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Reduced emissions are associated with fewer deaths from heat in the Middle East and North Africa, according to a new research.
Scientists said on Tuesday that avoiding hundreds of thousands of heat-related deaths in the Middle East and North Africa could be achieved by meeting global goals to limit climate change and encouraging better adaptation in the region. Reducing carbon emissions to keep global warming below two d...
What's behind oil companies' advocacy for climate change technology
The oil industry appears to be doing well by most accounts. The demand for oil and gas is still very strong, and the industry made remarkable profits last year. But the industry is also feeling the heat to solve the climate crisis, and it wants a piece of the federal government's massive pie ...
As a platform, Twitter has long been a hub for spreading false information on climate change.
As a platform, Twitter has long been a hub for spreading false information on climate change. A study of climate-related chats conducted under new owner Elon Musk and released exclusively with USA TODAY found that misinformation about the warming globe was spreading at a rapid pace. Similar findi...
According to a survey, 69 percent of Indians are experiencing serious repercussions from climate change
A recent study for the World Economic Forum found that almost two-thirds of Indians believe that climate change has already had a significant impact on the locations where they live and that it is possible that their families will be uprooted within the next 25 years. Between July 22 and August 5...
MEP believes discussing climate change shouldn't exclude health
Sara Cerdas, a socialist MEP, argues that the conversation on how climate change affects health needs to be expanded since, if we do nothing, society would incur unthinkable health expenditures.
The health (ENVI) and COVID-19 committees of the European Parliament are both served by soci...
Debt and Climate Change
Climate change and the economy are two of Australia's new left-of-centre government's major issues. After the counting of postal votes, Labor has gained enough seats to create a majority government over two weeks after the May 21 election. In addition, there are a record amount of women i...
Where does climate change fit into the Australian election
While southern Australia recovers from the devastation caused by the 'Black Summer' bushfires in 2019-2020, towns in Queensland and New South Wales (NSW) have recently been hit by terrible floods.
Some cities have seen 'once in a century' floods twice in a matter of week...
The silence on climate change is deafening in Australia's election campaign
The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) delivered its third and final report on the IPCC's evaluation of climate science the week before the election, indicating the chance of temperatures climbing 1.5C (probably likely) and 2C over pre-industrial levels. It was rather upsetting ...
The EU has announced a €55 million budget for climate change monitoring
The EU announced a total of 44 pledges for the 2020-2022 period at the Our Ocean Conference (OOC) in Palau. The Commission will fund greater maritime environmental monitoring through Copernicus over two years.
Copernicus investigates the global and regional scales of the maritime enviro...
The world must prioritise public health: climate change and natural disasters must be addressed urgently
Public health as an agenda has grown in prominence over the last two decades and is unquestionably poised to define the present and future risk-scape. Prudence suggests that incorporating public health into all policies may benefit the Asia Pacific Region in addressing the adaptation gap caused b...
Climate change is being highlighted as a problem by Australia's leading health researchers
Climate change is an essential health problem, according to the Australian Academy of Health and Medical Sciences.
According to the Australian Academy of Health and Medical Sciences, climate change is one of the most serious risks to human health and well-being in the twenty-first centu...
18 countries have gone green on climate, and they have reaped the benefits
Clean energy advocates and think tanks have long claimed that it is feasible to cut emissions while maintaining economic growth. According to the most recent study from the world's top climate scientists, 18 nations have done just that, sustaining emissions reductions "for at least a dec...
Climate change threatens about a third of the US facilities that store hazardous chemicals
Global warming and its accompanying climate effects endanger almost one-third of chemical facilities in the United States that contain dangerous compounds, according to the US Congress' Government Accountability Office (GAO).
The congressional committee discovered that 31% of the EP...
Covestro Thailand’s Goal of Being Fully Circular
Covestro is a leading producer of high-tech polymer materials across the world. The Managing Director of the Thai unit of Covestro, Timo Slawinski, says that the world needs to play a better role in creating a circular economy.
Awareness regarding climate change has caused the global cl...
BANK OF JAPAN TO INVEST FUND TO BATTLE CLIMATE CHANGE
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• As per the statement, the Bank of Japan will he releasing a preliminary outline of its plan at its upcoming policy-setting meeting scheduled in July
According to a statement issued by the Bank of Japan on June 18, it has decided to invest a fund in order to h...
BECAUSE PM MODI COMMITTED TO DEPLOY 450 GW RENEWABLE ENERGY, US PARTNERED WITH INDIA: KERRY
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• The US has joined hands with India on climate change in order to help it meet its commitment to deploy 450 gigawatts (GW) of renewable energy said Kerry
• When asked about China and its emissions, Kerry said the Asian country produces more emissions as c...
US PRESIDENT BIDEN ORDERS TO SET UP CLIMATE CHANGE SUPPORT OFFICE (CCSO)
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• The CCSO has been established within the State Department as a temporary organisation in accordance with section 3161 of title 5 of United States Code
• It will support the US Department of State and other executive departments and agencies in taking for...
FOSSIL FUEL TO PLAY LESS DOMINANT ROLE IN ENERGY MIX IN CHINA
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- Fossil fuel to play less dominant role in energy mix in China.
- Chinese President Xi Jinping pledged at last week's climate summit to not use coal on a wide scale.
- China’s new coal power plants are said to be unl...
CHINA TO ATTEND, MAKE A SPEECH IN UPCOMING CLIMATE CHANGE SUMMIT
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- China to attend, make a speech in upcoming climate change summit.
- Japanese Prime Minister and Russian President are also set to attend the summit.
- China’s President Xi has pledged to make the nation carbon neutral b...
U.S & CHINA RELEASES JOINT STATEMENT TO COOPERATE ON CLIMATE CHANGE
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- U.S & China releases joint statement to cooperate on climate change.
- U.S & China are also expected to cooperate with other countries to tackle the matter.
- U.S & China will discuss concrete actions to reduce ca...