Tag: Climate change

Climate crisis worsening already ‘hellish’ refugee situation: U.N.

November 12, 2024 admin

Climate change is contributing to record numbers of people being uprooted from their homes globally, while worsening the often already “hellish” conditions of displacement, the United Nations (U.N.) said on Tuesday (November 12, 2024). With international climate talks under way in Baku, the U.N. refugee agency highlighted how soaring global temperatures and extreme weather events…

World

What Is A Carbon Credit? What Is Article 6? Top Questions Answered

November 11, 2024 admin

Baku, Azerbaijan: Countries at the United Nations COP29 climate summit in Azerbaijan will attempt to agree rules for a global system for trading carbon offset credits. Here’s what you should know: WHAT ARE CARBON OFFSETS? Some governments and companies may struggle to reduce their planet-warming greenhouse gas emissions to meet their climate targets. Supporters of…

World

Once Again, A Trump-Sized Fear For COP

November 8, 2024 admin

World leaders are set to congregate in Baku, Azerbaijan, as it hosts the UN’s 29th climate summit, COP29 (Conference of the Parties), from November 11 to 22. The key agenda before the Baku climate summit is to increase the scale of climate finance for developing countries. It is also being referred to as the ‘climate…

World

Once Again, A Trump-Sized Fear For COP

November 8, 2024 admin

Nation

“World Must Prepare For Climate Calamity”: UN Chief

November 7, 2024 admin

Paris: The world is nowhere near ready for the “calamity” being caused by climate change and must urgently prepare for even worse in the future, UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres said Thursday. Global efforts to adapt to climate change — from building defensive sea walls to planting drought-resistant crops — have not kept pace as…

World

2024 will be world’s hottest on record, EU scientists say

November 7, 2024 admin

File picture of a volunteer pouring water to cool a man off during a hot day in Karachi, Pakistan. 2024 will be first year over 1.5 degree Celsius hotter than pre-industrial period | Photo Credit: AP This year is “virtually certain” to eclipse 2023 as the world’s warmest since records began, the European Union’s Copernicus…

World

Nations Gather For Crunch Climate Talks In Shadow Of US Election

November 4, 2024 admin

Paris, France: World leaders kick off UN climate talks next week, days after a knife edge US election that could send shockwaves through global efforts to limit dangerous warming. The stakes are high for the COP29 conference in Azerbaijan where nations must agree a new target to fund climate action across huge swathes of the…

World

India Experienced Warmest October Since 1901, No Hint Of Winter In November

November 1, 2024 admin

The mean temperature in October was recorded at 26.92 degrees Celsius. New Delhi: India experienced its warmest October since 1901 with mean temperature recording 1.23 degrees Celsius above normal, the weather office said on Friday. It predicted a warmer November, not indicating the upcoming winter. Addressing a press conference in Delhi, India Meteorological Department (IMD)…

Nation

Still No Snow On Japan’s Mount Fuji, Breaking Record

October 28, 2024 admin

Japan’s Mount Fuji remained snow-less as of Monday — the latest date that its majestic slopes have been bare since records began 130 years ago, the weather agency said. The volcano’s snowcap begins forming on October 2 on average, and last year snow was first detected there on October 5. But because of warm weather,…

World

Climate Change Worsened Deadly Africa Floods: Study

October 23, 2024 admin

Human-caused climate change worsened floods that have killed hundreds of people and displaced millions in Cameroon, Chad, Niger, Nigeria and Sudan this year, according to a study published on Wednesday. The intense rainy season has unleashed a humanitarian crisis across large areas of the Sahel region bordering the Sahara desert. A new analysis by the…

World