Off Target finds that global warming projections over this century, based on full implementation of Nationally Determined ...

Against long odds, in the Paris agreement—the negotiations for which I led as executive secretary of the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change—they committed to limit global heating, protect the ...

Bill Gates is correct to call for greater effort to alleviate human suffering. However, that neither requires nor justifies less effort to protect the atmosphere and the other environmental assets ...

Our planet is not dying quietly. It is coughing, sweating and breaking down all around us, with a large chunk of society pretending it’s fine. Since the Industrial Revolution, fossil fuel emissions ...

The researchers describe a "pushing and triggering" effect. Scientists issue warning about dangerous 'tipping point' with major consequences: 'The new norm' first appeared on The Cool Down.

The amplitude of La Niña and El Niño conditions can intensify in response to global warming, and the succession of these ...

Yes, catastrophic tipping points are unfolding in nature. But humanity can exploit their beneficial counterparts to ...

The Arctic isn’t just warming faster than the rest of the planet - it has entered a new climate state where extreme events ...

In 1988, the U.S. was in prime position to dominate the industry for decades to come. But thanks to fossil fuel giants, China ...

A new global report warns coral reefs have already reached a climate tipping point, dying faster than they can naturally ...

Seeing coral reefs can color one’s monochrome view of the ocean forever. In the pink of health — and red, blue, green and ...

For the United States to address the global health risks posed by accelerating climate change, it will need to reframe climate adaptation as a pragmatic policy that can bridge partisan divides and ...