Climate Change

Posted February 10, 2022 at 10:50am An $8.7 billion grant program to help states build infrastructure resilient to the impact of climate change. A $6.42 billion, five-year program aimed at reducing transportation carbon emissions. A $250 million program to help states and cities come up with plans to alleviate congestion. As…

The technology and telecoms sector has a dual role to play in sustainability – to transform its own organisation and ecosystems, and to use its role as a digital enabler to drive sustainability for its customers By Praveen Shankar, EY Published: 10 Feb 2022 Mobile phones, microchips and datacentres don’t…

Brad Smith | Microsoft, 2020 | Article "Microsoft will be carbon negative by 2030"This is the decade for ambition and action. Microsoft has commitments to be carbon negative, water positive and zero waste by 2030 and protect ecosystems by building a Planetary Computer. Lucas Joppa, Amy Luers, et al. |…

Wednesday 09 February 2022 11:53 am Bjorn Lomborg: “It is irresponsible to scare youths when the UN Climate Panel finds that even if we do nothing to mitigate climate change, the impact by the end of the century will be a reduction of an average income increase from 450 percent to 438 percent. A…

The Honourable Steven Guilbeault, Minister of Environment and Climate Change, will hold a virtual press conference to make an important announcement on the Canadian Environmental Protection Act, 1999 (CEPA). Gatineau, Quebec – February 8, 2022 – The Honourable Steven Guilbeault, Minister of Environment and Climate Change, will hold a virtual…

The ocean is often thought of as a victim of climate change, in need of human protection. But ocean expert Susan Ruffo says that mindset needs to shift. From storing carbon to providing protection to coastal communities, Ruffo highlights the ocean's ready-made solutions to the climate crisis and asks: With…

2022 Beijing Olympics - Cross-Country Skiing - Men's 15km + 15km Skiathlon - National Cross-Country Centre, Zhangjiakou, China - February 6, 2022. Athletes in action REUTERS/Kai Pfaffenbach Register now for FREE unlimited access to Reuters.comZHANGJIAKOU, China, Feb 7 (Reuters) - Rising temperatures around the world pose a threat to winter…

The Upside of Down, a new book by Joel Bernard, has been released by Dorrance Publishing Co., Inc. We are facing a critical juncture in our societal order. Weather conditions are forcing communities into life altering scenarios. Regions of the country will no longer be capable of sustaining human activity.…

There are many reasons to explore Mars: the potential we could one day send crewed missions there, to learn about how its climate changed over its history and how that could apply to Earth, and to learn about different types of planet such as those which have a different internal…

High Representative of the European Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Josep Borrell. PHOTO: Johanna Geron/AFP/Pool The sixth EU-AU summit will take place in Brussels later this month, just over a week after the AU summit.The bilateral summit seeks to lay the foundations for a renewed and deeper partnership…