Climate Change

Countries like China should contribute more to compensation payments for countries affected by climate-related catastrophic events, German Development Minister Svenja Schulze said on Friday on Bayerischer Rundfunk. China accounts for at least 28% of global greenhouse gas emissions. As a direct consequence, they must also contribute to restoring the damage, according to Schulze in an …

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The arable land nearby the Egyptian city of Damietta becomes salty. Tomatoes won’t longer thrive in the increasingly saline soil o farmland near the Mediterranean coast. Some of the farmers have begun planting rice instead. Rice is cheaper and brings less money. But the irrigation used to cultivate it helps cleanse the earth of salt. …

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Delegates at the COP27 conference in Egypt have decades of research into warming trajectories published by the United Nations Climate Science Agency to inform their decisions. They have all information about climate change. Every five years, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) publishes reports that represent a global scientific consensus on climate change, its …

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According to the most recent Copernicus Climate Change Service Data, Europe just had the warmest October on record, with temperatures nearly two degrees above the 1991-2020 average. This is due to the highest greenhouse gas concentration levels. These October figures are part of a much larger trend. Europe is warming at a much faster rate …

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According to insurers and risk modeling experts, climate change has increased the cost of natural disasters by increasing the frequency and severity of flooding and wildfires. The ten most expensive events of the last decade, as provided to Reuters by risk modeling firm RMS, all occurred within the last five years. While richer countries with …

We cannot count climate natural disasters, but we can count the loss  Read More »

According to scientists, the Earth’s long-term average global air temperature has never varied by more than 1.5 degrees Celsius above a stable 14 degrees Celsius since the last Ice Age ended nearly 12,000 years ago and human civilizations developed. However, fossil fuel emissions accumulating in the atmosphere and trapping more of the sun’s energy are …

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Tuvalu announced plans on Tuesday to create a digital replica of itself. It will replicate islands and landmarks. Also, it will preserve its history and culture. The reason is raising sea levels due to climate change that threatens to submerge the tiny Pacific island nation. Tuvalu’s Foreign Minister, Simon Kofe, stated at the COP27 climate …

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There was a full decade of back-and-forth when the lungs of the world are in question. But now, the world’s three largest rainforest nations, Brazil, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, and Indonesia, formally launched a partnership. They will collaborate on forest preservation. Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, who was elected president of Brazil at …

Triple alliance to save the jungle: Biggest rainforest nations joined forces Read More »

As the southwestern states face water shortages, the Colorado River has been named the most endangered river in the United States. The US government warned California, Arizona, and Nevada at the beginning of this month that it may impose water cuts on the supply. If that happens, it will be to protect the Colorado River and …

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While delegates at the COP27 climate conference debate the common problem of climate change, each country faces its own set of challenges and threats. The United Nations climate science agency issued a major report on adapting to a warmer world in February, detailing how that effort would differ from place to place. While glaciers melt …

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