Madrid to host UN climate summit after Chile pulls out The Event will take place from 2-13 December as planned after Spain intervenes to save talks Europe continues to lead the world and regrettably the initiative to get attention to South America has been impaired. Those headed for Santiago will now have to reverse course […]
Map the World to see Climate change
Map it or Lose the Knowledge Scientists aim to make 3D map of entire world before climate change ruins it We’re going to need a lot of lasers. Originally published on Live Science. In 2018, archaeologists bathed part of a Guatemalan forest in laser beams to reveal the profile of a hidden, ancient metropolis. Now, […]
Talk to the Animals: Habitat and Adaptation
Brave new world: Simple changes in intensity of weather events ‘could be lethal’ Date: September 30, 2019 Source: Washington University in St. Louis Summary: Faced with extreme weather events and unprecedented environmental change, animals and plants are scrambling to catch up — with mixed results. A new model helps to predict the types of changes […]
Climate Migrants – Forced Adaptation
Let’s Talk About Climate Migrants, Not Climate Refugees Dina Ionesco Head of the Migration, Environment and Climate Change (MECC) Division at the UN Migration Agency (IOM) oversees IOM’s policies and programmes related to the nexus between migration, environment and climate change, and coordinates IOM’s contributions to policy processes, such as the climate change negotiations. This […]
Oil and gas companies approve $50 billion of major projects that undermine climate targets and risk shareholder returns
Oil and gas companies have approved $50 billion of investment since 2018 in major projects that undermine climate targets and threaten shareholder returns, Carbon Tracker finds in a report released today. The first study to identify individual projects that are inconsistent with the Paris Agreement finds that no major oil company is investing to support […]