Huge spending by governments kept the world economy afloat during the pandemic as officials mobilized a fiscal response not seen since World War Two to bolster household incomes and give Continue Reading
At this month’s climate talks in Scotland, a lot of time was spent condemning the shortage of money available to fight global warming. Some of the loudest complaints came from Continue Reading
The electrocatalytic conversion of CO 2 using renewable energy could establish a climate-neutral, artificial carbon cycle. Excess energy produced by photovoltaics and wind energy could be stored through the electrocatalytic Continue Reading
The Glasgow Climate Pact is a message to investors and executives that the march to net zero is accelerating. The agreement , negotiated by almost 200 nations over two weeks, Continue Reading
After two weeks of intense deliberations, diplomats from nearly 200 countries reached a final deal Saturday evening to work together to stave off the worst effects of climate change for current and Continue Reading
A new dataset highlights the number of people on Earth exposed to dangerously hot weather World leaders have committed to limiting Earth’s rising temperature to 1.5 degrees Celsius (2.7 degrees Continue Reading
Insurers are getting increasingly worried about the perils of climate risk after a run of natural disasters, according to a report by BlackRock Inc. The big majority of insurers now Continue Reading
Parts of the Pacific Northwest and British Columbia can’t catch a break. Atmospheric rivers, or plumes of deep tropical moisture, have brought excessive rainfall, flooding and mudslides over the past Continue Reading
The US Tire Manufacturers Association (USTMA) will produce cryogenically milled tire tread (CMTT) and provide samples to researchers to advance scientific study on tire and road wear particles (TRWP). In Continue Reading
COP26 took fourteen days and some long nights of negotiations. It produced breakthrough pledges, a set of rules on carbon trading and some big aspirations that will have to be Continue Reading
It was Day 13 of the COP26 summit, and even the trees inside the Glasgow venue were beginning to wilt. With the meeting running almost 24 hours over its scheduled Continue Reading
While world leaders and negotiators are hailing the Glasgow climate pact as a good compromise that keeps a key temperature limit alive, many scientists are wondering what planet these leaders Continue Reading
The COP26 climate summit in Glasgow succeeded in getting 197 countries to agree new rules on limiting greenhouse gas emissions, but last-minute objections from India and China stymied a commitment Continue Reading
Having just hosted COP26 in Glasgow, Boris Johnson is now coming under pressure to cancel plans to explore the Cambo oilfield – a project that is thought to hold 800 Continue Reading
Negotiators at this year’s U.N. climate talks in Glasgow appeared to be backing away from a call to end all use of coal and phase out fossil fuel subsidies completely Continue Reading
Negotiators pushed talks on how to tackle climate change into Saturday at the UN climate summit in Glasgow, as divisions remained on the phase-out of fossil fuels, and between rich Continue Reading
Anxious energy filled the halls of the exhibition center in Glasgow on Friday, where diplomats from nearly 200 countries blew past a deadline for striking a global climate accord, with Continue Reading
A new draft agreement drawn up for the last scheduled day of the U.N. climate conference in Glasgow on Friday presses countries to reach higher in their plans to tackle Continue Reading
Annual average coal emissions per capita from 2015-2020 in tons of CO2 India and China are the world’s two biggest coal polluters, but Australia and South Korea lead the world Continue Reading
A joint China-U.S. declaration on climate change is a political reset to a time when the world’s two biggest carbon emitters reached the brief meeting of minds that helped forge Continue Reading
It took more than 30 meetings over the course of a year to iron out one thing that the US and China can still agree about: fighting climate change. John Continue Reading
For as long as there have been international climate talks, Saleemul Huq, a botanist from Bangladesh, has quietly counseled diplomats and activists on the prickliest question: What is owed to countries Continue Reading
A new draft agreement drawn up for the last scheduled day of the U.N. climate conference in Glasgow on Friday presses countries to reach higher in their plans to tackle Continue Reading
A new draft of the a climate pact being debated at COP26 talks in Glasgow on Friday maintains most of the key elements climate-watchers were looking for — though with Continue Reading
Negotiators at this year’s U.N. climate talks in Glasgow appeared to be backing away from a call to end all use of coal and phase out fossil fuel subsidies completely, Continue Reading
The latest fluctuations in climate conditions across the Pacific Ocean are increasing the likelihood of a La Niña winter in the U.S., the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration said Thursday. NOAA predicts Continue Reading
Approaching the final day of the two-week COP26 U.N. climate summit, delegations intensified efforts to strike a deal to tame global warming, with the focus on finding the cash to Continue Reading
The tightest of smiles on his face and the fabric of his traditional thobe swirling about him as he strides through a hallway at U.N. climate talks, Saudi Arabia’s energy Continue Reading
President Joe Biden’s administration is targeting one of the tougher sources of climate-warming greenhouse gases with a plan that calls for the U.S. aviation sector to reach net-zero emissions by Continue Reading
First draft awaited of COP ‘cover decision’ CAT says pledges to 2030 allow world to warm 2.4C Concerns of no deal emerging on carbon market EU’s climate chief says “we’re Continue Reading
New net-zero pledges made at United Nations climate talks have created a slim but viable hope that the world could avoid a crucial redline for climate catastrophe, according to a Continue Reading
After nine days of grand pronouncements, pledges and plans, scientists delivered a rude awakening to a COP26 summit that has been called “the last, best hope” for climate action: Earth Continue Reading
Over the past 40 years, as climate change leaped into global awareness, exposure to extreme heat jumped by close to 200 percent in more than 10,000 of the world’s biggest Continue Reading
For years climate scientists have warned about the ferocious wildfires and hurricanes that are now overwhelming many communities. Today alarms are ringing about a related financial danger: risks lurking within Continue Reading
Researchers at Purdue University have developed a new ultra-white paint that reflects 98.1 percent of sunlight and can keep surfaces up to 19 degrees Fahrenheit cooler than their ambient surroundings. Continue Reading
Global greenhouse gas emissions from agriculture and food production have risen by 17 percent over the past 30 years, according to UN data, underscoring their importance in limiting climate change. Continue Reading
Everyone gathered in Glasgow for the COP26 climate conference is aware that the world is heating up and human activity is responsible—but how much of an individual weather event can Continue Reading
Water and mud landslides overran houses and roads in Germany this month, killing more than 160 people and leaving hundreds missing. Deadly weather as far apart as China, Germany and Continue Reading
The seasons are strange now in Beverly Longid’s home of Cordillera, in the Philippines. The crops don’t ripen at the usual times. The sun beats down hotter than ever before. Continue Reading
The morning sun shines through a forest outside Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk on Sakhalin Island in Russia’s Far East, Friday, Sept. 3, 2021. More than two-thirds of Sakhalin Island is forested, and authorities Continue Reading
Malaysia’s latest catalogue of its greenhouse gas emissions to the United Nations reads like a report from a parallel universe. The 285-page document suggests that Malaysia’s trees are absorbing carbon four times Continue Reading
There are more delegates at COP26 associated with the fossil fuel industry than from any single country, analysis shared with the BBC shows. Campaigners led by Global Witness assessed the Continue Reading
Barack Obama, Nancy Pelosi and dozens of members of Congress will converge on Glasgow this week, as COP26 enters its final few days, without any prospect of the US passing Continue Reading
Former U.S. President Barack Obama is due to speak at COP26 in Glasgow on Monday as the climate meeting enters its second week. Beyond the big name participants, delegations will Continue Reading
After a week of climate talks here at the COP26 summit, negotiators are grappling with a fundamental math problem: The commitments governments have collectively made to slash greenhouse gas emissions don’t Continue Reading
Joe Biden’s final speech at COP26 focused on methane emissions and the Global Methane Pledge, a pledge which was endorsed by multiple emerging economies There are multiple technologies and practices Continue Reading
As COP26 draws to an end, observers should be watching closely for any policies or regulations designed to increase hydrogen demand The recent awarding of a Nobel Prize related to Continue Reading
Protesters take part in a rally organised by the Cop26 Coalition in Glasgow, Nov. 6. Organizers said more than 100,000 people took to the streets of Glasgow to call on Continue Reading
The parade of announcements this week from world leaders, finance figures and climate diplomats at the COP26 summit culminated in a weekend parade of protesters through Glasgow, Scotland. The message Continue Reading
“ Disappointing .” “ A shadow on the global climate effort .” Even before the global climate summit in Glasgow got underway last week, environmental advocates were quick to point Continue Reading
