Climate Change

The UK government is expected to make a significant announcement on reducing its emissions to help tackle climate change, Sky News understands. Preparations are being made to set a new target in law to reduce emissions - it's thought by 78% by 2035 compared to 1990 levels. That would be…

The feature depicts nearly four decades of planetary change Google Earth has released a new video feature to illustrate the effects of climate change across the globe over the past four decades. The new feature, Timelapse, uses 24 million satellite photos from the past 37 years to create an interactive…

Despite an increasingly tense relationship, the U.S. and China agreed Saturday to work together to tackle global climate change, including by "raising ambition" for emissions cuts during the 2020s — a key goal of the Biden administration. Why it matters: The joint communique released Saturday evening commits the world's two…

WASHINGTON: The United States and Japan vowed on Friday (Apr 16) to stand firm together against an assertive China and to step up cooperation on climate change and next-generation technology as President Joe Biden made his first summit a show of alliance unity. Waiting nearly three months for his first…

SINGAPORE, Apr 16, 2021 - (ACN Newswire) - Singapore-based Commodities Intelligence Centre (CIC) - a Joint Venture between the ZALL Smart Commerce Group (ZALL), Singapore Exchange (SGX) and Global eTrade Services (GeTS) - has announced strong growth in FY2020, driven by the urgency for supply chains to digitalise during the…

Being able to eat large, succulent strawberries may become a pleasure of the past, as the popular fruit is the latest victim of a changing climate. Key points:Warm overnight temperatures are contributing to smaller strawberriesSmaller strawberries are more expensive to pickConsumers may need to adapt to buying smaller fruitIt's not cold weather…

Illustration by Derek Zheng A delegation of former U.S. government officials, including a senator and two deputy secretaries of state, arrived in Taiwan today, Focus Taiwan reports. Former American officials visiting Taiwan is not unordinary, but this visit is meant to be a “personal signal” of President Biden’s “commitment to…

Shadow Energy and Climate Change Minister Chris Bowen says the federal government’s plan for gas led recovery is “fraud” as no jobs have been created but gas will continue to play a role in the transition from fossil fuels to renewables. “It’s a fraud, it doesn’t exist, not one job…

GENEVA (AP) — With COVID-19, space exploration and climate change high on many minds, a so-called “do tank” in Geneva, bankrolled by Switzerland's government, is gearing up to develop long-term scientific projects, ranging from a global court for scientific disputes to a Manhattan Project-style effort to rid excess carbon from…

Three years ago, I had a baby. I won’t go into the details, but suffice it to say that she is extremely cute, and I enjoy being her mother. A few months after her birth, I was scrolling on my phone, and I came across news of a report from…