“Climate time bomb ticking”, emissions must urgently be cut – UN chief
Reuters UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres warned that the “climate time bomb is ticking” as he urged rich nations on Monday to slash emissions sooner after a new assessment from scientists said there was little time to lose in tackling climate change. “The rate of temperature rise in the last half century is the highest […]
A Sustainable Life: Here are the most effective things you can do to fight climate change
UK scholar MAX CALLAGHAN, in an article first published on The Conversation, draws on the latest UN climate change panel report to see what actions individuals can take to help fight climate change…
Explainer – How climate change drives heatwaves and wildfires in Europe
Brussels, BelgiumReuters Europe is in the grip of a record-breaking heatwave and wildfires are raging across the Mediterranean. Here’s how climate change drives these events… Hotter, more frequent heatwavesClimate change makes heatwaves hotter and more frequent. This is the case for most land regions, and has been confirmed by the UN’s global panel of climate […]
“Now or never”: Only severe emissions cuts will avoid climate extremes – UN report
Reuters Drastic cuts to fossil fuel use. Growing forests and eating less meat. These are just some of the actions needed in this decade to contain global warming to 1.5 degrees Celsius above preindustrial temperatures, a major report by the UN climate science agency said Monday. Despite climate change warnings issued by the Intergovernmental Panel […]
The Interview: Evangelical scientist Katharine Hayhoe finds hope in United Nations’ climate report
Following the release of the latest report from the United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change last week, EMILY MCFARLAN MILLER, of Religion News Service, speaks to US-based climate scientist Katharine Hayhoe about faith, hope and science…
Essay: Freeing our democracy from the tentacles of coal and gas
THEA ORMEROD, president of the Australian Religious Response to Climate Change, calls for action to address the hold that she argues coal and gas industries have over politics in Australia…
Climate action lags as COVID hits goals in developing nations
Kingston, JamaicaThomson Reuters Foundation From higher shipping costs for solar panels to employee layoffs, a plethora of pandemic-related ills have hindered efforts to fight climate change in the Caribbean nation of Grenada. And it is not alone. Across the world, COVID-19 has hit economic growth and tax revenue, making it harder for governments – particularly in developing nations – to […]
Essay: Mass starvation, extinctions, disasters: the new IPCC report’s grim predictions, and why adaptation efforts are falling behind
Three vice-chairs of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change – MARK HOWDEN, JOY PEREIRA, and ROBERTO SÁNCHEZ – look – in an article published on The Conversation – at the findings of the latest IPCC report…
“Delay means death” – UN climate report urges immediate, drastic action
Reuters Climate change is already disrupting billions of lives and humanity is not doing enough to limit the suffering, the United Nations climate science panel warned in a major report on Monday. Noting that nearly half the world’s population was already vulnerable to increasingly dangerous climate impacts, the report calls for drastic action on a […]
Explainer – As climate change wreaks havoc globally, IPCC report flags ways to adapt
Barcelona, SpainThomson Reuters Foundation From Madagascar, where hunger is surging after a recent storm destroyed drought-withered crops, to Brazil’s historic mountain town of Petropolis, hit by a deluge that has caused about 200 deaths, the impacts of wilder weather are being felt worldwide. Worse is to come, faster than expected, even if efforts to curb […]