Tag: Climate change

• Thursday, May 13th 2021 - 09:03 UTC

  NGOs press before OECD to reject Brazil's application over environment issues

  

  Several non-government organizations (NGOs) focused on environmental issues Wednesday launched an accusation against the government of Brazil for violating international treaties and devastating the Amazon.

• Friday, May 7th 2021 - 08:40 UTC

  LATAM Airlines goes environment conscious for the years to come

  

  LATAM Airlines Group has launched Wednesday in Santiago, Chile, an environmentally conscious plan for the coming years named LATAM Group Sustainability Strategy, to offset 50% of emissions from its domestic operations by 2030.

• Thursday, April 29th 2021 - 09:45 UTC

  Science journal: Glaciers melting faster, sea levels on the rise

  

  According to a study published Wednesday by the prestigious scientific journal Nature, glaciers are melting at a faster pace than previously thought, which may have serious consequences.

• Friday, April 23rd 2021 - 05:07 UTC

  Biden's climate summit starts on Mother Earth's Day

  

  US President Joseph Biden Thursday pledged to reduce his country's greenhouse gas emissions by at least half by 2030 during the opening speech of a virtual Climate Summit he convened featuring several world leaders and which is regarded as a preliminary encounter leading up to the UN Climate Change Conference in Glasgow this coming November.

• Saturday, March 27th 2021 - 09:45 UTC

  Biden invites Alberto Fernández to virtual Summit on Climate Change

  

  United States President Joseph Biden has invited his Argentine colleague Alberto Fernández to take part in a virtual summit on climate change to take place between April 22 (Earth Day) and 23, it was announced.

• Tuesday, March 16th 2021 - 08:40 UTC

  First US native from the Laguna Pueblo tribe to lead the Secretary of Interior

  

  United States Representative Deb Haaland was confirmed on Monday as Secretary of the Interior, becoming the first Native American to lead a cabinet agency and securing a central role in President Joe Biden's sweeping plans to fight climate change.

• Thursday, March 11th 2021 - 09:18 UTC

  Pacific small islands fear rising seas will distort their claims to EEZs

  

  Small island states in the Pacific are opening a new front in the fight against rising seas, to secure rights to an ocean area bigger than the moon that is home to billion-dollar fish stocks.

• Friday, February 12th 2021 - 09:35 UTC

  China doing its homework and ozone layer recovery back on track

  

  In recent years, scientists had been alarmed by a sudden unexplained rise in ozone attacking chemicals in the atmosphere. Higher levels of trichlorofluoromethane, also known as CFC-11, were showing up in air samples — despite being officially banned worldwide since 2010.

• Monday, February 8th 2021 - 10:14 UTC

  Brazil's OECD membership blocked by Bolsonaro's environmental policies

  

  OECD’s environmental policy committee canceled a planned discussion this week about upgrading Brazil’s status in the group, the Folha de Sao Paulo newspaper reported, citing a document.

• Monday, February 1st 2021 - 05:12 UTC

  New Zealand unveils ambitious carbon neutral plan: end of fossil fuel powered cars and 15% less cows

  

  The government of New Zealand unveiled a blueprint Sunday to phase out gasoline cars while it's dairy and beef industry, a key pillar of the economy, must slash cow numbers under the ambitious plan to be carbon neutral by 2050.