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Tag: Climate change

Invest Less than 1% of World GDP and Tackle Climate Change

May 28, 2021 editorclimate, Lead News

A new study finds tripling of current investments into nature-based solutions needed by 2030 to tackle the climate crisis, otherwise, there will be a $4 trillion financing gap.

1% of, and, climate, Climate change, invest, Lead news, Less than, tackle, World GDP

To Combat Climate Change, Listen and Act on Ideas from Youths

April 27, 2021 editorclimate

Listening to young people take a stance on climate change and hearing their well-articulated and very alarming concerns about the changing climate re-inspired my commitment to do my best and to keep calling on everyone to take action to ensure our younger generation inherits a livable planet.

Act on, and, climate, Climate change, Ideas from, Listen, to combat, Youths

This will be decisive decade to tackle climate change: Biden

April 23, 2021 editorclimate, World News

The US has pledged to cut carbon emissions by 50-52% below 2005 levels by the year 2030.

Biden, climate, Climate change, Decade, Decisive, this, to Tackle, will be, World news

IFAD, IsDB commit $500 mn to address hunger, climate change

April 15, 2021 editorclimate, Food & nutrition

Using their own resources, IFAD and IsDB will jointly finance priority projects in some of their 57 common member countries over the next five years with a cofinancing target of $500 million ($250 million from each institution).

$500 mn, climate, Climate change, commit, Food & nutrition, Hunger, IFAD, IsDB, to address

Coronavirus and Climate Change: Tales of Two Crises

April 2, 2021 editorBangladesh, Literature

The book contains 25 sub-headings starting with “Spread of Coronavirus: Are we prepared?” and ends at “Escaping Pandora’s Box of Acceleration of Pandemics”.

and, Bangladesh, Climate change, Coronavirus, Literature, Tales of, Two Crises

Climate change top challenge over next decade: UNESCO survey

April 1, 2021 editorBiodiversity, climate

Climate change and loss of biodiversity are seen as the most pressing challenge over the decade, according to the World in 2030 Survey report published on Wednesday by UNESCO.

Climate change, Environment, next decade, over, survey, top challenge, Unesco

Wasting food just feeds climate change, new UN report warns

March 5, 2021 editorEnvironment, Food & nutrition

More than 930 million tonnes of food sold in 2019 landed in waste bins, according to new UN research, released on Thursday.

Climate change, Environment, Food, just feeds, New, UN report, warns, Wasting

The Global Insecurity of Climate Change

February 25, 2021 editorclimate, Life

“We are living in a continuous insecurity due to many factors that put Sudan on top of the list when it comes to climate vulnerability.”

Climate change, Environment, Insecurity, of, The Global

Leveraging AI to Fight Climate Change

February 18, 2021February 18, 2021 editorTechnology

International organisations, researchers and data scientists say artificial intelligence (AI) and big data are critical to combat years of promises but inadequate action on the climate, biodiversity and pollution crises.

AI, Climate change, Leveraging, technology, to fight

India Glacier Disaster: How much climate change responsible?

February 17, 2021 editorclimate, Disasters, Op-Ed

on February 7 the glacier-fed Rishi Ganga river started rising. Two hours later, swollen with rock debris and snowmelt, its waters rose 53 feet — the height equivalent of a five-storey building.

Climate change, Glacier Disaster, How much, India, responsible

Renewable Energy Key to Addressing Climate Change Challenge

January 14, 2021 editorclimate, Renewable

By Nalisha Adams BONN, Germany, Jan 13 2021 (IPS) – 2021 is going to be critical, not only for curbing the rapidly spreading COVID-19 pandemic but also for meeting the climate challenge. But as Dr Fatih Birol, Executive Director of…

Addressing, challenge, Climate change, key to, renewable energy

Hunger up in mountain areas for biodiversity loss, climate

December 12, 2020 editorBiodiversity, climate

11 December 2020 – Although many of the world’s most important crops and livestock species originate in mountain regions, hunger is rising in these areas due to biodiversity loss and climate change, according to a joint study published on Friday…

Climate change, for biodiversity loss, Hunger up, in mountain areas

US formally exits Paris pact aiming to curb climate change

November 4, 2020 editorclimate, Diplomacy

AP/UNB, Oct 04 – The United States on Wednesday formally left the Paris Agreement, a global pact forged five years ago to avert the threat of catastrophic climate change.

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Climate change to ultimately cost $100,000 per ton of carbon

September 11, 2020 Lutfun NaharClimate, Environment

Two geoscientists and a philosopher from the University of Chicago (UChicago) estimated that an “ultimate cost of carbon” to humanity comes out closer to 100,000 dollars per ton, a thousand times higher than the 100 dollars or less routinely calculated…

$100000 per ton of carbon, Climate change, Environment, ultimately cost

Climate change: Global Centre on Adaptation opens in Dhaka

September 8, 2020 Lutfun NaharBangladesh, Climate, Lead News

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Tuesday hoped that the regional office of the Global Centre on Adaptation (GCA) in Dhaka will serve as a ‘Centre of Excellence’ and a solution-broker for climate adaptation measures in the South Asia region.

Adaptation, Bangladesh, climate, Climate change, Global Centre, Lead news, opens in Dhaka

Climate emergency danger to peace, UN Security Council told

July 25, 2020 editorclimate, Life

24 July 2020 – The climate emergency generated by global warming, is exacerbating existing risks to international peace and security, while also creating new ones, a senior UN official told the Security Council on Friday, making the case for swift…

Climate change, climate emergency, danger, Security Council, to peace, told, UN

Summers could soon be ‘too hot for humans’

July 17, 2020 editorclimate, Global warming, Lead News

Global warming will increase the chances of summer conditions that may be “too hot for humans” to work in, exposing millions of people to potentially life threatening conditions.

‘too hot, Climate change, could, for humans’, soon be, Summers

Climate change, conflict stalk world’s most vulnerable: ICRC

July 10, 2020 editorclimate, Conflicts

The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) has called for mobilization from within and beyond the humanitarian sector so that climate action and finance reach conflict zones and to ensure that communities hit hardest get the support they need…

Climate change, Conflict, ICRC, most vulnerable, stalk, world’s

Germany approves coal phaseout by 2038

July 4, 2020 editorclimate, Conventional, World News

German lawmakers have backed a legislative package to end the use of coal in less than two decades. But activists have decried the measures, saying they aren’t bold enough to mitigate the impact of climate change.

approves, by 2038, Climate change, coal phaseout, Energy, Germany

Saved by the Pandemic?

July 2, 2020 editorclimate, Columns, Health

by Mark Lynas HAY-ON-WYE – COVID-19 has killed more than 500,000 people worldwide, made millions more ill, and continues to wreak havoc. But as the saying goes – and without wishing to downplay this human tragedy in any way –…

by the, Climate change, pandemic, saved

What will power the post-pandemic global economic recovery?

June 27, 2020 editorclimate, Economy

27 June 2020 – As governments try to kick-start their economies, the UN is calling for recovery plans to be built around low-carbon technologies, to avoid a return to fossil fuel-based business as usual.

Climate change, economic recovery?, Global, Post-Pandemic, What, will power

Extreme weather ‘record’ likely in Arctic Circle: WMO

June 23, 2020 editorclimate, Global warming

23 June 2020 – Reports that temperatures in a Russian town in the Arctic Circle likely reached a record 38C (100.4F), last weekend, have been approved by the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) pending final verification, it said on Tuesday.

Arctic Circle, Climate change, extreme, in, likely, weather ‘record’, WMO

New contract must with nature to keep drought, deserts away

June 17, 2020 editorclimate, Global warming

17 June 2020 – The UN Secretary-General has called for “a new contract for nature” to address ongoing global challenges connected to land degradation, such as forced migration, hunger and climate change.

away, Climate change, deserts, Drought, must, New contract, to keep, with nature

‘Aggressive action must to mitigate faster climate change’

June 16, 2020 editorclimate, Lead News, Migration

A recent global survey conducted by the Tällberg Foundation showed widespread enthusiasm for aggressive action to mitigate accelerating climate change.

‘Aggressive action, Climate change, faster, must, says survey, to mitigate

Climate Action Can Help to Fight Pandemics

May 9, 2020 editorColumns, Global warming, Health, Mitigation

By Aaron Bernstein BOSTON – The COVID-19 crisis has brought economies around the world to a standstill. Huge swaths of manufacturing have been idled, and sectors such as aviation and tourism are largely shuttered. Amid all the economic ruin, some…

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Covid-linked carbon emissions fall won’t halt climate change

April 23, 2020 editorEnvironment, Lead News

22 April 2020 – An expected drop in greenhouse gas emissions linked to the global economic crisis caused by the COVID-19 pandemic is only “short-term good news”, the head of the UN weather agency said on Wednesday.

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The World Must Not Forget Climate Change

April 9, 2020 editorGlobal warming, Op-Ed

by Dirk Messner, Nick Nuttall DESSAU-ROßLAU – If the current coronavirus pandemic has taught us anything, it is that our interconnected, globalized economies and societies are highly vulnerable to sudden shocks. The COVID-19 outbreak, and the horrendous scale of its…

Climate change, Must Not Forget, Opinion, the World

Fisherfolk fix both food and climate by closing fishing grounds

March 24, 2020 editorFishery, Global warming, Op-Ed

By Kanis Dursin JAKARTA, Mar 23 2020 (IPS) – Samsul sounded very happy last Monday (Mar. 16) when recounting his experience of catching crabs worth more than $60 in a single day. “I hauled over 12 kilograms of crabs on…

both food and climate, by closing, Climate change, Fisherfolk, fishing grounds, fix

Water resources essential part of solution to climate change

March 23, 2020 editorGlobal warming, Lead News, Water

World Water Day: Often overlooked, water resources are an essential part of the solution to climate change On World Water Day, the United Nations launched a flagship report which says that reducing both the impacts and drivers of climate change…

Climate change, essential part, of, solution to, water resources, World Water Day

Changing weather spells doom for unprepared Pakistan farmers

March 14, 2020 editorAgriculture, Global warming, Op-Ed

By Xari Jalil Mar 13 2020 (IPS) – Unpredictable weather patterns in the form of excessive or prolonged rainfall are wreaking havoc for farmers across Pakistan as sowing and harvesting periods are severely affected.

Changing weather, Climate change, farmers, for, Pakistan, spells doom, unprepared

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