Striking east-west contrast as extreme heat and flooding mark Europe’s warmest year
Europe continues to warm faster than other continents, with cities unprepared for extreme weather events, Copernicus-WMO report warns
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Glacier meltdown risks food and water supply of 2bn people, says UN
Unesco report highlights ‘unprecedented’ glacier loss driven by climate crisis
Earth saw ‘spiralling weather and climate impacts’ in 2024, WMO report finds
Some consequences will be ‘irreversible over hundreds, if not thousands of years’, says UN agency
Hottest year on record as 2024 breaks 1.5 degrees global warming limit
A single year exceeding that limit does not mean the Paris Agreement threshold has been broken, but we’re ‘dangerously close’
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Shocking storm exposes lack of preparedness to extreme weather fuelled by global warming
Vulnerability of Africa and Global South needs to be addressed in building a better future for humanity
With fossil fuels still the predominant energy source, developing countries are left most exposed
El Niño that fuelled global temperature spike is forecast by WMO to swing to cooler La Niña later this year
Exceptionally high sea surface temperatures will continue due to climate change
More days of ‘extreme heat stress’ are wake-up call for climate targets - Soc Dems
Heat-related mortality has increased by around 30 per cent in past 20 years, EU report found
Europe warming at twice rate of other continents as heat stress severely impacts public health – climate report
2023 weather and climate-related economic losses in Europe estimated at more than €13.4 billion
The hottest year ever, yet Harris is only talking about climate in the context of helping farmers
Climate change could increase competition for land, food and water and drive inequality, conflict, migration and volatility
UN issues ‘red alert’ after all major global climate records were broken last year
UN weather agency says 2024 could be worse as report details significant plunge in Antarctic sea ice
WMO confirms verification of new continental European temperature record of 48.8 degrees
Temperature high in Sicily during the summer heatwave of 2021 is a ‘snapshot of our current climate’, says WMO specialist
Last decade hottest on record with ice melting faster, meaning less fresh water will be available
Less fresh water will be available for millions around the world as Antarctic continental ice sheet has thinned at an unprecedented rate
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Cop28: World leaders have left and attention now turns to talks
Cop28 world leaders urged to agree ‘phase out’ of fossil fuels
UN secretary general addresses conference, saying humanity living through ‘climate collapse in real time’
Climate change: ‘Extreme weather is daily destroying lives and livelihoods’, says global body
We risk losing the race to save our glaciers and to rein in sea level rise, World Meteorological Organisation report warns
Global greenhouse gas concentrations hit record high in 2022
‘Despite decades of warnings from the scientific community, we are still heading in the wrong direction’, says WMO report
Ireland’s record-breaking year of weather in three charts: From flash floods to heatwaves
Unseasonable highs of 24 degrees forecast in Ireland this weekend while September was the hottest globally on record
Ireland at risk of severe storms over coming months as oceans hit record temperatures
US and UK forecasts flag worsened hurricane risk in coming months as climate change warms oceans
How a week of climate hell has offered a glimpse of our future
Wildfires in north America and southern Europe, storms of hailstones the size of tennis balls in Italy and flooding in Donegal - this summer has shown the growing risks from the climate crisis
World Meteorological Organisation says El Niño likely to trigger extreme weather events this year
Alert issued to governments to mobilise preparations to limit impacts on lives, livelihoods and ecosystems
Climate crisis was predicted, but global warming is now entering uncharted territory
Temperatures have accelerated to record-setting levels this month over much of the planet
Climate change is scarring Europe, and southern countries most of all
A joint UN-EU report finds Europe was 2.3 degrees above the pre-industrial average for 2022, but renewables offer hope
Global temperatures set to reach new records by 2027, UN body warns
World Meteorological Organisation predicts temporary breach of critical Paris Agreement threshold
El Niño global weather pattern forecast to bring hotter temperatures
Arrival of an El Niño may lead to new spike in global heating in 2024, says World Meteorological Organisation
Pace of rise in global sea level has doubled - UN climate report
Sea level reached a new record high last year, the World Meteorological Organization says
Synthesis report prompts international calls for scaled-up actions by governments
‘All of the climate parameters are moving in totally the wrong direction’ - WMO
Ozone layer success story provides hope on climate change
Still, it must be acknowledged that global warming is a much tougher nut to crack
Temperatures in Europe have increased more than twice global average - report
World Meteorological Organisation says Europe presents ‘a live picture of a warming world’ with trend set to continue
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From rising greenhouse gases to extreme weather events
Lightning bolt that leapt across three US states is confirmed as longest ever
The rare megaflash covered a distance of 768km in April 2020
Record Arctic temperature of 38 degrees reached last year, UN agency confirms
Region’s highest-ever temperature was recorded in Siberian town amid heatwave
Cop26 was as much about process as about progress
Real value of Glasgow conference was as a whole-of-world event for a global crisis
Hotter, wetter and more extremes: How climate change is forecast to impact Ireland
Met Éireann expert says global warming like a ‘performance enhancing drug’ for weather events
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Turkish fires sweeping through tourist areas are hottest on record
Thousands of holidaymakers evacuated from resorts as country fights over 50 blazes
You don’t have to look far to explain the heatwave – it’s climate change
Exceptionally high temperatures so far north ‘impossible without human influence’
Una Mullally: You don’t need a weatherman to know which way the wind is blowing
Lockdowns have given us time to imagine a changed world after the pandemic
World may hit 1.5 degrees temperature threshold in next five years, WMO warns
World Meteorological Organisation says odds are increasing of temporary breach
EU reaches landmark agreement to cut emissions 55% by 2030
Taoiseach claims ‘historic development’ as he emerges from marathon debate with fellow EU leaders
Global society ‘off-track’ on climate targets, UN warns
People and wildlife at risk from greater heat, sea level rises and extreme weather
Hottest day on record in Antarctica as temperature hits 18 degrees
Some 87% of glaciers along west coast have retreated over the past 50 years
2019 was second hottest year on record, scientists say
Last decade was also hottest in 150 years of records, evidence from data sets shows
Australians warned to prepare for more evacuations as temperatures rise
Ecologists doubled estimate of number of animals killed or injured in fires to 1 billion
What is 5G? An end to buffering delays, glitchy video calls, laggy games
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Greta Thunberg arrives in Lisbon by yacht from US
Campaigning Swedish teenager set to attend UN Climate Change Conference in Madrid
Can Ireland survive impacts of chaotic climate change?
Weather expert Gerald Fleming flags examples that may derail State before 2050
The Irish Times view on the UN climate action summit: effort and urgency still falling short
Climate activist Greta Thunberg encapsulated growing anger at politicians with her blistering criticisms in New York this week
Europe’s record heatwave threatens Greenland ice sheet
UN body says hot air could cause record melting of world’s second-largest ice sheet
Temperatures soar as second extreme heatwave hits continental Europe
Netherlands and Belgium have hottest days ever recorded in heatwave linked by experts to climate change
At least seven die over weekend in Europe due to heatwave
Temperatures in France’s Gard region hit all-time high of 45.9C on Friday
Wildfires battled in France and Spain as heatwave breaks records
Forty of Spain’s 50 regions placed under weather alert as temperatures soar
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