Tag: climate change
Virus could hamper Africa’s climate change response : IMF
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) on Thursday warned that coronavirus could further weaken sub-Saharan Africa’s ability to adapt to climate change, as measures to contain…
Climate change: older trees loss continue around the world
Older, carbon-rich tropical forests continue to be lost at a frightening rate, according to satellite data. In 2019, an area of primary forest the size…
Markets not paying attention to climate crisis, IMF says
Equity markets have generally ignored the increasing number of natural disasters over the past 50 years and tougher rules are needed to make investors aware…
U.N. delays crucial climate summit for a year, cites pandemic
The coronavirus pandemic has prompted the United Nations to delay until late 2021 a crucial climate summit that had been scheduled for Britain this year,…
Climate crisis making world’s forests shorter and younger, study finds
Climate breakdown and the mass felling of trees has made the world’s forests significantly shorter and younger overall, an analysis shows. The trend is expected…
Climate change in deep oceans could be seven times faster by middle of century, report says
In the new research, scientists looked at a measure called climate velocity – the speed at which species would need to move to stay within…
Australia’s severe bushfire season was predicted and will be repeated, inquiry told
The fires that caused 33 deaths, destroyed more than 3,000 homes, and burned more than 10m hectares of bushland were accurately predicted by the Bureau…
Coronavirus is a make-or-break moment for climate change, economists say
A decade ago, as world economies clawed their way back from the global financial crisis of 2008, climate experts pushed nations to adopt green spending…
Sea levels could rise more than a metre by 2100, experts say
Sea-level rise is faster than previously believed and could exceed 1 metre by the end of the century unless global emissions are reduced, according to…
Wildlife habitat destruction and deforestation will cause more deadly pandemics like coronavirus, scientists warn
As climate change contributes to a surge in disease outbreaks across the world, scientists warn that current rates of environmental degradation and biodiversity loss will…
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