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COP27

Key takeaways from COP27 climate summit in Egypt

The two-week UN climate summit saw negotiations by nearly 200 nations about the future of global action on climate change.

COP27 explainer: What is 'Loss and Damage' compensation, and who should pay?

The phrase refers to costs already being incurred from climate-fuelled weather extremes or impacts.

Why UN Climate Change Conference COP27 matters for Singapore

Singapore is no small player in summits such as COP27 and can help steer the world to meet climate change targets.

Explainers

ST Explains: What are bilateral carbon credit pacts, and how do they benefit S’pore?

One carbon credit represents one tonne of CO2 that's prevented from being released into or removed from the atmosphere.

ST Explains: Will climate change increase the likelihood of lightning strikes in Singapore?

Singapore has one of the highest lightning strike rates in the world.

ST Explains: What causes turbulence and is climate change making it worse?

It's not uncommon to encounter in-flight turbulence, but such episodes can have severe consequences.

Videos

    Climate science

    S-E Asian typhoons to intensify faster, shift northwards

    Coastal cities such as Bangkok, Yangon and Hai Phong are likely to bear the brunt of these more powerful cyclones.

    Extreme wildfires have doubled in two decades: Study

    Researchers identified 2,913 extreme events out of more than 30 million fires across the world..

    Antarctic faces melting ‘tipping point’ as oceans warm: Study

    The risk to sea-level rise comes when the accelerated melting outpaces the formation of new ice on the continent.

    Impacts and Nature

    Emperor penguins perish as ice melts to new lows: Study

    Record low sea-ice levels in 2023 contributed to the second-worst year for chick mortality since 2018.

    Coral reefs suffer fourth global bleaching event as climate change warms oceans

    At least 54 countries and territories have experienced mass bleaching among their reefs since February 2023.

    Debt-for-nature swops could give $136 billion boost to climate fight, says report

    Countries that collectively owed $587 billion received only $19 billion in climate finance.

    Exploration of the deep sea has much to offer for science, but caution needed for mining of its resources

    Deep sea mining could compromise marine life at those depths, of which much is still unknown.

    More reports

    US climate envoy Podesta to visit China from Wednesday for talks

    BEIJING - U.S. climate envoy John Podesta will visit China for three days from Wednesday to discuss climate change issues, the environment ministry said, as the world's two biggest emitters of greenhouse gas look to bridge gaps on issues such as finance.