Tag: Climate change

• 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.

• Thursday, November 23rd 2023 - 09:42 UTC

  Paraguayan Agriculture Minister has doubts about climate change

  

  Paraguay's Agriculture Minister Carlos Giménez said Wednesday that he was seriously doubting there was such a thing as climate change. “There have always been droughts and floods in Paraguay,” he pointed out in a broadcast interview in Asunción.

• Thursday, November 16th 2023 - 10:21 UTC

  Dire prospects to limiting global warming, points out “State of Climate Action” report

  

  Measures to limit global warming to 1,5 degrees Celsius are lagging significantly points out the report, “State of Climate Action” compiled by a consortium of think tanks such as Climate Action Tracker, the UN Climate Change Hihg Level Champions and World Resources Institute.

• Saturday, November 11th 2023 - 11:50 UTC

  More trouble ahead for Mercosur: EU Parliament agreement on Nature Restoration Bill

  

  The European Parliament negotiators agreed on Thursday the EU Nature Restoration Bill which requires member countries to restore 20% of EU land and sea habitats by 2030, a bill that has already triggered spontaneous protests from the farming community in several EU countries.

• Thursday, November 9th 2023 - 11:24 UTC

  More funding needed for polar research as ice keeps melting

  

  As the melting of glaciers and poles keeps expanding, scientists Wednesday asked during the “One Planet Polar Summit” for additional funding to address the issue.

• Tuesday, November 7th 2023 - 09:07 UTC

  Southern Ocean around Antarctica in deep trouble, 200 scientists report from 19 countries

  

  By Andrew Constable and Jess Melbourne-Thomas (*) - While the Southern Ocean around Antarctica has been warming for decades, the annual extent of winter sea ice seemed relatively stable – compared to the Arctic. In some areas Antarctic sea ice was even increasing. That was until 2016, when everything changed. The annual extent of winter sea ice stopped increasing. Now we have had two years of record lows.

• Tuesday, October 24th 2023 - 11:23 UTC

  Falkland Islands peatland project aims to combat climate change

  

  The Falkland Islands are set to embark on a comprehensive study to assess the greenhouse gas emissions from their vast peatland habitats, investigating their potential for carbon sequestration and offsetting. This groundbreaking project, titled “Improving Falkland Peatland GHG Data: Understanding Carbon Sequestration and Offsetting Feasibility,” aims to not only address environmental concerns but also lay the groundwork for future economic opportunities in the rural community.