Climate Change

The government has said that it wants local communities to take ‘bold action’ to help the country meet its climate change targets. But how much difference can they really make in the transition to net zero? The Sussex village of Balcombe hit the headlines a decade ago when a plan…

New research from UNSW in Australia outlines the need for solar cell and module makers to reduce or eliminate the use of silver in their products. Based on expected PV growth, in line with climate change commitments, solar manufacturers would require at least 85% of global silver reserves, according to…

Climate scientist Katharine Hayhoe famously adopts two new climate-friendly habits each year—“not because I think they’re going to change the course of climate change as I know it,” she told Christian Science Monitor in 2021, “but because it enables me to be consistent with my values and it gives me…

With 2022 in the rearview mirror, time is running out to combat the climate crisis. In November, the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) released a report showing the past eight years are on track to be the warmest eight on record. The WMO attributes the record-breaking temperatures to the continued rise…

How climate change impacts the Indian Ocean dipole, leading to severe droughts and floods by Staff Writers Providence RI (SPX) Jan 05, 2023 Proxy-model synthesis over the tropical Indian Ocean. (fig 2) With a new analysis of long-term climate data, researchers say they now have a much better understanding of…

There are many connections between climate change and biodiversity loss, and many of the actions needed to meet the 2030 action targets around biodiversity loss can also work toward climate change targets.One of the things that stood out about the COP27 climate treaty decision text, though, was that it did…

The Inflation Reduction Act will accelerate US progress on boosting renewable energy and reducing carbon emissions in 2023 as a decade of funding starts Environment 3 January 2023 By James Dinneen US president Joe Biden celebrating the enactment of the Inflation Reduction Act, which was signed into law in August…

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Veolia CEO Estelle Brachlianoff arrives at a state dinner upon the visit of United Arab Emirates ... President at the Grand Trianon estate near the Palace of Versailles, south west of Paris, on July 18, 2022. - French President welcomes the United Arab Emirates President on July 18, 2022, whose…

 A detained Extinction Rebellion activist, who glued herself to the reception desk earlier, smiles as she is carried out of the building by police during a protest at Shell's headquarters in London, Britain, April 13, 2022. REUTERS/Hannah McKay LONDON, Jan 1 (Reuters) - The British arm of the Extinction Rebellion…