Global warming

The year 2015 is shaping up to be the hottest on record, the UN's weather agency said Nov. 25, days before a UN summit opens in Paris to craft a climate rescue pact.
 
Based on data for the first 10 months of the year, "We feel very confident... that 2015 will be the warmest year on record," said Michel Jarraud, head of the World Meteorological Organization.
 

The World Wild Fund for Nature (WWF) International called on governments to come up with urgent and universally binding agreements and to commit to a sustainable fight against climate change ahead of the upcoming COP21 climate summit to take place in Paris, during the G-20 Summit.

The World Wild Fund for Nature (WWF) International called on governments to come up with urgent and universally binding agreements and to commit to a sustainable fight against climate change ahead of the upcoming COP21 climate summit to take place in Paris, during the G-20 Summit.

US Secretary of State John Kerry said Washington and Paris are to step up effort to destroy the Islamic State (IS) group.

French Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius expressed regret on Nov. 12 over reported remarks by U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry that the Paris climate summit will not deliver a binding treaty requiring countries to cut carbon emissions.

"I think that it's a formulation which could have been more fortunate," Fabius told journalists on the sidelines of the EU-Africa summit in Malta.

Concentrations of carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases in the atmosphere hit a new high in 2014, the UN said on Nov 9, warning the resulting climate change was moving the world into "unchartered territory."

Long-term sea level rise due to near-term carbon emissions is threatening major coastal cities across the world. The Climate Change site presents paired images showing iconic locations in London, Shanghai, Mumbai, Sydney, Rio de Janeiro, Durban and New York to drive home the message of how these areas could fare under scenarios of business as usual vs. a sharp transition to clean energy.

Bulgaria's business climate climate indicator has advanced by 1.3 percentage points in August  compared to July, mainly due to improved managers' opinions in industry and retail trade, the country's statistical office announced on Friday.

July was the hottest month ever recorded on Earth, according to scientists. Their predictions are even more alarming as 2015 will most certainly be the hottest year on record.

President Barack Obama framed climate change as the toughest and most pressing challenge of our time on August 3, as he unveiled the first ever limits on US power plant emissions.

"No challenge poses a greater threat to our future and future generations than a change in climate," Obama said, warning: "There is such a thing as being too late."