IPCC warns no place on earth will be spared impacts of climate change
The UN’s Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPPC) is warning that no place on earth will be spared the impacts of climate change as ice melts in the planet’s frozen regions, oceans warm and sea levels rise.
IPCC to publish special report on the ocean and cryosphere
The United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) is getting ready to publish a special report on the ocean and cryosphere – the frozen parts of the planet – later this morning.
Researchers warn world leaders being misled by economic assessments of future climate change impacts
An international group of researchers is today warning that policymakers have been receiving economic assessments of future climate change impacts which omit the biggest risks.
Environment Agency Chief flags up growing costs of flood infrastructure provision
Sir James Bevan, Chief Executive at the Environment Agency is warning that the costs of flood infrastructure provision in England are likely to "cost a good deal more" than the £50 billion the EA has already predicted it will cost over the next fifty years.
Climate change - research study warns of potential 2m+ sea level rise by 2100
An international research study led by the University of Bristol is warning that if global warming continues at its current rate, the high temperature “business as usual’ scenario could see sea level rise in excess of 2 metres by 2100.
Government rejects EAC call to end oil and gas exploration in the Arctic
The Government has rejected a recommendation by MPs on the House of Commons Environmental Audit Committee (EAC) to end oil and gas exploration in the Arctic,
£67.4 million Ipswich tidal flood barrier officially opened
The Environment Agency’s new tidal flood defence barrier for Ipswich has been officially opened by Floods Minister, Dr Thérèse Coffey, ensuring more than 1,600 homes and 400 businesses are better protected from flooding and the impacts of climate change over the course of the next century.
UK climate projections warn over more extreme weather, hotter summers & rising sea levels
The UK’s most comprehensive picture yet of how the climate could change over the next century - in a worst case scenarion sea level in London could rise by up to 1.1 metres and the chance of summers as hot as 2018 is around 50% by 2050.
Met Office - 9 of UK's warmest years have occurred since 2002
The latest State of the UK Climate report produced by the Met Office shows that nine of the 10 warmest years for the UK have occurred since 2002 and that seven of the 10 wettest years for the UK have occurred since 1998.
New UK/US research to predict risk of catastrophic sea level rise as antarctic ice loss spreads
A new UK-U.S. Antarctic research programme to improve the prediction of future sea-level rise was launched yesterday at British Antarctic Survey (BAS), Cambridge to discover whether the collapse of a huge Antarctic glacier could raise global sea levels by as much as a metre by the end of this century.