Although they contribute less than 0.03% of the world’s total carbon emissions, the Pacific Islands are on the front line of the climate crisis. Entire countries could go under water in the next two to three decades. How do these island nations fight for their survival? The country is more than its land. A country … Read more
sQ What do we do now? After 27 summits and no effective action, the real purpose seems to be to keep us talking. If governments were serious about preventing climate collapse, there would be no cops 2-27. The main problems could have been solved in Cop1, as the ozone depletion crisis was in one stage … Read more
South Australia will see a second, higher flooding peak for the Murray River as authorities say they now expect an influx of 185 gigalitres per day in the second surge in late December. the main points: Southern Africa is expected to have two flood peaks, one in early December and the other around Christmas The … Read more
the newYou can now listen to Fox News articles! In response to continued high gasoline prices, President Joe Biden recently announced an extension to withdrawals of about 1 million barrels per day from the Strategic Petroleum Reserve (SPR), the country’s emergency oil stockpile. We could get at least that much oil from additional local drilling. … Read more
The latest State of the Climate report is OutsideAnd there is not much good news for Australians. Our climate has warmed by an average of 1.47 degrees since national records began, bringing the continent close to the 1.5 degree limit that the Paris Agreement hoped would never be breached. When average global warming reaches this … Read more
Hong Kong, China – Barry Ma stares through the lens of his high-powered telescope and raises his arm as he nods in excitement. “over here!” he says in an undertone. “look here.” Ma spotted a pair of tiny grebes — a bird that looks like a duck, but of an unrelated species — swimming in … Read more
Canadians contemplating their family’s finances know that there are always more ideas about how money should be spent than what money should be spent. This global economic principle was evident at COP27, the latest edition of the United Nations Conference on Climate Change He went to overtime This weekend in Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt. It … Read more
In the end, the last tricks in cop 27 The meeting in Sharm el-Sheikh ended with at least modest progress on losses and damages: High-emitting nations agreed to pay those that bear the brunt of the climate chaos they had nothing to do with creating them. But, again, there has been no commitment to cut … Read more
When the history of the climate crisis is written, what world awaits us? cop 27 It will be seen as the moment when the dream of keeping global warming below 1.5°C died. Does this mean surrender? of course not. The 1.5°C target is not a threshold beyond which hope dies either. Every bit of a … Read more
A landmark deal to set up a “loss and damage” fund to pay compensation to poor countries hit by the effects of the climate crisis was agreed at a United Nations summit, capping a decades-long battle by climate activists and developing nations. The decision represents a breakthrough in climate negotiations, where for years developing nations … Read more
