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World falling short on funding for climate adaptation - UN report 4/11/2022
World falling short on funding for climate adaptation - UN report The world is falling far short at rounding up money to help struggling nations adapt to the increasingly dangerous impacts of climate change, according to a report released Thursday. ...more
EU gas emissions end post-COVID rise on cleaner supply, energy-saving-study 4/11/2022
EU gas emissions end post-COVID rise on cleaner supply, energy-saving-study Gas emissions from the European Union's energy sector have ended more than a year of post-pandemic rises thanks to cleaner power supplies and energy-saving efforts, the Centre for Research on Energy and Clean Air (CREA) said on Thursday. ...more
Major glaciers, including Dolomites and Yosemite, to disappear by 2050 - UN report 4/11/2022
Major glaciers, including Dolomites and Yosemite, to disappear by 2050 - UN report Some of the world's most famous glaciers, including in the Dolomites in Italy, the Yosemite and Yellowstone parks in the United States and Mount Kilimanjaro in Tanzania will disappear by 2050 due to global warming, whatever the temperature rise scenario, according to a UNESCO report. ...more
Delhi's air a 'crime against humanity', spurs calls to close schools 4/11/2022
Delhi's air a 'crime against humanity', spurs calls to close schools 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
Climate pledges depend too much on natural carbon sinks -report 4/11/2022
Climate pledges depend too much on natural carbon sinks -report 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 warms more than any other continent in last 3 decades 3/11/2022
Europe warms more than any other continent in last 3 decades 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
Big brands set to miss plastic sustainability targets 3/11/2022
Big brands set to miss plastic sustainability targets 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
German cabinet backs plastic levy in litter clamp down 3/11/2022
German cabinet backs plastic levy in litter clamp down 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 pledges high-tech support for climate, environmental problems 3/11/2022
China pledges high-tech support for climate, environmental problems 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
Low-carbon energy investment lagging in developed economies -study 3/11/2022
Low-carbon energy investment lagging in developed economies -study 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
 
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