Climate change: World’s war on greenhouse gas emissions has a military blind spot
SARAH MCFARLANE and VALERIE VOLCOVICI, of Reuters, report…
At COP27, climate change framed as battle for survival
Sharm El-Sheikh, EgyptReuters World leaders and diplomats framed the fight against global warming as a battle for human survival during opening speeches at the COP27 climate summit in Egypt on Monday, with the head of the United Nations declaring a lack of progress so far had the world speeding down a “highway to hell”. The […]
COP26 coal pledge falls short on support as emissions surge
Glasgow, UKReuters A pledge to phase out coal gained the support of 23 more countries at the UN climate conference on Thursday, but was shunned by big users of the dirtiest of the fuels that cause global warming. The COP26 summit hopes to find ways to keep within reach a target of limiting the global […]
Earth Day – US, other countries deepen climate goals at summit; Pope says planet “on the brink”
Washington, DC Reuters The United States and other countries hiked their targets for slashing greenhouse gas emissions at a global climate summit hosted by President Joe Biden, an event meant to resurrect US leadership in the fight against global warming. Biden unveiled the goal to cut emissions by 50 to 52 per cent from 2005 […]
“Perfect storm” awaits farming and fisheries if world doesn’t curb emissions
Rome, ItalyThomson Reuters Foundation The world needs to urgently cut its planet-warming greenhouse gas emissions to avoid a “perfect storm” that will lead to simultaneous falls in food production from both farming and marine fisheries, researchers said. If emissions continue to rise rapidly, nearly “90 per cent of the world’s population…are projected to be exposed […]