit, criticizes U.S. under Trump

    Nov 02, 2021 07:18 PM EDT

    ... amount of carbon dioxide from fossil fuels than the average Chinese citizen. China and U.S. officials long have played a mutual blame game as global warming intensifies, with China faulting the U.S. as the world's largest climate polluter historically, and Donald Trump's administration in particular pointing ...

  • Biden climate plan aims to reduce methane emissions

    Biden climate plan aims to reduce methane emissions

    Nov 02, 2021 11:01 AM EDT

    ... as benzene that are emitted along with methane. Environmental groups call methane reduction the fastest and most cost-effective action to slow the rate of global warming. Current rules for methane emissions from U.S. oil and gas wells only apply to sources that were built or modified after 2015 ...

  • More than 100 countries pledge to end deforestation at COP26

    More than 100 countries pledge to end deforestation at COP26

    Nov 02, 2021 10:43 AM EDT

    ... UPDATES: Climate summit About 130 world leaders are in Glasgow for the COP26 summit, which host Britain says is the last realistic chance to keep global warming to 1.5 degrees Celsius above pre-industrial levels — the goal the world set in Paris six years ago. On Monday, the leaders ...

  • WATCH: Queen urges leaders to act quickly on climate at COP26

    WATCH: Queen urges leaders to act quickly on climate at COP26

    Nov 01, 2021 09:18 PM EDT

    ... it to hit 2.7C (4.9F) by the year 2100. Increased warming over coming decades would melt much of the planet’s ice, raise global sea levels and greatly increase the likelihood and intensity of extreme weather, scientists say. With every tenth of a degree of warming, the dangers ...

  • WATCH: Biden holds news conference at COP26 climate change summit in Glasgow

    WATCH: Biden holds news conference at COP26 climate change summit in Glasgow

    Nov 01, 2021 08:48 PM EDT

    ... GlasgowBack home, his administration chose Tuesday to launch a wide-ranging plan to reduce methane emissions, targeting a potent greenhouse gas that contributes significantly to global warming. Biden came to the summit saying he hoped to see his legislation pass this week, but Manchin's new objections threaten to close ...

  • Activists protest pace of climate action at COP26

    Activists protest pace of climate action at COP26

    Nov 01, 2021 08:04 PM EDT

    ... it to hit 2.7C (4.9F) by the year 2100.Increased warming over coming decades would melt much of the planet's ice, raise global sea levels and greatly increase the likelihood and intensity of extreme weather, scientists say. With every tenth of a degree of warming, the dangers ...

  • Biden apologizes for Trump's exit from Paris climate accord

    Biden apologizes for Trump's exit from Paris climate accord

    Nov 01, 2021 05:45 PM EDT

    ... Monday that the United States and other developed nations bore much of the responsibility for climate change, and said actions taken this decade to contain global warming will be decisive in preventing future generations from suffering. Standing before world leaders gathered in Scotland, Biden sought to portray the enormous costs ...

  • World leaders ramped up rhetoric ahead of international climate negotiations

    World leaders ramped up rhetoric ahead of international climate negotiations

    Nov 01, 2021 05:31 PM EDT

    ... it to hit 2.7C (4.9F) by the year 2100. Increased warming over coming decades would melt much of the planet's ice, raise global sea levels and greatly increase the likelihood and intensity of extreme weather, scientists say. With every tenth of a degree of warming, the dangers ...

  • WATCH: Britain's Prince Charles gives statement at COP26 climate summit in Glasgow

    WATCH: Britain's Prince Charles gives statement at COP26 climate summit in Glasgow

    Nov 01, 2021 03:11 PM EDT

    ... current fossil fuel-based economy to one that is genuinely renewable and sustainable." The hope is that countries can curb carbon emissions enough to keep global warming as close to 1.5 degrees Celsius (2.7 degrees Fahrenheit) as possible. Environmentalists and scientists have described the U.N. conference as ...

  • WATCH: Biden speaks at COP26 climate summit in Glasgow

    WATCH: Biden speaks at COP26 climate summit in Glasgow

    Nov 01, 2021 01:11 PM EDT

    ... the world leaders' summit portion of a U.N. climate conference, which is aimed at getting agreement to curb carbon emissions fast enough to keep global warming to 1.5 degrees Celsius (2.7 degrees Fahrenheit) below pre-industrial levels. The world has already warmed 1.1 degrees Celsius (2 ...