Newsletter Subscribe
Enter your email address below and subscribe to our newsletter
Katarina Vuinac
Katarina Vuinac
EU Member States Must Take Urgent Action on NECPs and Overriding Public Interest
On 30 June all 27 Member States were due to submit the final version of their National Energy and Climate Plans (NECPs). This comes after the European Commission had reviewed their draft plans. The NECPs outline the national strategies countries…
Global Fund for Coral Reefs Approves More than 25 million USD in Additional Funding for Resilience Action
In the face of increasing threats to coral ecosystems and the recent announcement of a fourth global coral bleaching event, the Global Fund for Coral Reefs (GFCR) Executive Board has announced over 25 million USD in additional grant funding to…
Immediate Actions Needed to Unblock Grid Capacity for More Wind Energy
The EU wants to increase its wind energy capacity from 220 GW today to 425 GW by 2030 and 1,300 GW by 2050. Wind is key to energy security, affordable electricity and industrial competitiveness. In its recent revision of the…
Tropical Cyclone Freddy is the Longest Tropical Cyclone on Record at 36 days: WMO
A WMO international committee of experts working under the auspices of the Weather and Climate Extremes Archive conducted a detailed analysis and verification of the distance and duration. The evaluation committee recognized Tropical Cyclone (TC) Freddy’s duration of 36.0 days…
Is There Global Solidarity on the Issue of Climate Change – What Does the Survey Say?
The tensions and conflicts that are happening at the moment, as well as in recent years, lead to the opinion that division and intolerance at the global level are very pronounced. While there are religious, national, racial, and other divisions,…
UNEP and Ministry of Environment Sign Agreement to Reinforce Environmental Action in Brazil
In a move to renew and increate collaboration on the propriety issues of climate change, nature and biodiversity loss, and waste and pollution, the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) and the Ministry of Environment and Climate Change (MMA) of Brazil…
GEOS-U Satellite to Monitor Environmental Hazards
A SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket launched the GEOS-U satellite into orbit on June 25 from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. According to the World Meteorological Organization (WMO), it is expected to reach geostationary orbit, 22,236 miles above Earth, in…