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IPCC

John Kerry shakes hands with PRC Special Envoy for Climate Change Xie Zhenhua in front of flags for the United States and China | State Department

Climate Change

New U.S.-China Climate Deal: Same as the Old Deals

China pledges again to do exactly what it was going to do anyway.

Ronald Bailey | 11.16.2023 3:35 PM

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Climate Change

The Last 12 Months Have Been the Hottest on Record

It's virtually certain that 2023 will be the warmest year ever in the instrumental temperature record.

Ronald Bailey | 11.10.2023 5:15 PM

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Climate Change

Is the 'Climate Time-Bomb' Really Ticking Toward Imminent Catastrophe?

Climate change is a problem, but the IPCC AR6 Synthesis Report is wrong to suggest that humanity is on the brink of catastrophic warming.

Ronald Bailey | 3.21.2023 5:00 PM

Climate change activists hold up signs about rising temperatures at COP27 | Ronald Bailey

Climate Change

Despite Climate Change Activists' Demands, 1.5°C Is Already Dead

The good news is that does not mean "instant Armageddon" by 2030.

Ronald Bailey | 11.18.2022 1:10 PM

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Climate Change

When It Comes to Climate Change, Wealth Equals Adaptation

New U.N. report says we are about to "miss a brief and rapidly closing window of opportunity to secure a liveable and sustainable future for all."

Ronald Bailey | 3.2.2022 5:20 PM

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Climate Change

Worst-Case Climate Change Scenarios Are Highly Implausible, Argues New Study

Global temperature to rise to around 2.2°C above the pre-industrial average by 2100.

Ronald Bailey | 2.9.2022 1:45 PM

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IPCC

Roger Pielke Jr.: We Are Successfully Adapting To Climate Change

The findings of the newest IPCC report on the future of the planet—called a "code red" for humanity—have been wildly distorted.

Nick Gillespie | 8.25.2021 12:57 PM

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IPCC

Why We Shouldn't Fear a Climate Apocalypse

Environmental scientist Roger Pielke Jr. says many media interpretations of the new Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change report are "irresponsible."

Nick Gillespie | 8.17.2021 1:11 PM

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Climate Change

The Scariest Predictions in the New U.N. Climate Report Are Also the Most Unlikely

The Intergovernmental Panel of Climate Change issues its Sixth Assessment Report on the global climate.

Ronald Bailey | 8.9.2021 3:01 PM

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Carbon Dioxide

Worst-Case 'Climate Porn' Is Counterproductive to Addressing Real Climate Change

"Stop using the worst-case scenario for climate warming as the most likely outcome"

Ronald Bailey | 1.29.2020 2:30 PM

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IPCC

The World Needs Innovators, Not Lectures From Teens, to Solve Climate Change

Finger-wagging won't overcome the collective action problems preventing action.

Shikha Dalmia | 9.30.2019 10:25 AM

Hotter water | IPCC

Oceans

Oceans Are Getting Hotter and Ice Sheets Are Melting Faster, Says New Report

Sea level rise is accelerating and marine heatwaves are becoming more common

Ronald Bailey | 9.25.2019 5:45 PM

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Environmentalism

Think Globally, Shame Constantly: The Rise of Greta Thunberg Environmentalism

Her future—and that of the planet—hasn't been "stolen" and the best way forward is through serious policy discussion, not histrionics.

Nick Gillespie | 9.24.2019 12:15 PM

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GDP

My Puzzlement Over Climate Change Damage Estimates in New National Climate Assessment

Implausible worst-case scenarios do not further the debate over reasonable policies for addressing climate change.

Ronald Bailey | 11.30.2018 1:15 PM

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IPCC

How Big of a Deal Is an Extra Half Degree of Global Warming?

New report declares world must be off fossil fuels entirely by 2050.

Ronald Bailey | 10.11.2018 10:05 AM

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Temperature Trends

Global Temperature Increases Are Lower and Slower, Says New Study

"We calculated that value as 1.1 C (almost 2° Fahrenheit), while climate models estimate that value as 2.3 C (about 4.1° F)"

Ronald Bailey | 12.4.2017 5:15 PM

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IPCC

Georgia Tech Climatologist Judith Curry Resigns over 'the CRAZINESS in the field of climate science.'

She is a prominent critic of the "consensus" that man-made climate change is an impending catastrophe

Ronald Bailey | 1.4.2017 12:05 PM

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Climate Sensitivity

Climate Change Prediction Fail?

What did 'climate hero' James Hansen actually predict back in 1986?

Ronald Bailey | 6.17.2016 1:30 PM

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Computer modeling

World Could Still Keep Future Man-Made Warming Below 2 Degrees Celsius

So says the new U.N. analysis of national climate plans from 146 countries

Ronald Bailey | 10.30.2015 11:33 AM

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War

A War on Climate Change?

We are supposed trust government technocrats - what could possibly go wrong?

Ronald Bailey | 10.19.2015 3:16 PM

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Climate Sensitivity

Global Temperature: What Do You Want It to Be?

New study suggests "hiatus" could last 30 more years.

Ronald Bailey | 5.29.2015 3:07 PM

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California

Listen Up Climate Combatants - It's About to Get Real Hot

A big El Nino is coming, or so say a lot of computer models.

Ronald Bailey | 5.22.2015 2:38 PM

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Climate Sensitivity

Detection of Enhanced Greenhouse Warming: What the IPCC Said Back In 1990

Changing goal posts or better science?

Ronald Bailey | 4.8.2015 11:03 AM

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