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..
World’s largest cruise ship sets sail, bringing concerns about methane emissions
New York City, US Reuters The world’s largest cruise ship is set for its maiden voyage on Saturday, but environmental groups are concerned that the liquefied natural gas-powered vessel – and other giant cruise liners to follow – will leak harmful methane into the atmosphere. Royal Caribbean International’s Icon of the Seas sets sail from […]
Brazil will need to resettle those hit by climate disasters, minister says
Davos, Switzerland Reuters Brazil will need to relocate citizens in areas that have been hit repeatedly by storms and other disasters supercharged by climate change, the country’s Environment Minister Marina Silva told Reuters in Davos, Switzerland on Wednesday. Climate change globally is expected to make certain areas unlivable and drive the migration of hundreds of […]
Climate impacts: Kashmir’s snow shortage leaves ski resort facing bleak winter
As snowfall decreases due to climate change and El Niño, workers in India’s winter tourism industry in Gulmarg count the cost. MEHRAN FIRDOUS, of Thomson Reuters Foundation, reports…
Essay: Six ways inequality holds back climate action
Against the backdrop of the World Economic Forum taking place this week, EMMA GARNETT and CHARLOTTE A KUKOWSKI explain, in an article first published on The Conversation, why inequality remains one of the biggest barriers to the net zero transition…
Humanitarian crises will worsen in 2024 – International Rescue Committee
Mexico City, CityReuters Climate change, worsening armed conflicts, growing debt-loads and shrinking international support will accelerate humanitarian crises worldwide in 2024, the International Rescue Committee said in a report on Thursday. In its 2024 Emergency Watchlist, the New York-based IRC pointed to 20 nations largely in Africa at the greatest risk of a worsening humanitarian […]
Nations strike deal at COP28 to transition away from fossil fuels
Dubai, United Arab EmiratesReuters Representatives from nearly 200 countries agreed at the COP28 climate summit on Wednesday to begin reducing global consumption of fossil fuels to avert the worst of climate change, signalling the eventual end of the oil age. The deal struck in Dubai after two weeks of hard-fought negotiations was meant to send […]
COP28 clashes over fossil fuel phase-out after OPEC pushback
Dubai, United Arab EmiratesReuters Countries clashed on Saturday over a possible agreement to phase-out fossil fuels at the COP28 summit in Dubai, jeopardising attempts to deliver a first-ever commitment to eventually end the use of oil and gas in 30 years of global warming talks. Saudi Arabia and Russia were among several countries insisting that […]
COP28 leader urges nations to get out of “comfort zones”
Dubai, United Arab EmiratesReuters COP28 President Sultan al-Jaber urged countries on Friday to get out of their comfort zones and work together to reach agreement before the two-week summit ends. “Let’s please get this job done,” he said, opening a plenary session as the summit entered its toughest phase of negotiations. “I need you to […]