LONDON, May 9 (Reuters) – The world faces a 50% chance of warming of 1.5 degrees Celsius above pre-industrial levels, if only briefly, by 2026, the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) said on Monday.
That does not mean the world would be crossing the long-term warming threshold of 1.5C (2.7 degrees Fahrenheit), which scientists have set as the ceiling for avoiding catastrophic climate change.
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UL, a global safety science leader, has launched a major new office in Glasgow, which will serve as the global hub for its growing offshore wind operations. Continue reading
Tim Newbold, UCL and Charlie Outhwaite, UCL
The world may be facing a devastating “hidden” collapse in insect species due to the twin threats of climate change and habitat loss.
SeaWorld proudly supports National Dolphin Day today with more than five decades of rescue, rehabilitation, and conservation of dolphins as part of its commitment to protecting marine animals and their habitats worldwide. More than 68 sick, injured, and orphaned dolphins have been helped by SeaWorld in the last six years alone, the success of which is informed by the study of animals in its care. SeaWorld has experience in caring for seven distinct species of dolphin. Continue reading
South Africa seen as poster child for ‘just transition’
Community trusts set up to channel energy profits to locals
Power cuts and low-skilled, short-term jobs fuel frustration
DE AAR, South Africa, March 28 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – The grassy greens and browns of South Africa’s semi-desert Karoo region are fast becoming dotted with flashes of silver and white, as solar and wind farms spring up across the vast, sun-soaked land in Northern Cape province.
But nearby communities – where unemployment and drug-use are a persistent problem – say that even as profits trickle into their towns, more can be done to distribute fairly the benefits from the renewable energy they believe belongs to them.
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/Thomson Reuters Foundation/– From major floods in Germany and China last year and eastern Australia this year, to ongoing and prolonged droughts across North and East Africa, the world is confronting a new climate change-induced water reality.
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New Open Property Group research found that just 40% of homes in England meet the recommended Energy Performance Certificate (EPC) rating of ‘C’. Continue reading
Scientists say climate-driven losses to surge without action
Risks already evident, from Madagascar to Bangladesh
Richer countries not immune from compounding threats
LONDON, Feb 28 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – Since late January, the African island nation of Madagascar has been hit by four tropical storms, driving fresh losses in a country with 1.6 million people already in need of food and other aid following repeated droughts and the COVID-19 pandemic. Continue reading
Clean Futures Fund learned yesterday that the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant has been seized by Russian Federation forces as part of their unprovoked invasion of Ukraine. Approximately 50 power plant workers and a crew of the Chernobyl Fire Brigade are trapped at the plant without Ukrainian protection and are unable to leave. Continue reading
During the One Ocean Summit organized by Emmanuel Macron, President of the French Republic, Rodolphe Saadé, Chairman and CEO of the CMA CGM Group, announced in a speech that the Group would no longer be transporting any plastic waste aboard its ships. Continue reading