Two new studies conclude it’s a signal the planet is likely on track to breach the Paris climate agreement goal of restricting global warming to 1.5 degrees Celsius. The studies, both published ...

Global temperature records have soared to unsettling highs, sparking justifiable concerns among climate watchers.

The Paris Agreement threshold of 1.5 deg C above pre-industrial levels is a small-sounding number with big implications for people and nature. It is a marker of risk, with more warming from planet ...

“The big picture is that the global warming clock for emissions reductions to minimize the risk of dangerous climate change has been brought forward by at least a decade,” Malcolm McCulloch, lead ...

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 ...

As global temperatures climb higher year after year, the Earth heads toward a new era marked by a prospective breach of the Paris Agreement. Signed in 2016, the international climate treaty set a ...

The Paris Agreement was inked in 2015, with 196 countries agreeing to rein in greenhouse gas emissions to keep the global average temperature increase to "well below” 2 C and ideally cap it at 1 ...

A cap of 1.5 degrees Celsius was set as the goal for the Paris Agreement because most scientists believe it's the threshold for avoiding the worst impacts of climate change. Now, two new studies ...

In a significant development for global climate efforts, a new study in Engineering reveals China’s strategic approach to ...