U.S. envoy Kerry urges China to resume talks to avoid climate crisis 7/9/2022

U.S. climate envoy John Kerry on Tuesday urged China to resume bilateral talks to avert a global warming crisis, and called on world leaders to speed up their energy transition away from fossil fuels. ...more

G7 company emissions falling short of global climate goal, study shows 7/9/2022

Companies in the Group of Seven (G7) economies are failing to meet Paris Climate Agreement objectives, non-profit disclosure platform CDP and global management consultancy Oliver Wyman said on Tuesday, based on current corporate pledges to cut emissions. ...more

Shipping project explores ways to cut methane emissions from industry 7/9/2022

A coalition of companies including oil major Shell and no. 1 container line MSC on Tuesday launched an initiative to explore ways to cut climate-warming methane emissions from ships, which pose a major risk to industry efforts to go greener. ...more

EU plans to build firefighting fleet faster after summer of climate crises 7/9/2022

The European Union and its member states agreed on Monday to speed up plans to establish an EU fleet of firefighting aircraft, after rampaging wildfires across Europe this summer exhausted the bloc’s capacity to respond. ...more

Tackling inequality key to climate fight - study 6/9/2022

Tackling inequality is key to securing the public support needed to overhaul the global economy and reverse climate change, an update to the landmark 50-year-old computer simulation of environmental stress has found. ...more

As Africa’s climate warms, rich countries pledge more funds 6/9/2022

Rich countries said they will spend about $25 billion by 2025 to boost Africa’s efforts to adapt to climate change as the continent continues to struggle with drought, cyclones and extreme heat, according to officials at a summit in Rotterdam in the Netherlands on Monday. ...more

Large parts of Amazon may never recover, major study says 6/9/2022

Environmental destruction in parts of the Amazon is so complete that swathes of the rainforest have reached tipping point and might never be able to recover, a major study carried out by scientists and Indigenous organisations has found. ...more

Heatwave in North America threatens to break global September temperature record 6/9/2022

Western areas of North America are continuing to suffer a significant heatwave that is threatening to break the highest global September temperature record. ...more

US flood maps outdated thanks to climate change, Fema director says 6/9/2022

Flood maps used by the federal government are outdated, the director of the Federal Emergency Management Agency, or Fema, said on Sunday, considering a series of devastating floods caused by excessive rainfall induced by climate change. ...more

Tunisia bans production of non biodegradable plastic bags 5/9/2022

The Tunisian Ministry of Environment announced it will stop production of certain types of plastic bags "banned for the internal market" because they are not biodegradable. The ban started as of 1 September. ...more