‘Running out of time’: Experts warn against rising sea levels
5 years, 4 months ago

‘Running out of time’: Experts warn against rising sea levels

Al Jazeera  

Call for more aggressive action and funding for small islands, coastal cities in Asia-Pacific as sea levels rise. Earlier, Ovais Sarmad, the UN Climate Change deputy executive secretary, described the impacts of climate change around the world as “devastating” and said that “there is urgency” in addressing them. “As much as possible, we must try to adapt and mitigate in situ because that’s where people have their homes, land and livelihoods,” Harjeet Singh, global climate change lead at the charity group ActionAid, told Thomson Reuters on Thursday. “But more places are becoming uninhabitable because of land degradation, rising sea levels or other weather impacts and there is no choice but to relocate.” 20 million people affected According to the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies, more than 20 million people are uprooted every year by floods, storms, landslides and other extreme winter conditions, with the vast majority of such displacement occurring in the Asia-Pacific region. Fiji moved its first coastal community inland in 2014, and may have to move dozens more to higher ground as sea levels rise, said Nilesh Prakash, the country’s head of climate change and international cooperation.

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A landmark climate change case will open at the top UN court as island nations fear rising seas
1 month, 1 week 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 …

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

A look at the fight against global warming
7 months, 2 weeks ago

A look at the fight against global warming

Hindustan Times  

Heatwaves pose a recurring challenge to lives across the globe, as the climate crisis intensifies and there are frequent and myriad disruptions to the global atmospheric circulation system. There is global consensus about the fact that the climate crisis is caused by human activity; and to address the challenge, countries across the globe adopted the Paris Climate Agreement at COP21 …

Global warming could cost poor countries trillions. They’ve urged the COP28 climate summit to help
1 year, 1 month ago

Global warming could cost poor countries trillions. They’ve urged the COP28 climate summit to help

Associated Press  

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — A prominent developing-world leader on the issue of climate change said Monday that global taxes on the financial services, oil and gas, and shipping industries could drum up hundreds of billions of dollars for poorer countries to adapt and cope with global warming. The U.N. climate summit known as COP28, which is being presided over …

Biden tells Pacific islands leaders that he hears their warnings about climate change and will act
1 year, 3 months ago

Biden tells Pacific islands leaders that he hears their warnings about climate change and will act

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden on Monday told leaders from the 18-member Pacific Islands Forum that he has heard their warnings about the impact of climate change on their region and that his administration is committed to helping them meet the challenge. Biden announced Monday that later this year he would deploy a U.S. Coast Guard vessel to the region …

World Environment Day: What is the human cost of inaction?
1 year, 7 months ago

World Environment Day: What is the human cost of inaction?

Live Mint  

When we talk about the cost of the climate crisis, the implications are almost always depicted in financial terms. “For every 0.1ºC of warming above present levels, about 140 million more people will be exposed to dangerous heat,” said Professor Tim Lenton, director of the Global Systems Institute at the University of Exeter, and one of the co-authors of the …

Pacific Island leaders say rich countries are not doing enough to control climate change
1 year, 7 months ago

Pacific Island leaders say rich countries are not doing enough to control climate change

The Hindu  

Pacific Island leaders are criticising rich countries for not doing enough to control climate change despite being responsible for much of the problem, and for profiting from loans provided to vulnerable nations to mitigate the effects. Prime Minister Mark Brown of the Cook Islands said the finance model for combatting climate change — giving out loans to reduce the impact …

UN chief says rising seas a ‘death sentence’ for some countries
1 year, 10 months ago

UN chief says rising seas a ‘death sentence’ for some countries

Al Jazeera  

United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has warned of the threat posed by rising sea levels to hundreds of millions of people living in low-lying coastal areas and small island states as new data reveals seas have risen rapidly since 1900. In a stark address to the first UN Security Council debate on the implications of rising sea levels for international …

The Climate Struggle Literally Hit Home in 2022
2 years ago

The Climate Struggle Literally Hit Home in 2022

Wired  

A year ago, I lambasted politicians for missing a huge opportunity for climate action. “I feel a lot more heartened about climate change now than I ever have,” says Jonathan Foley, executive director of the nonprofit Project Drawdown, which advocates for climate action. Like, Hey, wait a minute, things are really starting to pivot.” “2022 has proven to be a …

Earth is still 'on the brink of climate catastrophe' after the COP27 deal
2 years, 1 month ago

Earth is still 'on the brink of climate catastrophe' after the COP27 deal

Daily Mail  

This includes those on phasing out fossil fuels and greenhouse gas emissions However, some attendees were 'disappointed' by other 'weakened' pledges This will give financial aid to poorer countries more vulnerable to climate change The planet remains 'on the brink of climate catastrophe' after a deal was struck at the end of the COP27 summit yesterday, according to climate experts. …

Lines in the sand need redrawing to reach climate deal
2 years, 1 month ago

Lines in the sand need redrawing to reach climate deal

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 As international climate talks in …

Climate change gets ‘highest priority’ in US, Pacific agreement
2 years, 3 months ago

Climate change gets ‘highest priority’ in US, Pacific agreement

Al Jazeera  

New partnership deal signed by 14 nations follows historic summit at the White House and comes as China extends influence in the region. The United States and Pacific island nations have signed up to a new era of cooperation, making climate change the “highest priority” and promising to work together to ensure a peaceful region where “democracy is allowed to …

Drowning island nations: ‘This is how a Pacific atoll dies’
2 years, 3 months ago

Drowning island nations: ‘This is how a Pacific atoll dies’

Associated Press  

While world leaders from wealthy countries acknowledge the “existential threat” of climate change, Tuvalu Prime Minister Kausea Natano is racing to save his tiny island nation from drowning by raising it 13 to 16 feet above sea level through land reclamation. Together they launched the Rising Nations Initiative, a global partnership aimed to preserve the sovereignty, heritage and rights of …

Pacific islands summit begins amid US-China battle for influence
2 years, 5 months ago

Pacific islands summit begins amid US-China battle for influence

Al Jazeera  

Key summit comes as region grapples with the fallout of the COVID-19 pandemic, climate change and US-China rivalry. “I don’t hear a well-formulated answer on exactly how the strategy will be implemented, and I don’t think other neighbouring nations are much further along than we are.” Bohn said that while developed countries would prefer to see the region adopt a …

Postcards from the frontlines of climate change
2 years, 7 months ago

Postcards from the frontlines of climate change

ABC  

Tok Pisin • 中文版 • Indonesian Australia has some 16 Pacific Island neighbours — some with a landmass a millionth our size — who unanimously declare climate change the "single greatest threat" to the region. Climate Action Network project manager Ralph Spring in 2022: "The mentality here is we know it's going to happen sooner or later — we're going …

Editorial: Climate catastrophe is already here. What will it take for the world to act?
2 years, 10 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 …

Editorial: Go narrow and deep. The three things the U.S. must accomplish in 2022
3 years ago

Editorial: Go narrow and deep. The three things the U.S. must accomplish in 2022

LA Times  

Our nation has waffled on climate change or introduced only minor changes. Rising sea levels threaten populations in low-lying coastal areas across the world — it’s already felt in Africa, according to a Nigerian climate report — and large-scale resettlement of those people would almost certainly lead to widespread famine and political destabilization. It contains $555 billion to incentivize renewable …

‘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 …

Cop26: Compromise in the face of calamity
3 years, 1 month ago

Cop26: Compromise in the face of calamity

The Independent  

This, we were reminded endlessly in the weeks leading up to the UN climate conference in Glasgow, was our last chance. “National leaders are simply not going to experience the worst of climate change unlike the younger people with stronger motivations,” she adds. “Yes, with a step back we can see the compounded risks from climate change across every aspect …

COP26: Paying the price of climate damage
3 years, 2 months ago

COP26: Paying the price of climate damage

The Hindu  

As the world struggles to keep the planet from overheating, the issue of who pays for the fallout of climate change is one of the major sticking points in negotiations at the U.N. climate conference in Glasgow, Scotland. "Small island developing states need to get a commitment that the issue of loss and damage will be dealt with in an …

Cop26: UK pledges £290 million to help countries prepare for climate change
3 years, 2 months ago

Cop26: UK pledges £290 million to help countries prepare for 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. Read our privacy policy The government is pledging new funding totalling £290 million, largely to help countries across Asia …

UN, US officials urge action to avert climate disaster
3 years, 2 months ago

UN, US officials urge action to avert climate disaster

Associated Press  

BERLIN — The U.N.'s top human rights official and U.S. President Joe Biden’s climate envoy called Thursday for countries to step up the fight against global warming, describing it as an issue of sheer survival for humankind. In a statement ahead of the U.N. climate summit in Glasgow, the global body’s High Commissioner for Human Rights said “only urgent, priority …

Climate strikes: Why are young people across the world taking to the streets?
3 years, 3 months ago

Climate strikes: Why are young people across the world taking to the streets?

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. Watch live as Greta Thunberg joins the Fridays for Future climate strike in Berlin A study published in the …

$100000000000: That's how much UN needs to fight climate change every year, but it doesn't have
3 years, 3 months ago

$100000000000: That's how much UN needs to fight climate change every year, but it doesn't have

India Today  

As the action-packed week of the United Nations General Assembly began, the message was clear on the climate emergency facing the planet: “decisive action now to avert climate catastrophe.” Hours after the UNGA began, an emergency summit was convened behind closed doors to press for more action on climate finance and other measures from wealthy countries. The Informal Climate Leaders …

UN chief urges ‘rapid’ emission cuts to curb climate change
3 years, 3 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 …

Greta Thunberg responds to IPCC report, saying global warming must be treated as 'crisis'
3 years, 5 months ago

Greta Thunberg responds to IPCC report, saying global warming must be treated as 'crisis'

ABC  

Swedish climate activist Greta Thunberg says people can still avoid "the worst consequences" of climate change, but only if we treat it for what it is: "a crisis". Key points: The IPCC says Earth could be a decade away from heating by more than 1.5 degrees Celsius It warns this is likely to result in frequent and more severe fires, …

Merkel tours ‘surreal’ flood scene, vows aid, climate action
3 years, 5 months ago

Merkel tours ‘surreal’ flood scene, vows aid, climate action

Associated Press  

BERLIN — German Chancellor Angela Merkel surveyed what she called a “surreal, ghostly” scene in a devastated village on Sunday, pledging quick financial aid and a redoubled political focus on curbing climate change as the death toll from floods in Western Europe climbed above 180. Merkel said she came away from Schuld, still partly strewn with rubble and mud in …

World running out of time to tackle climate crisis, 2021 must be year of action: UN
3 years, 8 months ago

World running out of time to tackle climate crisis, 2021 must be year of action: UN

Firstpost  

2021 must be the year of action for protecting people against the “disastrous” effects of climate change, the United Nations said on Monday ahead of a crucial US-convened summit. Last year featured “extreme weather and climate disruption, fuelled by anthropogenic climate change, affecting lives, destroying livelihoods and forcing many millions from their homes,” Guterres said. “They need to act now …

Biden pressed on emissions goal as climate summit nears
3 years, 8 months ago

Biden pressed on emissions goal as climate summit nears

The Independent  

Sign up for the daily Inside Washington email for exclusive US coverage and analysis sent to your inbox Get our free Inside Washington email Get our free Inside Washington email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. The target Biden chooses “is setting the tone for the level of ambition and …

‘We made the ocean our home’: The islands fighting climate change
4 years, 3 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 …

‘We’re all in big trouble': Climate panel sees a dire future
5 years, 3 months ago

‘We’re all in big trouble': Climate panel sees a dire future

Associated Press  

NEW YORK — Earth is in more hot water than ever before, and so are we, an expert United Nations climate panel warned in a grim new report Wednesday. “The oceans and the icy parts of the world are in big trouble, and that means we’re all in big trouble, too,” said one of the report’s lead authors, Michael Oppenheimer, …

You are failing us: Teen climate activist Greta Thunberg at UN climate talks
5 years, 3 months ago

You are failing us: Teen climate activist Greta Thunberg at UN climate talks

India TV News  

Scolded for doing little, leader after leader promised the United Nations on Monday to do more to prevent a warming world from reaching even more dangerous levels. And even before they spoke, teenage climate activist Greta Thunberg shamed them over and over for their inaction: “How dare you?” Secretary-General Antonio Guterres concluded the summit by listing 77 countries that committed …

‘You are failing us': Plans, frustration at UN climate talks
5 years, 3 months ago

‘You are failing us': Plans, frustration at UN climate talks

Associated Press  

UNITED NATIONS — Scolded for doing little, leader after leader promised the United Nations on Monday to do more to prevent a warming world from reaching even more dangerous levels. And even before they spoke, teenage climate activist Greta Thunberg shamed them over and over for their inaction: “How dare you?” Secretary-General Antonio Guterres concluded the summit by listing 77 …

‘More fuel to the flames’: Climate advocates shun UN inaction
5 years, 3 months ago

‘More fuel to the flames’: Climate advocates shun UN inaction

Al Jazeera  

With underwhelming commitments made at the Climate Action Summit, activists say that more needs to happen soon. “For the most part, world leaders did not deliver what was needed in New York today,” said Greenpeace International’s Executive Director Jennifer Morgan. She said it is “time to address corporate power and the hold it has over politics” and it is “time …

UN climate summit: ‘A moment of truth’
5 years, 3 months ago

UN climate summit: ‘A moment of truth’

Al Jazeera  

Some 60 world leaders gather at the United Nations to try to inject fresh momentum into efforts to fight climate change. Days after millions of young people took to the streets worldwide to demand urgent action on climate change, leaders gathered at the United Nations on Monday to try to inject fresh momentum into stalling efforts to curb carbon emissions. …

World Headed For ‘Climate Apartheid,’ UN Expert Warns
5 years, 6 months ago

World Headed For ‘Climate Apartheid,’ UN Expert Warns

Huff Post  

LOADING ERROR LOADING When Superstorm Sandy slammed into the U.S. East Coast in October 2012, low-income communities in New York and New Jersey were the hardest hit. This scene of economic disparity during a natural disaster is highlighted in a new United Nations report that warns “human rights might not survive the coming upheaval” from global climate change. “We risk …

UN gears up for major climate action effort starting with Pacific islands next week
5 years, 7 months ago

UN gears up for major climate action effort starting with Pacific islands next week

Firstpost  

UN’s climate change push starts with visits to the Pacific islands, which are threatening to disappear due to sea level rise. UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres calls it the defining issue of our time: climate change is moving to the center stage at the United Nations, three years after the Paris agreement went into force. “We hope that the secretary-general will …

Climate change could slash $571b from property values, study warns
5 years, 8 months ago

Climate change could slash $571b from property values, study warns

ABC  

A Climate Council study warns the value of Australian real estate could plunge over the next decade unless future governments have the political will to deal with climate change. Key points: The Climate Council estimates Australian real estate will lose $571b, or almost 9pc, of its value by 2030 The losses will be concentrated amongst 5-6pc of property owners, with …

Fiji leader slams Liberal MP John Alexander's climate change advice
5 years, 8 months ago

Fiji leader slams Liberal MP John Alexander's climate change advice

ABC  

Fiji's Prime Minister has hit back at a Liberal MP who suggested Pacific Islanders should move to higher ground to avoid the impacts of climate change. Key points: Frank Bainimarama said John Alexander's advice would be "useless" for low-lying nations He said Australia had a moral responsibility to fight climate change He also lashed out at Kevin Rudd's "insensitive" climate …

UN climate chief warns current path leads to ‘catastrophe’
5 years, 8 months ago

UN climate chief warns current path leads to ‘catastrophe’

Associated Press  

UNITED NATIONS — The U.N. climate chief says world leaders must recognize there is no option except to speed-up and scale-up action to tackle global warming, warning that continuing on the current path will lead to “a catastrophe. Patricia Espinosa stressed in two recent interviews with the Associated Press that climate scientists are saying there’s still a chance to make …

Climate change impacts are growing warns UN report
5 years, 9 months ago

Climate change impacts are growing warns UN report

Daily Mail  

The World Meteorological Organisation says that the effects of global warming are accelerating. Record sea level rises, devastating floods, storms, heatwaves and wildfires were recorded as climate change impacts included in a new UN report, released today. Scroll down for video The world is seeing record sea level rises and devastating floods, storms, heatwaves and wildfires as climate change impacts …

The young minds solving climate change
5 years, 9 months ago

The young minds solving climate change

BBC  

The young minds solving climate change Getty Images Factory billowing smoke A new generation is becoming energised over the need to halt climate change. Getty Images The recent climate strikes show how younger people are being galvanised over climate change The crisis we all are facing together is an opening to bring young people into the conversation. Greta Thunberg launched …

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