A new study led by the UK Met Office is warning that the chance of at least one of the next five year’s exceeding 1.5°C above pre-industrial levels is now about 50:50.

A new report shows that the impact from the United States’ decision to withdraw from the Paris Climate Agreement could be significantly mitigated thanks to determined action shown by US states, cities and businesses.

The European Union has described the US announcement to withdraw from the Paris Agreement as a sad day for the global community as a key partner turns its back on the fight against climate change.

EU ministers have approved the ratification of the Paris Agreement by the European Union at an extraordinary meeting of the Environment Council in Brussels.

As global leaders prepare to sign the Paris Agreement on climate change today at United Nations Headquarters in New York, the head of the UN Office for Disaster Risk Reduction has called on signatories to go beyond their existing commitments to reduce greenhouse gas emissions if the world is to avoid catastrophic future weather events.

Jonathan Grant, Sustainability & Climate Change Director at PwC, offers a reality check on the Paris Agreement signed on Saturday at the UN Climate Summit in Paris.