Editorial: Let’s make 2022 the year we all get angry about climate inaction
2 years, 11 months ago

Editorial: Let’s make 2022 the year we all get angry about climate inaction

LA Times  

High school students and other youth activists rally in a climate change protest in downtown Los Angeles in September 2019. And we can’t blunt climate change by dressing up another year of insufficient action as an incremental “win.” Opinion Editorial: Glasgow climate summit brought incremental progress. That’s a failure The Glasgow climate summit brought new pledges and other signs of incremental progress, but far too little action to avert dire warming. Escalating public anger can make people in positions of power uncomfortable, both those who act blatantly at the behest of fossil fuel interests and those who are trying to address climate change but doing far too little to avoid catastrophic warming. It can push politicians whose inclinations are to claim weak compromises and pledges as victories, like at the Glasgow summit, which Swedish activist Greta Thunberg said had “turned into a PR event” with leaders “actively creating loopholes” in order to keep profiting from a “destructive system.” Without anger flowing outward, it is too easy to blame only yourself.

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Why do so many people ignore major threats like climate change?
2 weeks, 4 days ago

Why do so many people ignore major threats like climate change?

Salon  

Earlier last month, the European Union's Copernicus Climate Change Service announced that Earth’s average temperature in 2024 had been on average 1.5 degrees C above pre-industrial levels. “For too long now, scientific and media communications have presented the subject of climate change in ways that have failed to trigger an adequate threat warning among readers and viewers, and have also …

2015-2024 declared hottest decade ever as COP29 kicks off in Baku
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1 month, 1 week ago

2015-2024 declared hottest decade ever as COP29 kicks off in Baku

India Today  

As COP29 convenes, the global community is met with a dire warning from the UN’s World Meteorological Organization. The WMO’s State of the Climate 2024 Update issued a red alert, pointing at the swift acceleration of climate change within a single generation. From January to September 2024, global mean surface air temperatures were 1.54°C above pre-industrial levels, a significant increase …

Climate change is terrifying. These young people won’t give up fighting it.
3 months, 1 week ago

Climate change is terrifying. These young people won’t give up fighting it.

LA Times  

It’s Friday, Sept. 13. Their anxieties — and their commitment to solutions — inspired my colleagues to fan out across our beats to better understand how young people were grappling with climate change and extreme weather. While many will say that climate change is a “young person’s problem,” I spoke with a group of activists over the age of 60 …

Our climate change challenge
3 months, 2 weeks ago

Our climate change challenge

LA Times  

There’s no escaping the damage we’ve done to our planet. In 2015, almost 200 nations agreed to try to limit global temperature increases to 1.5 degrees Celsius — or 2.7 degrees Fahrenheit — above preindustrial levels as part of the Paris climate accord. “At this point, it is really difficult to see a path to keeping warming below 1.5 degrees,” …

At climate summit, pageantry is over and negotiations get intense. ‘It’s go time’ to save a planet in peril
1 year ago

At climate summit, pageantry is over and negotiations get intense. ‘It’s go time’ to save a planet in peril

LA Times  

People walk near national flags during the COP28 U.N. climate summit on Friday in Dubai. COP28 President Sultan Al Jaber said he was “quite positive, hopeful and optimistic” that the summit could bring a “paradigm shift centered around and based on the science.” Members of the four pairs of high-level special teams — who will work with negotiators from nearly …

Progress on climate change has been too slow. But it’s been real
1 year ago

Progress on climate change has been too slow. But it’s been real

Hindustan Times  

The agreement at the conference of the parties to the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change, which took place in Paris in 2015, was somewhat impotent. But it could at least lay down the law for subsequent COPs, decreeing that this year’s should see the first “global stocktake” of what had and had not been done to bring the agreement’s …

Climate change ‘dystopian future already here’
1 year, 3 months ago

Climate change ‘dystopian future already here’

Al Jazeera  

Climate change is causing human rights emergencies around the world, the United Nations human rights chief says, specifically highlighting Iraq’s “spiralling damage” from global warming. In view of the record global temperatures this year, Guterres last week called for much more ambition in the fight against climate change to prevent “the worst climate chaos”. At last year’s UN COP27 climate …

G20 can offer the world direction on climate action
1 year, 3 months ago

G20 can offer the world direction on climate action

Live Mint  

This week leaders of G20 nations will gather to deliberate on a plethora of issues that the world grapples with, and agree on a collective stance to combat such challenges. As the world faces the impacts of climate change and environmental degradation, the G20 serves as a key platform to mainstream climate and environment across the development agenda. The need …

UK’s 40C summer of 2022 ‘will seem cool’ as extreme weather events become frequent, Met Office warns
1 year, 4 months ago

UK’s 40C summer of 2022 ‘will seem cool’ as extreme weather events become frequent, Met Office warns

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 sweltering 40C summer in Britain last year “will be considered cool” by the turn …

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 …

As Extinction Rebellion pauses disruptive tactics, what have its climate protests achieved?
1 year, 10 months ago

As Extinction Rebellion pauses disruptive tactics, what have its climate protests achieved?

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. That Halloween, hundreds of people gathered at UK Parliament to protest the government’s failure to tackle the climate crisis …

Ukraine, climate, economy: Takeaways from glitzy Davos event
1 year, 11 months ago

Ukraine, climate, economy: Takeaways from glitzy Davos event

Associated Press  

DAVOS, Switzerland — Elites from politics, business, academia and the arts on Friday wrapped up the World Economic Forum ‘s annual conclave in the Swiss town of Davos — where worries about the war in Ukraine, a warming planet and a cooling global economy dominated discussions about the world’s ills. First lady Olena Zelenska urged the power brokers in Davos …

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 …

Editorial: U.N. climate fund will become a money pit if we don’t stop burning fossil fuels
2 years ago

Editorial: U.N. climate fund will become a money pit if we don’t stop burning fossil fuels

LA Times  

The United Nations climate summit in Egypt this month broke ground with a new agreement to compensate poor nations for the effects of global warming. Most countries are falling far short of their climate goals under the 2015 Paris agreement, and the world isn’t moving anywhere near fast enough to cut pollution and keep global warming from reaching catastrophic levels. …

The Latest | UN Climate Summit
2 years, 1 month ago

The Latest | UN Climate Summit

Associated Press  

SHARM EL-SHEIKH, Egypt — The European Union’s climate chief criticized the outcomes of the meeting Sharm el-Sheikh, saying it was “not enough of a step forward for people and planet” and did “not address the yawning gap between climate science and our climate policies.” Frans Timmermans said the 27-nation bloc had supported the deal in order to ensure the creation …

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 …

Afraid and anxious, young protesters demand climate action
2 years, 3 months ago

Afraid and anxious, young protesters demand climate action

Associated Press  

NEW YORK — Frustrated, anxious but also a tad hopeful, young activists staged a coordinated “global climate strike” Friday to highlight the effects of global warming and demand more aid for poor countries hit by wild weather. Protesters also took to the streets in Jakarta, Tokyo, Rome, Berlin and Montreal carrying banners and posters with slogans such as, “It’s not …

Will embracing climate sabotage help save the planet?
2 years, 3 months ago

Will embracing climate sabotage help save the planet?

Al Jazeera  

On Thursday, August 25 at 19:30 GMT: For decades, climate activists have tried to sound the alarm on a warming planet. But protests, marches, boycotts, petitions, strikes and other non-violent means of drawing attention to climate change have not stopped fossil fuel emissions from increasing. As extreme weather events such as droughts, wildfires and storms proliferate, some activists are arguing …

Climate change activism is no longer enough – it’s time for us to become ‘doists’
2 years, 4 months ago

Climate change activism is no longer enough – it’s time for us to become ‘doists’

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. However, it’s not enough to simply worry about rivers running dry or to shake our heads as much of …

For young activists like me, Earth Day means not giving up hope
2 years, 8 months ago

For young activists like me, Earth Day means not giving up hope

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. Instead, they’re choosing to virtue signal about being “climate leaders” and trying to distract us with a GCSE they …

There is No Planet B. Climate Crisis is Real, It Must be an Integral Part of School Syllabus
2 years, 8 months ago

There is No Planet B. Climate Crisis is Real, It Must be an Integral Part of School Syllabus

News 18  

Conversations around climate change and the global rise in temperature are now part of our living rooms and workplaces, and not just international conferences and seminars. As we head towards more serious and frequent disastrous events such as droughts, forest fires, hurricanes, it is extremely important that we make climate change education in schools the key to addressing the issue. …

Climate crisis
2 years, 9 months ago

Climate crisis

New Indian Express  

“Educating children on climate change is critical and this can happen not from textbooks but by bringing in experts from this field who will share their perspectives. The foundation also cites that in the year 2021, natural disasters across the globe led to insured losses of over $100 billion and ten climate-related events cost $170.3 billion. Therefore this year’s festival …

Editorial: Climate catastrophe is already here. What will it take for the world to act?
2 years, 9 months ago

Editorial: Climate catastrophe is already here. What will it take for the world to act?

LA Times  

A new United Nations report blares dire warnings of the escalating effects of climate change: Our planet is no longer on the brink of catastrophe; the catastrophe is well underway. In a sweeping assessment released Monday by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, scientists from across the globe found that climate change is causing “dangerous and widespread disruption” to billions …

We write about climate change. Here's what gives us hope
3 years ago

We write about climate change. Here's what gives us hope

LA Times  

This is the Nov. 25, 2021, edition of Boiling Point, a weekly newsletter about climate change and the environment in California and the American West. California’s attorney general is watching, filing legal actions against local governments that approve heavily polluting projects in communities already struggling with some of the state’s lowest air quality and highest poverty rates. It’s not just …

What was achieved at the COP26 climate summit?
3 years, 1 month ago

What was achieved at the COP26 climate summit?

Live Mint  

“When will leaders lead? Encourage member nations of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change —the Conference of Parties, or COP—to present improved national decarbonisation plans that will limit global warming rise to 1.5 degrees Celsius; adopt resolutions that call for phasing out fossil fuels like coal, oil and gas; get wealthy nations to deliver on climate finance to …

The heavy lifting on climate action must begin
3 years, 1 month ago

The heavy lifting on climate action must begin

The Hindu  

Will the recently concluded, and much reported on, Glasgow climate meeting make a difference to humanity’s efforts to address global climate change? Hits and misses Yet, Glasgow was necessary for stronger action to address climate change because it put in place levers that stimulate domestic processes, such as the formulation of domestic pledges or ‘Nationally Determined Contributions’. Nonetheless, the term …

Editorial: Glasgow climate summit brought incremental progress. That’s a failure
3 years, 1 month ago

Editorial: Glasgow climate summit brought incremental progress. That’s a failure

LA Times  

The U.N. summit in Glasgow concluded over the weekend with a new climate agreement among nearly 200 countries that drew applause from world leaders in attendance. And leaders now plan to “revisit and strengthen” their climate pledges by the end of next year, meaning we won’t have to wait for years to see whether their actions are progressing. The U.S. …

Op-Ed: The failure at Glasgow and what needs to happen next
3 years, 1 month ago

Op-Ed: The failure at Glasgow and what needs to happen next

LA Times  

Aminath Shauna, the Maldives’ minister of environment, climate change and technology, said at the closing session of the COP26 climate summit in Glasgow, Scotland: “The difference between 1.5 and 2 degrees is a death sentence for us. It will be too late.” The one thing the climate summit in Glasgow, Scotland, made clear is that human society remains in business-as-usual …

‘Meek and weak’ climate pact blasted for lack of urgency on emission cuts
3 years, 1 month ago

‘Meek and weak’ climate pact blasted for lack of urgency on emission cuts

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 World leaders have been accused of failing to live up to the scale of the …

‘Betrayal of people, planet’: World reacts to COP26 climate pact
3 years, 1 month ago

‘Betrayal of people, planet’: World reacts to COP26 climate pact

Al Jazeera  

Mixed reactions to Glasgow Climate Pact as UN, US, China welcome deal and activists denounce more ‘blah blah blah’ from two weeks of talks. “It’s time to go into emergency mode.” US climate envoy John Kerry welcomed the agreement, saying good compromises leave everyone slightly unsatisfied. “There’s still a long, long way to go before we can say we’ve dealt …

Op-Ed: Glasgow’s hope at a critical moment in the climate battle
3 years, 1 month ago

Op-Ed: Glasgow’s hope at a critical moment in the climate battle

LA Times  

President Biden arrives at the U.N. climate summit in Glasgow, Scotland, on Nov. 1. The final COP26 decision statement, for the first time in a COP agreement, contains language directing all nations to increase efforts toward phasing down unabated coal and inefficient fossil fuel subsidies, though it gives no firm deadlines. On Wednesday, China and the U.S. — the world’s …

‘Hot air from Glasgow means it’s time for radical leadership’: Read letter signed by over 200 academics
3 years, 1 month ago

‘Hot air from Glasgow means it’s time for radical leadership’: Read letter signed by over 200 academics

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 Earlier this year, the official international summary of climate science announced we face increasing disasters …

Is the COP26 climate summit a disappointment?
3 years, 1 month ago

Is the COP26 climate summit a disappointment?

Live Mint  

The latest big news out of the ongoing COP26 climate summit in Glasgow, UK, yesterday, was the release of the summit's draft resolution yesterday. In a different part of the draft resolution, however, the document recognises the need to cut fresh global emissions by 45% by 2030 to be on track for the 1.5 degree goal. Speaking during an international …

AOC: Regaining world respect takes climate action, not words
3 years, 1 month ago

AOC: Regaining world respect takes climate action, not words

Associated Press  

GLASGOW, Scotland — The Democratic congressional delegation that House Speaker Nancy Pelosi has led to the U.N. climate talks in Glasgow, Scotland, carries the Biden administration’s message: America is back on the global climate stage. But one member of the delegation, Congress’s most prominent climate activist, Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, added a caveat Tuesday: the U.S. still has to back up …

World on track for 2.4C warming despite 2030 pledges: Analysis
3 years, 1 month ago

World on track for 2.4C warming despite 2030 pledges: Analysis

Al Jazeera  

The Climate Action Tracker research group says despite COP26 pledges, global warming would still surpass UN target cap of 1.5C. According to the Climate Action Tracker research group, promises by nations attending the COP26 conference to cut greenhouse gas emissions by 2030 would still allow the Earth to heat up well beyond the United Nations target cap of 1.5C by …

Obama swipes at Trump for ‘four years of active hostility’ on climate in Glasgow speech
3 years, 1 month ago

Obama swipes at Trump for ‘four years of active hostility’ on climate in Glasgow speech

CNN  

CNN — Former President Barack Obama went to the international climate conference in Glasgow on Monday because climate envoy John Kerry knew the Biden administration needed help convincing the world America was actually serious about combating climate change. But as much as Obama expressed regret for former President Donald Trump’s “four years of active hostility towards climate science” and the …

Frustrations grow as marchers demand faster climate action
3 years, 1 month ago

Frustrations grow as marchers demand faster climate action

Associated Press  

GLASGOW, Scotland — Tens of thousands of climate activists marched Saturday through the Scottish city hosting the U.N. climate summit, physically close to the global negotiators inside but separated by a vast gulf in expectations, with frustrated marchers increasingly dismissive of the talks and demanding immediate action instead to slow global warming. Many of the marchers condemned government leaders for …

‘No adults in the room’: Leaders criticised for climate inaction
3 years, 1 month ago

‘No adults in the room’: Leaders criticised for climate inaction

Al Jazeera  

Many people are doubtful world leaders will suddenly jump into action to head off ‘catastrophic’ warming after decades of dragging feet. Mass migration from coastal areas to urban centres inland is already under way as rising seas envelop the low-elevation nation, with as many as 30 million people becoming “climate refugees” in the coming decades. ‘Civilizational meltdown’ UK-based climate and …

Earth has 11 years to cut emissions to avoid dire climate scenarios, a report says
3 years, 1 month 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 …

Greta Thunberg in Glasgow sings ‘You can shove your climate crisis up your arse’
3 years, 1 month ago

Greta Thunberg in Glasgow sings ‘You can shove your climate crisis up your arse’

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 Greta Thunberg appeared to be enjoying her visit to Glasgow for Cop26 on Monday as …

‘We’re already in a living hell’: Greta Thunberg joins young climate activists outside Cop26 to demand faster action
3 years, 1 month ago

‘We’re already in a living hell’: Greta Thunberg joins young climate activists outside Cop26 to demand faster action

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 Young climate activists from across the world took to the streets of Glasgow on Monday …

Leaders dial up doomsday warning to kick-start climate talks
3 years, 1 month ago

Leaders dial up doomsday warning to kick-start climate talks

Associated Press  

GLASGOW, Scotland — World leaders turned up the heat and resorted to end-of-the-world rhetoric Monday in an attempt to bring new urgency to sputtering international climate negotiations. United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres told his colleagues that humans are “digging our own graves.” And Barbados Prime Minister Mia Mottley, speaking for vulnerable island nations, added moral thunder, warning leaders not to …

COP26: Will Glasgow deliver what Paris promised in fight against climate change?
3 years, 1 month ago

COP26: Will Glasgow deliver what Paris promised in fight against climate change?

India Today  

The United Nations Climate Change Conference is underway with world leaders reaching Glasgow in the United Kingdom to discuss how to check global warming and slow down the phenomenon of climate change. “We are extremely grateful to the government of the United Kingdom for hosting this crucially important conference in these unprecedented times and for making every effort to keep …

COP26: All you need to know about the climate change summit
3 years, 1 month ago

COP26: All you need to know about the climate change summit

Live Mint  

Delayed by a year due to covid-19, the crucial international climate summit, the COP26, gets underway today at Glasgow, Scotland. Billed as a make-or-break summit, what’s at stake here is the global effort to halt climate change by formulating a pathway to halt planet-heating greenhouse gas emissions. The politics of climate negotiations Many developed nations including the US, UK, the …

COP26: World gathers amid calls to avert climate disaster
3 years, 1 month ago

COP26: World gathers amid calls to avert climate disaster

Al Jazeera  

COP26 aims to keep alive a target of capping global warming at 1.5C, amid warnings of disastrous climate catastrophe. COP26 president Alok Sharma opened the two-week summit saying the talks were “last, best hope” to keep the goal of limiting global warming to 1.5C alive. British Prime Minister Boris Johnson urged world leaders attending the UN climate change conference in …

COP26 this year is our best chance to stop global warming
3 years, 1 month ago

COP26 this year is our best chance to stop global warming

ABC  

It's been billed as the last best chance to keep warming to 1.5C. "It's the first real test of whether or not the Paris Agreement's ambition mechanism is going to work," climate scientist and European think tank Climate Analytics CEO Bill Hare said. "It's already resulted in a lot of those big emitters — developed countries — making some pretty …

Protesters slam London banks on climate, fossil fuel support
3 years, 1 month ago

Protesters slam London banks on climate, fossil fuel support

Associated Press  

LONDON — Protesters took to the streets Friday in London’s historic financial district to lobby against the use of fossil fuels ahead of the start of the U.N. climate summit in the Scottish city of Glasgow. We already know what we need to do: we need to phase out of the fossil fuel era, we need to divest from these …

‘Everything is at stake’ as world gathers for climate talks
3 years, 1 month ago

‘Everything is at stake’ as world gathers for climate talks

Associated Press  

More than one world leader says humanity’s future, even survival, hangs in the balance when international officials meet in Scotland to try to accelerate efforts to curb climate change. We cannot drink oil, and we cannot breathe so-called natural gas.” Her words were echoed by a man tasked with steering one of the world’s richest economic blocs through the climate …

A look at the top issues for this year’s UN climate summit
3 years, 1 month ago

A look at the top issues for this year’s UN climate summit

Associated Press  

BERLIN — This year’s U.N. climate summit renews an urgent question to the international community: Can the world come together to confront the common enemy of global warming before it’s too late? Here are five of the top issues that will need to be tackled in Glasgow: RICH COUNTRIES OWE POOR ONES The pledge by rich countries to mobilize $100 …

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