It’s now or never: Scientists warn time of reckoning has come for the planet

At the end of the 60s sci-fi classic, The Day the Earth Caught Fire, the camera pans across the Daily Express case room to a…

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Greenhouse gas emissions must peak within 4 years, says leaked UN report

Global greenhouse gas emissions must peak in the next four years, coal and gas-fired power plants must close in the next decade and lifestyle and…

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Major climate changes inevitable and irreversible – IPCC’s starkest warning yet

Human activity is changing the Earth’s climate in ways “unprecedented” in thousands or hundreds of thousands of years, with some of the changes now inevitable…

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Reduce methane or face climate catastrophe, scientists warn

Cutting carbon dioxide is not enough to solve the climate crisis – the world must act swiftly on another powerful greenhouse gas, methane, to halt…

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IPCC steps up warning on climate tipping points in leaked draft report

Climate scientists are increasingly concerned that global heating will trigger tipping points in Earth’s natural systems, which will lead to widespread and possibly irrevocable disaster,…

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International climate scientists join call to halt Leeds Bradford airport expansion

Leading international climate scientists are among more than 200 academics who have written to the government calling on it to halt what they say would…

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Sea level rise could be worse than feared, warn researchers

The rise in the sea level is likely to be faster and greater than previously thought, according to researchers who say recent predictions are inconsistent…

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