Tag: Climate Change
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Africa Climate Summit links ‘unfair’ debt burden with calls to make continent’s green assets pay off
Climate change is “relentlessly eating away” at Africa’s economic progress and it’s time to have a global conversation about a carbon tax on polluters, Kenya’s president ... -
Governments are gathering to talk about the Amazon rainforest. Why is it so important to protect?
The Amazon rainforest is a massive area, twice the size of India and sprawling across eight countries and one territory. It’s a crucial carbon sink for ... -
As summer breezes fade, sweltering Europeans give air con a skeptical embrace
During Europe’s heat wave last month, Floriana Peroni’s vintage clothing store had to close for a week. A truck of rented generators blocked her door as ... -
Climate change made July hotter for 4 of 5 humans on Earth, scientists find
Human-caused global warming made July hotter for four out of five people on Earth, with more than 2 billion people feeling climate change-boosted warmth daily, according to a ... -
Study finds fingerprints on July heat waves in Europe, China and America
The fingerprints of climate change are all over the intense heat waves gripping the globe this month, a new study finds. Researchers say the deadly hot ... -
Climate change leads to growing risk of mosquito-borne viral diseases, EU agency says
European Union officials warned yesterday there is a growing risk of mosquito-borne viral diseases such as dengue and chikungunya in Europe due to climate change. The ... -
Fishing regulators need more transparency, ocean groups say
Some regional fisheries management organizations that were set up by the United Nations to measure and conserve fish populations — but are difficult to hold to ... -
Policy, climate, war make 2022 ‘pivot year’ for clean energy
For renewable energy companies in India, it’s a good time to be in business. One of India’s largest renewable energy firms, Renew Power, will be among ... -
Samsung sets goal to attain 100% clean energy by 2050
Samsung Electronics is shifting away from fossil fuels and aiming to entirely power its global operations with clean electricity by 2050, a challenging goal that experts ... -
Its largest lake is so dry, China digs deep to water crops
With China’s biggest freshwater lake reduced to just 25% of its usual size by a severe drought, work crews are digging trenches to keep water ... -
China fights brush fires, extends power rationing in drought
Brush fires have forced the evacuation of more than 1,500 people in southwest China and power rationing for factories has reportedly been extended as weeks of ... -
Air quality in PRD region worsened in 2021, indicators show
Air quality in the group of cities comprising the Pearl River Delta (PRD) region have been mixed during 2021, with some indicators showing improvements while others ... -
Breaking News | ‘Nowhere to run’: UN report says global warming nears limits
Earth’s climate is getting so hot that temperatures in about a decade will probably blow past a level of warming that world leaders have sought to ... -
Climate change: Let’s keep the Spirit of Paris alive!
By Alexandre Giorgini, Consul-General of France in Hong Kong and Macau Five years ago in France, for the first time in history, the world’s nations came ... -
CLIMATE CHANGE | Mainland surpasses EU in per-capita pollution for first time
China surpassed the European Union in pollution levels per capita for the first time last year, propelling to a record the worldwide greenhouse-gas emissions that are ...
