In an interview, IPCC's Jim Skea indicated that enhancing India's robust electricity grids could be a potential advantage for the country, at a time when renewable energy generation is concentrated only in North America,

Later this year, dozens of countries that have signed the Paris Agreement are due to submit new national climate plans, which experts say could unlock a new era of green growth.

The Trump administration told US government scientists working on a vital global climate report to stop their work – the president’s latest move to withdraw the US from global climate action and research.

The world must carry on pursuing the greenhouse gas emissions reductions outlined in the Paris Agreement, despite the United States' withdrawal, Britain's climate envoy said on Thursday, adding that the UK was moving ahead with its targets.

In the French capital, the former US climate envoy reflects on a fractured legacy and what’s next. South Africa, as a leader in Africa, should stay the course — regardless of grim times.

Action to curb global warming is at risk from a "triple negative" effect triggered by the return of U.S. President Donald Trump to the White House, Brazil said on Thursday, as it prepares to host U.N.

Methane is a greenhouse gas that, molecule for molecule, traps heat in the atmosphere more effectively than carbon dioxide, though over a much shorter timescale (decades versus centuries). Reducing emissions of methane to the atmosphere could drastically slow the rate at which Earth’s climate is warming.

Some US NGO staffers and children gather in New York holding a creative, friendly activity ahead of Climate Week and the Global Summit of the Future, on September 21, 2024. Photo: VCG

New research suggests that all five subregions of Africa will breach the 1.5 C climate change threshold -- the limit stipulated by the Paris Agreement -- by 2040 even under low emission scenarios.

New Delhi, Ongoing geopolitical challenges like wars, trade disputes and technology conflicts are weakening the trust among countries and making climate action more difficult, Brazil's Environment and Climate Minister Marina Silva said on Thursday.