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Feel the heat: January 2020 warmest on record
A chart showing January global air temperature anomalies, compared to the 1981-2010 average.
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UK to ban new petrol car sales from 2035
Johnson was to make the announcement at an event launching the 2019 United Nations Climate Change conference, COP26, which will be held in Glasgow in November.
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Trump rejects environmental 'prophets of doom'
The US president branded those warning of out-of-control global warming and other environmental disasters "the heirs of yesterday's foolish fortune tellers".
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Greta Thunberg joins thousands at climate protest before Davos
Thunberg is due to address the summit in the Swiss Alpine resort of Davos next week with a call on governments and financial institutions to stop investing in fossil fuels.
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'Moment of crisis' has come on climate change: Attenborough
"We have been putting things off year after year, we have been raising targets and saying 'Oh well, if we do it within the next 20 years," he told the BBC.
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2019 was second-hottest year ever, more extreme weather coming - WMO
It showed that the average global temperature in 2019 was 1.1 degree Celsius (34 Fahrenheit) above pre-industrial levels, creeping towards a globally agreed limit after which major changes to life on Earth are expected.
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Oceans were hottest on record in 2019
Oceans absorb more than 90% of excess heat created by greenhouse gas emissions and quantifying how much they have warmed up in recent years gives scientists an accurate read on the rate of global warming.
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2019 second hottest year on record - EU
Data released by the Copernicus Climate Change Service showed that worldwide temperatures last year were second only to 2016, in which temperatures were boosted 0.12 degrees Celsius by an exceptionally strong El Nino natural weather event.
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Marine life under threat from plummeting oxygen levels
The International Union for the Conservation of Nature (IUCN) said that around 700 sites had been identified globally with low oxygen levels -- up from only 45 in the 1960s.
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Weak Arctic ice sees 56 polar bears descend on Russian village
The Russian branch of the World Wildlife Fund said climate change was to blame, as unusually warm temperatures prevented coastal ice from forming.
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The year the world woke up to the climate emergency
Although scientists have warned for decades about the risk to humanity and Earth posed by unfettered burning of fossil fuels, in 2019 their message seems to have finally hit home.
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2010s the hottest decade in history, UN says as emissions rise again
The World Meterological Organization said global temperatures so far this year were 1.1°C above the pre-industrial average between 1850-1900.
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Coldplay won't tour new album, say want gigs to be 'sustainable'
The rock group, known for songs like 'Yellow', 'Paradise' and 'Viva la Vida,' will release their eighth studio album 'Everyday Life' on Friday.
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Australian PM denies climate link as smoke chokes Sydney
His comments came after weeks spent refusing to speak about the link between climate change and deadly fires described by the emergency services as unprecedented in number and scale for the early bushfire season.
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Renewables could cut power generation health impact by 80%
Scientists and environmental groups have long advocated a switch to low-carbon power to cap the rise in global temperature to two degrees Celsius, as stipulated in the Paris climate treaty.
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Australia braces for heavy winds, lightning amid bushfire threat
The country’s weather bureau warned that winds and lightning strikes increase the threat to communities across two states on the country’s east coast.
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Flood, fire and plague: Climate change blamed for disasters
Extreme floods in Venice, fires in Australia and even an outbreak of plague in China have been attributed to climate change this week, while researchers have warned that global warming could saddle future generations with life-long illness.
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Indian capital banishes some cars in hope of clearing the air
The city government has declared a public health emergency, and imposed an 'odd-even' system on private vehicles, at least until 15 November.
