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Montevideo, February 21st 2025 - 00:53 UTC

Tag: Climate change

  • Saturday, February 8th 2025 - 09:42 UTC

    Was last month the hottest ever?

    January 2025 was predominantly wetter than average, with heavy rainfall leading to flooding in some regions

    January 2025 was the hottest month ever recorded by the European Union's Copernicus Climate Change Service, which detected the planet's temperature to be 1.75 degrees Celsius (°C) above pre-industrial levels and 0.79°C above the 1991-2020 average for the month, with a surface air temperature of 13.23°C.

  • Friday, January 24th 2025 - 21:10 UTC

    Giant iceberg approaching South Georgia stirs fears

    A23a was confirmed to be intact and 173 miles from South Georgia

    A23a, arguably the world’s largest and oldest iceberg which has been wandering through the South Atlantic and headed for the British Overseas Territory of the South Georgia Islands since last month, has been reported not to have changed course this week nor upped nor melted, thus posing a serious threat to the local fauna. Earlier this week, it was spotted 173 miles (280km) away.

  • Monday, January 13th 2025 - 06:06 UTC

    Climate change watchdogs concur 2024 was the hottest year ever

    “We didn't have just one or two record years, but a full ten-year series,” WMO Secretary-General Celeste Saulo of Argentina said

    Last year was the hottest on record and it even surpassed the global warming limit, the European Union's Copernicus Earth Observation Program and the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) concurred. In addition, 2023 and 2024 saw average global temperatures exceed the internationally agreed 1.5 degrees Celsius warming threshold

  • Tuesday, December 31st 2024 - 10:55 UTC

    La Niña projected to take its toll in the Southern Cone

    La Niña is feared to cause considerable economic losses, mostly regarding agricultural outputs due to droughts but also considerable damage from excessive flooding. Photo: EFE/ Isaac Fontana

    Meteorologists foresee that the La Niña weather phenomenon will not go unnoticed in the Southern Cone next year after the Brazilian agency Metsul reported signs of unusual activity in the Pacific Ocean. The main impact will be reflected in mercurial temperatures, MetSul's warning noted.

  • Wednesday, December 11th 2024 - 10:05 UTC

    International Soil and Water Forum opened in Bangkok to tackle water scarcity and soil degradation

    Agriculture uses roughly 70% of global freshwater, land and soil degradation are directly undermining agri-food systems with human-induced degradation

    The first International Soil and Water Forum opened this week in Bangkok to map out concrete measures to boost global efforts in managing water scarcity and reversing soil degradation – both critical for global food security and environmental health.

  • Saturday, December 7th 2024 - 10:44 UTC

    Fifth global conference fails to reach deal on curbing plastic pollution

    Fifth global conference fails to reach deal on curbing plastic pollution

    The fifth and intended final meeting of the Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee (INC) on plastic pollution in Busan, South Korea, concluded with negotiators unable to reach a deal on a new global treaty to curb plastic pollution. The failure of this fifth session of the INC, or INC-5, to deliver on its mandate highlights the persistent challenges of reaching a consensus to solve the growing issue of global plastics pollution.

  • Wednesday, November 20th 2024 - 09:41 UTC

    Lula urges developed countries to up their climate contributions

    “These trillions exist, but they are being wasted on armaments, while the planet is in agony,” Lula argued

    Brazilian President Luiz Inácio da Silva insisted Tuesday that G20 developed countries should bring forward by up to ten years the climate neutrality targets currently set for 2050, Agencia Brasil reported. He made those remarks during his appearance at the Group's Summit in Rio de Janeiro. “To the developed members of the G20, I propose that you bring forward your climate neutrality targets from 2050 to 2040 or even 2045,” Lula stressed during a panel on sustainable development and energy transition.

  • Wednesday, November 13th 2024 - 09:38 UTC

    Brazil has its own space at COP29 in Baku, Azerbaijan

    This year's COP29 will be focused on funding to tackle climate change

    As the Conference of Parties 29 (COP29) opened in Baku, Azerbaijan, this week, Brazil assumed a leading position at the event by opening its Pathways to Ecological Transformation space to discuss the South American country's initiatives to tackle climate change, Agencia Brasil reported.

  • Friday, November 8th 2024 - 09:17 UTC

    Cutdown in carbon dioxide emissions reported in Brazil last year

    The lowest emissions were recorded in 2009

    South America's largest country cut down its carbon dioxide equivalent (GtCO2e) emissions by 12% in 2023 compared to the previous year, Agencia Brasil reported Thursday citing data from the Climate Observatory. In 2023, Brazil emitted 2.3 billion tons of greenhouse gases, already a reduction from 2022's 2.6 billion tons.

  • Wednesday, October 30th 2024 - 10:09 UTC

    Guterres urges countries to prioritize nature over businesses

    “We must defend the people who defend nature,” Guterres stressed

    United Nations (UN) Secretary-General António Guterres urged countries to set aside their business models and prioritize nature, which is neither infinite nor free. He made those remarks in the Colombian city of Cali during his appearance at the Global Biodiversity Conference (COP 16).

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