Greening of MSMEs key in India’s journey towards climate-resilience

Lack of awareness, limited training, capacity gaps, and insufficient knowledge about green finance markets, low-carbon technologies hinder MSMEs’ ability to adopt greener methods

Hundreds of trees to be felled for Cambridge bus route to tackle climate change

Hundreds of trees in an orchard designated as a habitat of principal importance in England should be felled to build a new busway to tackle climate change, councillors in Cambridgeshire voted on Tuesday. The county council voted by 33 to…

Can the New High Seas Treaty Help Limit Global Warming? – InsideClimate News

On the high seas, outside the jurisdiction of any country’s government, lie some of the largest reservoirs of biodiversity on Earth. These vast swaths of open ocean have been called “a lawless frontier,” a place where crime and violence are…

Atmospheric rivers now have intensity rankings

Scientists are pushing an intensity scale for atmospheric rivers, much like the hurricane intensity scale. They think it’ll help keep people safer.

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The Guardian view on Dutch farmer protests: a European test case | Editorial

Until relatively recently, Dutch farming prowess was hailed as one of the wonders of the global economy. In 2017, a National Geographic article headlined “This tiny country feeds the world” encapsulated a sense of national pride at the Netherlands’ status…

Climate change as a global amplifier of human–wildlife conflict – Nature.com

Abstract Climate change and human–wildlife conflict are both pressing challenges for biodiversity conservation and human well-being in the Anthropocene. Climate change is a critical yet underappreciated amplifier of human–wildlife conflict, as it exacerbates resource scarcity, alters human and animal behaviours…

Indigenous rangers warn sea level and temperature rises caused by climate change are killing remote Northern Territory turtles – ABC News

Tiwi Islands Indigenous marine ranger supervisor James De Santis has been monitoring the remote coastline of his home for 30 years. Key points: Indigenous rangers working across the Top End coast say rising sea levels are drowning turtle nests They…

Cactus Is Replacing Snow In Switzerland Mountains, Sparking Global Warming Concern – NDTV

Species of the cactus genus Opuntia are proliferating in some areas of Valais. Mountains in Switzerland are synonymous with snow. However, people are noticing increasing growth of cactus covering the slopes as global warming worsens. Authorities claim that prickly pears,…

Here’s Why Climate Change Gets The Spotlight But Biodiversity Doesn’t – Forbes

Global conferences focus public attention on pressing challenges with the hope that countries will be motivated to collectively address them. Last year, two major global conferences, the Conference of Parties (COP) meetings, took place, focusing on climate change and biodiversity….

‘Blue marble’: How half a century of climate change has altered the face of the Earth

 A photo taken by NASA in December 1972 has become an icon of the global environmental movement