Deforestation in Brazil’s Amazon fell 66% in July

Deforestation in Brazil’s Amazon fell in July to its lowest level for the month since 2017, preliminary government figures showed on Thursday, boosting President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva’s stature on environmental policy ahead of a summit of rainforest nations. Satellite data from Brazilian space… Read More

Admit your failures, climate summit host Al Jaber tells nations: COP 28

Governments must face up to their failures to tackle climate change at the next UN climate summit, the president of COP28 has told governments. The meeting in November should agree to triple renewable energy by 2030, Sultan al-Jaber told leaders in Brussels. Green groups welcomed… Read More

US refuses climate reparations for developing nations

The US says it will not “under any circumstances” pay reparations to developing countries hit by climate change-fuelled disasters. Climate envoy John Kerry made the remarks at a Congress hearing before flying to China to discuss the issue. Some countries want major economies – which… Read More

US, China aim to revive climate talks as planet reels under extreme weather

BEIJING, China – U.S. climate envoy John Kerry said it was “imperative that China and the United States make real progress” in the four months before U.N.-sponsored climate talks begin in Dubai, as waves of extreme heat and rainfall hit large parts of the globe.… Read More

UAEU launches its COP28 roadmap

AL AIN- This United Arab Emirates University (UAEU) today launched its strategic plan of action leading up to the meeting of the 28th Conference of the Parties (COP28) to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change. COP28 will be hosted by the UAE in… Read More

Climate change could lead to ‘widespread chaos’ for insect communities

Research explores how a warming world could impact ecosystems and derail the development of new species. New research explores how a warming world could impact ecosystems and derail the development of new species. New species continue to evolve the world over, as different groups of… Read More

Mexico says mass bird deaths likely caused by El Niño’s hotter waters

MEXICO CITY – The deaths of hundreds of wild birds along Mexico’s Pacific coast were likely caused by the El Niño climate phenomenon, local authorities said on Thursday, as the country and its surrounding oceans face an intense heat wave. Some 300 wild birds of… Read More

Threat to whales complicates US research into seaweed for biofuel

CAPE COD BAY, Massachusetts – In Cape Cod Bay, 10-year-old Pilgrim and her calf skim the water’s glassy surface alongside the Shearwater research vessel to feed on tiny crustaceans. The two are among the last surviving 340 or so North Atlantic right whales left migrating… Read More

Investors may exit consumer goods firms over EU deforestation law

LONDON – As a new European Union zero-tolerance deforestation law looms, several major investors told Reuters they are concerned about their exposure to the issue, with some saying they could quit consumer goods makers with “risky” supply chains. The EU agreed in December a new rule to… Read More

Earth Rally : United to creat true change

WE UNITED CAN AND WILL MAKE THAT IMPORTANT CHANGE NEEDED. IT is CLEAR that The COP events did very little to actually focus on the real issues harming our great planet. For this reason I am asking Organisations, Activity Groups, NGO to UNITE as ONE… Read More