Last year tied as world's fifth-warmest on record, U.S. scientists say 16/1/2023

Last year was the world's joint fifth-warmest on record and the last nine years were the nine warmest since pre-industrial times, putting the 2015 Paris Agreement's goal to limit global warming to 1.5C in serious jeopardy, U.S. scientists said on Thursday. ...more

UAE names oil boss to lead climate summit, worrying activists 13/1/2023

The United Arab Emirates said on Thursday that the head of state oil giant Abu Dhabi National Oil Company would lead this year's COP28 climate summit, fuelling activists' worries that big industry is hijacking the global response to environmental crisis. ...more

Environment Agency–Abu Dhabi plants one million mangrove seeds by drone 13/1/2023

The Environment Agency–Abu Dhabi (EAD) has successfully planted one million mangrove seeds using drones, as part of the first phase of a drone mangrove plantation project supporting the Abu Dhabi Mangrove Initiative. ...more

World's dams to lose a quarter of storage capacity by 2050 - UN research 13/1/2023

Nearly 50,000 large dams worldwide could lose more than a quarter of their storage capacity by 2050 as a result of sedimentation build-ups, eroding global water and energy security, according to United Nations research on Wednesday. ...more

U.S. to simplify offshore wind regulations to meet climate goals 13/1/2023

The U.S. Department of the Interior will reform its regulations for the development of wind energy facilities on the country's outer continental shelf to help meet crucial climate goals, it said in a statement on Thursday. ...more

Private jet emissions quadrupled during Davos 2022 13/1/2023

Private jet emissions quadrupled as 1,040 planes flew in and out of airports serving Davos during the 2022 World Economic Forum (WEF) meeting. ...more

'Dangerous' Tunisian droughts threaten food security 12/1/2023

Three years of drought have dried up Tunisian reservoirs, threatening harvests that are critical to the North African country's battered economy and pushing the government to raise tap water prices for homes and businesses. ...more

Environment risks dominate in "polycrisis" world - WEF survey 12/1/2023

Failure to tackle climate change and environmental degradation dominate the ranking of top risks facing the planet in the next decade, a World Economic Forum (WEF) survey of global risk specialists found. ...more

Green industries could be worth $10.3 trln to economy by 2050 - study 12/1/2023

Industries helping the world shift to net-zero emissions could be worth $10.3 trillion to the global economy by 2050, sustainable development consultancy Arup and economics advisory firm Oxford Economics said in a report on Tuesday. ...more

Rising tide of extinctions on Madagascar 12/1/2023

One of the world's remaining biodiversity hotspots will take millions of years to recover from extinctions, scientists predict. ...more