Aneta Paunoska

Wildfires hit Spain

Summer ended but not the hot weather caused wildfires in Spain

Climate Change

Dozens of wildfires erupted in northern Spain on Friday, fueled by unusually high temperatures that reached 30 degrees Celsius in some areas a day earlier, converting vegetation into dry fuel, adding to Europe’s growing concern about changing weather patterns. According to regional emergency services, approximately 40 fires have been reported in the Basque Country, Asturias, …

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Wildfires in France

Macron to replant French forests lost in summer’s wildfires

Climate Change

French President Emmanuel Macron delivered a speech today in front of people involved in fighting wildfires last summer. The event was at the Elysee Palace in Paris. French President Macron met firefighters, rescuers, and volunteers who battled brutal summer blazes. Wildfires destruction will be replanted Macron also promised to replant 1 billion trees. It is …

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King Charles the Environmentalist (1)

John Kerry: King Charles’s presence at COP27 will bring a powerful message

Climate Change

The presence of King Charles at the COP27 climate summit in Sharm El Sheikh in Egypt would be “very powerful,” thinks US Special Climate Envoy John Kerry. Kerry added that the new British monarch’s credibility and leadership on environmental issues would make a difference. Many people are well informed about royal trivia, but not so …

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Canada might be a hydro giant, but every province has its own policy

Canada might be a hydro giant, but every province has its own policy

Hydropower, Renewables

A hydro giant Canada, the world’s third-largest producer of low-emissions electricity, has a head start on cleaning up its grid as part of a global push to electrify vehicles and buildings and slow climate change. However, capitalizing on this advantage is complicated by the fact that each of Canada’s ten provinces regulates utilities independently and …

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China's coal plants pollute as whole of Spain

China’s abroad coal plants investments pollute as whole of Spain

Finance & Investment

Carbon dioxide emissions from China-invested power coal plants abroad are now estimated to be 245 million tonnes per year. They roughly pollute the same as annual energy-related CO2 emissions from the whole of Spain or Thailand, shows new research released on Tuesday. According to the research of Boston University’s Global Development Policy Center (GDPC), Chinese …

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Governments to make mandatory nature disclosures for companies

Global corporations: Governments to stop hidden excessive nature depletion

Climate Change

Over 330 businesses urged world leaders today to require large corporations to assess and publicly release their environmental impact. They want all businesses to make public nature disclosures by 2030. This request was announced ahead of the COP15 global biodiversity talks in December. Among the COP15 Business, Statement signatories are GSK, H&M Group, and Nestle. …

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Emperor penguins face extinction

Emperor penguins: Climate change made these sweeties a threatened species

Climate Change

Emperor penguins face extinction and that is a result of rising global temperatures and sea ice loss. The emperor penguin species live in Antarctica. Today’s completed Endangered Species Act of the United States government published today the possibility of their extinction. In the document are all animals facing gradual disappearing. According to the US Fish …

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