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Montevideo, December 18th 2024 - 06:41 UTC

Tag: Climate change

  • Tuesday, March 21st 2023 - 09:51 UTC

    Guterres warns climate bomb ticking

    “Our world needs climate action on all fronts,” Guterres insisted

    United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres said Monday in a recorded appearance before a UN Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) that in order to avoid a climate catastrophe, carbon emissions must be halved by 2030 because “the climate bomb is ticking.”

  • Monday, March 20th 2023 - 15:54 UTC

    Antarctic sea ice hitting historic lows

    Scientists need more time to affirm whether this phenomenon is due to climate change or not

    A website specialized in weather news published this past weekend a report stating that Antarctic sea ice reached another historic low after a trend of ice loss in recent years seems to have come to stay because while Antarctic sea ice shows an almost flat trend, the minima appear to have gained on that trend.

  • Saturday, March 18th 2023 - 10:01 UTC

    Alckmin discusses Brazil's ties with European envoy beyond Mercosur

    Alckmin highlighted the Brazilian government's efforts to reposition the country internationally

    Brazilian Vice President Geraldo Alckmin met Friday with the European Commission's Executive Vice-President Margrethe Vestager to discuss the South American country's relations beyond the Mercosur deal, Agencia Brasil reported.

  • Tuesday, February 28th 2023 - 08:38 UTC

    Antarctic ice reported to be at an all-time low

    It is not just barely a record low. Climate change is believed to have finally reached Antarctica, which, unlike the Arctic, had been relatively safe due to different geographical conditions

    Antarctic sea ice was reported last Feb. 13 to consist of just 737,000 square miles (1.91 million square kilometers). These figures meant a significant drop from the 741,000 square miles (1.92 million square kilometers) recorded on Feb. 25 last year by the National Snow and Ice Data Center (NSIDC).

  • Monday, February 27th 2023 - 07:57 UTC

    US envoy to discuss climate change with Brazilian VP and ministers

    Kerry is also expected to meet with Brazilian lawmakers and civil society leaders between Monday and Tuesday

    United States Presidential Advisor on Climate John Kerry landed in Brasilia Sunday for talks with Vice President Geraldo Alckmin (who is also Minister of Development, Industry, Commerce, and Services), with Environment and Climate Change Minister Marina Silva, and with Deputy Foreign Minister Maria Laura da Rocha,

  • Wednesday, February 22nd 2023 - 08:03 UTC

    El Niño to cause irreversible thawing in Antarctica, study finds

    “Climate change is expected to increase the magnitude of ENSO, making both 'El Niño' and 'La Niña' stronger,” Wenju Cai explained

    According to an investigation by the Australian Government's scientific agency (CSIRO), the “El Niño” phenomenon would cause an increase in underwater temperatures that would cause irreversible melting of the shelves and ice sheets, it was reported on Tuesday.

  • Monday, February 20th 2023 - 10:13 UTC

    Brazil's Finance Minister to discuss climate change one-on-one

    Haddad believes Brazil can again play an important role in the current world scenario

    As he prepares to leave for Bangalore, India, this week to attend a G20 conference of economy ministers ahead of the summit of heads of government and state, Brazil's Fernando Haddad insisted that the largest South American country intends to be active again in the solution of global crises, Agencia Brasil reported. The Finance Minister also said he believed socio-environmental sustainability should be a topic in all his bilateral meetings.

  • Saturday, February 11th 2023 - 15:44 UTC

    Launch of 'Looking North: The UK and the Arctic', by Foreign minister Lord Goldsmith

    Climate change is devastating Arctic ecosystems and communities. Sea ice and the Greenland ice sheet are rapidly melting. Permafrost is thawing

    Foreign Office Minister of State responsible for the polar regions, Lord Goldsmith, gave a keynote speech to launch the UK's new Arctic policy framework:

  • Monday, January 30th 2023 - 10:54 UTC

    Fernández and Scholz discuss Ukraine, climate change, and energy resources

    “In the northern hemisphere missiles are flying and people are dying,” and that has an impact on South America, Fernández told Scholz

    Argentine President Alberto Fernández and German Chancellor Olaf Scholz met Saturday at the Palacio San Martín (Foreign Ministry) in Buenos Aires, during the first stop of the South American tour of the European leader, who was scheduled to travel to Chile and Brazil.

  • Saturday, January 28th 2023 - 10:10 UTC

    Degradation also harmful to Amazon rainforest, study shows

    Since forest fires intensify during drought years, “much larger megafires” were forecast

    One-third of the Amazon rainforest has been degraded by a combination of human activity and drought, according to a scientific report carried this week by the journal Science. The study released on Thursday yielded results much higher than previously thought and underlined that, in addition to deforestation, degradation can be just as harmful.