Tag: Climate change

• Monday, April 29th 2024 - 14:38 UTC

  Emperor penguin colonies in Antarctica suffer as sea-ice diminishes

  

  Record low levels of Antarctic sea ice in late 2023 resulted in breeding failures in a fifth of the continent’s emperor penguin colonies, according to a new study from the British Antarctic Survey (BAS).

• Thursday, April 11th 2024 - 19:44 UTC

  Rotating supply cuts launched as Bogotá's water reservoirs are running dry

  

  Authorities in the capital of Colombia began rationing water on Thursday as local reservoirs were reported to be nearing alarming levels due to the El Niño phenomenon coupled with the aftermaths of global warming. It has not been ruled out that the severe drought might result as well in an energy crisis hitting some 10 million people who live in Bogotá and the surrounding areas.

• Wednesday, April 10th 2024 - 19:26 UTC

  Climate change: March this year was the hottest ever recorded

  

  According to a study released Wednesday by the European Climate Observatory, last month was the hottest March on record worldwide, as well as the tenth consecutive month with maximum temperatures recorded at sea since June 2023. March 2024 recorded an average of 14.14 degrees Celsius (57.9 degrees Fahrenheit), beating the previous record of 2016 by a tenth of a degree.

• Wednesday, March 13th 2024 - 09:50 UTC

  Weather conditions improving for Panama Canal transit but still far from good

  

  Recent rains have led the Panama Canal Authority (ACP) to announce an increase in the number of vessels through the interoceanic path from 24 to 27 each day, it was reported. Being the only waterway in the world that uses fresh water to link the Atlantic and Pacific oceans, the 80-kilometer Panamanian route carries 6% of the world's maritime trade.

• Friday, February 23rd 2024 - 10:04 UTC

  Blinken says other issues need to be solved before tackling climate change

  

  US Secretary of State Antony Blinken insisted Thursday in Rio de Janeiro during a press conference at the G-20 convention of Foreign Ministers that multilateral organizations need to solve armed conflicts worldwide before moving on to other agendas such as climate change and social development.

• Monday, January 29th 2024 - 10:43 UTC

  Ice Patrol HMS Protector is helping to study the impact of tourism on Antarctica

  

  The Royal Navy Ice Patrol HMS Protector took scientists on an Antarctic research cruise to analyze the increasing impact of tourism and climate change on the frozen continent, a challenge which has been underlined by IAATO, the International Association of Antarctica Tour Operators. IAATO has pointed out that during the 2022/23 season more than 104,000 visitors traveled to Antarctica.

• Friday, January 19th 2024 - 10:40 UTC

  No price tag should be placed on nature's services to mankind, Brazilian minister tells WEF

  

  According to Brazil's Minister for the Environment and Climate Change, Marina Silva, there should be no pricing services provided by nature given their value to the planet and to human beings. She made those remarks this week during her appearance at one of the panels at the World Economic Forum (WEF) in Davos, Switzerland, Agencia Brasil reported.

• Thursday, December 14th 2023 - 10:50 UTC

  COP28 ends up in strong declaration to phase out fossil fuels

  

  Attendees at the closing plenary session of the 28th Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (COP28) reached a final consensus to speed up climate action, it was announced. “It is a strengthened and balanced package,” COP28 President Sultan Ahmed Al Jaber explained. The document also mentioned the gradual suppression of fossil fuels.

• Wednesday, December 13th 2023 - 10:37 UTC

  Stricter measures against fossil fuels called for at COP28

  

  The Brazilian delegation attending the United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP28) in Dubai this week called for stronger measures against the proliferation of fossil fuels, Agencia Brasil reported.

• Monday, December 4th 2023 - 10:26 UTC

  Oil companies' pledge deemed insufficient at COP28

  

  While 50 leading oil companies and more than 100 countries committed at the Conference of Parties (COP28) to reducing their methane emissions and up their energy efficiency, experts and activists claim these measures address the visible effects, but not the root of the problem.