|
|
|
|
 |
|
Delhi's 20 million residents were effectively breathing smoke on Thursday as the air quality index (AQI) breached the "severe" and "hazardous" categories in nearly all monitoring stations of the Indian capital, raising calls to close schools. ...more |
|
|
|
|
|
|
 |
|
Current climate pledges focus too much on land-based carbon sinks such as tree planting rather than food production and biodiversity, researchers from Australia, Denmark, Sweden and elsewhere said in a report on Tuesday.
...more |
|
|
|
|
|
|
 |
|
Europe has warmed more than twice as much as the rest of the world over the past three decades and experienced the greatest temperature increase of any continent, according to a report by the World Meteorological Organization.
...more |
|
|
|
|
|
|
 |
|
Some of the world's biggest consumer goods companies, including PepsiCo, Mars Advertisement · Scroll to continue and Nestle, are almost certain to miss a target to make plastic packaging more sustainable by 2025, according to a new report published on Wednesday.
...more |
|
|
|
|
|
|
 |
|
The German cabinet backed a draft law on Wednesday that will require manufacturers of products made with single-use plastic, such as bottles and cups, to pay an annual levy into a fund to help municipalities with the cost of clearing up litter. ...more |
|
|
|
|
|
|
 |
|
China will seek high-tech solutions to resolve its complex environmental challenges and make use of innovations in big data, biotech and artificial intelligence to tackle pollution, habitat loss and climate change, it said on Wednesday. ...more |
|
|
|
|
|
|
 |
|
Investments in the low-carbon technology needed to reduce planet-warming emissions in emerging markets sank in the past four years even as financing jumped in developed economies, according to a study released on Tuesday. ...more |
|
|
|
|
|
|
 |
|
Next week's U.N. climate conference has much to discuss, from financing the transition to clean energy to protecting the world's forests and future-proofing its cities. But some efforts will get more attention than others. ...more |
|
|
|
|
|
|
 |
|
Channelling climate compensation payments through existing funds will not work for vulnerable communities, a team of international researchers said on Tuesday, arguing that a new fund be created. ...more |
|
|
|
|
|
|
 |
|
Brazil's greenhouse gas emissions rose more than 12% in 2021 largely due to surging deforestation in the Amazon rainforest under far-right President Jair Bolsonaro, a non-profit report said on Tuesday. ...more |
|
|