Tag: Climate change

• Thursday, July 27th 2023 - 10:00 UTC

  IAATO Climate Change Committee incorporates Chimu Adventures Chad Carey

  

  Chimu Adventures’ Managing Director Chad Carey has joined the International Association of Antarctica Tour Operators (IAATO) Climate Change Committee to help improve sustainability in the Antarctic tourism space, according to a statement.

• Tuesday, July 18th 2023 - 10:40 UTC

  Climate change, blistering record heat wave in Europe, US, Japan and flooding in China and South Korea

  

  Dozens of cities across southern Europe were under heat wave red alerts, as officials warned of extreme temperatures persisting over the coming days. In Italy, at least 16 cities were under “red” alerts for heat, including Rome, Florence and Bologna.

• Saturday, July 15th 2023 - 19:25 UTC

  Falklands farmers consider the new agriculture challenge and climate change

  

  Pulling together Rural Business Association Members (RBA) policymakers and experts on the impact of climate change in the Falkland Islands was the aim of Chair of the RBA Lewis Clifton at Farmers Week, he told Penguin News (PN) in an interview recently.

• Wednesday, July 5th 2023 - 10:50 UTC

  Monday 3 July registered the world's highest average temperature

  

  The world's average temperature reached a new high on Monday 3 July, topping 17 degrees Celsius for the first time. US researchers said the new record was the highest in any instrumental record dating back to the end of the 19th century.

• Thursday, June 29th 2023 - 02:25 UTC

  UK pension funds in the limelight because of massive investments in fossil fuel firms

  

  Controversy in the UK over pension funds and London's commitment to keep to the Paris Agreement goals. In effect this Wednesday, the climate finance campaign Make My Money Matter revealed that UK’s pension funds should review their US$ $112 billion (£88 billion) worth of investment in equities and bonds of fossil fuel firms, as the funds are not anywhere near on track for aligning their portfolios to the Paris Agreement goals.

• Thursday, June 22nd 2023 - 11:00 UTC

  WHO to train 6,000 healthcare pros to help Peru fight dengue

  

  The World Health Organization (WHO) is to train more than 6,000 healthcare professionals to assist Peru in the dengue epidemic, WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus announced Wednesday. Peru is experiencing one of its worst dengue crises, with 81,202 confirmed cases and at least 193 deaths.

• Monday, June 19th 2023 - 10:02 UTC

  Swiss voters fearing melting glaciers vote to become carbon neutral by 2050

  

  Swiss voters on Sunday supported a new climate bill aimed at combating the melting glaciers and requiring the country to become carbon neutral by 2050. Leading Swiss glaciologist Matthias Huss, who has closely followed the glaciers' decline, tweeted that a “strong signal” had been sent, adding he was ”very happy the arguments of climate science were heard.

• Thursday, June 8th 2023 - 15:57 UTC

  Pre COP 28 summit exposes deep differences and frustrations

  

  Diplomats from around the globe are meeting in the German city of Bonn this week to level out plans that are key to global efforts to stop the planet heating and to adapt to violent weather conditions.

• Monday, June 5th 2023 - 13:11 UTC

  EU farmers refuse to accept plans to restore drained peat-lands, taken over by agriculture

  

  European Union farmers and conservative lawmakers are up in arms against landmark nature legislation meant to bolster the bloc's green transition and prevent vital ecosystems and species from being wiped out due to climate change.

• Wednesday, May 24th 2023 - 09:59 UTC

  China and Brazil reaffirm stronger partnership, Brazilian envoy in Beijing

  

  Brazil and China are set to embrace a higher state of solid partnership, and the two sides have shown a strong commitment to bolstering bilateral trade, cooperation in aviation and high-tech sectors, and response to climate change, said the country's top envoy to Beijing.