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Monthly global surface air temperature anomalies (°C) relative to 1850–1900 from January 1940 to June 2024, plotted as time series for all 12-month periods spanning July to June of the following year. The 12 months from July 2023 to June 2024 are shown with a thick red line, while all other 12-month periods are shown with thin lines shaded according to the decade, from blue (1940s) to brick red (2020s).

Carbon Brief provides an updated analysis of when the world will likely exceed the Paris 1.5C limit

Le règlement européen Reach sur les substances chimiques, unique au monde, est imparfait, mais indispensable. Sa révision à venir devrait l’améliorer… si elle n’est détricotée par le lobbying.

World Meteorological Organization sees ‘no end in sight to the rising trend’, largely driven by fossil fuel burning

A coalition of British Columbians are organizing their municipalities to take oil and gas companies to court over the costs of the climate crisis

In March and April 2023, some Earth scientists began to point out that average sea surface temperatures had surpassed the highest levels seen in a key data record maintained by NOAA. Months later, they remain at record levels, with global sea surface temperatures 0.99°C (1.78°F) above average in July. That was the fourth consecutive month they were at record levels.

La révision de la réglementation Reach, nécessaire pour répondre à l’ambition européenne d’éliminer les substances chimiques les plus toxiques, a été reportée à fin 2023. Il y a pourtant urgence.

With the continent holding enough ice to raise sea levels by many metres if it was to melt, polar scientists are scrambling for answers

L’étendue de la pollution aux PFAS en Europe est révélée dans une cartographie inédite réalisée par un consortium de journaux au terme d’une enquête approfondie. La Flandre fait partie des régions particulièrement concernées.

À l’approche des élections européennes du printemps 2024, les militants craignent que la présidente de la Commission européenne, Ursula von der Leyen, ne cherche à satisfaire sa base électorale en Allemagne en adoptant une approche souple en matière de réglementation des substances chimiques.

Global coal demand is set to increase only marginally in 2022 but enough to push it to an all-time high amid the energy crisis, according to a new IEA report, which forecasts the world’s coal consumption will remain at similar levels in the following years in the absence of stronger efforts to accelerate the transition to clean energy.

Many countries' pledges to get to net zero greenhouse gas emissions rely partly on removing carbon dioxide from the atmosphere, using methods such as planting trees and restoring degraded ecosystems. But a report out today has revealed they are relying too heavily on these carbon drawdown schemes to fulfil these promises. The Land Gap Report, which was released today by the University of Melbourne and includes input from more than 20 international researchers, has calculated countries would collectively need 1.2 billion hectares of land to meet their Paris Agreement goals.

There is a 50:50 chance of the annual average global temperature temporarily reaching 1.5 °C above the pre-industrial level for at least one of the next five years – and the likelihood is increasing with time, according to a new climate update issued by the World Meteorological Organization (WMO).

Reaching climate neutrality by 2050 will require 35 more times lithium and up to 26 more times the amount of rare metals compared to today’s limited use, according to a study by a team of researchers from the Belgian university KU Leuven. The study “Metals for Clean Energy” was commissioned by Eurometaux, Europe’s association of metal producers.

Lake Oroville’s water level has fallen so low that on Thursday, for the first time since the dam was built in 1967, its power plant was shut down because there is no longer enough water to spin the turbines and generate electricity.Last Friday, hoping to avert any more power shutdowns, Gov. Gavin Newsom issued an emergency order that temporarily waives some air pollution rules to allow natural gas power plants to generate more electricity and pays industries $2 a kilowatt-hour to reduce their electricity use during heat waves.

There is about a 40% chance of the annual average global temperature temporarily reaching 1.5°C above the pre-industrial level in at least one of the next five years – and these odds are increasing with time, according to a new climate update issued by the World Meteorological Organization (WMO). There is a 90% likelihood of at least one year between 2021-2025 becoming the warmest on record, which would dislodge 2016 from the top ranking, according to the Global Annual to Decadal Climate Update, produced by the United Kingdom’s Met Office, the WMO lead centre for such predictions.

Governments must close gap between net zero rhetoric and reality, says International Energy Agency head

The best available evidence shows that, on the contrary, warming is likely to more or less stop once carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions reach zero, meaning humans have the power to choose their climate future.