Annual global surface temperatures likely to exceed 1.5ºC above pre-industrial levels, an internationally accepted threshold for limiting worst effects of climate change

Past year plagued by killer floods, droughts and heat waves around the world costing billions of dollars, as global ocean heat and acidity levels hit record highs

Researchers warn that heat waves in the Eastern Mediterranean likely to occur seven times more often and last three times longer by century's end

UN panel warns that despite 2015 pledge to limit temperature rises to 1.5 degrees Celsius, current and planned future use of fossil fuels makes over 2 degree rise more likely

Group calls on Environmental Protection Minister Idit Silman to consult with climate change experts rather than people who 'spread false information'

Antonio Guterres says 900 million people living in low-lying regions, including small islands and major coastal cities, may become climate refugees if global warming ignored

Experts compare ice cores taken in 1995 and 2011, finding alarming spike in temperatures; lead author of study says findings are 'clear signature of global warming'

While no roads have melted, as they did during last year's heatwave in the UK, National Roads Company is seeking more climate-resistant materials, a green road-building standard

Despite some legislative progress and international aid deal for poorer countries, goal of staying below 1.5 degrees Celsius of warming since pre-industrial era is in peril

With first ever pavilion at UN climate meet, Israeli officials, firms and NGOs showcase solutions while signing agreements and commercial deals at an otherwise disappointing confab