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‘This Is the Climate Emergency’: Dozens of Sudden Deaths Reported as Canada Heat Hits Record 121°F Dozens of sudden-death calls that Vancouver authorities have received this week are believed to be …
Sudden Deaths Reported in Canada Heatwave Read More
How can the EU set a carbon tax at a rate that contributes to net zero? The European Commission is holding a meeting in June that is, on the face …
New EU Carbon Tax – Choosing the right rate Read More
India is the only “2°C compatible” country out of all the G20 nations, including the US, Brazil, Australia and several EU countries, a new report has found. The Paris Agreement, which came …
India Is the Only G20 Nation on Track to Meet Paris Agreement’s 2°C Goal: Report Read More
The Japanese government has said it will cut the country’s carbon emissions to net zero by 2050, in the latest sign of growing momentum on international climate action. Yoshihide Suga, …
Japan steps up climate ambition with 2050 net zero emissions goal Read More
The international community hasn’t met any of the biodiversity targets it set a decade ago. The mass extinction of species will be catastrophic for economic development, global leaders warned as …
Save Nature or Risk Economic Disaster, Global Leaders Tell Each Other Read More
Most nations including top emitter China are likely to miss a 2020 deadline to upgrade national plans for fighting global warming, according to the UN’s climate chief. Patricia Espinosa told …
China among nations likely to miss 2020 deadline for climate plans Read More
Germany on Monday (24 August) announced details of its first “green” bond placing, tapping financial markets to fund environmental projects for the first time. The finance ministry said it would …
Germany launches first ‘green’ bonds Read More
As a heat wave roasted the western United States this week, temperatures in California’s Death Valley soared to a blistering 130 degrees Fahrenheit, marking the hottest temperature measured anywhere on Earth …
Earth was 130 degrees this week. It will be much hotter one day. Read More
In the world of glaciology, the year 2007 would go down in history. It was the year a seemingly small error in a major international report heralded huge changes in …
Two-thirds of glacier ice in the Himalayas will be lost by 2100 if climate targets aren’t met Read More
Global warming is happening but the planning to halt it doesn’t just happen. Charles Seaford asks who? And other questions. Well-informed people the world over knew, in 1933, that something …
Climate short change Read More