World Bank seeks more funds to address climate change, other crises: Document – CNBC

The World Bank’s “Ease of Doing Business” report tracked and encouraged improvements in the business climate around the world. Then it got canceled. Bloomberg | Bloomberg | Getty Images The World Bank is seeking to vastly expand its lending capacity…

Exclusive: World Bank seeks more funds to address climate change, other crises – Reuters.com

WASHINGTON, Jan 2 (Reuters) – The World Bank is seeking to vastly expand its lending capacity to address climate change and other global crises and will negotiate with shareholders ahead of April meetings on proposals that include a capital increase…

Fact check: Is natural gas just as responsible as coal for global warming, as Union minister claims? – Scroll.in

RK Singh, the Union Minister for Power, New and Renewable Energy, said on December 5 that natural gas is just as responsible as coal for global warming, if not more. “In COP26 they added a line, they wanted to add……

Global warming myths, disinformation and lies circulated in 2022 – USA TODAY

Climate change hasn’t always been so polarizing and even today relatively few Americans deny global warming is real. Experts say easily disprovable narratives about the climate keeps circulating. These lies and distortions target renewable energy, economics and political polarization. There…

Where are we with global warming? | Johnston Sun Rise – Johnston Sun Rise

To refresh our collective memories limiting the earth’s warming to 1.5 degrees Celsius (2.7 Fahrenheit) has been the goal of climate advocates globally. The problem is we have already warmed by more than 1.1 degrees Celsius (2 degrees Fahrenheit) above…

Where are we with global warming? – Cranston Herald

To refresh our collective memories limiting the earth’s warming to 1.5 degrees Celsius (2.7 Fahrenheit) has been the goal of climate advocates globally. The problem is we have already warmed by more than 1.1 degrees Celsius (2 degrees Fahrenheit) above…

U.N. summit aims for global pact to protect nature – Reuters.com

MONTREAL, Dec 6 (Reuters) – Countries are gathering Tuesday for a key U.N. nature conference in Montreal, aiming to broker a new global agreement to protect what’s left of Earth’s wildlife and natural spaces. Negotiators hope that the two-week summit,…

Climate Change Alarmism is About Control, Not Maine’s Environment – The Maine Wire

Activist Greta Thunberg at the European Parliament For more than 30 years, Americans have been propagandized with a climate alarmist apocalyptic message: global warming (now climate change) is an existential threat to the planet caused by humans (specifically by capitalism,…

Atlas of Disaster shows 90% of US counties in last decade

A new report shares an Atlas of Disaster, showing that over the last decade 90% of counties in the United States suffered a major disaster. See the maps.

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Climate resilience: Kenyan farmers are adapting to extreme weather by growing indigenous crops

Exotic and commercial vegetables still form the bulk of Kenyan diets; campaigners for indigenous foods hope to reverse the trend