Tag: climate crisis
Greta Thunberg Condemns World Leaders in Emotional Speech at UN
Greta Thunberg has excoriated world leaders for their “betrayal” of young people through their inertia over the climate crisis at a United Nations summit that failed to deliver ambitious new commitments to...
Climate Crisis Leaving 2 Million People a Week Needing Aid
A new report by the world’s largest humanitarian network warns that the number of people needing humanitarian assistance every year as a result of climate-related disasters could double by 2050.The Cost of...
Global Food Producers ‘Failing to Face Up to Role’ in Climate Crisis
The world’s biggest producers of meat, dairy and seafood are failing to tackle the enormous impact they are having on the planet through deforestation, the routine use of antibiotics and greenhouse gas...
Great Barrier Reef Outlook Now ‘Very Poor’, Australian Government Review Says
The outlook for the Great Barrier Reef has deteriorated from poor to very poor according to an exhaustive government report that warns the window of opportunity to improve the natural wonder’s future...
Global Heating Brings Mediterranean Butterfly to the UK
A fast-flying migratory butterfly from the Mediterranean is appearing in large numbers across southern England this summer as a result of global heating, experts say.More than 50 long-tailed blues and hundreds of...
Underground Line to Heat Up London Homes During Winter
The sweltering temperatures on the tube’s Northern line will soon begin keeping homes in Islington, north London, cosy through the colder months, under a scheme to harness the heat from the underground.
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Trump Officials Weaken Protections for Animals Near Extinction
The Trump administration is scaling back the US government’s latitude to protect species nearing extinction, as world scientists warn that a biodiversity crisis will soon put humanity at risk.
More than 1,600 species...
We Must Change Food Production to Save the World, Says Leaked Report
Attempts to solve the climate crisis by cutting carbon emissions from only cars, factories and power plants are doomed to failure, scientists will warn this week.A leaked draft of a report on...
Starvation Deaths of 200 Reindeer in Arctic Caused by Climate Crisis, Say Researchers
About 200 reindeer have been found dead from starvation in the Arctic archipelago Svalbard, an unusually high number, the Norwegian Polar Institute has said, pointing the finger at climate crisis.During an annual...
Berkeley Became First US City to Ban Natural Gas
Berkeley this week became the first city in the United States to ban natural, fossil gas hook-ups in new buildings.The landmark ordinance was passed into law on Tuesday, after being approved unanimously...
Canada Declares Climate Emergency, then Approves Pipeline Expansion
Trudeau doesn't seem to understand what 'climate emergency' means.
Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is riding a rollercoaster of public opinion these days. Many Canadians were pleased with the House of Commons' declaration...
UK to Put Climate Crisis and Environment at the Heart of Overseas Aid
The UK will have an “ethical” development policy that puts the climate emergency and environmental protection at the heart of overseas aid, with more than £190m to be spent directly on climate-related...
Climate Crisis and Antibiotic Use Could ‘Sink’ Fish Farming Industry – Report
The climate crisis, drug use and feeding farmed fish with wild stocks risks “sinking” the $230bn (£180bn) aquaculture industry, according to an ethical investment network.Fish farms now surpass wild fisheries as the...
Cambridge University Agrees to Explore Fossil Fuel Divestment Plan
The former archbishop of Canterbury Rowan Williams has welcomed an “urgent change” by Cambridge University, after it agreed to provide fully costed plans setting out how it could divest multibillion-pound endowments from...
Air Pollution more Deadly in Africa than Malnutrition or Dirty Water, Study Warns
Africa’s air pollution is causing more premature deaths than unsafe water or childhood malnutrition, and could develop into a health and climate crisis reminiscent of those seen in China and India, a...
