EU greenhouse gas emissions drop 5% in the second quarter 17/11/2023

Greenhouse gas emissions in the European Union fell by more than 5% in the second quarter of 2023, with the biggest decline recorded in electricity and gas supply, statistics agency Eurostat said on Wednesday. ...more

'No end in sight' to rising greenhouse gases -UN weather agency 17/11/2023

The concentration of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere reached a record high last year, the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) said on Wednesday, warning there was "no end in sight" to the trend. ...more

Worsening sand, dust storms driving global land loss, says UN 17/11/2023

The world is losing almost 1 million square kilometres (386,000 square miles) of productive land a year to sand and dust storms made worse by human activities, the United Nations body in charge of fighting desertification warned on Wednesday. ...more

Rich countries may have met $100 bln climate goal last year -OECD 17/11/2023

Developed nations may have achieved their overdue promise of $100 billion to help poorer countries cope with climate change in 2022, the OECD said on Thursday, an estimate that may muster some political goodwill on the eve of the COP28 climate summit. ...more

Poor countries missing out on pre-arranged climate disaster finance - study 17/11/2023

The poorest and most vulnerable countries do not benefit enough from pre-arranged financing to cope with disasters and are most exposed to the losses and damage caused by climate change, the London-based Centre for Disaster Protection said on Thursday. ...more

US helps forge global group on measuring natgas' climate-warming emissions 17/11/2023

The U.S. and more than a dozen countries and groups have forged a working group to advance efforts to measure greenhouse gas emissions across the natural gas supply chain to cut global output of the pollution blamed for climate change, the Energy Department said on Wednesday. ...more

Global emissions set to fall only 2% by 2030 - UN report 16/11/2023

Governments are making insufficient progress in slashing greenhouse gas emissions to avert the worst impacts of global warming, according to a United Nations report released Tuesday. ...more

US, China pledge cooperation on climate following California talks 16/11/2023

The United States and China will back a new global renewables target and work together on methane and plastic pollution, they said in a joint statement on Wednesday after a meeting to find common ground ahead of COP28 talks in Dubai later this month. ...more

Heat-related deaths could more than quadruple by mid-century -report 16/11/2023

Heat-related illnesses and deaths are rising as the world warms, an international team of health experts said on Tuesday, forecasting a 370% surge in yearly heat deaths by mid-century if the world warms by 2 degrees Celsius above preindustrial levels. ...more

Dutch government scraps plan to cap flights at Schiphol next year 16/11/2023

Facing pressure from the U.S. government and the European Union, the Dutch government on Tuesday gave up on a plan to cap the maximum number of flights at Amsterdam's Schiphol airport next summer, calling the decision "a bitter pill". ...more