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Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change

IPCC co-chair lifts the ‘Ice Curtain’ at Antarctic climate meeting in Finland

South Africa

IPCC co-chair lifts the ‘Ice Curtain’ at Antarctic climate meeting in Finland

By Tiara Walters

Food is finally on the COP28 table in Dubai; it is now up to delegates to serve up real change

South Africa

Food is finally on the COP28 table in Dubai; it is now up to delegates to serve up real change

By Celiwe Shivambu

UK professor Jim Skea elected chair of Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change at critical juncture

World

UK professor Jim Skea elected chair of Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change at critical juncture

By Matthew Hirsch

Leave coal in the hole and oil in the soil, warns top SA climate scientist

South Africa

Leave coal in the hole and oil in the soil, warns top SA climate scientist

By Tony Carnie

South African scientist Debra Roberts nominated to head world expert body on climate crisis

South Africa

South African scientist Debra Roberts nominated to head world expert body on climate crisis

By Tony Carnie

Winner: Youth for climate action; Runners-up: Bob Scholes & Joe Biden

World

Winner: Youth for climate action; Runners-up: Bob Scholes & Joe Biden

By Onke Ngcuka

Our planet in peril – what climate science is saying

Our Burning Planet

Our planet in peril – what climate science is saying

By Julia Evans

Nature has a critical role to play in tackling the climate crisis – biodiversity conservation is key

Our Burning Planet

Nature has a critical role to play in tackling the climate crisis – biodiversity conservation is key

By Khaled Elnoby and Ken Mwathe

A guide to climate overshoot — is the 1.5°C warming goal dead?

Maverick Citizen

A guide to climate overshoot — is the 1.5°C warming goal dead?

By Eric Roston, Bloomberg

Our skies are burning while our modern-day Neros fiddle at the UN Conference of the Parties

World

Our skies are burning while our modern-day Neros fiddle at the UN Conference of the Parties

By Jeff Rudin

Global panel predicts frightening future of disasters and extinctions – and that’s our best-case scenario

World

Global panel predicts frightening future of disasters and extinctions – and that’s our best-case scenario

By Mark Howden, Joy Pereira and Roberto Sánchez

As the climate crisis wreaks havoc globally, the latest IPCC report flags ways to adapt

World

As the climate crisis wreaks havoc globally, the latest IPCC report flags ways to adapt

By Megan Rowling for Thomson Reuters Foundation