Tag: Climate change

• Wednesday, December 19th 2018 - 10:07 UTC

  Newly discovered amphibian has been named after Donald Trump

  

  United States presidents tend to receive their fair share of honors, but Donald Trump may want to ignore his latest one. A newly discovered amphibian that buries its head in the sand has been named after him, apparently in response to his comments about climate change.

• Wednesday, December 12th 2018 - 08:29 UTC

  Brazil's future environment minister favors remaining in Paris Agreement but with country autonomy

  

  Brazil’s future environment minister under President-elect Jair Bolsonaro said that the country should stay in the Paris Agreement on climate change, but the world must also respect its autonomy to set its environmental policies.

• Monday, December 10th 2018 - 09:41 UTC

  French military join WWF France to combat climate change as a “national security threat”

  

  France’s military has teamed up with an environmental non-profit organization for the first time to study the threat of climate change where the country is at war, a representative of the green group said. So far, WWF France and the Ecole de Guerre, the top French military academy, have been jointly promoting their view that climate change is a national security threat.

• Wednesday, December 5th 2018 - 09:17 UTC

  Norway pays Brazil US$ 70m for deforestation reduction in the Amazon in 2017

  

  Norway will pay Brazil US$ 70 million for reducing deforestation in the Amazon in 2017 but is concerned over a more recent surge in the destruction of the world's largest tropical rainforest, according to a Norwegian government statement.

• Tuesday, December 4th 2018 - 08:58 UTC

  “Collapse of civilization on the horizon” because of climate change declared Sir David Attenborough

  

  The collapse of civilization and extinction of much of the natural world is “on the horizon” due to climate change, Sir David Attenborough declared at the opening day UN climate talks in Poland.

• Monday, December 3rd 2018 - 06:34 UTC

  UN chief welcomes G20 commitment to fight climate change

  

  UN Secretary-General, António Guterres, has welcomed the declaration released on Saturday at the conclusion of the 2018 G20 meeting of the world’s leading economies, in Buenos Aires, Argentina, which reaffirms a commitment to raise ambition in the fight against climate change.

• Sunday, December 2nd 2018 - 01:40 UTC

  UN Remarks to G20 session on Climate and Sustainable Development

  

  In order to accomplish the 2030 Sustainable Development agenda, United Nations consider the big trouble in relation to climate change the world is suffering. UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres remarks to G20 session on Climate and Sustainable Development as an advice on the “greatest threat to human security and sustainable development and that climate change is still running faster than we are”.

• Thursday, November 29th 2018 - 08:31 UTC

  Brazil withdraws its offer to host UN conference on climate change next year

  

  Brazil has withdrawn its offer to host a large U.N. conference on climate change next year, the foreign ministry said on Wednesday, leading environmental groups to question the government's commitment to reducing carbon emissions.

• Thursday, November 15th 2018 - 08:19 UTC

  Climate change: UK report suggests drastic reduction of sheep and cattle numbers

  

  The number of sheep and cattle in the UK should be reduced by between a fifth and a half to help combat climate change, a report says. The shift is needed, the government’s advisory Committee on Climate Change (CCC) maintains, because beef and lamb produce most greenhouse gases.

• Monday, November 5th 2018 - 08:22 UTC

  CCAMLR fails to protect Southern Ocean

  

  The Commission for the Conservation of Antarctic Marine Living Resources (CCAMLR) has again failed to take action to protect the Southern Ocean, with no progress made on the critical issues of marine protected areas, climate change, and transshipment.