Zero waste, more hope in South Sudan 19/2/2024

Zero energy light bulbs and sturdy bricks for schools and homes. Some innovative communities in South Sudan are reusing waste in new ways as the world rallies to ban plastic pollution by the year’s end, with help from a small team of experts led by climate and environmental scientist Shazneen Cyrus Gazdar at theUN Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS). ...more

February on course to break unprecedented number of heat records 19/2/2024

February is on course to break a record number of heat records, meteorologists say, as human-made global heating and the natural El Niño climate pattern drive up temperatures on land and oceans around the world. ...more

Ill-judged tree planting in Africa threatens ecosystems, scientists warn 19/2/2024

Misguided tree-planting projects are threatening crucial ecosystems across Africa, scientists have warned. ...more

Food prices climbed during the second year of the pandemic -- and climate disasters contributed 19/2/2024

Record-breaking heat, severe drought and devastating floods have impacted food production, indirectly bringing prices in Canada to a decade high, according to the data provided by Statistics Canada. ...more

Reuters Exclusive: White House set to back tougher climate model for ethanol, sources say 19/2/2024

President Joe Biden's administration is poised to announce an adjustment to its scientific modeling for ethanol that will show the corn-based fuel to be less effective at reducing greenhouse gas emissions than previously estimated, three sources briefed on the plans told Reuters. ...more

Google to share oil and gas methane leaks spotted from space 16/2/2024

Google and environmental group Environmental Defense Fund on Wednesday unveiled a partnership to expose sources of climate-warming emissions from oil and gas operations that will be detected from space by a new satellite. ...more

Global warming, deforestation, fires combined could hasten Amazon demise, study finds 16/2/2024

Drought and heat driven by climate change and other factors threaten to cause the collapse of South America's lush Amazon rainforest system, scientists said on Wednesday in a study that found that nearly half of it could be pushed to a tipping point by 2050. ...more

Colombia's critically endangered species number more than doubles in 7 years 16/2/2024

The number of critically endangered animal and plant species in Colombia has more than doubled since 2017 and the total list of threatened species in the Andean country stands at 2,103, the environment ministry said on Wednesday. ...more

Conservation group expands Hawaii coral reef insurance programme 16/2/2024

Conservation group The Nature Conservancy has purchased a new, expanded insurance policy that could see up to $2 million paid out to help protect coral reefs around the main islands of Hawaii in the event of storm damage. ...more

Thailand warns of high pollution in capital, officials to work from home 16/2/2024

Thai authorities warned that pollution levels in Bangkok and surrounding provinces had hit unhealthy levels on Thursday, ordering government employees in the capital to work from home for the next two days and urging others to do the same. ...more