Sun 07 May 2023: Internet users can change their behavior to reduce the carbon footprint of online digital technologies, which account for 3.7% of total greenhouse gas emissions, according to recent studies. Energy consumption due to online activities, from streaming TV shows and movies to sending emails, increases by an average 9% every year, according […]
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Tue 02 May 2023: UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Tuesday called on governments to keep their pledge and act against climate change. “The International Panel on Climate Change tells us that breaching 1.5 degrees, even temporarily, could be disastrous,” he told the Petersberg Climate Dialogue meeting via video link. Guterres warned that the temperatures are set to rise 2.8 […]
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Sun 30 Apr 2023: Spain has experienced a record-breaking spring heatwave over the past couple of days. A plume of hot, dry air originated over northern Africa, where it has already produced record April temperatures, and spread northwards across Iberia. This resulted in a maximum temperature of 38.7C at Córdoba airport on Thursday, the highest […]
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Mon 24 Apr 2023: Air pollution still causes more than 1,200 premature deaths a year in under 18’s across Europe and increases the risk of chronic disease later in life, the EU environmental agency said Monday. Despite recent improvements, “the level of key air pollutants in many European countries remain stubbornly above World Health Organization” (WHO) guidelines, […]
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Fri 21 Apr 2023: Volunteers in dozens of countries were set to plant trees, clean up trash and urge governments to do more to combat climate change to mark Earth Day, as scientists warn of more extreme weather and record temperatures this year. The run-up to the 54th annual celebration of the environment, officially marked […]
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Thu 20 Apr 2023: Nearly 64 million Americans are living in areas with daily spikes in participle pollution, according to new research on air quality. A new report from the American Lung Association, representing data from 2019 through 2021, found that around 63.7 million Americans lived in 111 counties across 19 states with failing grades for […]
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Wed 19 Apr 2023: To fight climate change and biodiversity loss, the new law obliges companies to ensure products sold in the EU have not led to deforestation and forest degradation. While no country or commodity will be banned, companies will only be allowed to sell products in the EU if the supplier of the […]
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Tue 18 Apr 2023: Air pollution impacts every stage of human life from foetal development and the cognitive abilities of teenagers to adult mental health, according to a report that synthesises the findings of more than 35,000 studies from around the world. The Environmental Research Group at Imperial College London published the review on Monday of a […]
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Fri 14 Apr 2023: A major Canadian bank was the world’s largest financier of fossil fuels last year, contributing $42.1bn to such companies, a new report by a coalition of environmental groups has found. Released on Thursday, the Banking on Climate Chaos report (PDF) found that the Royal Bank of Canada (RBC) had surpassed United States-based JP […]
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Sat 08 Apr 2023: The global ocean surface temperature has reached an all-time high since satellite records first started. According to preliminary data from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), the average temperature at the ocean’s surface has been 21.1 degrees Celsius since the beginning of April, the Guardian reported. As a result, the […]
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