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NEWS ABOUT: Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change

Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change stories: 11 news summaries

West Eases Off Carbon Demands for China, India

Copenhagen deal closer, but 2050 goal less likely

Oct 20, 09 10:51 AM CDT
(Newser) - Industrialized nations backed away from long-term carbon cut demands on developing nations yesterday, in the hopes of reaching a deal at December's Copenhagen summit. The US and EU have pushed for a 50% reduction in global carbon emissions by 2050, but China and India refused to sign up, wary of... More »

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China • climate change • India • global warming • Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change • developing countries • carbon emissions • Copenhagen climate change conference

 Google Earth, Al Gore 
 Detail Climate Change  

Al Gore narrates intro to new feature detailing perils, and solutions

Sep 25, 09 10:41 AM CDT
(Newser) - Google—with the help of Al Gore—has introduced new “layers” to its Earth application that detail the possible effects of climate change in the next century. The Nobel laureate narrates an intro to a series of virtual tours that highlight terrifying scenarios and solutions. The upgrade allows users... More »

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climate change • Google • Internet • Al Gore • Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change • Google Earth • green energy • search engine • renewable energy • Nobel Prize • Nobel Peace Prize • carbon emissions

(Newser) - Global warming is changing the face of the planet, and a key panel estimates that a quarter of the world's species will die out—but a few organisms are already evolving to survive in a hotter world. In the past few years Scottish sheep have become smaller, while species of... More »

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climate change • evolution • Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change • Charles Darwin • squirrel • biology • natural selection

Industry Muffled Own Scientists on Warming

Coal, oil, companies suppressed experts' findings for years

Apr 24, 09 7:27 AM CDT
(Newser) - A coalition of industries linked to fossil fuels lobbied for more than a decade to cast doubt on global warming—while the companies' own scientists advised them that climate change was irrefutable, the New York Times reports. The Global Climate Coalition, financed by the oil, coal, and auto industries, conducted... More »

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climate change • environment • global warming • Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change • coal • Kyoto Protocol • auto industry • carbon emissions • oil industry

 Fires Fuel 
 Climate 
 Change, 
 More Fires 

Scientists warn that fires must be included in climate models

Apr 24, 09 5:30 AM CDT
(Newser) - Climate change calculations have missed the blazingly obvious, according to a new report from a global group of scientists. They warn that forest fires—generally considered to be a part of natural cycles—are a key driver of climate change, releasing vast amounts of carbon into the atmosphere and creating... More »

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global warming • Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change • wildfires • carbon emissions • greenhouse-gas emissions • forest fire

Antarctica Speeds Into Trouble

Disturbing new discovery indicates climate change is accelerating

Jan 14, 08 11:35 AM CST
(Newser) - Parts of Antarctica thought to be unaffected by global warming are in fact melting as the temperature of the oceans rises, and in parts of the continent, annual ice loss has jumped 140% in the past decade, new research shows. Satellite mapping shows change on a previously unimagined scale, reports... More »

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Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change • Greenland • Antarctica • ice melt • western Antarctic ice sheet • Nature Geoscience • Antarctic Circumpolar Current • Jet Propulsion Laboratory • Eric Rignot • Rajendra Pachauri • American Geophysical Union

Gore Blasts Climate Inaction in Nobel Speech

Laureate singles out US, China as
biggest offenders

Dec 10, 07 12:17 PM CST
(Newser) - Al Gore collected his Nobel Peace Prize today in Oslo and blasted the US and China for blaming each other rather than addressing climate change. "Both countries should stop using each other's behavior as an excuse for stalemate," he said. Gore also called his 2000 presidential defeat a... More »

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China • climate change • Al Gore • global warming • Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change • Nobel Peace Prize • Election 2000

UN Warns of 'Abrupt' Warming

Earth at 'tipping point' of irreversible catastrophe: UN chief Ban Ki-Moon

Nov 17, 07 6:18 AM CST
(Newser) - The last and most forceful of a series of UN reports on climate change unveiled today urges swift action to avoid "abrupt and irreversible" damage to the environment. Melting glaciers will cause a rapid rise in sea levels, wiping out vulnerable species and destroying water and food supplies for... More »

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climate change • Africa • United Nations • global warming • Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change • Antarctica • glacier • natural disaster • food security • water shortage • Ban Ki-Moon

Nobel-Winning UN Panel Head: I'm 'a Symbol'

Indian scientist has nothing but praise for co-laureate Gore

Oct 12, 07 4:30 PM CDT
(Newser) - The Nobel Peace Prize came as a surprise to the head of the UN committee that shared the award with Al Gore, who seized the opportunity to share the panel's mission: "To tell the world we need to do something about climate change urgently." Rajendra Pachauri deflected praise... More »

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climate change • Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change • Nobel Peace Prize

G8 Agrees to 'Seriously Consider' 50% Reduction

G8 summit in Germany promises to address emissions cuts.

Jun 7, 07 1:22 PM CDT
(Newser) - G8 leaders agreed to a climate-control deal today they hailed as a breakthrough, though it was unclear what it actually accomplished. They didn't adopt German Chancellor Angela Merkel's target of cutting emissions in half by 2050—already adopted by the EU, Canada and Japan—but they agreed to  "seriously... More »

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climate change • environment • Angela Merkel • global warming • Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change • G8 summit • George W. Bush • carbon emissions

UN Report: Climate Change Will Hit Poor Hardest

Poorest will be hit hardest

Apr 6, 07 8:46 AM CDT
(Newser) - Expect floods, droughts, fires—and resulting starvation, conflict, and mass migration—as climate change becomes more pronounced, says a U.N. report released today. And expect the poor to get hit the hardest, as deserts get drier, deltas flood more often, and small islands are overwhelmed. More »

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China • climate change • Russia • environment • United Nations • Saudi Arabia • pollution • hunger • drought • global warming • Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change • science • migration • United States • flood • starvation • fossil fuel

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