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12 08 2021 | 09:04

Wildfires in Algeria: dozens of civilians and soldiers reported dead

Prime minister says request made for help internationally as forest blazes erupt in Kabyle region and elsewhere More than 40 people, including 25 soldiers, have died in wildfires that erupted east…

12 08 2021 | 08:44

Facebook let fossil-fuel industry push climate misinformation, report finds

Thinktank InfluenceMap accuses petroleum giants of gaming Facebook to promote oil and gas as part of climate-crisis solution. Facebook failed to enforce its own rules to curb an oil and gas industry…

12 08 2021 | 08:32

We Can’t Beat the Climate Catastrophe

It’s not happening fast enough and it’s happening too fast We aren’t programmed to try to change the weather. Humans experience the euphemistic “climate change” disaster that is playing out before…

12 08 2021 | 08:32

25,000 Ads, 431 Million Views as Facebook Lets Fossils Spread Climate Misinformation.

Online behemoth Facebook turned its back in its own commitments to climate action and truth in advertising by allowing 25 fossil industry organizations in the United States to mount a $9.5-million…

12 08 2021 | 08:28

IPCC: Human influence has warmed climate at ‘unprecedented’ rate

In a new landmark report, the IPCC has found that human-induced climate change is already affecting many weather and climate extremes in every region across the globe. The report, prepared by 234…

11 08 2021 | 13:47

The entire Mediterranean region is burning. Here’s why it will get worse

It is the storied sea traversed by Odysseus and the Vikings, a body of water that has been the wellspring of civilisations, culture and commerce as well as countless myths and legends. It is the…

10 08 2021 | 16:10

Wildfires rage in Greece and Italy as EU mounts firefighting operation

Week of blazes forces evacuations and brings devastating scale of destruction to large areas of southern Europe The devastating scale of destruction from a week of wildfires in Greece and Italy was…

10 08 2021 | 15:15

Emissions must fall fast – but how?

Described as “a code red for humanity”, a new report from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) has warned that major changes due to global heating are inevitable and irreversible with…

10 08 2021 | 11:25

Latest IPCC report ‘must sound a death knell for coal and fossil fuels’

Human activity is changing the Earth’s climate in ways “unprecedented” in thousands or hundreds of thousands of years, with some of the changes now inevitable and “irreversible”, climate scientists…

10 08 2021 | 10:26

IPCC report: global emissions must peak by 2025 to keep warming at 1.5°C – we need deeds not words

Earth could exceed 1.5°C of global warming – the “safe” limit for temperature rise outlined in the Paris Agreement – as soon as the early 2030s, according to a landmark report by the world’s most…

10 08 2021 | 09:57

IPCC says Earth will reach temperature rise of about 1.5℃ in around a decade. But limiting any global warming is what matters most

Of all the troubling news in the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) report out on Monday, one warning will surely generate the most headlines: under all scenarios examined, Earth is…

09 08 2021 | 16:38

The finance sector, COP26 and building a connected global green economy.

They say money makes the world go round. With COP26 on the horizon, that well-known saying has added currency. But how will the UK’s financial sector be playing its part? Gina V Hall, the Carbon…

09 08 2021 | 16:11

Should I factor climate change into deciding whether to have kids?

With more people worrying about the environmental ethics of bringing more children into the world, Kate Ng examines the arguments on either side The decision whether or not to have children, if we…

09 08 2021 | 15:41

Meeting Paris Agreement Goals Would Create 8 Million New Energy Jobs, Study Finds

One of the chief arguments against transitioning away from fossil fuels and towards a zero-carbon economy is that it would cost the world energy jobs. But is such a fear really justified? To find…

09 08 2021 | 15:28

Russian Arctic losing billions of tons of ice due to climate change

As the climate continues to warm, significant ice loss in the Russian Arctic will have clear impacts for sea level rise’. Glaciers and ice caps in parts of the Russian Arctic are losing meltwater…

09 08 2021 | 15:21

UNFCCC: Just over half of countries signed up to Paris Agreement submit NDCs before deadline

This week marked the cut-off date for the submission of new or updated nationally determined contributions (NDCs) to be included in a UNFCCC synthesis report that will be issued later this year,…

09 08 2021 | 15:06

America Will be Remembered as the Country That Killed the Planet

Americans Don’t Know It, But America is the Reason We’re Boiling Alive on a Dying Planet North America, on 

09 08 2021 | 14:01

NO MORE EXCUSES:'Unimaginable, Unforgiving World" without Drastic Emission Cuts, IPCC Warns

This story includes details about the impacts of climate change that may be difficult for some readers. If you are feeling overwhelmed by this crisis situation here is a list of resources on how to…

09 08 2021 | 13:44

UN Climate Change Welcomes IPCC’s Summary for Policy Makers on the Physical Science Basis of Climate Change

Statement on the Working Group I contribution to the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) sixth assessment report, entitled Climate Change 2021: the Physical Science Basis

09 08 2021 | 12:26

Five ways men contribute more to the climate crisis than women.

How they travel, what they eat and how they spend their money all play a role According to researchers in Sweden, single men emit over 18 per cent more greenhouse gases than women.