Climate control
CARTOON: The future of the climate?
Dr Jack
Scientists says Arctic sea ice has been shrinking steadily in recent decades, damaging the livelihoods of indigenous peoples and wildlife.
King Mohammed VI says he’s speaking in the name of our shared destiny and historic responsibility.
As of now, only 22 countries have done so, many of them small, vulnerable island nations.
Scientist Rebecca Garland explains the effect climate change is going to have on the Johannesburg of the future. Listen as she tells 702 listeners South Africans will be getting more and more consecutive hot days.
195 countries have now agreed to limit global warming to well below 2°C above pre-industrial levels.
A study released on Thursday examined 27 years of temperature data along the world’s biggest reef.
Ocean blooms in the wake of giant icebergs off Antarctica absorb 10 to 40 million tonnes of carbon a year.
Main elements of the COP21 climate deal
Leaders respond to UN climate deal
The accord represents the world’s first universal climate deal.
The third draft of a possible agreement will only be released on Saturday.
The coalition includes the US, all members of the EU & 79 African, Caribbean & Pacific countries.
France will give African countries two billion euros to develop renewable energy.
How the rich are harming the planet
Other disputes concern how to define a long-term goal for reducing or phasing out fossil fuels this century.
They urged each other to find common cause of bargaining to steer the economy away from its fossil fuels.
Many said the decision to press on with the summit so soon after the attacks was a rebuke to extremists.
CARTOON: The Hot Topic: Global Warming