Humanity faces ‘collective suicide’ over climate crisis, warns UN chief 19/7/2022

Wildfires and heatwaves wreaking havoc across swathes of the globe show humanity facing “collective suicide”, the UN secretary general has warned, as governments around the world scramble to protect people from the impacts of extreme heat. ...more

U.S. Senate Democrats urge Biden to declare climate emergency 19/7/2022

Two U.S. Senate Democrats urged President Joe Biden on Monday to declare a climate emergency and use the Defense Production Act to ramp up production of a wide range of renewable energy products and systems including solar panels. ...more

EU to buy forest firefighting planes as climate crises intensify 19/7/2022

The European Union is in talks with manufacturers to buy firefighting planes to battle the increased risk of severe wildfires like those raging in Southern Europe, the bloc's head of crisis management told Reuters. ...more

Britain could see hottest temperature on record this week 19/7/2022

Britain was braced for temperatures to hit 40C for the first time this week, with ministers urging the public to stay at home as the heatwave caused train services to be cancelled, one London airport to shut its runway and some schools to close. ...more

Climate change extreme weather costs Germany billions annually 19/7/2022

Extreme heat, drought and floods caused by climate change cost Germany at least 6.6 billion euros ($6.69 billion) in damages annually on average in the past two decades, a study showed on Monday, with some severe episodes pushing losses into the tens of billions. ...more

'Climate change affects everyone': Europe battles wildfires in intense heat 18/7/2022

Authorities across southern Europe battled on Sunday to control huge wildfires in countries including Spain, Greece and France, with hundreds of deaths blamed on soaring temperatures that scientists say are consistent with climate change. ...more

Berlin hosts envoys for heart-to-heart talks on climate 18/7/2022

With the world reeling from the economic fallout of the pandemic and the war in Ukraine, senior officials from 40 countries were meeting Monday in Berlin for heart-to-heart talks on how to stay focused on fighting climate change. ...more

Biden says he will act on climate after talks collapse in Senate 18/7/2022

President Joe Biden said on Friday he would act on his own to cut climate emissions and urged his fellow Democrats to pass the few elements of their sweeping domestic policy package they can agree on after talks in the Senate collapsed once again. ...more

Deforestation in Colombia edges up, moving further from government target 18/7/2022

Deforestation in Colombia edged up for the second year in a row in 2021, rising 1.5% versus 2020 levels, the environment ministry said on Friday, as environmentalists warned of the impact of a high number of fires this year. ...more

Warming rivers threaten France's already tight power supply 18/7/2022

High water temperatures threaten to reduce France's already unusually low nuclear output, piling more pressure on operator EDF at a time when half its reactors are offline due to maintenance and corrosion issues. ...more