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World Has Less Than a Decade to Stop Catastrophic Warming, U.N. Panel Says

World Has Less Than a Decade to Stop Catastrophic Warming, U.N. Panel Says

Earth is likely to cross a critical threshold for global warming within the next decade, and nations will need to make an immediate and drastic shift away from fossil fuels to prevent the planet from overheating dangerously beyond that level, according to a major new report released by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change,

IEA: Renewables Need $1.3 Trillion Per Year by 2030 for Climate Goals

IEA: Renewables Need $1.3 Trillion Per Year by 2030 for Climate Goals

Investment in renewable energy will need to hit $1.3 trillion a year by 2030 for the world to be on track to limit global temperatures set out in the Paris climate accord.

That’s the latest assessment from the International Energy Agency, which revised up the figure from $1 trillion in a previous forecast.

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from MIT: Do these heat waves mean climate change is happening faster than expected?

The recent pileup of very hot heat waves does have some scientists wondering whether models could be underestimating the frequency and intensity of such events, and what it all may mean for our climate conditions in the coming decades. Let’s address these issues point by point.

Three fastest-warming cities in the U.S. are in the Mountain West

Three fastest-warming cities in the U.S. are in the Mountain West

Since 1970, summer temperatures in Reno, Nevada, have risen 10.9 degrees, making it the nation’s fastest-warming city, according to Climate Central, a nonprofit research group.

Ranked second is Las Vegas, Nevada, which has seen an increase of 5.8 degrees. Boise, Idaho, follows in third at 5.6 degrees.