One of global warming’s more colorful dangers is the possibility that melting permafrost will revive prehistoric diseases and trigger horrific pandemics. But the more immediate candidates for a disastrous, climate-fueled comeback are newer and man-made. A hotter and more chaotic atmosphere is making it harder to build nuclear weapons and store waste safely in an...
Climate summit host country misses own clean power target – but ‘continues to embrace’ transition. Like any country hosting a COP climate summit, the United Arab Emirates is facing intense scrutiny of its own track record. The oil-rich country hosting the next UN climate summit missed its own green energy target, Sky News can reveal....
The president of the UN’s COP28 climate conference has said that he sees a future for fossil fuels – even as scientists say the world must rapidly transition to clean energy – in remarks that have raised concerns about a backsliding on climate commitments. Sultan Al Jaber, who will oversee the UN’s COP28 climate summit in Dubai in November,...