Climate Change

Japan's biggest lender, Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group (MUFG) (8306.T) said it will aim for net zero emissions in its finance portfolio by 2050, responding to pressure to align its business with the targets set in the Paris Agreement on climate change. The bank will also join the United Nations' Net-Zero…

Philippe J. Fournier: New data shows that on climate change, Conservative supporters are way out of step with voters from every other major party in Canada Debate surrounding climate change and the urgency to implement policies to act upon it is increasingly becoming a partisan issue in Canada. Opinion polls…

I’ve been a science nerd all my adult life. As an undergraduate, I did research in a couple of university labs, and in grad school was the co-discoverer of a bacterial enzyme essential to DNA replication and of a key enzyme in the influenza virus. I have written more than…

Some of the oldest art in human history is disintegrating, scientists say. And climate change may be hastening its demise. New research reports that ancient rock art in Indonesian caves is degrading over time, as bits of rock slowly flake away from the walls. It's a tremendous loss for human…

IMAGE: Threespine stickleback fish view more  Credit: Rowan Barrett Climate change is exacerbating problems like habitat loss and temperatures swings that have already pushed many animal species to the brink. But can scientists predict which animals will be able to adapt and survive? Using genome sequencing, researchers from McGill University show…

WASHINGTON, May 13, 2021 – Secretary of the Interior Deb Haaland and Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack today shared their vision for the Biden-Harris administration’s wildland fire preparedness and response, including supporting science and research into the effects of climate change on wildland fire. Secretaries Haaland and Vilsack outlined their…

Depending on which climate advocate you talk to, economic growth can either be the force that will deliver us from planetary destruction or the source of it. Most climate models assume growth is a given, projecting its bounties will eventually spur on decarbonization. But this risky gamble isn’t our only option, a new…

Navigation for News Categories Tesla has suspended vehicle purchases using bitcoin due to climate change concerns, its chief executive Elon Musk said in a tweet. Tesla boss Elon Musk. Photo: AFP Bitcoin fell by more than 10 percent after the tweet, while Tesla shares also dipped. Tesla's announcement in March…

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The dried-up bed of the river Po during a drought on June 23, 2017, near Piacenza, northern Italy. Photo: AFPPARIS: CDP, a global non-profit that collects data disclosed by companies, cities, states, reveals that around 400 million people are at risk across the world as hundreds of cities have no…