CLIMATE CHANGE

This year is shaping up to be the warmest on the books -- again -- since record-keeping began 123 years ago.

The agreement watered down language about the content of emissions-reduction pledges, leading some to question its worth.

International climate change talks stalled Thursday with the nations reportedly agreeing on only one paragraph of text.

A senior minister said that the protests by Greenpeace activists had damaged the 1,500-year-old Nazca Lines in southern Peru.

The study, conducted by a London-based think tank, found that poorer nations had not benefited from contributions to existing climate funds.

In its first Adaptation Gap Report, the U.N. says adaptation costs are likely to increase substantially, even with emission cuts.

The shocking rate of melt was quantified by scientists from the University of California and NASA, who gathered data from 1992 to 2013.

Developed nations have so far contributed $10 billion to the Green Climate Fund, far below the $100 billion a year target.

If current trends continue, 2014 could be even hotter than previous record years, the World Meteorological Agency warned.

By 2050, emissions may raise average temperatures in France above 100 degrees Fahrenheit and cause regular 6-foot-high flooding in Vietnam.

Negotiations will begin amid record-breaking global temperatures observed by the US National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.

Global warming increases the risk of world instability, a climate report prepared for the World Bank warns.

The "deep decarbonization" analysis is a road map for reaching U.S. climate change goals.

But most Americans say people in developing countries will be worse off than they will because of climate change.

China hopes to meet its pollution cap targets by sending big polluters overseas.

Global warming is a key factor in this week's "Arctic blast" cold snap that has chilled the entire U.S. and dropped feet of snow on upstate New York.

Both countries will contribute to a fund that helps developing nations cut carbon emissions.

The president's Green Climate Fund pledge could spark private investment in clean technologies and climate resiliency.

The U.S. will commit $3 billion to climate change efforts in poor countries, President Obama will announce Friday.

The U.S. set a new target of reducing emissions by 26 percent to 28 percent by 2025, while China did not provided a specific target.

Regulations to curb power plant and tailpipe pollution, methane and refrigerants could help slash U.S. emissions.