Articles for Climate Emergency

Melbourne's Yarra City Council demands residents switch to plant-based diets to stop climate change
5 months, 1 week ago

Melbourne's Yarra City Council demands residents switch to plant-based diets to stop climate change

Daily Mail  

A city council has pushed its residents to become vegetarian as part of its plan to bring its suburbs back from 'the precipice of climate and ecological collapse'. Melbourne's Yarra City Council, responsible for big inner-city suburbs such as Richmond, Collingwood and Fitzroy, unanimously voted to pass its 81-page Climate Emergency Plan on Tuesday night. Yarra City Council unanimously voted …

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The climate crisis is a sexual health and reproductive rights emergency
7 months, 3 weeks ago

The climate crisis is a sexual health and reproductive rights emergency

Salon  

In the wake of Earth Day, West Africa is facing a historic and deadly heatwave, last month was the tenth hottest month in a row in the U.S., and Americans and people across the globe are already bracing for what scientists are predicting will be yet another record-breaking summer with more extreme heat and weather events in store. Climate change …

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Amazon's Indigenous people urge Brazil to declare climate emergency as rivers dry up
1 year, 2 months ago

Amazon's Indigenous people urge Brazil to declare climate emergency as rivers dry up

The Hindu  

Indigenous inhabitants in the Amazon are asking the Brazilian government to declare a climate emergency as their villages have no drinking water, food or medicine due to a severe drought that is drying up rivers vital for travel in the rainforest, their leaders said on Tuesday. The drought and heatwave has killed masses of fish in the rivers that Indigenous …

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People are jumping into the ocean to escape Hawaii wildfires on Maui
1 year, 4 months ago

People are jumping into the ocean to escape Hawaii wildfires on Maui

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 US Coast Guard has rescued 12 people who jumped into the ocean to escape …

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No end in sight for Greece wildfire emergency on holiday islands as tourists return home
1 year, 4 months ago

No end in sight for Greece wildfire emergency on holiday islands as tourists return home

ABC  

Wildfires that left devastated locals and tourists stranded are still gripping the Greek island of Rhodes as crews battle to get the blazes under control. Greece is often hit by wildfires during the summer months but climate change has led to more extreme heatwaves across southern Europe, raising concerns that tourists will stay away. European Commission President Ursula von der …

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Typhoon Mawar shows Philippines is now in constant state of climate emergency, activists say
1 year, 6 months ago

Typhoon Mawar shows Philippines is now in constant state of climate emergency, activists say

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 Typhoon Mawar, an unusually intense cyclone that has struck Guam and the Philippines before heading …

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Biden stops short of declaring climate emergency, takes steps on wind power
2 years, 5 months ago

Biden stops short of declaring climate emergency, takes steps on wind power

The Hindu  

U.S. President Joe Biden said on Wednesday that climate change is an emergency but stopped short of a formal declaration, announcing a modest package of executive actions and promising more aggressive efforts. Still, those actions fall short of demands by Democratic lawmakers and environmental activists who want Mr. Biden to formally declare a climate emergency, which would enable the use …

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Pacific island national leaders declare climate emergency
2 years, 5 months ago

Pacific island national leaders declare climate emergency

Associated Press  

SUVA, Fiji — Pacific island national leaders declared a climate emergency on Friday and agreed to try to bring Kiribati back to the region’s main diplomatic grouping. In a soon-to-be released communique, the leaders “welcomed and fully supported” the new Australian government’s commitment to the forum’s climate change priorities, Australian Associated Press reported after seeing the document. The United States, …

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Climate emergency unfolding in 'deadly ways': IPCC
2 years, 9 months ago

Climate emergency unfolding in 'deadly ways': IPCC

The Hindu  

A stark picture of an unfolding climate crisis that is especially impacting vulnerable communities fills the latest report by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, the United Nations body for assessing the science related to climate change. "Today's IPCC report is an atlas of human suffering and a damning indictment of failed climate leadership," said U.N. Secretary-General, Antonio Guterres. Themed …

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Why airport expansion has no place in a climate emergency
2 years, 10 months ago

Why airport expansion has no place in a climate emergency

The Independent  

Sign up to Simon Calder’s free travel email for expert advice and money-saving discounts Get Simon Calder’s Travel email Get Simon Calder’s Travel email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. More passengers equals more emissions, and rising emissions is exactly what we don’t need in a climate emergency For the …

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Climate change is an emergency for everyone, everywhere
3 years, 1 month ago

Climate change is an emergency for everyone, everywhere

Al Jazeera  

A devastating convergence of conflict and climate change is driving displacement and making life even more precarious for those forced to flee. Ninety percent of refugees under UNHCR’s mandate, and 70 percent of people displaced within their home countries by conflict and violence, come from countries on the front lines of the climate emergency. What we are seeing now is …

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COP26 urged to prioritise adaptation as climate emergency surges
3 years, 3 months ago

COP26 urged to prioritise adaptation as climate emergency surges

Al Jazeera  

More than 50 officials convening in Rotterdam call for November’s COP26 climate talks to treat adaptation as ‘urgent’. At a dialogue in Rotterdam convened by the Global Center on Adaptation on Monday, more than 50 ministers and heads of climate organisations and development banks called for November’s COP26 climate talks to treat adaptation as “urgent”. What Africa needs is to …

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North Sea oil chief claimed climate emergency is ‘fake’ in deleted tweets
3 years, 4 months ago

North Sea oil chief claimed climate emergency is ‘fake’ in deleted tweets

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 A North Sea oil chief executive claimed that the climate emergency “is fake” and caused …

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I am the only mayoral candidate who can make London a greener, healthier city
3 years, 8 months ago

I am the only mayoral candidate who can make London a greener, healthier city

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. In fact, the opposite is true – because not only will a green recovery help us tackle the climate …

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Committed to working closely with Joe Biden administration to overcome climate emergency: United Nations chief
3 years, 11 months ago

Committed to working closely with Joe Biden administration to overcome climate emergency: United Nations chief

The Hindu  

United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has welcomed the U.S. re-joining the landmark Paris climate accord, saying he is committed to working closely with the new Biden administration to overcome the climate emergency and recover better from the coronavirus crisis. “I warmly welcome President Biden’s steps to re-enter the Paris Agreement on Climate Change and join the growing coalition of governments, …

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"An acknowledgment of the next generation": New Zealand declares climate emergency
4 years ago

"An acknowledgment of the next generation": New Zealand declares climate emergency

Salon  

This article originally appeared at Common Dreams. Climate action campaigners on Wednesday acknowledged New Zealand's declaration of a climate emergency as a positive step forward, while noting that the move must be backed by decisive action. The New Zealand Ministry for the Environment reported in 2018 that the country's "indigenous ecosystems and species in a state of rapid decline," with …

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New Zealand declares climate emergency, promises carbon neutral government by 2025
4 years ago

New Zealand declares climate emergency, promises carbon neutral government by 2025

Deccan Chronicle  

WELLINGTON: New Zealand promised its public sector would become carbon neutral by 2025 as it declared a climate emergency on Wednesday, a symbolic move that critics said needed to be backed with greater actions to reduce emissions. Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern said the climate emergency declaration was based on the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change’s findings that to avoid more …

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New Zealand declares climate emergency
4 years ago

New Zealand declares climate emergency

Al Jazeera  

New Zealand pledges carbon-neutral government by 2025, announces $141m fund to finance electric or hybrid vehicles and replace coal boilers. New Zealand has declared a “climate emergency” and promised to make its public sector carbon neutral by 2025. “It can do harm in making people think that by declaring an emergency something has happened, when it hasn’t,” National leader Judith …

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