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UAEU launches its COP28 roadmap

23 June, 2023 Andrew 0 Comments Amazon Animals Climate Change COP COP 28 Dubai UAE Energy Food Nature Oceans Plastic Pollution Poverty Science Water 12:48 pm

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 could lead to ‘widespread chaos’ for insect communities

23 June, 2023 Andrew 0 Comments Amazon Animals Climate Change COP Food Nature Science 12:27 pm

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…

Drought-depleted hydropower drives China to turn to coal

19 June, 2023 Andrew 0 Comments Climate Change COP Energy Pollution 7:20 am

LONDON - China has leant hard on coal-fired power plants as well as wind and solar generators to make up for a shortfall in hydroelectric generation as a result of low rainfall across the south…

Late push for coal subsidies upsets EU deal on energy reforms

19 June, 2023 Andrew 0 Comments Climate Change COP Energy Pollution 7:06 am

LUXEMBOURG - Climate Change - A late proposal to extend subsidies for coal plants has upset European Union countries' plans to on Monday approve a reform of the bloc's power market, which was designed to…

Swiss voters approve global minimum corporate tax, climate goals

19 June, 2023 Andrew 0 Comments Climate Change COP Poverty 6:53 am

ZURICH - Voters in Switzerland on Sunday approved the introduction of a global minimum tax on businesses and a climate law that aims to cut fossil fuel use and reach zero emissions by 2050, public…

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

16 June, 2023 Andrew 0 Comments Animals Climate Change Food Nature Oceans Pollution Science Water 9:34 am

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…

Mexico swelters as ‘atypical’ heat wave grips nation

16 June, 2023 Andrew 0 Comments Climate Change COP Energy Food Nature Oceans Plastic Pollution Poverty 9:19 am

MEXICO CITY / MONTERREY, Mexico - Climate Change - Earth Rally - Mexican authorities urged people across the country to take safety precautions on Thursday as an unusual late Spring heat wave sent temperatures soaring,…

Climate law divides Swiss voters ahead of referendum

16 June, 2023 Andrew 0 Comments Climate Change Nature Pollution 8:57 am

GENEVA - The Swiss government hopes voters will support a draft climate law aiming to cut emissions to net zero by 2050 as it seeks to comply with its global commitments after an earlier attempt…

Threat to whales complicates US research into seaweed for biofuel

13 June, 2023 Andrew 0 Comments Animals Climate Change COP Food Nature Oceans Plastic Pollution 11:01 am

U.S. Department of Energy has invested $55 million in seaweed biofuel research Whale biologists worry kelp growing gear could entangle critically endangered North Atlantic right whales Seaweed farms test out stiffer, whale-friendly gear CAPE COD…

Germany overtakes China as second most attractive country for re-newables investment

13 June, 2023 Andrew 0 Comments Climate Change Energy Nature Pollution Science 10:47 am

LONDON - Germany has overtaken China to become the second most attractive country in the world for renewables investment due to its efforts to speed up power market reform and move away from fossil fuels,…

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