'The future is happening now,' warns UN, calling for urgent measures to cut carbon emissions
Mar 22, 2016, at 03:17 pm
New York, Mar 22 (Just Earth News/IBNS):The Earth is already one degree Celsius hotter than at the start of the 20th century, halfway to the critical two-degree threshold, and national climate change plans adopted so far may not be enough to avoid a three-degree temperature rise, the UN weather agency warned on Monday upon the release of its 2015 annual report on the status of the climate.
Greenhouse gas concentrations hit yet another record: UN weather agency
Nov 10, 2015, at 02:17 pm
New York, Nov 11 (Just Earth News/IBNS): The World Meteorological Organization (WMO) announced on Monday that the amount of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere reached yet another new record high in 2014, continuing a relentless rise which is fuelling climate change and will make the planet more dangerous and inhospitable for future generations.