Climate activists sit on the road during a protest organised by Extinction Rebellion on the A12 highway in The Hague.Ramon van Flymen / ANP / AFP People took part in climate marches and protests in hundreds of cities across more than 50 countries. More than a dozen climate activists have been arrested in Berlin after … Continue reading Global climate protests put pressure on world leaders
In a powerful address at the African Climate Summit in the Kenyan capital Nairobi on Tuesday, UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres called for decisive climate action in addressing escalating extreme weather challenges. Guterres urged global leaders to unite in their commitment to climate resilience, highlighting its critical role in mitigating the devastating impacts of climate change. … Continue reading UN chief urges decisive climate action to counter extreme weather challenges
Several candidates during Wednesday night's Republican presidential debate pushed back after being asked whether they believed "human behavior" was causing climate change. Little more than 20 minutes into the debate, Fox News co-moderator Bret Baier pointed out that the Biden administration said the Maui wildfires occurred because "climate change amplified the cost of human error." … Continue reading America’s FOX News pushed climate change issues; presidential candidates reacted
The World Meteorological Organization says extreme weather events have become the new normal, as heat waves continue sweeping large parts of the world. July has been confirmed as the hottest month on Earth since records began in 1940, the European Union's Copernicus Climate Change Service said earlier this month. The global average mean surface temperature … Continue reading WMO: Extreme weather to become new normal
The cloud, full of beauty and mystery, Always different each time we stare Never a word to describe its fairness, Except we compare its light to darkness. ---------------------------------------------- Stars glittering with bewildering lighting, Know their fates could wait a billion years But the larger a star, the shorter its lifetime, A reason silence yells when … Continue reading You and Me Against the World
Political instability and climate change are the biggest causes of hunger and malnutrition in Muslim countries, said Islamic Organization for Food Security (IOFS) head Yerlan A. Baidaulet. Quoting a UN report, Baidaulet said half the countries facing hunger and malnutrition are members of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC), a Muslim bloc of 57 member … Continue reading Muslim countries facing hunger, malnutrition due to political instability, climate change
From China in the east to the US in the west, the world is under the grip of scorching heat waves and catastrophic extreme weather events. The disasters unfolding are rooted in several reasons, not least the increasing impact of rising global temperatures – currently around 1.2 degrees Celsius (2.2 degrees Fahrenheit) above pre-industrial levels. … Continue reading World heading for 2.5C of warming, governments not even close to meeting climate targets
While the UK has so far avoided the dangers of mosquito-borne diseases due to its temperate weather conditions, it may not be the case for future summers. Mosquito bites might be aggravating for the skin and the itchiness be a real nuisance, but the primary concern for experts such as Dr Oliver Brady from the … Continue reading Should UK residents expect more mosquitoes if weather gets warmer and wetter?
The extreme heat in the northern hemisphere is putting an increasing strain on healthcare systems, hitting hardest those least able to manage its consequences, the World Health Organization (WHO) said Wednesday. "Extreme heat puts increased pressure on health systems. Exposure to excessive heat has wide-ranging impacts on health, often amplifying existing conditions and resulting in … Continue reading WHO: Extreme heat putting health systems under pressure
The extreme heat wave that has baked much of southern United States continues to spread to other regions of the country this week, with over 55 million people now under heat alerts. The heat wave scorched Texas, Oklahoma and New Mexico among other southern parts over the past week, setting or challenging all-time records. The … Continue reading Extreme heat wave spreads across US, 55m people under threat
The UN chief urged fossil fuel companies to stop measures which seek to "knee-cap" climate progress. The comments come as the EU said average global temperatures at the start of June were unprecedented. UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres sharply criticized fossil fuel companies on Thursday for reaping massive profits while the world faces the imminent threat of … Continue reading CLIMATE CHANGE: UN’s Guterres lambasts fossil fuel firms
General Secretary of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee Xi Jinping, also Chinese president and chairman of the Central Military Commission, presides over a symposium on strengthening the comprehensive prevention and control of desertification and promoting the construction of crucial ecological projects, including the Three-North Shelterbelt Forest Program, and delivers an important speech … Continue reading CLIMATE CHANGE: Xi Jinping calls for a stronger stance
Photo by Pixabay on Pexels.com The voluntary carbon market is gaining momentum and plays an increasingly important role in limiting global warming. Here’s how. As business leaders set increasingly ambitious commitments to reduce global greenhouse-gas (GHG) emissions, a market is developing that can help to achieve them by supplementing companies’ efforts to reduce their own emissions. … Continue reading The role of voluntary carbon market in a climate change era
Google is helping big oil firms to greenwash their reputations by selling them adverts attached to environmental search terms, a new study claims. Ever looked up a sustainability-related question and seen an advert from a major fossil fuel polluter at the top of your results page? That’s no accident. According to a new report by the Center … Continue reading Google ‘greenwashing’ internet users by taking big oil advert money, study says
India has called on rich countries to fulfilL a decade-old promise to provide $100 billion in annual climate finance to developing nations. In 2009, a coalition of economically developed countries - including the USA, France, Germany, and the UK - pledged to give climate change-impacted nations $100 billion (€101 billion) per year by 2020. This promise has not … Continue reading India mounts pressure on rich countries, says they should pay for increasing climate change costs
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