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European scientists warn of consequences for weather patterns, the global climate and marine life

Lorsque James Prescott Joule a donné son nom à une unité d’énergie, il n’aurait pas pu prévoir les calculs alarmants d’aujourd’hui. L’unité principale de l’effondrement climatique est le zettajoule…

When James Prescott Joule lent his name to a unit of energy, he could not have foreseen today’s alarming calculations

Scientists expect 41% of the projected global population to face the extremes, with ‘no part of the world’ immune

Compromis, mesures volontaires et absence de mention des combustibles fossiles : points clés de l’accord de la COP30 […] Le sommet des Nations unies sur le climat COP30 a fait avancer la lutte contre la crise climatique et les dommages qu’elle cause déjà aux vies et aux moyens de subsistance. Mais les mesures convenues constituent des pas en avant, plutôt que les bonds en avant nécessaires.

Delegates made minimal headway on timetable for replacing oil and gas or on firm commitments to reducing carbon emissions

A deal is welcome after talks nearly collapsed but the final agreement contains small steps rather than leaps

Exclusive: ‘Devastating consequences’ now inevitable but emissions cuts still vital, says António Guterres in sole interview before Cop30

Suspension of Soy moratorium could open up area of rainforest the size of Portugal to destruction

The Kenyan marine ecologist David Obura is chair of a panel of the Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (IPBES), the world’s leading natural scientists. For many decades, his speciality has been corals, but he has warned that the next generation may not see their glory because so many reefs are now “flickering out across the world”.