UN sounds ‘Red Alert’ as world smashes heat records in 2023
Geneva, Switzerland Reuters Every major global climate record was broken last year and 2024 could be worse, the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) said on Tuesday, with its chief voicing particular concern about ocean heat and shrinking sea ice. The UN weather agency said in its annual State of the Global Climate report that average temperatures […]
Digitising heritage: Tuvalu preserves history online as rising seas threaten existence
Tuvalu is among nations digitising heritage in the face of climate impacts, but there are concerns around cost, access and control. RINA CHANDRAN and MD TAHMID ZAMI, of Thomson Reuters Foundation, reports…
Arctic foxes: Norway gives a helping hand amid climate woes
GLORIA DICKIE and LISI NIESNER, of Reuters, report on a state-sponsored program to restore Arctic foxes…
Early jacaranda bloom sparks debate about climate change in Mexico
Mexico City Reuters Every spring, the streets of Mexico’s capital are painted purple with the flowering of thousands of jacaranda trees. Their spectacular colors not only attract the eyes of residents and tourists, but also birds, bees and butterflies that find food and shelter in them. But this year something changed. A man passes by […]
Chile risks repeat of deadly wildfires because of climate change, report says
Santiago, Chile Reuters Deadly wildfires like those that burned through central Chile and killed at least 133 people this month will become more likely in the South American country as climate change makes the world hotter and drier, according to a report released on Thursday. The fires were Chile’s deadliest natural disaster since a 2010 […]
Climate change impacts: Women in Sri Lanka often bearing the brunt of violence as increasingly frequent heatwaves, droughts, floods and storms exacerbate economic hardship
With drought and erratic rains depleting harvests, women farmers in Sri Lanka tell of beatings by husbands as incomes shrink. DIMUTHU ATTANAYAKE, of Thomson Reuters Foundation, reports…
Sight-Seeing: Fasting from carbon for Lent
US Catholic commentator THOMAS REESE, in an article first published on Religion News Service, says carbon fasting is an act of penance for what we in the rich world have done – and provides some tips on how to go about it…
One in five of world’s migratory species at risk of extinction – UN report
Singapore Reuters More than a fifth of the world’s migrating species are at risk of going extinct as a result of climate change and human encroachment, according to the United Nation’s first-ever report on migrating animals published on Monday. Billions of animals make journeys across deserts, plains or oceans every year to breed and feed, […]
Climate change drives world to first 12-month spell over 1.5 degrees
Brussels, Belgium/London, UK Reuters The world just experienced its warmest January on record, marking the first 12-month period in which temperatures averaged more than 1.5 degrees Celsius above pre-industrial times, the European Union’s climate change monitoring service said on Thursday. Already 2023 was the planet’s hottest year in global records going back to 1850, as […]
A Sustainable Life: “Digitising” your wardrobe can help you save money and make sustainable fashion choices
Researchers DEIDRE SHAW and KATHERINE DUFFY, in an article first published on The Conversation, explain their research with Save Your Wardrobe, an app designed to help people organise and categorise their clothes..