Some scientists now believe that humanity will no longer be able to meet the most ambitious target set by the Paris Agreement in 2015. However, this goal still serves an important purpose in helping to avoid the most devastating impacts of climate change.

The United Nations' highest court on Wednesday told wealthy countries they must comply with their international commitments to curb pollution or risk having to pay compensation to nations hard hit by climate change.

The lead author of the study, Barcelona Supercomputer Center researcher Maximilian Kotz, made no secret that the aim of the study is to advance anti-fossil fuel policies. "Until we get to net-zero emissions,

Global warming does not affect our planet evenly. Some areas such as the Arctic region or high mountain peaks warm faster than the global average, whereas others, including large parts of the tropical oceans,

Two terms – climate change and global warming – point to the same existential threat: Global temperatures have risen dramatically in about the past 150 years and scientists say they're on pace ...

According to two people familiar with the draft, it would eliminate the bedrock scientific finding that greenhouse-gas emissions threaten human life by dangerously warming the planet.

Climate change is any long-term shift in average weather patterns. Climate change has occurred many times in Earth's history, and for many different reasons. The changes in global temperature and ...

Researchers have quantified how climate change risks to human and natural systems increase at a national scale as the level of global warming increases. A collection of eight studies -- all ...

The claim: No one has shown that human CO2 emissions drive global warming. An Oct. 3 Facebook video (direct link, archive link) shows Ian Plimer, a skeptic of human-driven climate change, speaking ...

As wildfires rage and floods rise, climate change is no longer a future threat - it's our lived reality. There is global imbalance, India's unjust burden and the urgent need for an inner transformatio