Climate Change

SAN FRANCISCO -- Top officials from California and New Zealand signed a pledge Friday agreeing to help fight climate change by sharing ideas and best practices, including how to put millions more electric vehicles on the road. Gov. Gavin Newsom, a Democrat, and New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern spoke…

BERLIN -- Officials from the Group of Seven wealthy nations announced Friday that they will aim to largely end greenhouse gas emissions from their power sectors by 2035, making it highly unlikely that those countries will burn coal for electricity beyond that date. Ministers from the G-7 countries meeting in…

Universities can play a vital role in shaping change in societies. They produce knowledge through research, train future decision makers, and contribute to public awareness of issues. But not all universities are rising to challenges like this. Studies have established that efforts to integrate sustainable development into African universities' curricula…

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New Zealand's political parties are raking over the Australian federal election, divining meaning from results and even sending advice across the Tasman. It is not yet clear whether Anthony Albanese's Labor party will need support from the Greens or independents for a majority government. However the chips fall, the Australian…

Australia’s newly-elected Prime Minister – Anthony Albanese – reportedly has three top issues to deal with it as the new leader of the country. These include battling climate change, reducing the cost of living, and imposing comprehensive rules on the cryptocurrency industry. Crypto Included as a top Priority The Australian…

President Biden met with the leaders of Japan, Australia and India in Tokyo on Tuesday for a second in-person summit of the Indo-Pacific Quad countries. Driving the news: While the leaders discussed the importance of issues including climate change, trade, supply chains and the pandemic, Russian forces' invasion of Ukraine…

The devastating heat wave that has baked India and Pakistan in recent months was made more likely due to climate change, according to a study by an international group of scientists released on Monday. This, they say, is a glimpse of what the future holds for the region. The World Weather…

With Albanese and Biden already seeking common ground on security and climate, the bilateral meeting on Tuesday afternoon opens the way for greater co-operation one day after the Japanese government signed a formal pact with the Biden administration on climate. Biden and Kishida discussed clean energy in a meeting in…

David Phillips, senior climatologist at Environment and Climate Change Canada, said Saturday's storm conditions were different from a system that breeds tornados, with winds all in a straight line, not rotating. The scene from Merivale Road at Viewmount Drive on Sunday, May 22, 2022. Cars were trapped under wires with…