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It’s time to end the UN’s artificial divide between biodiversity and climate. 21 October 2024. The biodiversity and climate crises are interlinked – and failing to coordinate our response leaves critical ecosystems like forests and peatlands at risk. Why we need new laws to end coal, oil and gas – now. 18 October 2024.
Lessons from London’s 1952 fog could save millions today
Mar 3, 2017 · In December 1952, London experienced a catastrophe. As depicted in the Netflix series The Crown (which last year aired on Chinese streaming sites) the disaster seemingly came out of nowhere, as sunny blue skies suddenly gave way to a choking, blinding, fog that enveloped the city and was more severe than anything many had seen before.. Lack of visibility brought normal life to a halt, with ...
Which countries have a net zero carbon goal? - Climate Home News
Jun 14, 2019 · Canada. Target date: 2050 Status: In law Notes: Justin Trudeau narrowly scraped a second term as prime minister in October 2019, on a platform that centred climate action. The Canadian Senate adopted the net zero emissions accountability act in June 2021, making Canada’s 2050 net zero target official. The law requires successive governments to create carbon targets and a plan to meet them ...
Why Grenada had to nationalise its electricity for $60m to pursue ...
Published on 05/02/2021, 2:15pm. A one-sided privatisation deal and flawed World Bank advice landed Grenada with a hefty legal bill to reform its electricity sector and cut reliance on polluting diesel. Despite its sunshine and volcanos, Grenada …
Seen from space: Extreme drought dries up rivers across the globe
Aug 26, 2022 · One of the main problems of extreme drought in freshwater ecosystems are the impacts to biodiversity, explained Colvin. With lower water levels, pollutants become more concentrated, increasing their toxicity to wildlife. Combined with extreme temperatures, “anything living in those rivers is really struggling to survive,” she said.
The IPCC must produce its flagship report in time for the next UN ...
Jul 31, 2024 · Dr Youba Sokona is an energy and sustainable development expert from Mali and was a vice chair of the IPCC’s sixth assessment cycle. The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) seventh Assessment Report can and must be ready in time for the second Global Stocktake (GST). The IPCC report plays a pivotal role in assessing climate ...
Meet the woman who first identified the greenhouse effect
Feb 9, 2016 · Eunice Foote demonstrated the heat-trapping properties of carbon dioxide at a scientific conference in 1856, newly digitised records show. Irish physicist John Tyndall is commonly credited with discovering the greenhouse effect, which underpins the science of climate change. Starting in 1859, he published a series of studies on the way ...
IPCC's input into key UN climate review at risk as countries clash
Aug 5, 2024 · The UN climate body has officially requested that its scientific counterpart align its activities with the timeline of the next global stocktake. The IPCC’s input will be “invaluable” for the international review of climate action, Simon Stiell, chief of the UN climate body, told the IPCC meeting in January.
The team - Climate Home News
Megan Rowling is the editor of Climate Home News, taking over in February 2024 after nearly two decades as a journalist with the Thomson Reuters Foundation (TRF), developing its award-winning coverage of climate change. She has written extensively on international climate politics and finance, with a focus on the developing world, for which she won a UN Correspondents’ Association award in 2016.
Climate change laws in the USA - Climate Home News
Dec 2, 2013 · Climate change laws in the US have recently taken a knock from President Trump’s decrees. His “Energy Independence” executive order, signed in March 2017 at the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) headquarters, saw the dismantling of the Clean Power Plan of 2015. Under the Clean Air Act, the Plan set state-by-state targets for carbon ...