Tag: Climate change

• Friday, October 28th 2022 - 10:27 UTC

  EU agrees carmakers must achieve 100% cut in CO2 emissions by 2035

  

  The European Parliament and the European Commission agreed that carmakers must achieve a 100% cut in CO2 emissions by 2035. This means no new vans or cars with combustion engines, gasoline or diesel, are to be sold in the European Union from 2035.

• Thursday, October 27th 2022 - 10:04 UTC

  Controversy in EU over climate goals, war and companies suing states for their investments

  

  Based on the so-called Energy Charter Treaty, ECT, which pretends to follow climate objectives, European energy companies have been suing their governments to protect their hydrocarbon investments in recent years. France and the Netherlands announced their intention to exit ECT last week saying it was not in line with the green plan. Italy pulled out in 2016, with Spain and Poland following in recent months. And more countries could follow, analysts say.

• Thursday, October 13th 2022 - 21:07 UTC

  Uruguayan Economy minister highlights the importance of climate actions

  

  During her appearance in Washington DC at the Center for Global Development (CGD), Uruguay's Economy Minister Azucena Arbeleche Thursday highlighted the importance of inclusive and sustainable growth.

• Wednesday, October 12th 2022 - 10:15 UTC

  Falklands' SAERI scientist invited to COP27 at Sharm El-Sheikh, Egypt

  

  The 27th United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) Conference of the Parties (COP-27) is a platform for 197 states, or ‘parties’ to discuss lessons learnt from the 6th Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) report and how they will achieve the goals agreed to in the Paris Agreement, to keep global warming below 1.5°C-2°C.

• Monday, October 10th 2022 - 09:53 UTC

  Mudslide in Venezuela leaves dozens dead

  

  At least 22 people have been reported to have died in the Venezuelan town of Las Tejerías, in the central State of Aragua while more than 50 others were missing following a mudslide after heavy rains.

• Tuesday, October 4th 2022 - 20:15 UTC

  Leading meteorologist forecasts dry months ahead for Uruguay

  

  Uruguay's rural producers were discouraged Tuesday after expert meteorologist Mario Bidegain forecast this year's Spring will be the third in a row with a rainfall deficit.

• Tuesday, October 4th 2022 - 19:30 UTC

  Africa accounts for only 4% of world emissions, Congo authorities warn

  

  Democratic Republic of Congo Prime Minister Jean-Michel Sama Lukonde Environment Minister Eve Bazaïba underlined that the African continent was “responsible for only 4% of world emissions” of greenhouse gases.

• Friday, September 16th 2022 - 09:50 UTC

  This winter among the coldest in Uruguay's last 42 years

  

  Uruguay's Institute of Meteorology (Inumet) released this week a report according to which the 2022 winter was the ninth coldest in the last 42 years.

• Friday, September 9th 2022 - 08:08 UTC

  The 2022 summer was the hottest in Europe's recorded history

  

  The summer of 2022 was the hottest in Europe's recorded history, the Copernicus Climate Change Service (C3S) announced on Thursday. It is the second summer in a row of record-breaking temperatures in Europe.

• Saturday, August 13th 2022 - 09:55 UTC

  Arctic flights to shed light on sea ice and storm links

  

  Scientists are flying research aircraft through the heart of Arctic storms this summer to better understand how weather systems are affecting polar sea ice. Arctic cyclones are the main type of hazardous weather that affect the polar environment during summer. They can impact sea ice movement and trigger rapid ice loss, effects that themselves influence the development of cyclones.