Extreme weather claimed thousands of lives and caused losses worth tens of billions of dollars worldwide this year, says Christian Aid
BARCELONA - Disasters fuelled by weather and climate extremes…
This year's economic shutdowns have done little to reduce the world's carbon emissions. While pollution has dipped, greenhouse gases keep accumulating in the atmosphere, locking in future decades of…
The impact of Regional and Global Climate Change on Vulnerable and Low Income Population
Afroditi Synnefa,
Shamila Haddad,
Priya Rajagopalan and
Matthaios Santamouris
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Species that grow faster could be better at pulling carbon from the atmosphere, but could also come with risks
Armand Séguin planted his first genetically modified tree — a poplar — more than 20…
Rolling out 5G technology could lead to a sharp increase in power consumption and greenhouse gas emissions, a report published by France's High Council on Climate warns.
The report, published…
Solar and onshore wind get 1 gigawatt each while floating offshore wind seeks foothold.
Spain has launched a tender for up to 3.18 gigawatts of renewable generation in its first auction under a pay-…
A recent study highlights the most promising areas along Washington, Oregon and California coasts to harvest wave energy.
RICHLAND, Wash.—Washington and Oregon coastlines are home not only to sea…
State-owned utility PT PLN (Persero) is seeking proposals from independent power producers to build large-scale solar plants.
The Indonesian government wants the country to deploy 6.5 GW of solar by…
LONDON (Reuters Breakingviews) - The sun will come out tomorrow for oil titans. Even as stock markets rallied broadly from pandemic-induced 33% dives in March, share prices for BP, Royal Dutch Shell…
Conservationists have captured video footage of an extremely adorable turtle "tsunami."
Sound impossible? What the videographers are calling a "tsunami" is actually comprised of an endangered…
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…
TEHRAN – Iranian Energy Minister Reza Ardakanian said on Wednesday that the country has great potentials in the field of renewable energies and can have a significant role in developing the region’s…
In a virtual meeting, representatives of the Global Environment Facility’s 184 member countries moved this week to financially support countries seeking to protect nature and tackle environmental…
Tom Kennedy learned about the long-term contamination of his family's drinking water about two months after he was told that his breast cancer had metastasized to his brain and was terminal.
Veles is a spray cleanser made from organic waste—the first in what founder Amanda Weeks hopes will be a whole trash-based product line.
There’s a pervasive bit of mythology about food waste that it…
President-elect Joe Biden introduced on Saturday key members of the team he is assembling to fulfill his pledge to combat climate change, calling them brilliant and qualified.
Climate change is “the…
The Oil & Gas Authority has submitted a revised strategy to the UK Parliament, featuring a range of new net zero obligations for the UK.
The revised Strategy reflects the ongoing global energy…
The evidence to the contrary comes from the Morrison government’s own data.
Just as people in the Middle Ages mistakenly believed the sun revolved around the Earth, many modern-day Australians…