Avainsana: climate
Heat, drought and wildfires during one of the warmest Julys on record– WMO
Amidst extreme heat, drought and wildfires, many parts of the world had just experienced one of three warmest Julys on record, the UN weather agency…
American west faces water and power shortages due to climate crisis: UN environment agency
Two of the largest reservoirs in the United States are at dangerously low levels due to the climate crisis and overconsumption of water, which could…
8th Environment Action Programme: EU sets out to measure progress on Green Deal environment and climate goals
The Commission presented a list of headline indicators for monitoring progress towards the EU’s environment and climate goals to 2030, as well as the 2050…
Climate change: New approach needed to gauge animal health impact on emissions
Animal health is important to help reduce greenhouse gas emissions, but greater investment is needed to evaluate the impact, the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO)…
Climate change: New approach needed to gauge animal health impact on emissions
Animal health is important to help reduce greenhouse gas emissions, but greater investment is needed to evaluate the impact, the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO)…
Almost half of the EU + UK territory at risk of drought
A staggering portion of Europe – (44% of EU+UK) and alert (9% of EU+UK) -is currently exposed to warning drought levels, an assessment of…
EU and Egypt step up cooperation on climate, energy and the green transition
Today in Cairo, on the occasion of the visit of Commission President Ursula von der Leyen and her meeting with Egyptian President El Sisi, the…
Climate change: More fossil fuel investment, just ‘delusional’, warns Guterres
New funding from governments for fossil fuel exploration or production is simply “delusional” the UN chief warned on Tuesday, adding that it would only…
‘We can do better, we must’ declares departing UN climate change chief, as COP27 looms over horizon
The annual UN Climate Change Conference in the German city of Bonn began on Monday, designed to lay the groundwork for a successful COP27, due…
LIFE programme awards 2022 winners for boosting biodiversity, environmental and climate action resilience and awareness raising
Yesterday afternoon during EU Green Week, Europe’s largest annual environmental event, the LIFE Programme for environment and climate action announced the five winners of this…
Climate Change on Course to Hit U.S. Corn Belt Especially Hard, Study Finds
Climate change will make the U.S. Corn Belt unsuitable for cultivating corn by 2100 without major technological advances in agricultural practices, an Emory University study…
Climate Resilient Microalgae Could Help Restore Coral Reefs
Coral species exhibit different temperature tolerances. This is in part due to the composition of their microalgae symbionts. With a new method, researchers from Uppsala…
New Climate Modeling Predicts Increasing Occurrences of Flash Flooding Across Most of the U.S.
The latest U.N. report on climate change documented researchers’ efforts that have shown some measures of global warming are now unavoidable, and current research efforts…
Warming Climate and Agriculture Halve Insect Populations in Some Areas
The study published in Nature is the first to identify that an interaction between rising temperatures and land use changes, is driving widespread losses in…
UN climate report: It’s ‘now or never’ to limit global warming to 1.5 degrees
Climate and Environment A new flagship UN report on climate change out Monday indicating that harmful carbon emissions from 2010-2019 have never been higher…
Mapping Reveals Rapid Changes to the Arctic Seafloor As Ancient Submerged Permafrost Thaws
Across the Arctic, numerous peer-reviewed studies show that thawing permafrost creates unstable land which negatively impacts important infrastructure and impacts Indigenous communities. Across the Arctic,…
Social Nature of Ants Provides Protection From Climate Change
A new study by University of Liverpool has provided new insight into the impact of climate change on ant populations. Ants are one of…
Research Team to Study Climate Change Effects in West Africa
A team of University of Florida faculty members has been awarded a $1.6 million grant to study the impact of climate change in West Africa,…
World’s top banks show minimal clear commitments to shift financing away from fossil fuels, finds revelational study
Big banking is saying little on how they will combat climate change through their financing, shows a new study which finds minimal, clear commitments to…
New environmental report offers solutions for ‘triple planetary crisis’
Deadly wildfires, noise pollution and other looming environmental threats could cause widespread ecological damage, and need to be urgently addressed, the UN Environment Programme…
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