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The harsh reality is that emissions have risen on average 1.5% annually over the last decade (Wahdi Setiawan/Reuters)
CLIMATE CHANGE

Slash emissions now or miss 1.5°C goal, UN warns

The UNEP said that global emissions need to fall by 7.6%, each year, every year until 2030 to limit global temperature rises to 1.5°C

  • Patrick Galey
  • Marlowe Hood
4 min read
ALDEN MEYER

Air, sea travel under scrutiny for new climate deal

More than 160 nations agreed in Bangkok on Friday to consider how to reduce rapidly growing greenhouse gas emissions from air and sea travel, in an early move towards a new…

  • Shaun Tandon
4 min read
ALDEN MEYER

Bali climate deal: Now comes the hard part

A ”historic” Bali deal. A ”Berlin Wall” dividing rich and poor nations on global warming policy falls. And now comes the hard part. After the praise for the agreement hammered…

  • Alister Doyle
4 min read