The former VP says he’s nonetheless encouraged that the world is “close to a tipping point” beyond which leaders will “oppose progress at their peril.” Read more: edition.cnn.com Photo: edition.cnn.com
Category: Environment
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Exclusive: Russian oil producers send CPC Blend to UAE, open new export route
Russian oil producers supplied their first cargoes of CPC Blend crude to the United Arab Emirates (UAE) in August and September, four traders told Reuters, opening up a new export route as Moscow looks to find new customers and skirt Western sanctions. Moscow has found new markets for its oil despite sanctions imposed by G7...
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Adnoc Drilling adds four rigs in week’s time
Adnoc Drilling, a subsidiary of the Abu Dhabi National Oil Company (Adnoc), is significantly expanding operations and fleet. Last week, it added three high-spec jack-up rigs to its fleet. The Yas, Ramhan, and Salamah have arrived in UAE waters, ready to join the operational fleet. A few days earlier, the company sent an upgraded jack-up...
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Revealed: almost everyone in Europe is breathing toxic air
Europe is facing a “severe public health crisis”, with almost everyone across the continent living in areas with dangerous levels of air pollution, an investigation by the Guardian has found. Analysis of data gathered using cutting-edge methodology – including detailed satellite images and measurements from more than 1,400 ground monitoring stations – reveals a dire...
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Bitter taste of climate change: Drought diminishes China’s tea yields, alters flavour
Climate change is disrupting China’s tea industry. The country is the world’s leading producer of tea leaves, but this year, spring harvests fell by 20%, according to official figures. What’s more, the taste of the national beverage is also changing – the consequences of last summer’s drought. Lou Kisiela, Antoine Morel, Yan Chen and Yena Lee bring us...
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Keeping your cool in a warming world: 8 steps to help manage eco-anxiety
In a world facing environmental challenges unprecedented in human history, it’s no surprise that eco-anxiety – a pervasive worry about the current and future state of our planet – has become an increasingly prevalent mental health issue. As people witness the devastating impacts of climate change, deforestation and loss of biodiversity, it’s only natural to feel overwhelmed and disheartened. I happen to live in Phoenix,...
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Investors urge greater scrutiny of climate funding tools
With governments worldwide pouring billions of dollars into the transition to a low-carbon future, banks are the linchpins for financing wind, solar and other clean energy projects. But their financing tools have drawbacks that can detract from sustainability goals. Investors have been pumping money into renewable energy funding. In the first six months of 2023,...
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Climate change impeding fight against AIDS, TB and malaria
LONDON, Sept 18 (Reuters) – Climate change and conflict are hitting efforts to tackle three of the world’s deadliest infectious diseases, the head of the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria has warned. International initiatives to fight the diseases have largely recovered after being badly affected by the COVID-19 pandemic, according to the...
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Climate Protesters March on New York, Calling for End to Fossil Fuels
Ahead of U.N. meetings this week, thousands gathered in Midtown to demand that President Biden and other world leaders stop new oil and gas drilling. Tens of thousands of people, young and old, filled the streets of Midtown Manhattan under blazing sunshine on Sunday to demand that world leaders quickly pivot away from fossil fuels...
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Ten countries and territories saw severe flooding in just 12 days. Is this the future of climate change?
September started with a typhoon that ripped through Hong Kong, uprooting trees and flooding the city. It was the first of a slew of extreme weather events that have hit ten countries and territories in just 12 days – the most catastrophic being the floods in Libya, which have killed more than 11,000 people according to the...