EU scientists say 2021 was world’s fifth-hottest year on record
Brussels, BelgiumReuters Last year was the world’s fifth hottest on record, while levels of planet-warming carbon dioxide and methane in the atmosphere hit new highs in 2021, European Union scientists said. The EU’s Copernicus Climate Change Service (C3S) said in a report on Monday that the last seven years were the world’s warmest “by a clear margin” […]
World “way off track” in halting warming, UN warns ahead of COP26
Geneva, Switzerland/Glasgow, UKReuters Greenhouse gas concentrations hit a record last year and the world is “way off track” on climate goals, the UN weather agency said on Monday, showing the scale of the task facing governments scrambling to avert dangerous levels of warming. A report by the World Meteorological Organization showed that carbon dioxide levels […]
UN climate report likely to deliver stark warnings on global warming
London, UKReuters Eight years after its last update on climate science, the United Nations is set to publish a report Monday that will likely deliver even starker warnings about how quickly the planet is warming – and how damaging the impacts might get. Since the last report by the UN Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change […]
Essay: As Catholic bishops’ Communion war roils June meeting, look what’s not on the agenda
US Catholic commentator Rev THOMAS REESE, in an article first published on Religion News Service, looks at what’s not on the agenda of US Catholic bishops during next week’s meeting…
Climate change: Five places where global warming is a security risk
Thomson Reuters Foundation From Louisiana’s battle with two hurricanes and an icy polar vortex in the past year to Kenya’s struggle with locusts, drought and floods, climate risks are piling up – and colliding with other threats like COVID-19, making them harder to manage. “By the time you start to recover from one direct hit, […]
Climate change: Scared by global warming? In Iceland, one solution is petrifying
ALISTER DOYLE, of Thomson Reuters Foundation, reports on an unusual – and controversial – solution being employed in Iceland to tackle global warming…
Struck by Amazon fires, Brazilians say they want greater environmental protection
Sao Paulo, BrazilThomson Reuters Foundation More than three-quarters of Brazilians think Amazon rainforest fires have hurt the country’s image – and that environmental protection should become a priority for the country, even at an economic cost, a new survey has found. The study on climate change views, organised by Brazil’s Institute of Technology and Society and the […]
How green is your green investment? This app could tell you
Thomson Reuters Foundation With the world racing to curb global warming, there has been a growing focus on green investments to help ensure money goes to support a sustainable future. But making an eco-friendly investment can be complex, both because of a lack of clear comparisons between products and because of ‘greenwashing’ by companies that […]
Not personal enough: Why climate change is not yet a top priority
London, UKThomson Reuters Foundation Spurring ambitious-enough action to stem climate change will require persuading most people that its impacts – from deadlier weather to surging migration – are a direct and imminent threat to themselves, according to a British defence official. Global warming “is not inconvenient if you’re not affected by it at all”, said […]
“Canary in the coal mine”: Greenland ice has shrunk beyond return, study finds
Reuters Greenland’s ice sheet may have shrunk past the point of return, with the ice likely to melt away no matter how quickly the world reduces climate-warming emissions, new research suggests. Scientists studied data on 234 glaciers across the Arctic territory spanning 34 years through 2018 and found that annual snowfall was no longer enough […]