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The world is getting more Grim by the day
Climate scientist Saleemul Huq has said that “the most devastated” communities by climate change are mostly poor people of colour. The way in which communities prepare for climate disasters isn’t usually seen in the global north, she added. Frequent flying is the most climate-destructive activity you can engage in, she further said.
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The Climate Summit will be addressed by Biden in Egypt
Climate activist Jonathan Foley has said that he feels “a lot more heartened” about climate change now than he ever has. Foley led weekly marches across the globe that drew millions of people through the year. He added that he feels that the climate crisis is not affecting future generations but a problem that all…
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The climate crisis might be changing how tornadoes behave.
Climate change may have contributed to the January 2023 Outburst in Gulf of Mexico that saw nearly 20 tornado reports in a single week, a US researcher said. “There may be some subtle changes in the seasonality and locations that we’re certainly looking at very closely,” said Matt Elliott, warning coordination meteorologist at the storm…
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The World is not prepared for El Nio.
US-based scientists have predicted that in a world without climate change, it would have been statistically impossible to reach high temperatures in two out of the three weather stations they studied. They said that in a world without climate change, the UK heat wave would be at least ten times more likely due to climate…
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Friederike Otto has hard evidence for climate Enforcers.
Climate scientist Michael Wehner has said that climate change may be more likely for storms to rapidly intensify, which also happened to Ian. Rhome told Don Lemon that climate change can’t be linked to one event. Preliminary analysis by Wehner and other climate scientists estimated that climate change caused the storm to drop at least…
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Our approach to climate change is dependent on our perception of time.
A Yale professor, Anthony Leiserowitz, said that climate change is the “policy problem from hell” for individuals and organisations. He added that climate change makes climate change worse by helping drive short-term behaviour like leasing land to drill for fossil fuels. Leiserowitz said that our focus on present is less and less of a problem…
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Hurricane Ian proved why climate resilience is a disaster.
Climate change may have added 10% to Ian’s rainfall in Florida, a study found. This comes as US Governor Ron DeSantis said that climate change could be the reason behind Ian’s storm surge. The study also looked at the impact of climate change on Ian’s rainfall and temperature in Florida and found that it may…
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WhyCOP 27 matters for the climate, but might not be as important as the hype suggests.
US President Joe Biden on Sunday said, “The US will continue to fight climate change, but it will continue at its highest level.” Biden added that the country would work with other countries to help combat the impacts of climate change. The US is one of the world’s largest users of oil and gas, accounting…
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The weather is getting more severe because of climate change.
A climate scientist at the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (LBNL) has said that climate change may make storms “worse”. Rhome added that federal forecasters, such as those at the National Hurricane Center, could also be effective messengers for climate information. As per the latest research, climate change isn’t making storms to form in the Atlantic.
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The risk of hurricanes is growing.
Scientists have suggested that climate change could have led to the La Nina-type hurricanes that hit the US this year. “There appears to be this window of time within which you…might want to help people better understand what those risks are, and make links to climate change,” a researcher said. According to climate model predictions,…
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The climate-change content in US university textbooks has been reduced.
The amount of information about climate change has increased compared to the amount of space dedicated to solutions in introductory biology textbooks from the last 50 years, according to a study. The study also found that the median position of sections about climate change moved from the last 15% of pages in the 1970s to…
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Climate change content in US university textbooks is decreasing.
Children living on the front lines of climate change have a lot of questions, according to researchers. They say there isn’t a good guide to how much students are learning about climate change. A survey of introductory Biology textbooks from 50 years ago found that the amount of information about the impacts of climate change…
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The Great Carbon Con is about to end.
The UN Framework Convention on Climate change (UNFCCC)’s annual meeting, scheduled to be held from December 3-14, may not be enough to prevent global climate change, Greta Thunberg, the Swedish climate activist who had participated in last year’s meeting, said. ” COPs are not really working. As it is, COPs are not really working,” she…
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The United Nations’ biodiversity conference has reached a historic agreement to protect nature.
The US has joined a group of 26 other countries who have formed the Forest and climateLeaders’ Partnership. The agreement aims to reduce the costs of fighting climate change and minimise the impact of CO2 emissions on the world’s forests. The partnership, chaired by the US and Ghana, is made up of countries that account…
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The majority of the world’s countries agreed to protect at least a third of the planet.
The UN climate summit COP 15 will be held in Montreal, Canada, from December 11 to 15. The meeting is the first-ever time that over 190 countries will join together to address the issue of biodiversity and create an agreement to fight climate change. The agreement will aim to protect at least 30% of the…
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Big oil companies want to be seen as good guys.
A UK-based climate research organisation has claimed that human activity is causing global climate change. It added that there is a 98% chance that climate change is caused by human activities. “In the past, humans’ contribution to climate change has increased from about 5% in the 1970s to about 10% today,” the organisation further said.
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There are things you can do about microplastics.
A study by the World Economic Forum (WEF) said the fossil fuel industry hasn’t just doubled down on making plastics from oil and gas but has tripled production from 2016. “If we were able to reduce our production of plastics as a country and as a global society, we’d be taking a bite out of…
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Is Green Capitalism a total waste of time?
A US House Committee found that Big Oil companies have engaged in a “long-running greenwashing” campaign while raking in “record profits at the expense of American consumers”. The companies are prioritising record profits over human costs of climate change, it added. The report also said that the oil and gas industry obstructed its investigation throughout…
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The climate crisis may be changing the behavior of tornadoes.
Climate scientists have estimated that climate change caused a storm to drop at least 10% more rain than it would’ve without global warming. In a preliminary analysis, they said climate change caused the storm to drop at least 10% more rains than it would’ve without global warming. This comes days after Hurricane Ian made landfall…
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It’s not as if the hype suggests that COP 27 has an effect on the climate.
The United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), in a report, said on Saturday that climate change “will have a devastating impact” on food security and ending hunger in low and middle-income countries (LMICs). LMICs will face the impact of climate change in areas where the economy is weak, they stated. LMICs will struggle to adapt to…
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The weather is getting worse as a result of climate change.
A new report by the University of Vermont Gund Institute for Environment has said that many extreme weather events, including heatwaves, heavy precipitation, drought and floods are becoming more frequent and severe due to climate change. It added that “the effects of climate change are felt most strongly by communities that are already overburdened, including…
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Bezos says he’s going to give most of his money to charity.
Jeff Bezos has said that unity is one trait that will be necessary to confront climate change. “I…felt so proud to have been part of that little seed money that will hopefully grow into something great and help to heal this world,” he added. The Bezos Courage and Civility Award was given this year to…
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9 experts have solutions for America’s climate crisis.
US President Donald Trump’s administration has announced that the country will invest $369 billion in over 100 programs that will invest in climate action, clean energy jobs and environmental justice. The investments include $2 billion to coastal communities and tribes for adaptation to climate change. In 2021, Joe Biden issued an executive order stating that…
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Research shows oil field flaring emits methane five times greater than expected.
US oil and gas companies emit at least 1.3 billion tonnes of methane per year, according to a report by Environmental Defense Fund. Methane, a greenhouse gas, contributes to global warming and packs a bigger short- term punch than even carbon dioxide. Former US Vice President Al Gore said the country’s oil and gas industry…
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Billion-dollar disasters.
The effects of climate change are felt most strongly by communities that are already overburdened, includingIndigenous peoples, people of colour, and low-income communities, according to a new report by the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). It said the effects of climate change were felt most strongly by low-income communities. “The effects of climate change are…