Climate Change

Extreme weather events associated with climate change, including deadly heat waves, devastating floods, and historic sandstorms, have killed hundreds of people across China over the past year. Now, in the most comprehensive analysis so far, experts warned these threats are likely to get worse in the coming years in the…

Ahead of a day of talks on climate finance at the COP26 climate change summit in Glasgow, the former Bank of England governor Mark Carney announced the launch of a coalition of financial companies committed to hitting net zero by 2050. The Glasgow Financial Alliance for Net Zero says it…

While conducting research in Greenland, ice scientist Twila Moon was struck this summer by what climate change has doomed Earth to lose and what could still be saved. The Arctic is warming three times faster than the rest of the planet and is on such a knife’s edge of survival…

During the COP 26 UN Climate Change Conference this week, Wright Electric unveiled its latest commercial aircraft, the 100-passenger Wright Spirit. According to the company, its new model outfits the British Aerospace (BAe) 146 airliner with Wright’s megawatt-class electric propulsion system for zero-emissions operation. The company has an ambitious plan…

The lowest level of the atmosphere, called the troposphere, has been growing warmer and gaining thickness at a rate of 53 metres per decade since 2000 Environment 5 November 2021 By Chen Ly The orange-coloured troposphere, the lowest and densest portion of Earth’s atmosphere, ends at the tropopause Ron Garan/NASA…

Research by scientists from UCLA and Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory strengthens the case that climate change has been the main cause of the growing amount of land in the western U.S. that has been destroyed by large wildfires over the past two decades. Rong Fu, a UCLA professor of atmospheric…

U.S. President Joe Biden participates in a meeting on the Build Back Better World (B3W) initiative during the UN Climate Change Conference (COP26) in Glasgow, Scotland, Britain, November 2, 2021. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque WASHINGTON, Nov 4 (Reuters) - The U.S. House of Representatives is expected to vote on Friday on the…

The Jerusalem municipality is organizing a youth leadership group to fight climate change in Israel. The annual climate change march taking place on Friday in Tel Aviv (photo credit: RAANAN COHEN) The Jerusalem municipality is organizing a leadership group for teenagers from ninth to 11th grade to lead a campaign…

By Keiligh Baker BBC Ouch Media caption, COP: Israeli minister hopes for better wheelchair access at conferences Israeli minister Karine Elharrar made headlines around the world when it emerged she couldn't attend the COP26 summit on Monday because it wasn't wheelchair-accessible. For many disabled people, it was a reflection of…

BRUSSELS, BELGIUM, Nov. 3, 2021 – European Union Commissioner for Agriculture Janusz Wojciechowski and United States Secretary of Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack today issued the following statement on a newly created transatlantic collaboration platform on agriculture designed to take on the global challenges of sustainability and climate change. “International collaboration…