http://www.wsws.org/topics/scienceCategory/sc-clim/ http://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2013/01/12/warm-j12.html Recent climate models show that only a complete reversal of current carbon emission trends, with the target of zero carbon emissions globally, will halt the current global warming trends. Sat, 12 Jan 2013 05:00:00 GMT http://www.wsws.org/asset/25e5041f-c87f-45a8-b239-4d8747d1c53M/warm-j12.html 2013-01-12T05:00:00Z http://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2013/01/10/warm-j10.html The average temperature for the past year was 1 degree Fahrenheit above the previous recorded warmest year. Thu, 10 Jan 2013 05:00:00 GMT http://www.wsws.org/asset/66cae77c-73fe-4727-9353-b3213ccd038M/warm-j10.html 2013-01-10T05:00:00Z http://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2012/11/clim-n27.html The impact of climate change on all aspects of life has been more concretely analyzed in reports issued over the past decade. Tue, 27 Nov 2012 05:00:00 GMT http://www.wsws.org/asset/a1eda396-3ae1-45ed-b1a6-f67c44cec64G/clim-n27.html 2012-11-27T05:00:00Z http://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2012/11/noaa-n06.html The end of the current generation of environmental satellites will likely produce a gap lasting up to four years, in which crucial data used in predicting the intensity of hurricanes will not be collected. Tue, 06 Nov 2012 05:00:00 GMT http://www.wsws.org/asset/2534b2b0-0a23-4c3f-962f-4081d09eb1fP/noaa-n06.html 2012-11-06T05:00:00Z http://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2012/08/warm-a02.html The sudden melting of the Greenland ice shelf is an indicator that global warming is beginning to have a very widespread impact on human life. Thu, 02 Aug 2012 05:00:00 GMT http://www.wsws.org/asset/6c276e97-4d1b-4d58-a0cd-b8732f6acb7G/warm-a02.html 2012-08-02T05:00:00Z http://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2012/06/rioc-j28.html The United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development, which drew to a close in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, last Friday, has been denounced by environmental advocates as a “hoax” and “an epic failure.” Despite already low expectations before the meeting, the summit testifies to the stagnation in global efforts to address the looming climate crisis. Thu, 28 Jun 2012 05:00:00 GMT http://www.wsws.org/asset/909a1b66-1a82-42f6-b89b-1dabc78f79aK/rioc-j28.html 2012-06-28T05:00:00Z http://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2012/06/clim-j12.html An international group of scientists published a review article in the latest issue of Nature arguing that the human impact on the Earth's biosphere could lead to an ecological disaster in as little as a few generations. Tue, 12 Jun 2012 05:00:00 GMT http://www.wsws.org/asset/584dccae-b218-452c-87a0-4e31fb5dc0bF/clim-j12.html 2012-06-12T05:00:00Z http://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2012/04/clim-a20.html An unusual heat wave east of the Rocky Mountains has made March 2012 the warmest March on record for the contiguous United States. Fri, 20 Apr 2012 05:00:00 GMT http://www.wsws.org/asset/bb220bee-71a4-4d73-ae51-3c4a21e1f5bC/clim-a20.html 2012-04-20T05:00:00Z http://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2011/06/clim-j11.html Record levels of greenhouse gas emission constitute a damning indictment of the capitalist system. Sat, 11 Jun 2011 05:00:00 GMT http://www.wsws.org/asset/aba07503-5a03-4dfb-b03b-2b97f6eceafL/clim-j11.html 2011-06-11T05:00:00Z http://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2011/01/clim-j26.html Global surface temperatures for 2010 matched record highs, with the past decade the hottest ever recorded. Wed, 26 Jan 2011 05:00:00 GMT http://www.wsws.org/asset/3f2d46e1-ce3c-4392-95c3-5555370a193M/clim-j26.html 2011-01-26T05:00:00Z http://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2010/12/clim-d13.html United Nations-sponsored climate change negotiations in Cancún, Mexico concluded last Saturday without any agreement between the more than 190 national government delegations on binding carbon emissions reduction targets. Mon, 13 Dec 2010 05:00:00 GMT http://www.wsws.org/asset/d398bf0d-68a0-4145-a25a-c448c25bd8fD/clim-d13.html 2010-12-13T05:00:00Z http://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2010/06/oils-j30.html Scientists warn that the Gulf oil disaster threatens to poison organisms at the base of the food chain. Wed, 30 Jun 2010 05:00:00 GMT http://www.wsws.org/asset/9dd50a42-392e-4b7d-82d4-514bf0f4d2fM/oils-j30.html 2010-06-30T05:00:00Z http://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2010/04/clim-a26.html An independent inquiry into the conduct of scientists at the Climatic Research Unit (CRU) of the University of East Anglia in Britain has found “absolutely no evidence of any impropriety whatsoever.” Mon, 26 Apr 2010 05:00:00 GMT http://www.wsws.org/asset/d271489d-9de3-48d4-8589-c0d74e544d5B/clim-a26.html 2010-04-26T05:00:00Z http://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2010/02/libs-f09.html Liberal leader Tony Abbott last week released the opposition coalition’s new climate change policy, pledging to establish a multi-billion dollar public fund to be placed at the disposal of the largest corporate polluters and agribusiness interests. Tue, 09 Feb 2010 05:00:00 GMT http://www.wsws.org/asset/c5238158-c8cf-49a0-a4b3-305dc3a5e3eF/libs-f09.html 2010-02-09T05:00:00Z http://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2009/12/etnb-d22.html The problems of climate change are so profound and far-reaching that they require the rational mobilisation of all available economic, material, scientific and technical resources, something that is only possible only under socialism. Tue, 22 Dec 2009 05:00:00 GMT http://www.wsws.org/asset/b64fda10-057c-425b-9837-c294e68aa38B/etnb-d22.html 2009-12-22T05:00:00Z http://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2009/12/etpo-d21.html Public meetings called by the WSWS and the Socialist Equality Party (Australia) in Sydney and Melbourne last week exposed the real agenda behind emissions trading schemes and the official climate change “debate”. The following is the report delivered by WSWS writer Patrick O’Connor. Mon, 21 Dec 2009 05:00:00 GMT http://www.wsws.org/asset/20ec0aaa-89e9-4f8b-8c93-96230e00b4bI/etpo-d21.html 2009-12-21T05:00:00Z http://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2009/12/clim-d19.html Public meetings in Sydney and Melbourne this week exposed the real agenda behind emissions trading schemes and the official climate change “debate”. Sat, 19 Dec 2009 05:00:00 GMT http://www.wsws.org/asset/872ea659-27e9-4036-aa9d-dacaf26430eD/clim-d19.html 2009-12-19T05:00:00Z http://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2009/12/cope-d17.html Danish police battled demonstrators outside the world climate conference in Copenhagen, while inside the delegates of the imperialist powers, China, India and dozens of less developed countries clashed over conflicting proposals to deal with pollution caused by industrialization, deforestation and the burning of fossil fuels. Thu, 17 Dec 2009 05:00:00 GMT http://www.wsws.org/asset/d4dc968c-1e58-4879-96e0-e3c51ab7597D/cope-d17.html 2009-12-17T05:00:00Z http://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2009/12/irel-d08.html Thousands of people were forced from their homes across Ireland last month after torrential rain caused severe flooding. Tue, 08 Dec 2009 05:00:00 GMT http://www.wsws.org/asset/51456e88-821f-44c7-9c4d-c6c2670ac3aK/irel-d08.html 2009-12-08T05:00:00Z http://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2009/12/cope-d07.html Even before the climate summit begins today in Copenhagen, the goal of a legally binding international treaty to limit greenhouse gas emissions has been ruled out. Mon, 07 Dec 2009 05:00:00 GMT http://www.wsws.org/asset/21951015-3cc0-4df2-9740-08e94c86c1cD/cope-d07.html 2009-12-07T05:00:00Z http://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2009/12/cop2-d07.html An international group of leading climate scientists has updated the 2007 IPCC report based on the substantial body of scientific research published over the past three years. Their conclusions not only confirm the trends reported in 2007, but in a number of key areas exceed previous expectations. Mon, 07 Dec 2009 05:00:00 GMT http://www.wsws.org/asset/8f98ed16-e7e9-4376-9489-05c4d8cbe74K/cop2-d07.html 2009-12-07T05:00:00Z http://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2009/11/etss-n26.html The final terms of the government’s so-called Carbon Pollution Reduction Scheme—set to be approved by parliament this week and to commence operations in 2011—underscore that the mechanism has nothing to do with protecting the environment, but is driven by the interests of corporate Australia. Thu, 26 Nov 2009 05:00:00 GMT http://www.wsws.org/asset/6eec88e1-546b-4865-81da-e6793eb2b23O/etss-n26.html 2009-11-26T05:00:00Z http://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2009/09/dust-s29.html A huge dust storm blanketed large areas of Australia’s southeastern coast last Wednesday, covering cities and towns in the states of New South Wales and Queensland, before moving out to sea towards New Zealand. Tue, 29 Sep 2009 05:00:00 GMT http://www.wsws.org/asset/a9a8e340-930c-4662-97f3-1ed15d1e637K/dust-s29.html 2009-09-29T05:00:00Z http://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2009/05/etsc-m15.html Labor Prime Minister Kevin Rudd last week announced a series of changes to his government’s carbon emissions trading scheme, including additional public subsidies to the major polluters and a one year postponement of the scheme’s start-up date. Fri, 15 May 2009 05:00:00 GMT http://www.wsws.org/asset/e8e346fb-abd0-4a24-afd8-8775950a917J/etsc-m15.html 2009-05-15T05:00:00Z http://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2009/04/pers-a08.html The disintegration of a 40-kilometre ice bridge connecting the Wilkins Ice Shelf to the Antarctic Peninsula is another indicator of the threat posed by climate change. Wed, 08 Apr 2009 05:00:00 GMT http://www.wsws.org/asset/b6f70fc7-95e7-46f5-b779-006cd2e7e8fN/pers-a08.html 2009-04-08T05:00:00Z http://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2008/12/carb-d23.html The Labor government’s target of reducing greenhouse gas emissions to 5 percent below their level in the year 2000 by 2020 constitutes an admission that it has no effective solution to the climate change crisis. Tue, 23 Dec 2008 05:00:00 GMT http://www.wsws.org/asset/77a20b27-6cd9-4e29-9327-8c26264f155I/carb-d23.html 2008-12-23T05:00:00Z http://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2008/09/clim-s17.html The Labor government’s Garnaut Climate Change Review has effectively concluded that within the existing international political and social framework, dangerous and potentially irreversible global warming is inevitable. Wed, 17 Sep 2008 05:00:00 GMT http://www.wsws.org/asset/f95d5705-184a-4f24-95a9-ada50d0c75fJ/clim-s17.html 2008-09-17T05:00:00Z http://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2008/07/chen-j10.html A former official with the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has alleged that Vice President Dick Cheney intervened to alter testimony to Congress about the potential health and safety dangers posed by greenhouse gases. Thu, 10 Jul 2008 05:00:00 GMT http://www.wsws.org/asset/eb2893de-2797-4e4b-8c98-bad5b245dbcA/chen-j10.html 2008-07-10T05:00:00Z http://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2008/05/clim-m07.html The European Union is responding to the present and projected catastrophic effects of climate change on the most vulnerable populations of the world, and their inevitable migration in order to survive, with an intensification of already draconian anti-immigration controls. Wed, 07 May 2008 05:00:00 GMT http://www.wsws.org/asset/bfb3a108-8c30-4d89-9a2b-9eea3246b5aE/clim-m07.html 2008-05-07T05:00:00Z http://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2008/03/garn-m14.html Prime Minister Kevin Rudd has dismissed key sections of an interim climate change report released last month by Professor Ross Garnaut, in particular the assessment that Australian carbon emissions may need to be cut by 90 percent or more. The response highlights the Rudd government’s hypocrisy on global warming, which was a major feature of Labor’s campaign in last November’s federal election. Fri, 14 Mar 2008 05:00:00 GMT http://www.wsws.org/asset/2bbe9457-e8b0-4673-bd86-7e5abd227f4K/garn-m14.html 2008-03-14T05:00:00Z http://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2008/02/clim-f05.html Rivalries between the world’s major powers have again dominated a major international climate change summit, with a two-day meeting in Hawaii producing no agreement on greenhouse gas emissions targets. No concrete measures were announced aside from a schedule for further discussions later this year. Tue, 05 Feb 2008 05:00:00 GMT http://www.wsws.org/asset/2fa48b42-6a28-43ee-b875-4d2ff1a9fdbP/clim-f05.html 2008-02-05T05:00:00Z http://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2007/12/bali-d17.html The UN-sponsored climate change conference held on the Indonesian island of Bali ended on the weekend without any agreement on combatting global warming other than vague generalities. A last-minute, face-saving communiqué was issued but, at the insistence of the Bush administration and its allies, it made no mention of specific carbon emission reduction targets. The UN’s Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) had recommended a cut in carbon emissions of 25 to 40 percent in the advanced industrial countries by 2020 and a total world emissions reduction of 50 percent by 2050. Mon, 17 Dec 2007 05:00:00 GMT http://www.wsws.org/asset/993db60a-1e48-426c-a5ee-2be3b7d2c90J/bali-d17.html 2007-12-17T05:00:00Z http://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2007/12/bali-d14.html The two-week UN-sponsored conference on climate change on the Indonesian island of Bali has been dominated by the intransigence of the Bush administration and the mounting conflicts among the great powers, particularly between the United States and the European Union. Fri, 14 Dec 2007 05:00:00 GMT http://www.wsws.org/asset/84ea99a4-f88b-4451-b89b-ddce5ad1116L/bali-d14.html 2007-12-14T05:00:00Z http://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2007/12/bali-d08.html On Monday, Prime Minister Kevin Rudd signed the instrument of ratification of the Kyoto Protocol on climate change. This move—which marks the first step in the formal ratification process that will see Australia become a full Kyoto member by March 2008—was heralded in a Rudd press release as the “first official act of the new Australian government, demonstrating my government’s commitment to tackling climate change”. Sat, 08 Dec 2007 05:00:00 GMT http://www.wsws.org/asset/c94a10c6-a4c6-432e-b259-2888e190fb5I/bali-d08.html 2007-12-08T05:00:00Z http://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2007/11/kyot-n07.html The following is the first of a two-part series. Part 2 will be published tomorrow, Thursday November 8. Wed, 07 Nov 2007 05:00:00 GMT http://www.wsws.org/asset/15253bd6-0f02-421b-a270-f134f148294E/kyot-n07.html 2007-11-07T05:00:00Z http://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2007/07/clim-j18.html A recent news item on Britain’s Independent Television News by Martin Geissler highlighted the impact of climate change on sub-Saharan Africa. He reported from Lesotho, a country of less than two million people, which forms an enclave within South Africa. Wed, 18 Jul 2007 05:00:00 GMT http://www.wsws.org/asset/2c255a35-f177-4779-9233-8519fdc7f07P/clim-j18.html 2007-07-18T05:00:00Z http://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2007/06/g8-j09.html The 3,500 reporters and photographers who travelled to the G8 summit in Heiligendamm, Germany, have accomplished their assigned mission. The world has been inundated with reports of progress and idyllic photos: Bush, Merkel and Putin sitting relaxed and chatting in beach chairs; Sarkozy and Blair talking over a glass of beer; a harmonious walk on the beach of the picturesque resort by all of the world leaders. Sat, 09 Jun 2007 05:00:00 GMT http://www.wsws.org/asset/82562594-1520-4ef6-b909-a691f06f78fL/g8-j09.html 2007-06-09T05:00:00Z http://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2007/04/clim-a24.html On April 17, the United Nations Security Council held its first-ever discussion on climate change as a serious threat to security and future political stability. In addition to the 15 council member states in attendance, 38 other UN member countries sent representatives to speak. Although no action was taken at the meeting’s conclusion, its very convocation reveals growing uneasiness within the world’s ruling powers about social unrest that would come with global warming. Tue, 24 Apr 2007 05:00:00 GMT http://www.wsws.org/asset/986e51d4-9846-4ff3-965e-a12c4121f91O/clim-a24.html 2007-04-24T05:00:00Z http://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2007/04/glob-a10.html On April 6, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) released the Working Group II Summary for Policy Makers from its report on “Climate Change Impacts, Adaptation and Vulnerability.” Tue, 10 Apr 2007 05:00:00 GMT http://www.wsws.org/asset/53d6c3cf-67ca-4e72-b74b-cf98221f935A/glob-a10.html 2007-04-10T05:00:00Z http://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2007/03/clim-m22.html Hearings resumed March 19 in the US Congress on charges of political interference in governmental climate research. The evidence and testimony further demonstrate the lengths the Bush administration, at the behest of the oil industry, has gone to suppress scientists’ findings and confuse public opinion of climate change. Thu, 22 Mar 2007 05:00:00 GMT http://www.wsws.org/asset/243545af-c9cb-40e9-9b32-cf5308ddb03E/clim-m22.html 2007-03-22T05:00:00Z http://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2007/03/ele2-m09.html The following comment by Socialist Equality Party candidate Patrick O’Connor was distributed to a local candidates forum convened by the Climate Action Now group in Marrickville. O’Connor was one of four candidates contesting the inner-Sydney seat in the March 24 New South Wales election who addressed the meeting. Others speakers were Carmel Tebbutt, the current Labor member for Marrickville, Fiona Byrne for the Greens and Pip Hinman from Socialist Alliance. Fri, 09 Mar 2007 05:00:00 GMT http://www.wsws.org/asset/41337f99-cefa-4980-a380-f9a339e4f8cN/ele2-m09.html 2007-03-09T05:00:00Z http://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2007/02/clim-f05.html As the UN Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change issued its urgent assessment Friday, providing alarming information about the advanced state of global warming, Washington immediately moved to downplay the US contribution. Mon, 05 Feb 2007 05:00:00 GMT http://www.wsws.org/asset/5dfd5bd0-0816-44b0-a4a4-2ef1f8999bfG/clim-f05.html 2007-02-05T05:00:00Z http://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2006/04/csir-a17.html An Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC) program entitled “The Greenhouse Mafia”, which appeared in February on the “Four Corners” television series, highlighted the Australian government’s censorship of eminent scientists studying climate change and its subservience to business interests that are heavily dependent on fossil fuels. Scientists from the state-funded Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO) were specifically prohibited from discussing the potentially devastating consequences of governments’ failure to reduce greenhouse gases. Mon, 17 Apr 2006 05:00:00 GMT http://www.wsws.org/asset/c140610b-cab7-4e52-b1c0-c72c7c0ef97N/csir-a17.html 2006-04-17T05:00:00Z