climate change

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25 10 2020 | 10:54

Rewilding 30 per cent of world’s land would halt extinctions and ‘absorb half of CO2 emissions’, major study finds

30x30 goal ‘critical’ in preventing species loss and climate breakdown ‘spinning out of control’ Last month, political leaders from 64 countries around the world all pledged to “reverse biodiversity…

25 10 2020 | 10:34

Protect the Antarctic Peninsula — before it’s too late.

Banning fishing in warming coastal waters and limiting tourism and construction on land will help to protect marine mammals and seabirds.

25 10 2020 | 10:23

Ice melt in Alaska threatens to unleash unprecedented 'mega-tsunami,' scientists warn.

A giant, catastrophic tsunami in Alaska triggered by a landslide of rock left unstable after glacier melting is likely to occur in the next two decades, scientists fear - and it could happen within…

24 10 2020 | 13:07

Trump is in an alternate universe’: Environmentalists react to president’s climate change remarks at debate

It has been around 20 years since a lengthy discussion on climate change featured in a presidential debate during which time a monumental shift has happened in how America views the crisis. 

24 10 2020 | 13:06

CO2 Emissions Caused Earth’s Largest Mass Extinction, Study Confirms.

The excess carbon dioxide emitted by human activity since the start of the industrial revolution has already raised the Earth's temperature by more than one degree Celsius, increased the risk of …

24 10 2020 | 13:05

Air Pollution Responsible for Over 6.6 Million Deaths Worldwide in 2020, Study Finds.

An annual comprehensive report on air pollution showed that it was responsible for 6.67 million deaths worldwide, including the premature death of 500,000 babies, with the worst health outcomes…

24 10 2020 | 13:03

Climate crisis: Met Office warns extreme weather in UK will get worse and more frequent.

‘The UK is projected to become hotter and drier in summer, and warmer and wetter in winter’, agency says.

24 10 2020 | 12:48

ExxonMobil says the long-term fundamentals have not changed. Really?

No fundamental shift is taking place in global energy markets, according to company reports In April, when announcing its first-quarter financial performance, including its first quarterly loss in…

24 10 2020 | 12:44

Peru and Switzerland sign first sale agreement for credits generated under Paris Agreement's Article 6

GENEVA  – The governments of Peru and Switzerland today signed the first agreement between Parties to the Paris Agreement for the sale of emission reductions generated under Article 6 of the…

24 10 2020 | 12:38

China losing interest in Australian coal isn't about diplomacy – it's simply market dynamics.

We need to discuss how communities and workers in the coal sector will cope with China’s push for self-sufficiency. Australian politicians have been selling the “dream” of coal for years, but it’s a…

24 10 2020 | 12:29

Sea-Level Rise Takes Business Toll in North Carolina's Outer Banks.

North Carolina's Outer Banks are dotted with vacation beaches and historic communities. But the sweeping water views do not only draw tourists. They give locals a front row seat to sea-level rise.…

24 10 2020 | 12:17

Green recovery would cut global emissions by 7% and create millions of jobs.

If all major nations developed strong plans for a green recovery from Covid-19, global annual emissions would be 7% lower in 2030 than in 2019 and millions of new jobs would be created in sectors…

24 10 2020 | 12:11

Trump Admin Is Rushing Harmful Regulatory Rollbacks as Election Nears.

With President Donald Trump's re-election very much in doubt, his administration is rushing to ram through regulatory rollbacks that could adversely affect millions of Americans, the environment, and…

24 10 2020 | 12:00

BP market value at 26-year low as investor confidence shaken.

Oil firm slumps to value of £40.5bn, well below that of offshore wind developer Orsted. BP’s market value has fallen below 200p a share for the first time since 1994 with investor faith in the…

24 10 2020 | 11:55

Thousands of seal pups discovered dead in mysterious mass die-off at colony in Namibia.

‘This is tragic, as it makes up a large portion of the new pup arrivals expected in late November,’ says conservationist organisation. Thousands of dead seal pups have been washed up on land in …

24 10 2020 | 11:51

Earth Just Had Its Hottest September Ever Recorded, NOAA Says

As the climate crisis fuels devastating wildfires across the western United States and melts Arctic sea ice at an alarming rate, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration 

24 10 2020 | 11:47

This s*** is going to kill us’: Harrison Ford slams leaders who make climate change a ‘divisive issue’.

‘Vote to save nature. Vote to save your children’s future. Vote as if your life depends on it,’ Ford says  Harrison Ford has called on voters to back leaders who will move to tackle the climate…

24 10 2020 | 11:40

Bill Nye to flat Earthers and science deniers: 'It affects all of us'.

Bill Nye has had it with flat-Earthers and other science deniers.

24 10 2020 | 11:40

10 million snowblowers? Last-ditch ideas to save the Arctic ice.

Some of the solutions sound fantastical – but their proponents argue that there are precious few other options. Time is running out for the Arctic. The region continues to warm at two or three times…

24 10 2020 | 11:35

Gabby Greta talking climate change doll.

“HOW DARE YOU!  You sit there talking about economic growth when we are on the verge of mass extinction! I should be back in school across the ocean in Sweden playing with my “Adorable Adolf” doll.…