World Bank: Protecting nature could avert global economic losses of $2.7 Trillion per year
A new World Bank report has estimated that the collapse of select ecosystem services provided by nature could result in a decline in global GDP of $2.7 trillion annually by 2030.
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UK Government confirms coal power phase out will be brought forward to 2024
From 1 October 2024, Great Britain will no longer use coal to generate electricity, a year earlier than planned.
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Nissan unveils £1bn electric vehicle hub to accelerate the journey to carbon neutrality
Nissan has unveiled a £1 billion flagship Electric Vehicle (EV) Hub creating a world-first EV manufacturing ecosystem.
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New Zealand experiences hottest June on record despite polar blast
Average temperatures for the month were 2C higher than normal, with 24 separate locations hitting their own records
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UN: Asia-Pacific Climate Week 2021 Kicks Off
UN Climate Change News, 6 July 2021 – The Virtual Thematic Sessions of Asia-Pacific Climate Week 2021 (APCW 2021) kicked off today. APCW 2021 will be held from 6 to 9 July and is hosted by the Government of Japan.
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‘We need to become the solution’: older New Zealanders join climate change fight
Younger people have been more aware of the risks compared with older groups, but over the past decade that has changed
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Sixty years of climate change warnings: the signs that were missed (and ignored)
The effects of ‘weird weather’ were already being felt in the 1960s, but scientists linking fossil fuels with climate change were dismissed as prophets of doom.
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Nordic countries endure heatwave as Lapland records hottest day since 1914
Kevo in Lapland recorded a temperature of 33.6C after Finland registered record heat in June. Nordic countries have registered near-record temperatures over the weekend, including highs of 34C (93.2F) in some places.
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Heat wave sends water pouring off Mount Rainier, exposing glaciers to summer heat sooner
A torrent of melted snow has flooded rivers and streams near Mount Rainier following record-setting heat throughout Washington.
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5 things to know about EU’s Fit for 55 climate package
The mammoth plan sets out how Europe will slash emissions over the next decade. Although it sounds like an exercise program for the middle-aged — Fit for 55 is actually the European Commission's plan to set the EU on course to slash greenhouse gas emissions by 55 percent by 2030.
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Business leaders call on EU for effective and coherent leadership on climate and net zero transition
In an open letter to Commission President Ursula von der Leyen and further key EU policymakers, CLG Europe members and business network partners, are calling on the EU to seize this opportunity and demonstrate leadership in the run up to the COP26 summit.
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New report focuses on need to mobilise buyers to accelerate demand for net zero steel
A new report released by the Energy Transitions Commission focuses on the need to mobilise buyers to accelerate the demand for net zero steel.
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UK’s climate targets will cost less than battling Covid, says OBR
But watchdog warns government that costs will double if it delays action to cut emissions The UK’s climate targets will cost the government less over the next 30 years than the price of battling the Covid-19 pandemic if it acts quickly, according to the UK’s fiscal watchdog.
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Taxpayers have spent at least $23B on pipeline subsidies and supports since 2018: report.
As calls to end government subsidies of fossil fuels grow in intensity, a new report finds that Canadian governments have allocated billions of taxpayer dollars to building and expanding new pipelines in the past year alone.
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World ‘must step up preparations for extreme heat’
Rising temperatures may be hitting faster and harder than forecast, say climate scientists in wake of heatwave in US and Canada
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Extreme temperatures kill 5 million people a year with heat-related deaths rising, study finds
More people died of cold than heat in past 20 years but climate change is shifting the balance. More than 5 million people die each year globally because of excessively hot or cold conditions, a 20-year study has found – and heat-related deaths are on the rise.
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North America endured hottest June on record
Satellite data shows temperature peaks are lasting longer and rising higher North America endured the hottest June on record last month, according to satellite data that shows temperature peaks lasting longer as well as rising higher.
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‘Humiliation and discrimination’: Environmental defenders facing ‘unprecedented attacks’ in Latin America
Communities ‘are being killed as they seek to uphold their environmental, human and spiritual rights’, one defender tells The Independent
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Large-Scale U.S. Solar Growth to Top Wind for First Time in 2022
Growth in large-scale U.S. solar capacity is projected to exceed that of wind next year for the first time.
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Johnson Says U.K. May Need ‘Big Bet’ on Heat Pumps and Hydrogen
Prime Minister Boris Johnson said the U.K. needs to find a way to lower the cost of electrifying domestic hot water and heating in order to meet its target for net-zero greenhouse gas emissions by 2050.
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