Ροή

Αποτελέσματα 1921 - 1940 | από συνολικά 16254
01 10 2024 | 13:07

Louisiana town the canary in the coalmine as climate effects worsen

Last week, one south-west Louisiana city in particular was girding itself for Hurricane Francine’s blow: Lake Charles, located about four hours west of New Orleans and two hours east of Houston. In…

01 10 2024 | 13:06

Ethiopia: United Nations Office for Project Services (UNOPS) and the Ministry of Health signed a $13.5 million project financed by the World Bank to procure and install Oxygen Supply Systems

UNOPS and the Ministry of Health have formalized a $13.5 million partnership financed by the World Bank for the procurement and installation of oxygen plants in hospitals throughout Ethiopia. This…

01 10 2024 | 13:06

Data center emissions probably 662% higher than big tech claims. Can it keep up the ruse?

Big tech has made some big claims about greenhouse gas emissions in recent years. But as the rise of artificial intelligence creates ever bigger energy demands, it’s getting hard for the industry to…

01 10 2024 | 13:03

More than £494bn subsidies a year in developing world harmful to climate, says report

A new report points toward subsidies for dirty industries as an obstacle for clean climate finance. Photograph: Matias Delacroix/AP More than $650bn (£494bn) a year in public subsidies goes to…

01 10 2024 | 13:03

Criticism of sacred site decision shows we have learned nothing from Juukan Gorge

Among the concerns listed by the 2,000 farmers who converged on the lawns of Parliament House in Canberra last week was the protection of prime agricultural land from renewable energy developments.

01 10 2024 | 13:03

Superyacht and private jet tax could raise £2bn a year, say campaigners

Private jets are up to 14 times more polluting, for each passenger, than commercial planes according to Transport & Environment. Photograph: Attila Bodzsoni/Alamy Fair taxes on superyachts and…

01 10 2024 | 13:01

Fossil fuel companies sponsor $5.6bn in global ‘sportswashing’ deals

Fossil fuel companies pumped at least $5.6bn (£4.2bn) of sponsorship money into motorsports, football, golf and even snow sports in an effort to “buy social licence to operate”, according to a…

01 10 2024 | 13:00

Floods in Poland and wildfires in Portugal show reality of climate breakdown, says EU

Workers at Wrocław zoo, close to the Oder River, build flood reinforcements on Wednesday. Photograph: Maciej Kulczyński/EPA Soldiers, emergency workers and volunteers battled through the night to…

01 10 2024 | 13:00

IRENA and Azerbaijan COP29 Presidency to Hold Energy Transition Investment Forum in Baku

Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, 19 September 2024 – The International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA), COP29 Presidency and Ministry of Energy of Azerbaijan announced today that the first Energy…

01 10 2024 | 13:00

Global spending on subsidies that harm environment rises to $2.6tn, report says

The world is spending at least $2.6tn (£2tn) a year on subsidies that drive global heating and destroy nature, according to new analysis.

01 10 2024 | 12:58

The demise of coal, as it turns out, is a lot of gas

Large machinery piles and stores electrical coal just unloaded from a cargo ship at the coal terminal in Lianyungang Port, China, on May 24, 2024. (Photo: Costfoto/NurPhoto via Reuters)

01 10 2024 | 12:58

Norway: electric cars outnumber petrol for first time in ‘historic milestone’

Electric cars now outnumber petrol cars in Norway for the first time, an industry organisation has said, a world first that puts the country on track towards taking fossil fuel vehicles off the road…

01 10 2024 | 12:58

‘Every time the planes pass, my eyes burn’: the hidden cost of Costa Rican bananas

For more than 20 years, Lidieth Gomez’s days have been punctuated by the hum of crop-spraying planes. At dawn and dusk, the skies over Matina, capital of Limón province on Costa Rica’s Caribbean…

01 10 2024 | 12:58

‘Butterfly emergency’ declared as UK summer count hits record low

A national “butterfly emergency” has been declared by Butterfly Conservation after the lowest Big Butterfly Count since records began. An average of just seven butterflies per 15-minute count were…

01 10 2024 | 12:57

Advancing gender equality through Generation Equality‘s multi-stakeholder approach and local action in Kenya

Stakeholders from across Kenya gathered in Nairobi for a landmark event that brought together Generation Equality commitment makers based in Kenya. The event aimed to raise awareness of Generation…

01 10 2024 | 12:57

Global heating is making El Niño and La Niña forecasts less reliable, BoM says

The Bureau of Meteorology has Australia on ‘La Niña watch’ but says that if it does develop it is likely to be short-lived and weak. Photograph: Nadir Kinani/The Guardian The Bureau of Meteorology…

01 10 2024 | 12:56

Slow progress in Baku risks derailing talks on new climate finance goal at COP29

A delegate's laptop bears a slogan calling for loss and damage finance at the mid-year UN climate talks in Bonn on June 7, 2024. (Photo: IISD/ENB - Kiara Worth)

01 10 2024 | 12:53

Is Brazil’s Lula a climate leader?

U.S. President Joe Biden and Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva attend an event with labor leaders from the United States and Brazil, on the sidelines of the 78th U.N. General Assembly in…

01 10 2024 | 12:52

‘Vast’ carbon sink of mud on seabed needs more protection, study shows

The sun rising over mudflats at Sandyhills Bay on the Solway Firth, Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland. Photograph: Mark Hamblin/The Wildlife Trusts Seabed habitats could capture almost three times…