Greenhouse gas emissions set to bust Paris deal by 30 pct - U.N.
"Without enhanced ambition the likely global average temperature increase will be in the range of 3.0-3.2 degrees Celsius by the end of the century"
Top 250 firms emit third of CO2; few have strong goals to cut-study
"250 CEOs - that's a relatively small auditorium if you can bring together the leaders who really have a significant impact on the fate of the planet"
Climate change harms health worldwide as millions swelter-study
125 million extra people exposed to heat waves since 2000
Brazil hopes to reward landowners for preserving Amazon forest
The Amazon rainforest, the world's largest tropical one, soaks up vast amounts of carbon and its preservation is seen as vital in the fight against climate change
Carbon dioxide levels grew at record pace in 2016, U.N. says
Current levels not seen for 3 million years
Storm kills at least six in Europe, freighter runs aground
Two dead in Poland, two in Czech Republic, two in Germany
PREVIEW-Big role for U.S. at climate talks despite withdrawal from Paris deal
Other nations are torn between welcoming or berating Washington's envoys after Trump's decided to pull out and instead promote the U.S. fossil fuel industry.
New York lets neighborhood return to nature to guard against storms
"To say that extreme weather is not our new normal would just be incredibly short-sighted"
Frequency of excessive summertime heat seen rising across U.S.
At least 65,000 people end up in U.S. hospital emergency rooms each summer from heat-related illnesses, government data shows
Arctic sea ice may be declining faster than expected -study
The finding means the Arctic Ocean could be ice-free much sooner than some scientific predictions