Carbon dioxide is a molecule so important it has shaped life on Earth for billions of years. Without it, there would be no plants, no oceans, no people. But now, after centuries of burning coal, oil ...

Planet Earth is the only place we have to live, yet it is the place we are damaging on an alarming scale. Sooner than we can imagine, we will make it uninhabitable and may be forced to leave — the ...

The increase is being driven by continued dependence on oil and gas, particularly in transportation and industrial sectors.

Unep says reducing these emissions is the fastest, most cost-effective way to slow global warming in the near-term.