Top 10 deadliest natural disasters in history.
Reminding us how powerful Mother Nature is.
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U.S. federal spending bill includes funding to combat climate change.
The bill providing coronavirus aid and funding the U.S. government that is expected to be approved on Monday contains measures to address climate change, including limiting the use of a potent greenhouse gas in refrigerants and extending tax incentives for wind and solar energy.
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Climate Change Legislation Included in Coronavirus Relief Deal.
WASHINGTON — In the waning days of the 116th Congress, lawmakers have authorized $35 billion in spending on wind, solar and other clean power sources while curtailing the use of a potent planet-warming chemical used in air-conditioners and refrigerators.
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After the pandemic - a chance to build forward to a better future.
In 2020, we experienced a year like no other with a pandemic that has already claimed more than a million lives. The associated economic calamity is projected to make the world economy 4.4 per cent smaller this year and cost an estimated US $28 trillion in lost output through 2025.
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2021 forecast to be one of Earth’s hottest years despite La Niña, says Met Office.
Forecast suggests 2021 is likely to be the seventh successive year where global temperatures are around 1C or more above pre-industrial levels
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More than 17,000 species worldwide to lose part of habitat if agriculture continues to expand.
Around 1,200 species will lose a quarter of their habitat if little is done to stop the uncontrolled expansion of the food system, research says
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Global food industry on course to drive rapid habitat loss – research.
World faces huge wildlife losses by 2050 unless what and how food is produced changes. The global food system is on course to drive rapid and widespread ecological damage with almost 90% of land animals likely to lose some of their habitat by 2050, research has found.
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New Zealand village turns off street lights to stop birds crash-landing on to roads
Westland petrel fledglings have been hitting the roads, possibly mistaking the lights for bioluminescent fish they feed on.
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Five Climate Change Lessons From 2020.
In early January of this year, fresh off the experience of writing a year-end blog post for 2019, I started a project that I thought would make writing this year's year-end post easier.
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Formula 1 introduces sustainable fuel and commits to being net-zero by 2030
Five years after the Paris Agreement was adopted during the COP 21, and as the United Nations Secretary General Antonio Guterres just called on leaders worldwide to declare a State of Climate Emergency in their countries, the FIA have announced a new step forward in their commitment to th
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Investing in the green economy: sizing the opportunity.
With the development of multiple new green taxonomies at the national level, the key to their implementation is going to be broad and granular green datasets.
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5 Looming Environmental Crises That Rival Climate Change.
Humans are transgressing planetary boundaries on several fronts. In November of 2019, 11,000+ of the world’s foremost climate scientists
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Trump pardons Blackwater contractors jailed for massacre of Iraq civilians.
Four guards fired on unarmed crowd in Baghdad in 2007, killing 14 and sparking outrage over use of private security in war zones.
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Microplastics revealed in the placentas of unborn babies.
Health impact is unknown but scientists say particles may cause long-term damage to foetuses. Microplastic particles have been revealed in the placentas of unborn babies for the first time, which the researchers said was “a matter of great concern”.
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Stop believing in fairy tales: Australia’s coal industry doesn’t employ many people or pay its fair share of tax.
The evidence to the contrary comes from the Morrison government’s own data.
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Federal resources minister insists inquiry into banks' decision to abandon thermal coal will go ahead.
Committee has delayed decision after some Liberals criticised proposal but Keith Pitt says it should ‘do its job’.
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2020: a truly unimaginable year for biodiversity.
The Guardian’s biodiversity editor looks back on a year that put the state of the planet on the agenda in ways no one could have foreseen.
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Climate crisis could cause Caspian Sea to shrink, scientists warn.
Surface area of world’s largest lake could be up to 23 to 34 per cent smaller by 2100, researchers say in a comment article.
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Nearly 90% of Land Animals Could Lose Habitat by 2050, Study Finds.
Unless global food systems are transformed, the world could face severe ecological damage in just a few decades.
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