Virtual reality games offer visceral taste of a climate-changed future
London, UKThomson Reuters Foundation It’s 2040 in Miami, and a powerful hurricane has swamped the low-lying city. You stand alone under a dark, foreboding sky, chest-high waves sloshing around you, an abandoned car floating nearby one of the few objects visible in the expanse of water. A ball-shaped robot then hovers into view, urging you […]
Sight-Seeing: In Advent, we hope and wait. Climate change doesn’t lend itself to either
US Catholic commentator THOMAS REESE – in an article first published on Religion News Service – writes that Advent is supposed to be a time of anticipation and hope, but the threat of global warming brings me anxiety and fear…
School’s out: Pakistan floods raise education fears for millions
IMRAN MUKHTAR, of Thomson Reuters Foundation, reports that climate change-fuelled flooding has damaged or destroyed more than 26,600 schools, with dropout fears growing…
Explainer – Who will pay for climate ‘loss and damage’?
Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt Reuters The COP27 summit of nearly 200 countries agreed on Sunday to set up a “loss and damage” fund to support poorer countries being ravaged by climate impacts, overcoming decades of resistance from wealthy nations whose historic emissions have fuelled climate change. Pakistan’s climate minister Sherry Rehman, who was part of the […]
COP27 deal delivers landmark on ‘loss and damage’, but little else
Updated 6pm (AEST)Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt Reuters Countries adopted a hard-fought final agreement at the COP27 climate summit early on Sunday that sets up a fund to help poor countries being battered by climate disasters – but does not boost efforts to tackle the emissions causing them. After tense negotiations that ran through the night, the […]
No water: Middle East’s Fertile Crescent dries up as rains fail
AMINA ISMAIL and MAHA EL DAHAN, of Reuters, report on the climate crisis facing Iraq and other Middle Eastern countries that could fuel more turmoil in the region as communities fight over dwindling water resources…
From Pacific to Red Sea: climate court action gathers wave of support
Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt Reuters A campaign by the South Pacific island nation of Vanuatu for the world’s top court to take a stance on protecting people from climate change gained momentum on Friday, winning the support of almost half the nearly 200 countries at a global summit. In total 86 countries, including core nations that […]
Essay: Once again, wealthy nations are letting down poor nations at the Egypt climate talks
In an article first published on The Conversation, JACQUELINE PEEL, director of Melbourne Climate Future at The University of Melbourne, looks why the COP27 climate change negotiations in Egypt are unlikely to deliver any concrete action on “loss and damage”…
Postcards: Children from Global South make their presence felt at climate summit
GLORIA DICKIE and MAI SHAMSELDIN, of Reuters, report from COP27 in Sharm el-Sheikh…
COP27 negotiators still far apart on strong climate deal
Sharm el-Sheikh, EgyptReuters Countries were far from agreeing the contours of a climate deal at the COP27 summit in Egypt on Wednesday, with the host country urging negotiators to resolve their differences ahead of a weekend deadline. The outcome of the conference in Sharm el-Sheikh is a test of world resolve to tackle global warming […]