It isnât official yet, but 2014 appears to have been the hottest year on the world temperature record. In December, during the U.N. climate talks in Lima, Peru (COP20), the World Meteorological Organization announced in a provisional statement that this conclusion about 2014 weather and climate was virtually certain. WMO bases its report on datasets
Never let it be said that the doomsaying, treehugging, pointy-headed nerds of the climate change adaptation movement lack a fundamental sense of humor. The dark amusements of the UNâs COP20 conference in Limaâas at prior venuesâsurface daily in the presentation of an award for [Climate] Fossil of the Day. During United Nations climate change talks
As you may know from earlier coverage, the powerful G20 meeting this weekend in Brisbane didnât go exactly the way its Australian planners intended when they drew up the agenda. However, it seems to have worked out as well as could be expected for the environment after all, considering the other glitches. The world leaders in
(BREAKINGâReposted from our sister site, CleanTechnica) Weâve thought for a while that the US had more leadership to contribute to the world climate process, so todayâs news (still on the gossip vine at present) that President Obama has a $3 billion pledge in his pocket for the Global Climate Fund is not a total surprise.
In Bonn, Germany, the last round of formal negotiations before Decemberâs key climate convention in Lima, Peru, is under way. From October 20 to 25, national governments of the worldwide UN Framework Convention on Climate Change will continue working together at the Bonn UN Climate talks on a new draft climate agreement. The elements developed
