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It isn’t the first time the region has faced water shortages but experts say they are now getting more frequent and intense due to climate change.
Europe was not prepared for the extreme heat it experienced this infernal July.
That's obvious from the heat wave's death toll so far — with more than 2,000 people known to have died in Spain and Portugal, a number expected to climb when data is released in France, the U.K., Belgium and the Netherlands and from across much of Central and Eastern Europe, where the heat still lingered over the weekend.
Mayor of Münster Markus Lewe has declared climate action to be the city’s top priority. He called for more flexibility and cooperation.
The EEA’s new ‘Europe’s changing climate hazards’ is an interactive report that gives an overview of past and projected changes in Europe’s most important climate hazards and how they impact European regions. The EEA report is especially valuable for policymakers and experts concerned with climate risk assessment and adaptation planning in Europe. EU Member States can also use the information to report on climate-related hazards to the European Commission.
The only way to fix our problems is to change our lifestyle. We need to buy less stuff, travel fewer miles, consume less resources, live in smaller homes (or share your larger home with more people). We need to live less complicated lifestyles including little or no social media. We can plant a garden, eat more plant based, locally produced food. We can slow cook more meals (including vegetarian and vegan options). We can recycle our clothes and household goods by giving them to stores such as Goodwill. We can enjoy the simple but rewarding experience of sharing a meal with friends and family.
Comment une campagne de désinformation financée par l'industrie pétrolière a noyauté la mobilisation pour lutter contre le changement climatique. Menée principalement aux États-Unis, une enquête danoise implacable.
Weather disasters are striking the world four to five times more often and causing seven times more damage than in the 1970s, the United Nations weather agency reports.
In the 2010s, that dropped to about 40 per day, the World Meteorological Organization said in a report released this week that looks at more than 11,000 weather disasters in the past half-century.
The report comes during a disaster-filled summer globally, with the United States simultaneously struck by powerful Hurricane Ida and an onslaught of drought-worsened wildfires.
Depuis lundi, des représentants des 195 États et des scientifiques préparent la sortie du 6ᵉ rapport du Giec, prévue le 9 août. Alors que pluies diluviennes, températures records et mégafeux dévastent la planète, ce rapport intègre pour la première fois un chapitre sur les événements climatiques extrêmes. Le climatologue Christophe Cassou a répondu aux questions de Reporterre.
Depuis lundi 26 juillet et pour deux semaines, des représentants des 195 États membres de la Convention-cadre des Nations unies sur (...)
The United Kingdom is set to host what many see as the most important global climate summit (COP26) since the deal over the landmark Paris Agreement was struck in 2015. This year’s UN climate change conference on 1-12 November in Glasgow – possibly held as an online or hybrid event due to the coronavirus pandemic – is the first major milestone for efforts by the global community to limit global temperature rise to well below 2°C, preferably 1.5°C – the central goal of the Paris accord. As host of COP26, the UK plays a special part in uniting the world to ring in a key decade for global climate action. New U.S. president Joe Biden, meanwhile, is coming back to the global climate table at full force, convening a Leaders’ Climate Summit on Earth Day, 22 April.
« Aujourd’hui, il faut lancer Lyon dans la transition écologique et adapter la ville pour faire face aux enjeux climatiques ». Ce jeudi, les élus du conseil municipal ont, sur proposition du maire EELV Grégory Doucet, déclaré « l’état d'urgence climatique » et émis le souhait de faire de Lyon l’une des pionnières parmi les villes françaises en transition.
Pour ce faire, la majorité lyonnaise a prévu un budget d’investissements de 1,2 milliard d’ici à 2026, dont un tiers consacré à la transition écologique.
Si elles sont responsables de près des trois quarts des émissions de CO2, les villes sont aujourd’hui les premières à payer les conséquences du réchauffement climatique. Si la pandémie a accéléré cette prise de conscience, les plans de relance pourraient offrir une opportunité historique de mettre en œuvre rapidement de nombreuses solutions efficaces et bénéfiques pour les territoires…
Climate disaster could be curtailed within a couple of decades if net zero emissions are reached, new study shows
With Trump no longer a threat, there is a sense of optimism around what the accord could achieve – but only if countries meet their targets
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Limiting climate change requires tackling emissions from all three fossil fuels. However, our research suggests that a greater focus on cutting oil-and-gas use would not only be more equitable, but also more realistic.
This coming week, the IPCC will be publishing its second of three major reports. The study will focus heavily on regional impacts as well as on cities and coastal communities. Matt McGrath previews the findings in an article on the BBC News website. A new report on the impacts of climate change will likely…
Miami-Dade County has named Jane Gilbert as its first ever Chief Heat Officer. It is understood to be the first position of its type globally. Athens in Greece and Freetown in Sierra Leone have pledged to also appoint Chief Heat Officers, and more cities are expected to follow.
Recently, the European Investment Bank released the results of a survey it conducted among EU member states, as well as China and the US. The survey is about climate change and it explores attitudes towards government action, transition fuel and support for more regulation, as well as some additional consumer measures.
The big takeaway from the survey is that a majority of Europeans think that climate change is the biggest challenge for humanity in the 21st century and that their particular country will fail to meet the goals set out by the Paris Agreement.
To truly evaluate your impact on the environment, you have to go way beyond recycle bins and energy bills.
Consider these two people: One flies weekly for work; the other lives in a studio apartment and walks to the office every day. On the surface, it’s clear here who has the bigger carbon footprint. Flying is notoriously awful, emissions-wise, and when you compare a weekly flight to the energy use of a small home and the emissions of a daily walking commute, the outcome is obvious.
But here’s a wrinkle: The weekly flier is a climate scientist who travels around the world teaching about the dangers of climate change. The second person works for a marketing agency, making ads for an oil company. So who is contributing more to the climate emergency, really?
Following last week’s general election in Norway, the centre-right government will step down, replaced by a left-wing coalition. Climate policy was an important feature of the campaign, but if this was indeed the first “climate election”, the results are disappointing. The end of oil remains beyond the political horizon, and there are important lessons for environmental activists and politicians about society’s reactions to the proclaimed state of climate emergency.
The number of countries announcing pledges to achieve net-zero emissions over the coming decades continues to grow. But the pledges by governments to date – even if fully achieved – fall well short of what is required to bring global energy-related carbon dioxide emissions to net zero by 2050 and give the world an even chance of limiting the global temperature rise to 1.5 °C.
This special report is the world’s first comprehensive study of how to transition to a net zero energy system by 2050 while ensuring stable and affordable energy supplies, providing universal energy access, and enabling robust economic growth. It sets out a cost-effective and economically productive pathway, resulting in a clean, dynamic and resilient energy economy dominated by renewables like solar and wind instead of fossil fuels. The report also examines key uncertainties, such as the roles of bioenergy, carbon capture and behavioural changes in reaching net zero.
A story of three possible warmer worlds. The future will look different no matter what - just how different is our choice.
New energy policies are urgently needed to put countries on the path to net zero greenhouse gas emissions, the world’s leading energy economist has warned, as economies are rapidly gearing up for a return to fossil fuel use instead of forging a green recovery from the Covid-19 pandemic.
The European Commission is reconsidering the position of gas in its sustainable finance taxonomy by recognising the fossil fuel’s role in keeping the lights on during peak electricity demand, according to a leaked document seen by EURACTIV.
Last year was the hottest on record in the Ukrainian capital, according to data released in January 2021 by Ukraine’s Central Observatory. Overall, 36 different temperature records were broken in Kyiv during 2020, including 12 in March alone.
Human activity will push concentrations of planet-warming carbon dioxide in the atmosphere to levels 50% higher than before the industrial revolution this year, breaching a symbolic climate change threshold, the UK’s Met Office forecast on Friday (8 January).
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