These readings will get you up to speed on the causes and impacts of flooding around the world. By now, it’s clear, one result of global warming is more flooding. Considering only instances caused by torrential rainstorms (not hurricanes, glacial-lake outbursts, or other factors), here is a partial list of countries that had significant floods...
She leads a team of 100 at a non-profit with operations across Africa and says climate has been seen through a male perspective for too long Susan Chomba glares out the window of the Prado Land Cruiser at dozens of motorcycles speeding in the opposite direction. Each motorcycle carries at least five bags of charcoal...
As geopolitical winds shift, the US and European governments turn a blind eye to Emirates’ money laundering problem. BERLIN — Germany, the U.S. and several other Western countries are pushing a global money-laundering watchdog to give the financial system in the United Arab Emirates a clean bill of health despite persistent indications that the country...
The Bonn Conference on Climate Change (also known as SB58) ended on 15 June 2023 at the headquarters of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) in Germany. This was the last chance for climate negotiators to meet before COP28 in Dubai in December. But the 10-day talks ended without any clear, concrete...
To see the video of Climate Activists demonstrating in Bonn, Germany please click here: Climate activists denounce COP28 president and head of the Abu Dhabi National Oil Company, Sultan al-Jaber, ahead of meeting in Dubai later in the year. Kenyan climate activist, Eric Njuguna, and Swedish climate activist, Greta Thunberg, participated in the Climate Change...
As Cyclone Biparjoy approached southern Pakistan this week, top Pakistani negotiator Nabeel Munir told governments at mid-year UN climate talks in Bonn it felt like he was “conducting a primary school class”, amid squabbling over the meeting agenda. The evening before the two-week negotiations were due to end in the German city on Thursday, a...
Author of landmark UK review into the economic value of nature joins UN environment chief in calls for ‘action, not just words’ on biodiversity goals Humans are exploiting nature beyond its limits, the University of Cambridge economist Prof Sir Partha Dasgupta has warned, as the UN’s environment chief calls on governments to make good on...
The winds, the tides and the sands have shifted in the Torres Strait. At Christmas time the breeze used to come to Saibai island from nearby Papua New Guinea with the smell of flowers in the air and dancing would begin. But that doesn’t happen now. “The seasons, the weather patterns have all changed,” Uncle...
The world has been given a “final warning” about the climate emergency. The United Nations says action is needed “on all fronts – everything, everywhere, all at once”. So why do so many people think nothing can be done to halt climate change? In its latest assessment, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) says there...
It is feasible to phase out coal in steelmaking by 2043 to 2045 without ‘premature shutdowns’ of plants, report by Agora Industry and Wuppertal Institute saysTechnologies required to reach net zero in steelmaking are available, but governments and firms need to join hands to deploy them quickly, Agora’s Frank Peter saysThe global steel industry can...