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![UN demands action on extreme heat as world registers warmest day UN demands action on extreme heat as world registers warmest day](/uploaded/images/thumbnails/thu-News_b90213e4-6c7c-4a5d-b756-f445e5c41d23_.jpeg) |
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U.N. Secretary General Antonio Guterres called on Thursday for countries to address the urgency of the extreme heat epidemic, fueled by climate change - days after the world registered its hottest day on record. ...more |
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![Climate change causing more change in rainfall, fiercer typhoons, scientists say Climate change causing more change in rainfall, fiercer typhoons, scientists say](/uploaded/images/thumbnails/thu-News_a575815e-0671-4790-8ad8-c29245fe0aa6_.jpeg) |
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Climate change is driving changes in rainfall patterns across the world, scientists said in a paper published on Friday, which could also be intensifying typhoons and other tropical storms. ...more |
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![UK getting more hot and more wet days – Met Office UK getting more hot and more wet days – Met Office](/uploaded/images/thumbnails/thu-News_a324c67d-71d8-409e-a147-ee7c754b4208_.jpeg) |
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Climate change is dramatically increasing the frequency of extreme high temperatures in the UK, new Met Office analysis has confirmed. ...more |
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![Nestle, Mars Wrigley, Ferrero back EU deforestation law, document shows Nestle, Mars Wrigley, Ferrero back EU deforestation law, document shows](/uploaded/images/thumbnails/thu-News_40863fd5-ce96-4f74-83c5-eeaa990855f2_.jpeg) |
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Consumer goods giants including Nestle (NESN.S), Mars Wrigley and Ferrero have backed the European Union's upcoming ban on imported goods linked to deforestation, amid calls from some companies to delay it, a document seen by Reuters showed. ...more |
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![Australia’s environment could be fixed and threatened species saved for just 0.3% of GDP, experts say Australia’s environment could be fixed and threatened species saved for just 0.3% of GDP, experts say](/uploaded/images/thumbnails/thu-News_1cb2fd6e-9fd1-4337-9e06-d5e4b97fff44_.jpeg) |
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Saving Australia’s threatened wildlife, repairing degraded land and restoring ailing river systems is possible and would cost just 0.3% of Australia’s GDP, according to a new blueprint produced by more than 60 experts. ...more |
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![Recycle and reap rewards: Abu Dhabi installs 25 reverse vending machines Recycle and reap rewards: Abu Dhabi installs 25 reverse vending machines](/uploaded/images/thumbnails/thu-News_e69b59e1-f435-4954-bdd3-01c864bce060_.jpeg) |
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Tadweer Group has set up 25 reverse vending machines (RVMs) in key spots across Abu Dhabi, such as Umm Al Emarat Park and Zayed International Airport, with plans for more soon. ...more |
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![World breaks hottest day record for second day in a row World breaks hottest day record for second day in a row](/uploaded/images/thumbnails/thu-News_f2c3a16b-246a-435f-ba17-f110a726618b_.jpeg) |
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Monday, July 22 was again the hottest day on record, according to preliminary data from a European Union monitoring agency, inching past Sunday, July 21 which had just taken the title. ...more |
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![South Africa passes its first sweeping climate change law South Africa passes its first sweeping climate change law](/uploaded/images/thumbnails/thu-News_3cd57960-f8af-43f4-8187-61764fd94fbc_.jpeg) |
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South African President Cyril Ramaphosa has signed into law a broad climate change act that will set caps for large emitters and require every town and city to publish an adaptation plan. ...more |
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![US targets nitrous oxide in new phase of climate fight US targets nitrous oxide in new phase of climate fight](/uploaded/images/thumbnails/thu-News_21e8a0e5-3471-45a0-a9fa-fc72cc42e13e_.png) |
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The Biden administration on Tuesday announced it would seek to curb U.S. emissions of powerful industrial greenhouse gases such as nitrous oxide as it enters a new phase in the national strategy to fight climate change under the Paris agreement. ...more |
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![German government must do more to tackle air pollution, court rules German government must do more to tackle air pollution, court rules](/uploaded/images/thumbnails/thu-News_1d5947c8-4e0c-4e1b-ac6a-839bb1b8e7de_.jpeg) |
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Germany must improve its air pollution control programme and ensure it complies with EU requirements, the Berlin-Brandenburg Higher Administrative Court said on Tuesday. ...more |
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