Climate Change

Higher taxes for diesel and petrol cars and parking levies at workplaces are among the measures needed to drive larger emissions cuts in Ireland, the Climate Change Advisory Council has said. The climate council, which offers independent advice to the Government, said Ireland was way off the pace when it…

Sign up for the GI Daily here to get the biggest news straight to your inbox Many businesses define sustainability as ecological. In 2021, we invited panellists to talk about ways in which game studios and publishers can be more sustainable, for example by reducing their carbon footprint and raising…

Posted by Eric Ojo Latest News, News Around Africa Sunday, July 23rd, 2023 (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – African Development Bank (AfDB) Group and World Bank have jointly entered into a new partnership that is aimed at tackling poverty and climate change. The transformative collaboration between the two institutions will also develop…

EVERYONE IS TALKING about the weather this summer. Much of continental Europe is experiencing extreme heat. Temperatures in the 40s – as an aside, I instinctively recoil at these readings because I don’t understand Celsius and will eternally be stuck in Fahrenheit – are commonplace, wreaking havoc on the lives…

A raging heatwave is baking southern Europe with temperatures expected to reach as high as 49C in some parts. The “blazing mercury” in Italy has led to the death of a 44-year-old man, noted The Independent. Thousands have been forced to evacuate due to fires in Greece and Spain, because…

A screening tool the federal government is using to decide which neighborhoods have a disproportionate amount of pollution and risk of damage from climate change could worsen air pollution exposure disparities along racial lines, according to a new analysis. Researchers from several universities around the United States who modeled the…

By Claudia Greco FORLI, Italy (Reuters) - Farmer Andrea Ferrini is on the frontline of climate change in Italy and it is hurting. First his fruit and corn crops in northern Italy withered in a hard frost, then they were hit by torrential rains and record flooding, followed by an…

White-tailed Eagles have expanded their range rapidly in recent decades, probably largely as a result of population recovery following historical persecution and poisoning. Credit: Stephen Willis Over the last 30 years, European breeding birds have shifted their range by 2.4 km per year, on average, according to new research published…

Melanie Guttmann, co-founder of Letzte Generation (Last Generation), a German climate group, once spent six days in jail after being arrested during a protest. She told me it was one of the worst experiences of her life. “I just wanted to get out of there and have a peaceful life,…

It’s hard to make money selling home insurance in Florida. For one thing, the state is very vulnerable to hurricanes, and those hurricanes are getting stronger thanks to climate change. That means that insurance companies often have to pay out billions of dollars to rebuild homes after big storms. For…