By Mark Howden and Rebecca Colvin A landmark report from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, commissioned at the breakthrough 2015 summit that brokered the Paris climate agreement, outlines what’s at stake in the world’s bid to limit global temperature rise to 1.

Limiting global warming to 1.5℃ will require a social transformation

Temperatures are likely to rise by 1.5 degrees Celsius between 2030 and 2052 if global warming continues at its current pace and if the world fails to take rapid and unprecedented measures to stem the increase, a U.

World temperatures likely to rise by 1.5 degrees between 2030 & 2052: UN

Avoiding global climate chaos will require a major transformation of society and the world economy that is "unprecedented in scale," the UN said Monday in a landmark report that warns time is running out to avert disaster.

UN warns paradigm shift needed to avert global climate chaos

Diplomats gathering in South Korea Monday will find themselves in the awkward position of vetting and validating a major UN scientific report that underscores the failure of their governments to take stronger action on climate.

UN report spotlights government inaction on climate

The finding was reported by a consortium of 84 scientists reported in the journal Nature. 'We view these results as another ringing alarm for action to slow the warming of our planet,' they said

Antarctica ice melting three times faster than earlier, could redraw Earth's coastlines

Now, a Finnish NGO, Melting Ice, has decided put Trump's face on ice, literally.

Project Trumpmore: Now, Trump's 115-foot face to be carved in the Arctic

Earth Day was first celebrated in 1970 and was founded by the United States Senator Gaylor Nelson as an environmental teach-in to encourage make people aware of the environment issues

Earth Day: Everything you want to know

Varsha Rajkhowa, 26, won the Miss Scuba International beauty pageant in Malaysia. She could now, arguably and with a little hyperbole, be called 'chief spokesperson of the world's oceans'

The Indian beauty queen that no one has heard of

Trump has bashed international efforts to combat climate change and questioned the scientific consensus that global warming is dangerous and driven by human consumption of fossil fuels

Weathering Trump's scepticism, US officials still fighting global warming

The lower projection is based on a mercury rise of two degrees Celsius (3.6 degrees Fahrenheit) over pre-Industrial Revolution levels -- the warming ceiling the world's nations agreed on in 2015

Warming could threaten half of species in 33 key areas: Report

Parts of Europe are at the moment colder than the Arctic

Europe is icy cold, the North Pole is balmy: Global warming turns world upside down

Some of the previously conducted studies have noted similar climatic intrusions to have become more frequent ever since the 1980s

Temperatures soar at North Pole in warmest climatic intrusion

In 2017, winter sea ice around the Earth's northern pole cover fell to the smallest extent on record

Warming, melting Arctic is 'new normal'

Global warming is likely to be slightly less severe than previously expected

Climate policies by India, China to offset less US action: Study

As climate change drives up temperatures, Earth comes ever closer to dangerous 'tipping points' that could accelerate global warming beyond our capacity to reign it in, scientists warned at UN talks in Bonn Monday

Climate change pushing Earth towards 'tipping point': Report

Among the ecosystems most threatened by global warming are coral reefs which bleach as oceans heat up, and glaciers which melt.

Climate change imperils one in four natural heritage sites: Report

Thousands of diplomats in Bonn are negotiating the "rulebook" for the Paris pact, which goes into effect in 2020

Global 2 per cent rise in CO2 'giant leap backwards for humankind'

The world must sharply curb greenhouse gas emissions and suck billions of tonnes of carbon dioxide from the air if today's youth are to be spared climate cataclysm, the scientist warned

Climate target too low and progress too slow: Top Scientist

India alone may lose 5.3 per cent of protein from a standard diet, putting a predicted 53 million people at new risk of protein deficiency

Global warming reduces protein in key crops: Study

The impact of global warming presents South Asian countries with a unique chance to unite

Is it bad news for the Himalayan glaciers?

Baranaja system of farming can be the answer to India's growing problems with soil erosion, ground water depletion and climate change

Can we truly reap the benefits of traditional farming practices?

Such a temperature spike can have dire consequences for the health of city-dwellers

Some cities may be 8 degrees Celsius warmer by 2100

The new fissure has turned toward the shelf's ocean edge, potentially speeding up the iceberg's process of breaking off, said Dan McGrath

Growing Antarctic crack primes Delaware-sized iceberg

'It's not a fair situation because they are paying virtually nothing and we are paying massive amounts of money,' he said

Paris climate agreement:?Trump says India, China pay too little to help poor countries

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