What the latest IPCC climate report has to say
2 years, 8 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 that human greenhouse gas emissions are responsible for the climate crisis and another from February this year that analysed the impacts of climate change. The report urges governments to consider the cost of transition as an investment in a better future, since successfully mitigating climate change will result in the world meeting most of its sustainable development goals. The report states: “Globally, the 10% of households with the highest per capita emissions contribute 34-45% of global consumption-based household GHG emissions…while the middle 40% contribute 40-53%, and the bottom 50% contribute 13-15%.” It also points out that while North Americans and Europeans have per capita GHG emissions of 19 tonnes and 9.2 tonnes a year respectively, for South Asians this is 2.6 tonnes.

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Climate myopia: This year’s CoP was a big disappointment but small surprise
2 weeks, 5 days 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 …

Big climate change case in top UN court: Are wealthy nations legally bound to help vulnerable ones?
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3 weeks, 1 day ago

Big climate change case in top UN court: Are wealthy nations legally bound to help vulnerable ones?

Firstpost  

Any decision by the court would be non-binding advice and couldn’t directly force wealthy nations into action to help struggling countries. Yet it would be more than just a powerful symbol since it could be the basis for other legal actions, including domestic lawsuits Activists put up a billboard outside the International Court of Justice, in The Hague, Netherlands, as …

A landmark climate change case will open at the top UN court as island nations fear rising seas
3 weeks, 2 days 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 …

Citizenship sales, land creation and legal battles: How small islands are confronting existential climate threat
4 weeks, 1 day ago

Citizenship sales, land creation and legal battles: How small islands are confronting existential climate threat

BBC  

Citizenship sales, land creation and legal battles: How small islands are confronting existential climate threat Getty Images The Pacific Island of Tuvalu is grappling with the reality that much of its land mass may no longer lie above sea level by mid-century From erecting seawalls to selling citizenship, vulnerable small islands are taking sometimes drastic measures to protect themselves from …

Climate change: 7 things that COP29 summit at Azerbaijan’s Baku needs to focus on
1 month, 1 week ago

Climate change: 7 things that COP29 summit at Azerbaijan’s Baku needs to focus on

Firstpost  

As COP29 unfolds amid another record-breaking year of high global temperatures, new research highlights accelerating climate impacts – from breached warming thresholds to intensified wildfires, and potential disruption of ocean currents Participating world leaders and delegates arrive for a family photo during the United Nations Climate Change Conference in Baku. AFP This year’s U.N. climate summit - COP29 - is …

A shadow ‘financial crisis’ has cost the world $2 trillion
1 month, 2 weeks ago

A shadow ‘financial crisis’ has cost the world $2 trillion

CNN  

CNN — Last month, two major storms, Hurricane Helene and Hurricane Milton, caused a total of between $51.5 billion and $81.5 billion of property damage, mostly to Southeastern US states, according to estimates from CoreLogic. The report from the International Chamber of Commerce, which comes as the United Nations Climate Change Conference begins in Azerbaijan this week, estimated that the …

The world is “miles short” of its target to limit climate change, UN reports
1 month, 3 weeks ago

The world is “miles short” of its target to limit climate change, UN reports

Salon  

For the world to achieve net-zero carbon emissions by 2050, the 200 countries who signed the Paris climate agreement must hit a target of 43% reduction by 2030. Yet according to a recent report by the United Nations agency tasked with tackling global warming, the planet is currently on track to just hit a measly 2.6% reduction in carbon emissions. …

Random Forays: Climate change- understanding what we can do
6 months, 3 weeks ago

Random Forays: Climate change- understanding what we can do

Hindustan Times  

Aren’t we feeling smothered by the searing heat which has melted all previous records this summer? Though everyone cannot plant mini forests, there are organisations like Eco Sikhs which are assisting those desirous of planting volumes of trees. At the recent launch of advocate Jatinder ‘Jay’ Cheema’s book titled “Climate Change- The Policy, Law and Practice”, the aspect of individual …

Two years to save the world from climate catastrophe
8 months, 1 week 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 …

IPCC work on seventh climate assessment threatened by shorter timelines | Explained
10 months, 2 weeks ago

IPCC work on seventh climate assessment threatened by shorter timelines | Explained

The Hindu  

Established in 1988, the U.N. Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change has been bringing out climate change assessment reports on a periodic basis. The second GST is due in 2028 and submissions so far from member countries have requested the IPCC to publish its AR7 assessment reports before the stocktake. The full assessment reports – which nearly all the member countries …

Earth to warm up to 2.9C even with current climate pledges: UN
1 year, 1 month ago

Earth to warm up to 2.9C even with current climate pledges: UN

Al Jazeera  

UN warns world ‘out of road’ for limiting warming to 1.5C ahead of COP28 meeting in Dubai. The world’s emissions-cutting pledges are nowhere near enough to curb the effects of climate change, with Earth on track for warming a potentially catastrophic 2.9C this century, the United Nations has warned. Time to ‘step up’ The 2015 Paris Agreement saw countries agree …

How does climate change threaten where you live? A region-by-region guide.
1 year, 1 month ago

How does climate change threaten where you live? A region-by-region guide.

Raw Story  

This story was originally published by Grist. “Whether it’s wildfires or floods or drought, whether it’s extreme heat or storms, we know that climate change has made its way into our lives and it’s unfolding as predicted.” The report outlines steps every level of government can take to combat the climate crisis. — Akielly Hu Northwest Idaho, Oregon, Washington Climate …

World failing to get a grip on the climate crisis, says UN chief on new report
1 year, 1 month ago

World failing to get a grip on the climate crisis, says UN chief on new report

Hindustan Times  

NEW DELHI: Even if nations meet all of their current climate commitments, submitted as nationally determined contributions under the Paris Agreement, the 1.5 degrees C global warming threshold will be breached, a new UN report said on Tuesday. FILE The world is off track in its efforts to curb global warming, a new international report calculates The report flagged that …

Worsening warming is hurting people in all regions, US climate assessment shows
1 year, 1 month ago

Worsening warming is hurting people in all regions, US climate assessment shows

Associated Press  

Revved-up climate change now permeates Americans’ daily lives with harm that is “already far-reaching and worsening across every region of the United States,” a massive new government report says. With heat waves, drought, wildfire and heavy downpours, “we are seeing an acceleration of the impacts of climate change in the United States,” said study co-author Zeke Hausfather of the tech …

‘Every bit matters’: Six key takeaways from the latest U.S. climate report
1 year, 1 month ago

‘Every bit matters’: Six key takeaways from the latest U.S. climate report

LA Times  

The dire effects of human-caused climate change are worsening and they threaten to bring more extreme heat waves, droughts, floods and wildfires unless urgent actions are taken, scientists warned in a major national report. Efforts to adapt to climate change and curb the burning of fossil fuels have expanded since the last assessment was issued in 2018, the report says, …

California is working on solutions to worsening climate change. Will they be enough?
1 year, 4 months ago

California is working on solutions to worsening climate change. Will they be enough?

LA Times  

In the opening chapter of “The Ministry for the Future,” science-fiction author Kim Stanley Robinson details a calamitous heat wave that kills almost all the residents of a small town. “The simple equation is climate change, warmer atmosphere, more intense rain, more pollution, more problems but also major catastrophic infrastructure damage,” said Stefanie Sekich, senior manager of Surfrider Foundation’s coast …

Are we headed into a climate hell? Is IPCC the one to save us?
1 year, 4 months ago

Are we headed into a climate hell? Is IPCC the one to save us?

The Hindu  

Published : Aug 03, 2023 15:24 IST - 11 MINS READ One cannot go anywhere in the world without being bombarded with information about climate change, extreme events, and other disasters. Climate change messaging for the developing world We also need to ask if a country like India or the developing world at large needs scary messages without regional and …

Climate change impacts health, gender equality, economic growth and food insecurity: Report
1 year, 4 months ago

Climate change impacts health, gender equality, economic growth and food insecurity: Report

The Hindu  

Climate change impacts various aspects of United Nation’s Sustainable Development Goals including health, education, poverty reduction, economic growth, gender equality, besides exacerbating food insecurity and malnutrition, according to a report presented during the ongoing Think20 Summit in Mysuru. The report titled “Our Uncommon Future: Intersectionality of Climate Change and SDGs in the Global South” recognises the differentiated impact of climate …

Regional approach to climate crisis preparedness in Asia and the Pacific
1 year, 6 months ago

Regional approach to climate crisis preparedness in Asia and the Pacific

Hindustan Times  

Asia and the Pacific region has several climate vulnerable communities ranging from pacific communities, which face sudden and slow-onset disasters, rainfall variations and El Niño and La Niña climate patterns to Himalayan communities, which encounter extreme weather events like flash floods, landslides and debris flows worsened by climate crisis and depleting Himalayan glaciers. As the United Nations Environment Programme’s flagship …

It’s Time to Put Serious Money on Climate Resilient Development - News18
1 year, 6 months ago

It’s Time to Put Serious Money on Climate Resilient Development - News18

News 18  

Everything, everywhere and all systems together. Mobilising climate finance flows to developing countries One of the challenges of global climate finance is that it needs to address three simultaneous goals. Nearly three-quarters of global climate finance still stay in high-income countries, to avoid the perceived political, regulatory and economic risks of investments in developing countries. Turn-around in global to local …

‘A year of extremes’: What World Meteorological Organization’s 2022 report says about the state of global climate
1 year, 8 months ago

‘A year of extremes’: What World Meteorological Organization’s 2022 report says about the state of global climate

Firstpost  

The UN agency’s 2022 report has some worrying findings about climate change that has fuelled extreme weather events. Published on Friday, the State of Global Climate 2022 report by the World Meteorological Organization makes some worrying revelations about record-high temperatures, melting glaciers and rising pollution. What have the findings of WMO’s report on the state of global climate revealed about …

UN wants International Court of Justice’s view on countries’ climate obligations
1 year, 8 months ago

UN wants International Court of Justice’s view on countries’ climate obligations

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. Vanuatu prime minister Ishmael Kalsakau said it “will have a powerful and positive impact on how we address climate …

UN agrees on role for Int’l Court of Justice in climate change
1 year, 8 months ago

UN agrees on role for Int’l Court of Justice in climate change

Al Jazeera  

Pacific island state Vanuatu – one of the world’s most vulnerable to climate change – has led the UN initiative to deliver climate justice with a legal basis. “For us, an unprecedented weather event, consistent with what science tells us is a result of climate change,” Vanuatu’s Minister of Climate Change Adaptation Ralph Regenvanu said last week at a press …

We need decisive climate action, can COP28 deliver?
1 year, 8 months ago

We need decisive climate action, can COP28 deliver?

Al Jazeera  

Climate scientists are warning yet again that we are off target on climate action; COP28 can offer an opportunity to change that. But COP28 has the potential to achieve even more than that; it can become a watershed where COP meetings transition from multilateral negotiations to bold decision-making to advance climate action. While being a bona fide climate pioneer and …

How to defuse the climate change time bomb
1 year, 9 months ago

How to defuse the climate change time bomb

Live Mint  

“The climate time bomb is ticking. Prepared by the UN’s top climate science body, the IPCC, the Assessment Report 6 cycle formally came to an end with the publication of the concise Climate Change 2023 report on 20 March. This fact was firmly established by one of the special reports of the AR6 cycle—the so-called “1.5-degree report” from 2018—which fundamentally …

A climate change survival guide to act on
1 year, 9 months ago

A climate change survival guide to act on

The Hindu  

This week, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change released the synthesis report of its Sixth Assessment Report cycle, drawing together key findings from its six most recent reports. Some takeaways The report confirms that human activity is ‘unequivocally’ driving global temperature rise, which has reached approximately 1.1° C above pre-industrial levels. Strikingly, it notes that the projected CO2 emissions over …

Explained | What is the IPCC synthesis report and what does it say?
1 year, 9 months ago

Explained | What is the IPCC synthesis report and what does it say?

The Hindu  

The story so far: Highlighting the need for urgent climate action, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change released its Synthesis Report for the Sixth Assessment Cycle on March 20 in Interlaken, Switzerland. The report emphasised the need to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and adapt to human-caused climate change through “mainstream effective and equitable action” for a “liveable sustainable future for …

U.N. panel calls for rapid action against climate change to secure a liveable future
1 year, 9 months ago

U.N. panel calls for rapid action against climate change to secure a liveable future

The Hindu  

Climate change is a threat to human well-being and planetary health and there is a rapidly closing window of opportunity to secure a liveable and sustainable future for all, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change said in a report on March 20, 2023. “Mainstreaming effective and equitable climate action will not only reduce losses and damages for nature and people, …

Climate scientists deliver final warning: Time is running out
1 year, 9 months ago

Climate scientists deliver final warning: Time is running out

Live Mint  

Consider this the final warning: Climate scientists stated unequivocally today that rising greenhouse gas emissions have to be checked immediately. The Climate Change 2023 Synthesis Report is a culmination of a cycle of reports that started in 2018, which states clearly that in order to limit the effect of global warming to minimum, the world has to cut emissions by …

Overshooting 1.5°C warming would lead to irreversible impacts: IPCC report
1 year, 9 months ago

Overshooting 1.5°C warming would lead to irreversible impacts: IPCC report

Hindustan Times  

Overshooting 1.5°C warming will lead to irreversible impacts and risks for human and natural systems, all growing with the magnitude and duration of overshoot, an Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, the key scientific authority on climate crisis, warned on Monday. Making it clear that the 1.5°C goal will be breached within next few years even in the lowest emissions scenario, …

Window of opportunity to preserve liveable climate rapidly closing, says IPCC
1 year, 9 months ago

Window of opportunity to preserve liveable climate rapidly closing, says IPCC

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. Scientists from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change said there needs to be drastic and deep GHG emissions cuts …

UN calls for rapid, ambitious action to tackle climate crisis
1 year, 9 months ago

UN calls for rapid, ambitious action to tackle climate crisis

Al Jazeera  

IPCC’s world-leading scientists say resources and knowledge are sufficient to tackle the global climate crisis. The world has the tools to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and to secure a sustainable future if more ambitious actions are taken, a United Nations report has said, noting that actions taken so far are not enough to tackle the growing threats posed by climate …

The state of the climate in 2023
1 year, 9 months ago

The state of the climate in 2023

BBC  

The state of the climate in 2023 Ina Fassbender / Getty Images A total of 28 countries experienced their warmest year on record in 2022, including the UK, Germany and China In the last few years, the world has experienced extreme weather, record temperatures and rapid ice melt. "You don't need the hottest year globally ever to experience the hottest …

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 ‘Doom Loop’: How to reclaim the narrative of urgent climate action
1 year, 10 months ago

Climate Change ‘Doom Loop’: How to reclaim the narrative of urgent climate action

Live Mint  

The fight to battle climate change and global heating has always been one led by narrative. Despite decades of irrefutable scientific work that has shown the extent to which we are skirting with global disaster, the reality of climate change and its reason—our energy dependence on fossil fuels like oil, coal and gas—needed to overcome the denial and obfuscation of …

Editorial: 2022 brought more heat and pollution. We’re still careening toward climate disaster
1 year, 11 months ago

Editorial: 2022 brought more heat and pollution. We’re still careening toward climate disaster

LA Times  

New climate data show that 2022 was among the hottest years on record but that U.S. greenhouse gas emissions just keep rising. Another study showed the amount of heat being taken up by Earth’s oceans reached another record high last year. And it’s another stark reminder that despite some recent progress on climate policy, such as the passage of the …

Cost-of-living crisis overshadows ‘unavoidable’ climate action
1 year, 11 months ago

Cost-of-living crisis overshadows ‘unavoidable’ climate action

Al Jazeera  

Rising cost of living, energy and food supply crunches, and heavy national debt threaten to thwart the collective will needed to address the climate crisis, new report says. Climate change is the global economy’s biggest long-term challenge but one the world is least prepared to tackle because of short-term problems led by a cost-of-living crisis, the World Economic Forum said …

Loss and Damage decisions, pitfalls and promises
2 years ago

Loss and Damage decisions, pitfalls and promises

The Hindu  

A major takeaway from COP27 in Egypt, as far as loss and damage is concerned, is the decision relating to new funding arrangements focusing on L and D — those particularly vulnerable to the adverse effects of climate change. Past, present and the future In the entire climate change negotiations, the developed countries have consistently opposed being made liable for …

COP 27: Where will the funds for mitigation and adaptation come from? | In Focus podcast
2 years, 1 month ago

COP 27: Where will the funds for mitigation and adaptation come from? | In Focus podcast

The Hindu  

The 27th summit of the Conference of Parties in Egypt comes on the back of extreme weather events that seem like a trailer of the climate catastrophe that awaits the planet: epic floods in Pakistan, heat waves in Europe, wildfires in Australia, to name a few. Developing counties need about $2 trillion annually to cut their greenhouse emissions so that …

Is climate change affecting global health?
2 years, 1 month ago

Is climate change affecting global health?

The Hindu  

The story so far: Even as countries are meeting at the ongoing Climate Change Conference in Egypt, a recent report by Lancet, has traced in detail the intimate link between changing weather events and their impact on the health of people. The 2022 Lancet Countdown on Health and Climate Change: Health at the Mercy of Fossil Fuels points out that …

Climate Questions: What’s going on with climate change?
2 years, 1 month 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 …

What the latest IPCC science says about climate change
2 years, 1 month 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 …

Vanuatu’s big plea does little to arrest climate change
2 years, 1 month 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 …

UN warns the planet is heading for ‘climate catastrophe’
2 years, 1 month ago

UN warns the planet is heading for ‘climate catastrophe’

Al Jazeera  

UN Environment Programme reports that implementation of current government climate pledges will lead to a 2.4-2.6C temperature rise this century. The planet is heading for “climate catastrophe”, the UN has warned as a report showed how far off track nations are on cutting global warming pollution. The UN Environment Programme released its annual Emissions Gap report on Thursday, showing that …

COP27 in Egypt: What to expect from this year’s climate change conference?
2 years, 2 months ago

COP27 in Egypt: What to expect from this year’s climate change conference?

Firstpost  

The Conference of the Parties or COP directs global attention to the climate crisis and measures to tackle it. The COP27 meeting comes on the heels of catastrophic climate disasters ranging from floods in Pakistan to heatwaves in Europe and the United States In a crucial meeting for tackling the climate crisis, almost 200 countries will come together in Egypt …

Rich countries fail to strengthen climate plans ahead of UN deadline
2 years, 2 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 sums up climate science: world heading in wrong direction
2 years, 3 months ago

UN sums up climate science: world heading in wrong direction

Associated Press  

GENEVA — With weather disasters costing $200 million a day and irreversible climate catastrophe looming, the world is “heading in the wrong direction,” the United Nations says in a new report that pulls together the latest science on climate change. “This year’s United in Science report shows climate impacts heading into uncharted territories of destruction.” “Yet each year we double-down …

Climate impacts heading into ‘uncharted territories of destruction’ – UN chief
2 years, 3 months ago

Climate impacts heading into ‘uncharted territories of destruction’ – UN chief

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 Climate impacts are heading into “uncharted territories of destruction”, the head of the UN has …

East Med especially at risk as world heats up, report warns
2 years, 3 months ago

East Med especially at risk as world heats up, report warns

Associated Press  

NICOSIA, Cyprus — The eastern Mediterranean and Middle East are warming almost twice as fast as the global average, with temperatures projected to rise up to 5 degrees Celsius by the end of the century if no action is taken to reverse the trend, a new report says. The region will experience “unprecedented” heat waves, more severe and longer-lasting droughts …

‘Climate endgame’: Potential for environmental crisis to end humanity is ‘dangerously underexplored’
2 years, 4 months ago

‘Climate endgame’: Potential for environmental crisis to end humanity is ‘dangerously underexplored’

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. “There are plenty of reasons to believe climate change could become catastrophic, even at modest levels of warming,” said …

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