March 31, 2024
The next big climate deadline is for meat and dairy
March 31, 2024
The next big climate deadline is for meat and dairy
Even as Australia braces for a summer of projected extreme heatwaves and bushfires amid the intensifying climate crisis, the fossil gas industry is gearing up for a truly enormous new fracking project in the Northern Territory’s Beetaloo Basin. In February, a CSIRO-backed report was published, stating Beetaloo could be developed without adding to Australia’s net emissions. In […]
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The Transition Pathway Initiative (TPI), in partnership with the Grantham Research Institute on Climate Change and the Environment, conducted a study “[t]racking progress with the TPI Net Zero Banking Assessment Framework.” As part of its assessment process, TPI used the Net Zero Baking Assessment Framework to evaluate banks’ progress in managing the low-carbon transition and mitigating the […]
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Deforestation in the Amazon causes land surfaces up to 100 kilometers away to get warmer, according to a new study. The research, by a team of British and Brazilian scientists, led by Dr. Edward Butt at the University of Leeds, suggests that tropical forests play a critical role in cooling the land surface—and that effect […]
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BETHLEHEM, Pa. — Small communities and agencies want robust scientific data, Grace Tee Lewis said, but often don’t have the time, money or manpower to get it done, let alone include dozens of variables to create an accurate picture. So, researchers did it for them. “We wanted to have a tool that addressed the intersection […]
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A historic agreement to support victims of climate disasters is at risk of coming apart — a development that could derail the upcoming United Nations climate summit in Dubai. Talks on setting up a fund to help poorer countries cope with the consequences of global warming have become mired in acrimony to the point where […]
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COP28 President Dr. Sultan Al Jaber addressed a record number of ministers and delegations from around the world at the opening session of Pre-COP, declaring that the international community needs to unite on climate action and that, “We have to come through. We must unite. We must act. And we must deliver in Dubai.” Pre-COP, […]
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In an investment in the next generation of environmental leaders, the Global Environment Facility is sponsoring 13 youth ambassadors from across Latin America to participate in the 2023 United Nations climate summit as part of their national delegations. In a pilot partnership with Operation COP: Youth Ambassadors for Climate, a Climate Reality Project Latin America initiative, the […]
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The study of whale ecology did not begin until most populations had been depleted by commercial whaling. Some species still teeter on the edge of extinction, whereas others have shown encouraging signs of recovery. The Eastern Pacific population of gray whales (Eschrichtius robustus) was hunted to low levels in the 19th century but was protected […]
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Next month’s UN climate summit in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) must respond decisively to the gaps in the intranational community’s response climate crisis, Deputy-Secretary-General Amina Mohamed said on Monday. Ms. Mohammed, delivering opening remarks to a preparatory meeting, or Pre-Cop, being held in Abu Dahbi, underscored that the next UN climate summit was being […]
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Nearly all Floridians believe climate change is happening, per a new survey from Florida Atlantic University. What’s happening: The poll of 1,400 Floridians found that 90% of respondents believe climate change is underway. The intrigue: That’s more than the rest of the country, according to a recent Yale poll that found the American consensus to be about 74%. “Floridians might be […]
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