The Caribbean is ‘ground zero’ for the global climate emergency: Guterres – UN News
The Reserve, a UNESCO World Heritage Site, is an immense green protected area covering around 11 percent of the national territory, is recognized for its tabletop mountains and endless biodiversity – some believed to be undiscovered – and remains for…
Global Warming And The Future Of Food – Modern Diplomacy
With one in eight people worldwide threatened by a lethal heat wave in South Asia that’s already taken close to 100 lives, it’s time we recognize that the climate crisis is a health crisis. This is not an isolated issue….
Climate change, hurricanes, and their toll on municipal credit – Bond Buyer
Analysts expect climate change, combined with the political realities of either addressing the effects of it or not, will have increasing impacts on municipal credit in the coming years. Droughts, fires, flooding, changed temperature patterns, reduced snow cover, and higher…
Stanford Medicine leaders sign Biden administration pledge to address climate change – Stanford Medical Center Report
A roundtable at the White House on reducing the health care industry’s climate-warming emissions includes leaders from Stanford Medicine. June 30, 2022 Leaders at Stanford Medicine have pledged to reduce climate-warming emissions by 50% by 2030 and achieve net-zero emissions by…
BC climate news roundup for June 20 to June 26 – Vancouver Sun
Article content Here’s your weekly update with what you need to know about global climate change and the steps B.C. is taking to address the climate and ecological crises for the week of June 20 to June 26, 2022. Article…
Decade-long drought turns Chilean lake to desert as global warming changes weather patterns – ABC News
Once the main water source for the city of Valparaiso, the Peñuelas reservoir in central Chile has now all but disappeared. Key points: Chile’s Peñuelas Lake has almost entirely dried up after more than a decade of drought Academics say that…
The Great Blue Wall Initiative: At the nexus of climate change, nature conservation, and the blue economy – Brookings Institution
The marine and coastal areas along the eastern shores of Africa contain rich, biodiverse, and under-threat flora and fauna unique for their biodiversity. The region hosts pristine coral reefs, carbon-rich mangrove forests, and sheltered seagrass beds, which support an abundance…
Opinion | What’s Worse: Climate Denial or Climate Hypocrisy? – The New York Times
Those straining to make the math work on the back end, by invoking large-scale carbon removal later this century, are generating novel dissonance, too. We see headlines about Stripe and its tech allies making a $925 million commitment to removal…
Global warming is shifting the relationships between fire weather and realized fire-induced CO2 emissions in Europe | Scientific Reports – Nature.com
Jolly, W. M. et al. Climate-induced variations in global wildfire danger from 1979 to 2013. Nat. Commun. 6, 1–11 (2015). CAS Article Google Scholar Abatzoglou, J. T., Williams, A., Boschetti, L., Zubkova, M. & Kolden, C. A. Global patterns of…
Study: Climate Change Will Affect Wave-Driven Coastal Erosion – The Maritime Executive
Pixabay file image Published Jun 19, 2022 10:14 PM by The Conversation [By Thomas Mortlock, Adrean Webb, Itxaso Oderiz, Nobuhito Mori, Rodolfo Silva and Tomoya Shimura] The world’s coastlines are at the forefront of climate change. That’s because they’re constantly…
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