カテゴリー: Climate crisis
Officials hope three-day weekend will help reduce toxic pollution levels in country’s second largest cityPakistan has ordered private offices and schools to remain closed on Mondays in Lahore in the hope that a three-day weekend will help reduce toxic …
Kashmiri farmers lose half their harvest to early snows for third year, with fears for future of the region’s orchardsThe homegrown apple is in danger of becoming a rarity in India, as farmers have lost up to half their harvest this year, with predicti…
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The window to achieve that goal is vanishingly small, but it is there. Now we must seize this one last chanceLike many others, I would like to have seen a stronger outcome from Cop26. But we shouldn’t lose sight of the fact that much was achieved – and…
Those most at risk warn countries such as Australia they will lose out economically if they do not raise targetsSome of the countries most vulnerable to climate breakdown have called on the UN and the UK and other countries who want to lead the climate…
Lawsuit is the second major legal challenge to climate policy in New Zealand this yearA group of law students have filed a lawsuit at Wellington’s high court against New Zealand’s minister of energy over her decision to grant two new onshore oil and ga…
Meteorologists link such weather patterns to the climate crisis, which exacerbates the frequency and severity of climatic extremes and variationsThe unusual rains began to fall in Shanxi on 3 October, and the torrential downpours lasted for three days….
Just as important as the long-term target is the current push for renewables, as well as more climate finance from the rich worldAmazement, elation, worry, disappointment, derision – the announcement by India’s prime minister, Narendra Modi, that the c…
Environment minister of country home to world’s third-biggest rainforest says deforestation pledge must not halt developmentIndonesia has questioned the terms of a Cop26 deal to end deforestation by 2030, days after joining more than 100 countries in s…
University of Melbourne research suggests India’s plans could make sizeable difference to projectionsWhat is Cop26 and why does it matter? The complete guideThe pledges on greenhouse gas emissions on the table at the Cop26 climate summit in Glasgow wou…
With Cop26 climate summit about to begin, PM Jacinda Ardern says ‘it’s critical we pull our weight’New Zealand has pledged to cut its net greenhouse gas emissions by 50% by 2030, toughening its previous ambitions to limit global warming on the eve of t…
Five men and one woman who have fled Taliban are given no reason for rejectionSix environmental experts from Afghanistan who were due to attend Cop26 as their country’s delegates to the global conference have had their applications rejected just days b…
Report of participation in climate summit in Glasgow comes amid criticism of Beijing’s latest net zero plansChina’s president, Xi Jinping, will appear at the Cop26 UN climate summit in Glasgow next week via video link, the Associated Press has reported…
Plan presents little progress on previously announced ambitions days before vital Cop26 talksChina has published its long-awaited national plan on greenhouse gas emissions, just days before the opening of the Cop26 UN climate summit.But the plan reveal…
Third largest emitter of greenhouse gases committed to ‘being part of the solution’ but calls on rich countries to acknowledge ‘historic responsibility’ Setting net zero carbon emissions targets is not the solution to climate change, India’s federal en…