Pressure on nature threatens many flowering plants with extinction 11/10/2023

Forty-five per cent of the world's known flowering plants could be threatened by extinction, scientists have warned. ...more

Deadly humid heat could hit billions, spread as far as US Midwest, study says 11/10/2023

Billions of people could struggle to survive in periods of deadly, humid heat within this century as temperatures rise, particularly in some of the world's largest cities, from Delhi to Shanghai, according to research published on Monday. ...more

France wants methane curbs on Europe's fossil fuel imports -document 11/10/2023

France has proposed that the European Union gradually impose methane emissions limits on gas imported into the 27-country bloc, a move that would attempt to leverage Europe's position as a major fossil fuel buyer to tackle the potent greenhouse gas. ...more

Microplastics detected in clouds hanging atop two Japanese mountains 11/10/2023

Microplastics have been found everywhere from the oceans’ depths to the Antarctic ice, and now new research has detected it in an alarming new location – clouds hanging atop two Japanese mountains. ...more

Losses from China disasters reach $42 billion in first nine months of 2023 11/10/2023

China suffered direct economic losses of 308.29 billion yuan ($42 billion) over the first nine months of 2023, the government said, from natural disasters such as torrential rains, deadly landslides, freakish hailstorms and a string of typhoons. ...more

MENA Climate Week: Highlights and images 10/10/2023

The Middle East and North Africa Climate Week (MENACW) opened on Sunday morning, bringing together policymakers, scientists, and other experts from the region and beyond to consider ways to urgently address climate change ahead of the the 28th session of the Conference of the Parties to the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (COP 28), which will convene in Dubai, United Arab Emirates (UAE), on 30 November – 12 December 2023. ...more

Saudi Arabia to launch greenhouse gases credits scheme next year 10/10/2023

Saudi Arabia will launch a greenhouse gas credits scheme early next year that will allow companies to offset their emissions by buying credits from projects that voluntarily cut or remove greenhouse gas emissions, the scheme's website said on Monday. ...more

Inauguration of the Platform for the Gulf Market Electricity Connection Project with Iraq 10/10/2023

Saudi Arabia will inaugurate today the platform of connecting the Gulf Electricity Market Project with Iraq, at the headquarters of the Gulf Cooperation Council Interconnection Authority (GCCIA) in Al Dammam. ...more

Climate crisis costing $16m an hour in extreme weather damage, study estimates 10/10/2023

The damage caused by the climate crisis through extreme weather alone has already cost $16m (£13m) an hour for the past 20 years, according to a new estimate. ...more

FIFA to 'mitigate environmental impact' of 2030 World Cup 10/10/2023

FIFA will take measures to "mitigate the environmental impact" of the three-continent 2030 World Cup, world soccer's governing body said. ...more