Climate report: Africa's rare glaciers soon to disappear
3 years, 2 months ago

Climate report: Africa's rare glaciers soon to disappear

The Independent  

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Africa’s rare glaciers will disappear in the next two decades because of climate change, a new report warned Tuesday amid sweeping forecasts of pain for the continent that contributes least to global warming but will suffer from it most. The report from the World Meteorological Organization and other agencies, released ahead of the U.N. climate conference in Scotland that starts Oct. 31, is a grim reminder that Africa’s 1.3 billion people remain “extremely vulnerable” as the continent warms more, and at a faster rate, than the global average. Estimates of the economic effects of climate change vary across the African continent, but “in sub-Saharan Africa, climate change could further lower gross domestic product by up to 3% by 2050,” Josefa Leonel Correia Sacko with the African Union Commission writes in the report. “The cost of adapting to climate change in Africa will rise to $50 billion per year by 2050, even assuming the international efforts to keep global warming below 2 degrees Celsius.”

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Climate myopia: This year’s CoP was a big disappointment but small surprise
1 month ago

Climate myopia: This year’s CoP was a big disappointment but small surprise

Live Mint  

The 29th Conference of the Parties to Climate Change came to an end on 24 November 2024 with deep disappointment on the outcomes—not just on finance, but on most other aspects of the agenda. With grossly inadequate mitigation of the crisis, the climate finance that developing countries can legitimately asl for will increase exponentially, leading to continued disappointment from a …

Climate Crisis: World Paying a Terrifying Price for Inaction, UN Warns
2 months, 2 weeks ago

Climate Crisis: World Paying a Terrifying Price for Inaction, UN Warns

Al Jazeera  

UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has warned that current climate policies will result in global warming of more than 3 degrees Celsius (5.4 degrees Fahrenheit) by the end of the century. The report also finds that the world faces as much as 3.1C (5.6F) of warming above pre-industrial levels by 2100 if governments do not take greater action on slashing planet-warming …

African nations are losing up to 5% of their GDP per year with climate change, a new report says
4 months, 1 week ago

African nations are losing up to 5% of their GDP per year with climate change, a new report says

The Independent  

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Two years to save the world from climate catastrophe
8 months, 4 weeks ago

Two years to save the world from climate catastrophe

Live Mint  

“Two years to save the world.” As far as opening lines of speeches go, that would be dramatic in most contexts. In fact, there’s growing disquiet among climate scientists that it is possible that the rate of climate impacts may have been understated—the world seems to be heading for runaway temperature rise; and climate “tipping points” that had seemed far …

UN weather agency issues ‘red alert’ on climate change after record heat, ice-melt increases in 2023
9 months, 3 weeks ago

UN weather agency issues ‘red alert’ on climate change after record heat, ice-melt increases in 2023

Associated Press  

GENEVA — The U.N. weather agency is sounding a “red alert” about global warming, citing record-smashing increases last year in greenhouse gases, land and water temperatures and melting of glaciers and sea ice, and is warning that the world’s efforts to reverse the trend have been inadequate. “Never have we been so close – albeit on a temporary basis at …

What is Africa’s goal at COP28 as the climate summit begins?
1 year, 1 month ago

What is Africa’s goal at COP28 as the climate summit begins?

Al Jazeera  

As the 28th edition of the Conference of the Parties, the world’s foremost climate summit, begins in the United Arab Emirates on November 30, Africa is grappling with some of the deadliest impacts of a heating planet. “Africa is vulnerable when oil prices crash, and that confirms what the activists are saying and whether we like it or not industry …

African leaders demand global carbon taxes, debt relief to effectively fight climate change
1 year, 4 months ago

African leaders demand global carbon taxes, debt relief to effectively fight climate change

Salon  

The three-day African Climate Summit concluded in Nairobi Wednesday as the continent's leaders announced their support for a global carbon tax regime — a tariff system they hope will disincentivize the fossil fuel use that is primarily causing global heating. The support for global carbon taxes was announced by Kenyan President William Ruto, who explained that the joint declaration among …

Africa Climate Summit links ‘unfair’ debt burden with calls to make continent’s green assets pay off
1 year, 4 months ago

Africa Climate Summit links ‘unfair’ debt burden with calls to make continent’s green assets pay off

Associated Press  

NAIROBI, Kenya — 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 declared Tuesday as the first Africa Climate Summit got underway. The U.S. government’s climate envoy, John Kerry, acknowledged the “acute, unfair debt.” He also said 17 of the world’s 20 countries …

Africa endures more severe warming than elsewhere, posing risk of conflict
1 year, 4 months ago

Africa endures more severe warming than elsewhere, posing risk of conflict

The Hindu  

Africa is heating up at a faster rate than the rest of the planet and enduring more severe climate and weather disasters such as droughts, a joint U.N.-African Union report said on Monday, warning that climate change could stoke conflict over resources. "Africa is responsible for only a fraction of global greenhouse gas emissions but is suffering disproportionately from climate …

Africa 'pays high climate change cost', report finds
1 year, 4 months ago

Africa 'pays high climate change cost', report finds

China Daily  

Julius Okolong stands next to his house he was forced to abandon after rising waters from Lake Turkana, in Komote, near Loiyangalani, northern Kenya, on July 13, 2022. Countries in Africa are suffering disproportionately from the effects of climate change despite producing only a fraction of the world's greenhouse gases, a newly-published report from the World Meteorological Organization, or WMO, …

The first Africa Climate Summit opens as hard-hit continent of 1.3B demands more say and financing
1 year, 4 months ago

The first Africa Climate Summit opens as hard-hit continent of 1.3B demands more say and financing

Associated Press  

NAIROBI, Kenya — The first African Climate Summit opened Monday with heads of state and others asserting a stronger voice on a worldwide issue that affects their continent the most even though its 1.3 billion people contribute to global warming the least. There are immense opportunities as well,” Ruto said of the climate crisis, speaking of multibillion-dollar economic possibilities, new …

The first Africa Climate Summit opens as hard-hit continent demands more say and financing
1 year, 4 months ago

The first Africa Climate Summit opens as hard-hit continent demands more say and financing

LA Times  

Protesters gather in downtown Nairobi to demand action on climate change as the Africa Climate Summit begins Monday. The first Africa Climate Summit opened Monday with heads of state and others asserting a stronger voice on a worldwide issue that affects their continent the most even though its 1.3 billion people contribute to global warming the least. There are immense …

Climate summit opens in Kenya as Africa demands more say and financing
1 year, 4 months ago

Climate summit opens in Kenya as Africa demands more say and financing

Al Jazeera  

African leaders are determined to wield more global influence and have the world’s biggest greenhouse gas emitters pay their fair share. There are immense opportunities as well,” Ruto said of the climate crisis, speaking of multibillion-dollar economic possibilities, new financial structures, Africa’s huge mineral wealth and the ideal of shared prosperity. “We are not here to catalogue grievances.” And yet …

As Africa opens a climate summit, poor weather forecasting keeps the continent underprepared
1 year, 4 months ago

As Africa opens a climate summit, poor weather forecasting keeps the continent underprepared

Associated Press  

NAIROBI, Kenya — Much of the world takes daily weather forecasts for granted. The widespread inability to track and forecast the weather affects key development choices, their commentary said: “There is no point investing in smallholder farms, for example, if floods are simply going to wash them away.” Kenya, the host of the climate summit, is one of the few …

Africa faces ‘climate risk blind spot’ amid lack of weather radar
1 year, 4 months ago

Africa faces ‘climate risk blind spot’ amid lack of weather radar

Al Jazeera  

Vast expanse of the 54-nation continent is relatively unserved and unwarned with the least developed land-based weather observation network. “The continent, at large, is in a climate risk blind spot,” said Asaf Tzachor, a researcher at the Center for the Study of Existential Risk at the University of Cambridge. “There is no point investing in smallholder farms, for example, if …

As glaciers melt, a new study seeks protection of ecosystems that emerge in their place
1 year, 4 months ago

As glaciers melt, a new study seeks protection of ecosystems that emerge in their place

Associated Press  

GENEVA — A new scientific study published Thursday suggests the world should start preparing to protect the ecosystems that emerge from under the disappearing ice, as a warming planet is inevitably causing glaciers to melt. Glaciers play a key role on the planet, by reflecting sunlight or providing fresh water for irrigation, power generation and consumption, says study co-author Jean-Baptiste …

As glaciers melt, a new study seeks protection of ecosystems that emerge in their place
1 year, 4 months ago

As glaciers melt, a new study seeks protection of ecosystems that emerge in their place

The Independent  

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Cause and Effect | The unjust climate crisis burden on Africa
1 year, 6 months ago

Cause and Effect | The unjust climate crisis burden on Africa

Hindustan Times  

Finland's economy minister Vilhelm Junnila resigned on June 30 over a string of controversial remarks, including one from 2019 when he called on his country to support abortions in Africa as a means to combat the climate crisis. In official parliamentary records, his question reads: "In the underdeveloped societies of Africa, the number of children can be huge, and the …

UN reports 'off the charts' melting of glaciers
1 year, 8 months ago

UN reports 'off the charts' melting of glaciers

The Hindu  

The world's glaciers melted at dramatic speed last year and saving them is effectively a lost cause, the United Nations reported Friday, as climate change indicators once again hit record highs. The last eight years have been the warmest ever recorded, while concentrations of greenhouse gases such as carbon dioxide hit new peaks, the UN's World Meteorological Organization said. The …

World's glaciers melted at dramatic speed in 2022: UN report reflects on 'lost cause'
1 year, 8 months ago

World's glaciers melted at dramatic speed in 2022: UN report reflects on 'lost cause'

Hindustan Times  

The world's glaciers melted at dramatic speed last year and saving them is effectively a lost cause, the United Nations reported Friday, as climate change indicators once again hit record highs. The last eight years have been the warmest ever recorded, while concentrations of greenhouse gases such as carbon dioxide hit new peaks, the UN's World Meteorological Organization said. The …

World on ‘thin ice’: U.N. climate report gives stark warning
1 year, 9 months ago

World on ‘thin ice’: U.N. climate report gives stark warning

LA Times  

Humanity still has a chance, close to the last, to prevent the worst of climate change’s future harms, a top United Nations panel of scientists said Monday. After 1.5 degrees “the risks are starting to pile on,” said report co-author Francis X. Johnson, a climate, land and policy scientist at the Stockholm Environment Institute. If current consumption and production patterns …

As climate woes worsen, Africa's economies suffer, UN says
1 year, 9 months ago

As climate woes worsen, Africa's economies suffer, UN says

The Independent  

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The UN’s climate handbook for a ‘liveable’ future
1 year, 9 months ago

The UN’s climate handbook for a ‘liveable’ future

Al Jazeera  

Hitting the 2015 Paris Agreement temperature goals will require a massive reduction in fossil fuel use and unprecedented changes in all aspects of society, IPCC reports say. Earth is hotter than it has been in 125,000 years but deadly heatwaves, storms and floods amplified by global warming could be a foretaste as planet-heating fossil fuels put a “liveable” future at …

Climate Change: Why we could see a terrible rise in global temperatures in just 50 years
1 year, 11 months ago

Climate Change: Why we could see a terrible rise in global temperatures in just 50 years

Live Mint  

The United Nations’ international body on climate science, the IPCC, is easily the most authoritative institution on global heating. While it can be suspected that the intricacies of international consensus could have more than a little to do with this, the fact remains that even the most conservative estimates state that the world is fast running out of time to …

African activists cast doubt over climate talks' credibility
1 year, 11 months ago

African activists cast doubt over climate talks' credibility

The Independent  

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African nations push for funding to adapt to climate change
2 years, 1 month ago

African nations push for funding to adapt to climate change

The Hindu  

Battling droughts, sandstorms, floods, wildfires, coastal erosion, cyclones and other weather events exacerbated by climate change, the African continent needs to adapt, but it needs funds to do so, leaders and negotiators from the continent said at the U.N. climate summit. Mr. Shitima said the summit “should provide solutions to the millions of people in the continent,” adding that Africa …

African nations push for funding to adapt to climate change
2 years, 1 month ago

African nations push for funding to adapt to climate change

The Independent  

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UNESCO Study Says One-Third Glaciers In World Heritage Sites Will Disappear By 2050
2 years, 2 months ago

UNESCO Study Says One-Third Glaciers In World Heritage Sites Will Disappear By 2050

News 18  

The melting of polar ice caps due to climate change is well-publicised. A joint investigation by UNESCO and IUCN has shown that the glaciers in several UNESCO World Heritage sites will be entirely gone by 2050. There are 50 UNESCO World Heritage sites distributed all across the world that house glaciers. The study said that one-third of the glaciers in …

U.N. chief, Al Gore and others give dire warnings at global climate conference
2 years, 2 months ago

U.N. chief, Al Gore and others give dire warnings at global climate conference

LA Times  

With the world on “a highway to climate hell with our foot on the accelerator,” the United Nations chief on Monday told dozens of leaders to “cooperate or perish” on avoiding further climate catastrophe, singling out the two biggest polluting countries, China and the United States. “Climate change is directly threatening our people’s lives, health and future,” said Kenyan President …

What the latest IPCC science says about climate change
2 years, 2 months ago

What the latest IPCC science says about climate change

Al Jazeera  

COP27 delegates will be relying on UN climate science agency studies to make decisions about future energy plans. At the COP27 conference in Egypt, delegates will be relying on decades of scientific research published by the UN climate science agency to sway decisions about future energy plans and global warming trajectories. The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change produces reports roughly …

A third of world heritage glaciers under threat, warns UNESCO study
2 years, 2 months ago

A third of world heritage glaciers under threat, warns UNESCO study

The Hindu  

A third of the glaciers on the UNESCO World Heritage list are under threat, regardless of efforts to limit temperature increases, a study conducted by the UN body has found. "When glaciers melt rapidly, millions of people face water scarcity and the increased risk of natural disasters such as flooding, and millions more may be displaced by the resulting rise …

Climate change: Major glaciers worldwide to disappear by 2050
2 years, 2 months ago

Climate change: Major glaciers worldwide to disappear by 2050

Al Jazeera  

The most important protective measure to prevent major glacier retreat globally would be to drastically reduce carbon emissions. The United Nations cultural agency UNESCO, which monitors some 18,600 glaciers across 50 of its World Heritage Sites, says one-third of those are set to disappear by 2050. While the rest can be saved by keeping global temperature rise below 1.5 degrees …

Will COP27 address Africa’s climate challenges?
2 years, 2 months ago

Will COP27 address Africa’s climate challenges?

Al Jazeera  

On Wednesday, November 2 at 19:30 GMT: Although Africa has contributed the least to global carbon emissions, the continent remains the most vulnerable to the impacts of climate change, and African needs for climate finance and adaptation are among the greatest. There are high expectations that this year’s UN climate conference, hosted in Sharm El-Sheikh, will focus on how to …

UN says countries’ climate plans ‘nowhere near’ 1.5C goal
2 years, 2 months ago

UN says countries’ climate plans ‘nowhere near’ 1.5C goal

Al Jazeera  

Head of UN Climate Change says governments need to strengthen their climate plans and implement them in the next eight years. A new report by the United Nations has warned that the climate plans from governments worldwide remain insufficient to limit rising temperatures to 1.5 degrees Celsius as set out in the 2015 Paris Agreement. “We are still nowhere near …

African nations to finalize aims ahead of UN climate summit
2 years, 2 months ago

African nations to finalize aims ahead of UN climate summit

The Independent  

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Rich countries fail to strengthen climate plans ahead of UN deadline
2 years, 3 months ago

Rich countries fail to strengthen climate plans ahead of UN deadline

The Independent  

Sign up to the Independent Climate email for the latest advice on saving the planet Get our free Climate email Get our free Climate email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Australia was one of the G20 countries that significantly upped its ambition, submitting a new target of reducing greenhouse …

UN urges rich countries for compensation to tackle loss from climate change
2 years, 4 months ago

UN urges rich countries for compensation to tackle loss from climate change

Hindustan Times  

From drought to floods and sea level rise, the cost of damage caused by climate change will only get higher as the world warms, sparking concerns from both top officials and activists about how to pay for it. Pakistan, along with dozens of other developing countries around the world, are scrambling to adapt to the effects of climate change, with …

African nations demand climate change financing ahead of COP27
2 years, 4 months ago

African nations demand climate change financing ahead of COP27

Al Jazeera  

The African continent emits only some 3 percent of global CO2 emissions, yet is among the most exposed to climate change. The leaders of two dozen African countries have urged wealthier nations to uphold their aid pledges so the continent can tackle climate change effects for which it shares little blame. The African leaders said the financial aid was needed …

African nations urged to pile on pressure at climate summit
2 years, 4 months ago

African nations urged to pile on pressure at climate summit

Associated Press  

MOMBASA, Kenya — The former Irish President has called on African nations to pile on the pressure on rich, heavily-polluting countries to fulfill their climate pledges to the continent during a visit to Uganda. Mary Robinson, who is also chair of the Elders group of global leaders who advocate for peace and justice, told The Associated Press on Monday that …

As Africa’s climate warms, rich countries pledge more funds
2 years, 4 months ago

As Africa’s climate warms, rich countries pledge more funds

Associated Press  

MOMBASA, Kenya — Rich countries said they will spend about $25 billion by 2025 to boost Africa’s efforts to adapt to climate change as the continent continues to struggle with drought, cyclones and extreme heat, according to officials at a summit in Rotterdam in the Netherlands on Monday. “Africa does not have the resources to tackle climate change,” Akinwumi Adesina, …

As Africa's climate warms, rich countries pledge more funds
2 years, 4 months ago

As Africa's climate warms, rich countries pledge more funds

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Africa urged to propose action on climate at conference
2 years, 4 months ago

Africa urged to propose action on climate at conference

Associated Press  

MOMBASA, Kenya — Africa’s nations must develop strategies to address climate change which poses an existential threat to the continent’s megacities, Gabon’s President Ali Bongo Ondimba said at the third Africa Climate Week conference. The African climate week comes as the continent reels by several extreme weather events such as drought in East Africa and the Horn of Africa, sandstorms …

Africa urged to propose action on climate at conference
2 years, 4 months ago

Africa urged to propose action on climate at conference

The Independent  

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Five things to know for Africa Climate Week
2 years, 4 months ago

Five things to know for Africa Climate Week

Al Jazeera  

Facing deadly drought, historic floods, and extreme weather events, African politicians, civil society, and business leaders will voice calls for urgent action. The United Nations’ Africa Climate Week begins on Monday in Libreville, Gabon, with more than 1,000 participants expected to tackle the climate emergency as it intensifies throughout the continent. With severe drought, raging floods, and extreme weather bearing …

‘It’s now or never’: IPCC warns emissions must start to decline by 2025
2 years, 9 months ago

‘It’s now or never’: IPCC warns emissions must start to decline by 2025

The Independent  

Sign up to the Independent Climate email for the latest advice on saving the planet Get our free Climate email Get our free Climate email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Scientists working for the world’s leading authority on climate change have warned that less than …

UN: Africa, already suffering from warming, will see worse
2 years, 10 months ago

UN: Africa, already suffering from warming, will see worse

Associated Press  

Although Africa has contributed relatively little to the planet’s greenhouse gas emissions, the continent has suffered some of the world’s heaviest impacts of climate change, from famine to flooding. Yet from its coral reefs to its highest peaks, the reverberations of human-caused global warming will only get worse, according to a new United Nations report The U.N. Intergovernmental Panel on …

UN: Africa, already suffering from warming, will see worse
2 years, 10 months ago

UN: Africa, already suffering from warming, will see worse

The Independent  

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Over three billion people vulnerable to climate change: IPCC report
2 years, 10 months ago

Over three billion people vulnerable to climate change: IPCC report

India Today  

The United Nations on Monday released the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change report that stated that 3.6 billion people are highly vulnerable to climate change. The report identifying human-induced action as the prime cause of climate change stated that it is causing dangerous and widespread disruption in nature and affecting the lives of billions of people around the world. People …

Why 2022 is a crucial year to stop climate change
3 years ago

Why 2022 is a crucial year to stop climate change

Live Mint  

In 2022, the two primary sources of worry remain the covid-19 pandemic and the climate crisis. This report, coupled with the landmark IPCC study released last year on the extent of which anthropogenic emissions are causing climate change, will give us the most complete picture yet of the way the planet is careening towards climate chaos. As a December 2021 …

'Adapt or die:' Africa presses for more climate support
3 years, 2 months ago

'Adapt or die:' Africa presses for more climate support

The Independent  

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