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28.09.2017
Climate change impacting estimated 40% of US growth: Report
Climate change is annually impacting the US economy by an average of $240 billion, equal to an estimated 40 per cent of its current economic growth, scientists warn, saying burning fossil fuels "comes at a giant price tag which the US economy cannot afford and cannot sustain".
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20.09.2017
Climate Change Is Already Making People Sicker
Climate change is a central issue at this year’s United Nations General Assembly (UNGA), with multiple high-level meetings on the issue happening amid several devastating natural disasters. Hurricane Irma recently swept through the Caribbean and into Florida, only to be quickly followed by Hurricane Maria.
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19.09.2017
Climate Action Leadership Network Launched in New York
The High-Level Climate Champions, Ms. Hakima ElHaite, Special Envoy for Climate Change from the Kingdom of Morocco, and Mr. Inia B. Seruiratu, Fijian Minister of Agriculture have launched the Climate Action Leadership Network at Climate Week in New York.
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18.09.2017
Climate change is a global challenge: Zuma
Johannesburg - Climate change is a global challenge and developing countries should be provided with adequate support for their mitigation and adaptation actions, President Jacob Zuma said on Monday.
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14.09.2017
Climate Change Effects Could Mean the End of Coffee Beans
The world never looks quite as grim with a cup of coffee in hand. But coffee, like all agricultural products, could be thrown into upheaval by climate change, making an already terrifying situation even bleaker. And a new study published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences offers a different perspective on the challenges that may block coffee fiends from a good cup of their necessary beverage.
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12.09.2017
As climate change losses mount, it's time to talk about liability and compensation
The quick succession of hurricanes Harvey, Irma and Jose hitting the Caribbean islands, Texas and Florida as well as one-in-100-year floods in South Asia hitting first Nepal, then India and now Bangladesh now has brought into clear focus the issue of how serious a threat we face from climatic impacts directly attributable to human induced climate change due to higher-than-normal atmospheric and ocean temperatures.
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09.09.2017
Climate change is getting worse, and so is media’s coverage of it
Broadcast networks are decreasing their climate coverage at a time when the case for reporting on the issue is become more and more compelling. By ignoring this serious matter, media are failing to inform audiences about pressing impacts on human migration patterns, women, and the economy.
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06.09.2017
Climate change looms over Himalayas
Pheasants and Finches - two of the flagship Himalayan species seem to be reeling under the threat of climate change, states the preliminary findings of survey by Bombay Natural History Society (BNHS).
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01.09.2017
New mudslide hits villages in Switzerland, crushing homes
Thunderstorms set off a new mudslide through southeastern villages in Switzerland near the Italian border, rumbling along the same creek bed where a powerful, rocky mudslide left eight people missing and feared dead last week, authorities said Friday.
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