Tag: Climate change

• Wednesday, October 18th 2023 - 13:47 UTC

  Campaigner Greta Thunberg detained in London for protesting against major oil and gas conference

  

  The Swedish climate campaigner Greta Thunberg was detained in central London on Tuesday together with twenty other protestors, Greta and other activists had gathered to protest outside a major oil and gas conference at the InterContinental London Park Lane hotel.

• Wednesday, October 4th 2023 - 10:47 UTC

  Severe drought and warm waters killing dolphins in the Amazon river basin

  

  More than a hundred dolphins have been found dead in a tributary of Amazon river in Brazil this past week. Experts suspect the deaths may have been caused by severe drought and rising heat.

• Thursday, September 28th 2023 - 08:38 UTC

  European Human Rights Court: Young Portuguese accuse 32 nations of failing to combat climate change

  

  ix young Portuguese children brought a case to the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) on Wednesday, alleging that 32 nations have failed to act on global warming. The six, aged 11 to 24, claim they are suffering from “having to live with a climate that is getting hotter and hotter.”

• Wednesday, September 6th 2023 - 10:44 UTC

  Alarm: dredging industry extracts a million dump trucks of sand from the sea each day, UNEP report

  

  The first-ever global data platform on sand and other sediment extraction in the marine environment finds that the marine dredging industry is digging up 6 billion tons per year, the equivalent of more than 1 million dump trucks per day. This is significantly impacting biodiversity and coastal communities.

• Thursday, August 31st 2023 - 15:25 UTC

  Fragile countries, impacted by conflict and climate change, threatened by hunger, IMF report

  

  Fragile countries, and those impacted most by conflict, are already being unevenly hit by the effects of climate change, and are less able than other countries to mitigate those impacts, according to a report published by the International Monetary Fund (IMF) on Wednesday.

• Saturday, August 26th 2023 - 23:49 UTC

  Global fund for nature restoration and biodiversity conservation

  

  The international community ratified a new global fund aimed at ramping up critical nature restoration and biodiversity conservation, at a gathering in Vancouver. Canada and Britain said they together would provide US$ 160 million in seed money to set up the Global Biodiversity Framework Fund (GBFF).

• Thursday, August 17th 2023 - 08:10 UTC

  Lula, Biden discuss climate change over the phone

  

  Presidents Joseph Biden of the United States and Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva of Brazil Wednesday discussed climate change during a telephone conversation in which a face-to-face meeting between the two leaders next year was also considered.

• Wednesday, August 2nd 2023 - 10:57 UTC

  Hottest Aug. 1 in 117 years recorded in Buenos Aires

  

  The Autonomous City of Buenos Aires (CABA), the capital of Argentina, Tuesday recorded its hottest Aug. 1 in the last 117 years, with temperatures reaching 30.1 degrees Celsius, according to National Meteorological Service (SMN) data.

• Tuesday, August 1st 2023 - 12:10 UTC

  UK launches ambitious North Sea oil and gas development licensing to ensure energy security

  

  The United Kingdom is to grant hundreds of new licenses to seek and drill for gas and oil in the North Sea as it tries to bolster its energy security, the government said on Monday.

• Monday, July 31st 2023 - 02:45 UTC

  US emergency alert: Air conditioners to fight heat wave could cause power outages

  

  Energy providers are warning United States clients to be frugal with air-conditioning this weekend, as intense heat and increased demand could lead to blackouts. Nearly 200 million Americans are under “dangerously hot conditions” alerts with temperatures expected to soar past 100F (38C) in several major cities.