These countries are facing the biggest health impacts 18/7/2023

Medical Aid, a South African insurance comparison website, investigated the effects of environmental issues like poor water quality, pollution, sanitation and chemical exposure on the health of citizens in 103 countries around the world. The information is summarized in a report titled, “Climate Health: Where in the World is Climate Change Impacting Health the Most?” ...more

Iraq's water crisis drying up fish farming in Basra 17/7/2023

Iraq is in the grip of a severe water shortage which has left crop growers and food producers such as Iraqi fish farmer Qasem Karam facing the loss of their livelihoods. ...more

US, China envoys seek to revive climate diplomacy 17/7/2023

U.S. climate envoy John Kerry said it was "imperative that China and the United States make real progress" in the four months before the COP28 global climate talks in Dubai, as he met his counterpart Xie Zhenhua in the Chinese capital on Monday. ...more

Countries warn against over-reliance on carbon capture tech 17/7/2023

Technologies to capture CO2 emissions are no substitute for a drastic cut in fossil fuels and their use should be limited, a group of countries warned on Friday, as tensions grow over the role of climate technologies ahead of this year's COP28 summit. ...more

Wind and solar to produce over a third of global power by 2030, report says 17/7/2023

Wind and solar projects are on track to account for more than a third of the world's electricity by 2030, signalling that the energy sector can achieve the change needed to meet global climate goals, a report by the Rocky Mountain Institute (RMI) said on Thursday. ...more

UK councils call for ban on disposable vapes by 2024 17/7/2023

Councils in England and Wales have called on the UK government to ban the sale of single use vapes by 2024 on both environmental and health grounds. ...more

UAE's COP28 president lays out plan for 'brutally honest' climate summit 14/7/2023

Countries at this year's U.N. climate summit must face up to how far behind they are lagging on climate change targets and agree a plan to get on track, the United Arab Emirates' incoming president of the event said on Thursday. ...more

UN issues global alert to combat severe sand and dust storms 14/7/2023

Severe sand and dust storms (SDS) are becoming increasingly common, with UN climate experts attributing the rise to human-driven causes such as climate change and unsustainable farming practices. To combat this, the UN has designated 12 July its first-ever International Day of Combatting Sand and Dust Storms. ...more

Colombia says deforestation fell 29% in 2022 14/7/2023

Deforestation in Colombia fell 29.1% in 2022 versus the previous year spurred by sharp decreases in the country's Amazon region, the government said on Wednesday, marking the lowest level since 2013. ...more

Plastic pollution on coral reefs gets worse the deeper you go, study finds 14/7/2023

No part of the planet is free of plastic waste, and coral reefs are no exception, but scientists have now made the discovery that the deeper the reef, the more plastic debris it is likely to have. ...more