With climate clock ticking, activists push Biden to act faster
The clock in New York's Union Square now also shows the amount of the world's energy supplied from renewable sources, currently at 12% and slowly rising
Brazil's promises to slash forest losses 'empty', researchers say ahead of Biden summit
In advance of President Joe Biden's international climate summit this week, Brazilian scientists say their country's forest protection promises don't add up
Blinken to call on U.S. diplomats to challenge countries lagging on climate
Blinken was set to deliver his first address on climate change in Annapolis, Maryland, on Monday
U.S. Treasury names green financial adviser to new climate 'czar' post
John Morton will head the department's new "climate hub,' to foster green finance and use tax policy to help reduce carbon emissions
Activist Greta Thunberg hopes US summit will treat climate change as real crisis
Washington is expected to seek to restore its credibility on climate change through fresh pledges at the U.S.-led summit
UN warns of climate 'abyss' as 2020 confirmed as one of 3 hottest years on record
The report showed the global average temperature in 2020 was about 1.2 degrees Celsius above the pre-industrial period
A rediscovered forgotten species brews promise for coffee's future
The rediscovery of Coffea stenophylla, which possesses greater tolerance for higher temperatures helps with the future of the coffee industry supporting the tropical countries' economy, scientists say
Putin to address Biden's climate summit despite crisis in U.S.-Russia ties
Putin to "outline Russia's approaches in the context of forging broad international cooperation aimed at overcoming the negative effects of global climate change," at the summit the Kremlin says
Pacific Ocean storm intensifies into year's first super typhoon
The first super typhoon of 2021 foreshadows a busy storm season for the region in the year ahead, experts say
U.S. must halve emissions to galvanize global climate action - UN chief
U.N. Secretary General Antonio Guterres says that if the U.S. sets the bar high for its own emissions cuts, it will put pressure on other countries to do the same