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New Year’s Resolution? Slim Your Carbon Footprint by a Tonne in 2021
Get fit, quit smoking, eat healthily. Most years begin with good intentions that often fall by the wayside as life gets busier again.
But how about trying a different challenge for 2021 which...
Tripling Renewables Investment to Reach Climate Goal
Global renewable energy investment increased between 2013 and 2018, reaching its peak at USD 351 billion in 2017, according to a new report by the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA) and Climate...
FAO, WMO and Partners Call for Early Warning and Early Action to Avoid Disasters
2020 State of Climate Services Report says 11,000 disasters caused by weather, climate and water-related hazards in the past 50 years.
As extreme weather and climate events have increased in frequency, intensity and...
Polar Bears Could Be Nearly Gone by 2100, Study Finds
A new study has found that polar bears could be gone by 2100 unless greenhouse gas emissions are reduced.
Rising global temperatures, due to carbon emissions, have caused large amounts of...
Heat Continues in 2020 – the Month of May Was the Warmest May on Record
The global surface temperature for the first five months of the year was the second highest on record, marginally behind the strong El Niño year of 2016. The month of May was the...
The Delicate Relationship Between People, Wildlife and the Pathogens
In the past, coronaviruses that circulated in humans caused only mild infections. This changed in 2002, when the SARS-CoV virus presented itself in humans as the disease we now know as SARS....
The Biggest Fall in Carbon Emissions Since WW2 Could Be Short-Lived
Experts warn that without structural change, emissions declines caused by coronavirus could be short-lived as economies get back to normal.* Emissions have to peak in 2020 to hit climate goals* Experts differ...
Oil and Gas Industry Needs to Step Up Climate Efforts Now
Oil and gas companies are facing a critical challenge as the world increasingly shifts towards clean energy transitions. Fossil fuels drive the companies’ near-term returns, but failure to address growing calls to...
Methane Emissions from Coalmines Could Stoke Climate Crisis – Study
The methane emissions leaking from the world’s coalmines could be stoking the global climate crisis at the same rate as the shipping and aviation industries combined.Coalmines are belching millions of tonnes of...
Sea Levels Set to Keep Rising for Centuries Even If Emissions Targets Met
Sea level rise is set to challenge human civilization for centuries to come, even if internationally agreed climate goals are met and planet-warming emissions are then immediately eliminated, researchers have found.The lag...
We Must Change Food Production to Save the World, Says Leaked Report
Attempts to solve the climate crisis by cutting carbon emissions from only cars, factories and power plants are doomed to failure, scientists will warn this week.A leaked draft of a report on...
June 2019 Was Hottest on Record for the Globe
Mother Earth worked up a major sweat last month. Scorching temperatures made June 2019 the hottest June on record for the globe. And for the second month in a row, warmth brought...
Heatwave in 2018 ‘Could Not Have Occurred Without Human-Caused Climate Change’
The heatwave that swept the Northern Hemisphere for three months during the summer of 2018 could not have occurred without human-caused climate change.
That’s the verdict from new scientific research published in the...
UN: Healthy Ecosystems Can Provide 37% of Climate Solution
Healthy ecosystems can provide around 37% of the mitigation needed to limit the increase in global temperatures.That’s according to UN Secretary-General António Guterres, who warned against the “unprecedented threats” facing the world’s...
Decarbonisation ‘Must Accelerate to Stay in Line with Paris Agreement’
The shift towards a low carbon energy system must accelerate to stay in line with the goals outlined in the Paris Agreement.That’s the verdict offered in a new report from the International...
Extreme Weather and Climate Events Affected 62m People in 2018
Extreme weather and climate events affected 62 million people in 2018.That’s the conclusion reached in a new report from the World Meteorological Organization (WMO), which warns the physical signs and socio-economic impacts...
