22 March 2024 marks a significant milestone in the historic campaign to take climate change to the world’s highest court, the International Court of Justice (ICJ), as the deadline for State written submissions closes.
A team of infectious diseases experts called for more awareness and preparedness in the medical field to deal with the impact of climate change on the spread of diseases.
The WMO just issued a report leaves no doubt that catastrophic runaway climate disaster is upon us.
The government of Bolivia last week delivered much-needed aid after record rainfall unleashed record floods and landslides the weekend of March 9.
Marine heat waves in the northeast Pacific Ocean create ongoing and complex disruptions of the ocean food web that may benefit some species but threaten the future of many others, a new study has shown.
The European Commission has recently published a Communication on managing climate risks in Europe. It sets out how the EU and its Member States can better anticipate, understand, and address growing climate risks. It further presents how they can prepare and implement policies that save lives, cut costs, and protect prosperity across the EU.
Winter storms that provide crucial snow and rainfall to northern India are arriving significantly later in the year compared to 70 years ago, a new study has found, exacerbating the risk of catastrophic flooding while also reducing vital water supplies for millions of Indians.
Extreme heat, drought, wildfires, and flooding, as experienced in recent years, will worsen in Europe even under optimistic global warming scenarios and affect living conditions throughout the continent. The EEA has published the first ever European Climate Risk Assessment (EUCRA) to help identify policy priorities for climate change adaptation and for climate-sensitive sectors.
The Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority has officially confirmed that the World Heritage-listed wonder is undergoing a seventh mass coral bleaching event — the fifth in just eight years.
The continental U.S. was on average 5°F hotter than average during the winter of 2023-2024.
There’s been a long-running debate in Earth sciences over whether mountains are a source of carbon dioxide or if they remove carbon dioxide from the atmosphere through mineral weathering. A new study has found that mountains can be sources or sinks and has identified the tipping point at which they switch from one to the other.
The successful launch and deployment of a NGO-owned and operated methane detecting satellite will help identify the worst emitters in the oil & gas industry.
In a new study, researchers have used the fossil record to better understand what factors make animals more vulnerable to extinction from climate change. The results could help to identify species most at risk today from human-driven climate change. The findings have been published March 7 in the journal Science.
Extraction of the Earth’s natural resources tripled in the past five decades, related to the massive build-up of infrastructure in many parts of the world and the high levels of material consumption, especially in upper-middle and high-income countries.
New measurements just released show that the once relatively stable Antarctica is now being impacted by global heating to a degree not expected by climate scientists.
Previously concealed Government assessments revealing worrying risks to the delivery of its flagship net zero policies have been released recently for the first time by Good Law Project, Friends of the Earth and ClientEarth. This comes as a legal challenge brought by the three organizations against the Government over its latest net zero strategy is being heard in the High Court.
The impacts of climate change, including slow and sudden onset weather events, are reducing the ability of countries to meet their Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), according to a report released today by the Asian Development Bank (ADB), United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP), and United Nations Development Programme (UNDP).
Generative AI techniques, machine learning and simulations give researchers new opportunities to identify environmentally friendly metal-organic framework materials.
Communities must be better prepared for flooding in their homes and businesses, an expert warns, as climate change predictions suggest more extreme flooding globally.
The U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) Office of Fossil Energy and Carbon Management (FECM) recently announced up to $100 million to help develop a commercially viable carbon dioxide removal industry in the United States.
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