How climate change is making the world sick 4/12/2023

Heat stress. Lung damage from wildfire smoke. The spread of disease-carrying mosquitoes into new regions as temperatures rise. ...more

Brazil launches $204 million drive to restore Amazon rainforest 4/12/2023

Brazil's national development bank (BNDES) on Saturday launched an effort to restore degraded or destroyed woodland amounting to 60,000 square km (23,160 square miles) - an area nearly the size of Latvia - in the Amazon rainforest by 2030. ...more

COP28: European Investment Bank to co-finance climate action projects with the Brazilian Development Bank, BNDES 4/12/2023

European Investment Bank (EIB) Vice-President Ambroise Fayolle and President of the Brazilian Development Bank (BNDES) Aloizio Mercadante signed a memorandum of understanding today at COP28 in Dubai, to explore co-financing opportunities in the renewable energy, environment and social sectors in Brazil, including in the Amazon region. ...more

COP28 kicks off with climate disaster fund victory 1/12/2023

The U.N. climate summit clinched an early victory Thursday, with delegates adopting a new fund to help poor nations cope with costly climate disasters. ...more

Air pollution from fossil fuels ‘kills 5 million people a year’ 1/12/2023

Air pollution from fossil fuel use is killing 5 million people worldwide every year, a death toll much higher than previously estimated, according to the largest study of its kind. ...more

Like a high-sodium diet: traffic pollution can cause rise in blood pressure – study 1/12/2023

Getting stuck in traffic is one of the most common stressors that millions of Americans face every day. The bumper-to-bumper traffic can come at the cost of wasted gas, environmental pollution, and as new research shows, even spikes in blood pressure. ...more

Accelerated Energy Transition Can Add 40 million Energy Sector Jobs by 2050 1/12/2023

Socio-economic analysis of IRENA’s World Energy Transitions Outlook sees significant economic prosperity and calls for progressive policy actions at COP28 ...more

Australian populations of threatened bird species fall 60% in past 40 years 1/12/2023

Australia’s populations of threatened and near-threatened bird species have declined by 60% on average in the past 40 years, new research shows. ...more

Deal to keep 1.5C hopes alive is within reach, says Cop28 president 30/11/2023

An “unprecedented outcome” that would keep alive hopes of limiting global temperature rises to 1.5C is within reach, the president-designate of the UN Cop28 climate summit has said – and even Saudi Arabia is expected to come with positive commitments. ...more

Most sponsors of Cop28 have not signed up to UN-backed net zero targets 30/11/2023

Most companies sponsoring the UN climate talks in Dubai are not committed to cutting their greenhouse gas emissions in line with globally recognised net zero targets, it has been revealed. ...more