The future of island states and poor countries in the face of climate change
3 years, 4 months ago

The future of island states and poor countries in the face of climate change

China Daily  

Delegates from 195 countries signed the most important Memorandum of Understanding in world history on December 12, 2015 in Paris. It is a fateful phenomenon that global climate change, a catastrophe created by rich countries against nature, is now affecting island states and poor countries more powerfully. However, many developed countries are still emitting greenhouse gases in quantitative quantities and are still ignoring climate change for economic reasons. Increasing carbon dioxide, methane, nitrous oxide and other greenhouse gas emissions are the driving force behind climate change. Accordingly, reducing or preventing greenhouse gas emissions and responding to the effects of climate change are being adopted as courses of action.

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The climate future: We're entering a world of falling GDP and overheated seas
3 months, 1 week ago

The climate future: We're entering a world of falling GDP and overheated seas

Live Mint  

Sitting down to write this newsletter, I was thinking about a way to introduce it that would chime in with the fact that we are in December. According to the November data of the European Union’s Copernicus Climate Change Service, the average global surface temperature was 1.62 degrees Celsius hotter than pre-industrial levels. View Full Image In May, a working …

A landmark climate change case will open at the top UN court as island nations fear rising seas
3 months, 3 weeks ago

A landmark climate change case will open at the top UN court as island nations fear rising seas

Associated Press  

THE HAGUE — The top United Nations court will take up the largest case in its history on Monday, when it opens two weeks of hearings into what countries worldwide are legally required to do to combat climate change and help vulnerable nations fight its devastating impact. After years of lobbying by island nations who fear they could simply disappear …

Earth on track for hottest year in recorded history, passing critical 1.5º warming threshold
4 months, 2 weeks ago

Earth on track for hottest year in recorded history, passing critical 1.5º warming threshold

Salon  

The Copernicus Climate Change Service, a European Union organization that monitors global heating, announced on Thursday that the year 2024 will be 1.5 degrees Celsius warmer than pre-industrial levels. "This marks a new milestone in global temperature records and should serve as a catalyst to raise ambition for the upcoming Climate Change Conference, COP29.” "This latest record sends another stark …

Global warming will be TWICE as bad as predicted: Earth is on track for 'catastrophic' 3.1°C of warming this century, the UN warns
4 months, 3 weeks ago

Global warming will be TWICE as bad as predicted: Earth is on track for 'catastrophic' 3.1°C of warming this century, the UN warns

Daily Mail  

The world is on track for a 'catastrophic' 3.1°C of global warming by the end of this century, the UN has warned. The world is on track for a 'catastrophic' 3.1°C of global warming by the end of this century, the UN has warned The UN warned the world was currently on track for temperature rises of 2.6°C to 3.1°C, …

Climate Questions: What’s going on with climate change?
2 years, 4 months ago

Climate Questions: What’s going on with climate change?

Associated Press  

Addressing climate change — a now ubiquitous term for the warming of the planet caused by humans emitting carbon dioxide and methane from coal, oil and natural gas into the atmosphere — is becoming exponentially more pressing, with the language of scientists, officials and activists becoming more serious with every passing year. ___ EDITOR’S NOTE: This story is part of …

Vanuatu’s big plea does little to arrest climate change
2 years, 4 months ago

Vanuatu’s big plea does little to arrest climate change

The Hindu  

There is a strong belief in some quarters that the next climate conference, just days away in Sharm El Sheikh in Egypt this year may not discuss climate change mitigation largely on account of the ongoing energy stress in Europe. A similar call on coal use Vanuatu’s plea comes in the wake of a similar call for phaseout of coal …

Climate Questions: What's going on with climate change?
2 years, 5 months ago

Climate Questions: What's going on with climate change?

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 Addressing climate change — a …

World may soon pass the crucial climate threshold of 1.5°C
2 years, 10 months ago

World may soon pass the crucial climate threshold of 1.5°C

Live Mint  

If the next eight years represent a crucial time for stopping climate change, then the stakes just got bigger. The Global Annual To Decadal Climate Update, prepared by scientists at the United Kingdom Met Office and released by the WMO, states that there is 50:50 chance that in at least one year between 2022-2026, the global average temperature will be …

Some (Kinda) Good Climate News: 2 Degrees Is Doable
2 years, 11 months ago

Some (Kinda) Good Climate News: 2 Degrees Is Doable

Wired  

For all the less-than-encouraging news about climate change—rapid sea-level rise, the land itself transforming, serious trouble brewing under Antarctic glaciers—we’ve been getting plenty of hope. That shift is clear in a darn near uplifting paper that publishes today in the journal Nature: Modeling by an international team of scientists shows that if nations uphold their recent climate pledges, including those …

What the latest IPCC climate report has to say
2 years, 11 months ago

What the latest IPCC climate report has to say

Live Mint  

The fossil fuel age is effectively over. This is the message of the third major climate report from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, the UN’s apex climate science body. The report, Climate Change 2022: Mitigation Of Climate Change, was released on 4 April, hard on the heels of two earlier reports: one in August last year that conclusively proved …

World heading for 2.4C of warming after latest climate pledges, say analysts
3 years, 4 months ago

World heading for 2.4C of warming after latest climate pledges, say analysts

Live Mint  

New national pledges to tackle climate change this decade would lead to around 2.4 degrees Celsius of global warming this century, far above safe levels, analysts predict. Climate Action Tracker said on Tuesday that the promises by countries attending the U.N. summit in Glasgow to cut greenhouse gas emissions by 2030 would still allow the Earth to heat up far …

Earth has 11 years to cut emissions to avoid dire climate scenarios, a report says
3 years, 4 months ago

Earth has 11 years to cut emissions to avoid dire climate scenarios, a report says

NPR  

Earth has 11 years to cut emissions to avoid dire climate scenarios, a report says Enlarge this image toggle caption Zhang Peng/LightRocket via Getty Images Zhang Peng/LightRocket via Getty Images The current rate of greenhouse gas pollution is so high that Earth has about 11 years to rein in emissions if countries want to avoid the worst damage from climate …

‘Climate catastrophe’: World faces 2.7C temperature rise
3 years, 4 months ago

‘Climate catastrophe’: World faces 2.7C temperature rise

Al Jazeera  

Current commitments to cut greenhouse gas emissions put the planet on track for a “catastrophic” average 2.7-degree Celsius temperature rise this century, the United Nations has said, the latest stark warning ahead of crunch climate talks. Just days before the COP26 climate summit in the Scottish city of Glasgow, the UN’s Environment Programme said on Tuesday national plans to reduce …

Small islands caught between tourism economy, climate change
3 years, 5 months ago

Small islands caught between tourism economy, climate change

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 Please enter a valid email address Please enter a valid email address SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. The United Nations recognizes 38 …

Small islands caught between tourism economy, climate change
3 years, 5 months ago

Small islands caught between tourism economy, climate change

Associated Press  

NEW YORK — Come visit the Maldives, its president entreated the world at this year’s United Nations General Assembly, moments before switching to an impassioned plea for help combating climate change. The United Nations recognizes 38 member states, scattered across the world’s waters, as small island developing states grouped together because they face “unique social, economic and environmental challenges.” This …

Vanuatu to push international court for climate change action
3 years, 5 months ago

Vanuatu to push international court for climate change action

Al Jazeera  

Island state with 280,000 people among more than a dozen Pacific island nations facing rising sea levels and more frequent storms. Vanuatu, with a population of some 280,000 people spread across roughly 80 islands, is among more than a dozen Pacific island nations facing rising sea levels and more regular storms. “In response to the catastrophic levels of climate change …

UN chief urges ‘rapid’ emission cuts to curb climate change
3 years, 6 months ago

UN chief urges ‘rapid’ emission cuts to curb climate change

Associated Press  

GENEVA — The head of the United Nations called Thursday for “immediate, rapid and large-scale” cuts in greenhouse gas emissions to curb global warming and avert climate disaster. “Unless there are immediate, rapid and large-scale reductions in greenhouse gas emissions, we will be unable to limit global heating to 1.5 degrees Celsius,” said Guterres. “The consequences will be catastrophic.” In …

UN Climate Change Report: 'It’s going to get worse...nowhere to run, nowhere to hide'
3 years, 7 months ago

UN Climate Change Report: 'It’s going to get worse...nowhere to run, nowhere to hide'

India TV News  

UN Climate Change Report: 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 prevent, according to a report released Monday that the United Nations calls a “code red for humanity.” “It’s just guaranteed that it’s going to get worse,” said report co-author Linda …

Leaked UN draft report warns of accelerating climate devastation
3 years, 9 months ago

Leaked UN draft report warns of accelerating climate devastation

Al Jazeera  

Devastating climate effects from unliveable heat to more widespread disease are accelerating and will become obvious within 30 years, draft UN report says. That goal is enshrined in the 2015 Paris Agreement, adopted by nearly 200 nations which pledged to collectively cap warming at “well below” two degrees Celsius – and 1.5 degrees if possible. But the UN draft report …

‘We made the ocean our home’: The islands fighting climate change
4 years, 6 months ago

‘We made the ocean our home’: The islands fighting climate change

Al Jazeera  

How a culture and history of resilience is inspiring Pacific islanders in their fight against cyclones and rising seas. Pacific rebuilding Meanwhile, a salutary tale comes from the most unlikely of places – a nation in the teeth of the worst effects of climate change, the Cook Islands in the Pacific Ocean, where cyclones and rising seas ravage ever-decreasing habitable …

‘Unprecedented changes’ needed to stop global warming as UN report reveals islands starting to vanish and coral reefs dying
6 years, 2 months ago

‘Unprecedented changes’ needed to stop global warming as UN report reveals islands starting to vanish and coral reefs dying

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. “Limiting warming to 1.5C is possible within the laws of chemistry and physics, but doing so would require unprecedented …

As Trump questions global warming, UN says: US gov’t won’t
6 years, 4 months ago

As Trump questions global warming, UN says: US gov’t won’t

Associated Press  

GENEVA — A top U.N. scientist on Thursday shrugged off an online quip from U.S. President Donald Trump that questioned global warming, saying a U.S. government report will show the “fundamental impacts of climate change on the U.S. continent.” Officials at the World Meteorological Organization also said environmentally minded efforts by the state of California, in parts of the financial …

We Need Massive Change to Avoid Climate Hell
55 years, 2 months ago

We Need Massive Change to Avoid Climate Hell

Wired  

On Sunday night, the UN’s Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change dropped an urgent report on the state of global warming. To correct course and avoid 1.5 C, or 2.7 degrees Fahrenheit, we’ll need to cut emissions by half before 2030, and go carbon-neutral by 2050, the report says. “The report has sent a very clear message that if we don't …

‘It’s a matter of survival’: Activists from the Arctic to Pacific islands fear life beyond 1.5C warming
6 years, 5 months ago

‘It’s a matter of survival’: Activists from the Arctic to Pacific islands fear life beyond 1.5C warming

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. “Climate change is a lived reality for many communities in the Pacific,” says Joseph Zane Sikulu, an activist and …

New UN Climate Report Dims Hope For Averting Catastrophic Global Warming
6 years, 5 months ago

New UN Climate Report Dims Hope For Averting Catastrophic Global Warming

Huff Post  

LOADING ERROR LOADING The world is rapidly running out of time to scale back greenhouse gas emissions, dimming hopes of keeping global warming within 1.5 degrees Celsius above pre-industrial levels, beyond which catastrophic planetary changes are forecast. “Climate change is already affecting people, livelihood and ecosystems all around the world.” He continued: “Every bit of warming matters.” The report ― …

Small islands use big platform to warn of climate change
6 years, 5 months ago

Small islands use big platform to warn of climate change

Associated Press  

UNITED NATIONS — On the map, their homes are tiny specks in a vast sea of blue, rarely in the headlines and far removed from the centers of power. Speaking shortly after U.S. President Donald Trump — whose fiery speech made no mention of climate change — Danny Faure told the U.N. General Assembly this week that for his country, …

The World Is Dangerously Lowballing The Economic Cost Of Climate Change, Study Finds
6 years, 9 months ago

The World Is Dangerously Lowballing The Economic Cost Of Climate Change, Study Finds

Huff Post  

U.S. soldiers prepare to pass out food and water in San Isidro, Puerto Rico, last October. Mario Tama via Getty Images Leading global forecasts widely underestimate the future costs of climate change, a new paper warns. The findings, to be released Monday in the Review of Environmental Economics and Policy, say projections used by the United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on …

Experts: US exiting climate pact may doom some small islands
7 years, 9 months ago

Experts: US exiting climate pact may doom some small islands

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — To small island nations where the land juts just above the rising seas, the U.S. pulling out of the Paris global warming pact makes the future seem as fragile and built on hope as a sand castle. “And so if we continue this trend our very existence as small islands could very well disappear in many instances.” The …

How climate change will threaten food security of world's poorest countries
7 years, 9 months ago

How climate change will threaten food security of world's poorest countries

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 Some of the world’s poorest countries will be hit hardest as climate change affects marine …

One looming consequence of climate change: Small island nations will cease to exist
8 years, 4 months ago

One looming consequence of climate change: Small island nations will cease to exist

LA Times  

Moroccan and international demonstrators shout slogans and hold placards against pollution during a demonstration in Marrakech, Morocco, on the sidelines of the climate conference on Nov. 13, 2016. As United Nations climate change talks get set to wrap up on Friday in Marrakech, Morocco, negotiators representing the Alliance of Small Island Nations underscored the need to speed up efforts to …

Global warming set to cost the world economy £1.5 trillion by 2030 as it becomes too hot to work
8 years, 8 months ago

Global warming set to cost the world economy £1.5 trillion by 2030 as it becomes too hot to work

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. “For individual countries, even within a short timespan, the losses due to the increasing heat can be in the …

Climate change: Five Islands in the South Pacific 'completely lost to rising seas'
8 years, 10 months ago

Climate change: Five Islands in the South Pacific 'completely lost to rising seas'

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 Rising sea levels and erosion …

COP21: The Pacific countries that need the Paris 1.5C temperature rise agreement to 'stay alive'
9 years, 3 months ago

COP21: The Pacific countries that need the Paris 1.5C temperature rise agreement to 'stay alive'

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 The Marshall Islands - a tiny group of over 1,000 islands spread over 29 atolls …

Global warming: Thousands flee Pacific islands on front line of climate change
9 years, 3 months ago

Global warming: Thousands flee Pacific islands on front line of climate change

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. The most comprehensive study so far into Pacific Island migration was released at the UN Climate Change Summit in …

Pacific Island Tuvalu calls for 1.5 degrees global warming limit or faces 'total demise'
9 years, 3 months ago

Pacific Island Tuvalu calls for 1.5 degrees global warming limit or faces 'total demise'

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 At just 4.5 metres above …

UN climate panel warns of irreversible damage
10 years, 4 months ago

UN climate panel warns of irreversible damage

Al Jazeera  

‘Time is not on our side,’ UN chief says, as experts reveal conclusive evidence that humans alter Earth’s climate. Governments can keep climate change in check at manageable costs but will have to cut greenhouse gas emissions to zero by 2100 to limit risks of irreversible damage, a UN panel has said. In a report released on Sunday, the Intergovernmental …

Raise your voice, not the sea level: UN chief on climate change
10 years, 9 months ago

Raise your voice, not the sea level: UN chief on climate change

Firstpost  

The 12-day Bonn talks, which began on Wednesday, seek to overcome some of the many obstacles towards a post-2020 pact to roll back heat-trapping fossil-fuel gases. Bonn: The United Nations seized World Environment Day to demand action on climate change to protect small island states threatened by rising seas, drought and floods. “Greenhouse gas concentrations continue to rise, with the …

UN report warns of climate change risks and calls on the world to prepare
10 years, 11 months ago

UN report warns of climate change risks and calls on the world to prepare

ABC  

Soaring carbon emissions will amplify the risk of conflict, hunger, flood and migration this century, a United Nations' expert panel has said. "Part of the reason adaptation is so important is that the world faces a host of risks from climate change already baked into the climate system, due to past emissions and existing infrastructure." At a separate meeting on …

‘100 mn will die by 2030 if world fails to act on climate’
12 years, 5 months ago

‘100 mn will die by 2030 if world fails to act on climate’

Live Mint  

London: More than 100 million people will die and global economic growth will be cut by 3.2% of gross domestic product by 2030 if the world fails to tackle climate change, a report commissioned by 20 governments said on Wednesday. It calculated that five million deaths occur each year from air pollution, hunger and disease as a result of climate …

Climate: rich and poor must work together
15 years, 4 months ago

Climate: rich and poor must work together

The Hindu  

Be in no doubt. Copenhagen must secure a deal that sees rich countries shouldering their fair share of the burden of controlling climate change. This means tough targets on their own emissions but also an agreement on funding to help developing countries pursue green growth and cope with the impacts of climate change. A fair deal at Copenhagen also means …

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