- December 22nd, 2024
As climate change drives a growing cascade of extreme weather events, from hurricanes and floods to heat waves, droughts, and wildfires, countries worldwide are grappling with how to adapt to an increasingly volatile climate. Preparing for these challenges and reinforcing...
War has long been recognized as a destructive force, not only for the people and societies directly involved but also for the natural environment that sustains life on Earth. The relationship between armed conflict and environmental degradation is complex and...
Researchers have suggested that the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation (AMOC), a major current that influences global weather patterns and temperatures, may be approaching a tipping point that would lead to its collapse. The AMOC, which carries warm water north and...
Japan has revised its national hydrogen strategy to focus on a "prudent hydrogen society" rather than a carbon-neutral "hydrogen society." Japan, the first country to establish a national hydrogen strategy in 2017, has aimed to use hydrogen in environmentally friendly...
Data centres are crucial for a nation's technological progress and are essential for e-government, innovation, entrepreneurship, decent work, and economic growth. However, climate change poses a significant threat to data centres, with rising temperatures, extreme weather events, and changing environmental...
Australia's annual Climate Change Statement warns that extreme weather seasons are increasing the risk of sabotage on its energy systems, putting them at risk of being exploited by hostile actors. The statement suggests that the threshold for damage to energy...
The Paris Agreement signed eight years ago, aimed to limit global warming to 1.5°C. However, since then, greenhouse gas emissions have increased and climate disasters have become more prominent. In 2023, the world is at 1.2°C of warming over pre-industrial...
Researchers at the University of California, Irvine and Utrecht University in the Netherlands have found that surface ice in Greenland is melting at an increasing rate, while the trend in Antarctica is moving in the opposite direction. The study, published...
Uncontrolled wildfires are threatening environmental gains in Brazilian Amazonia, a region of high biological and cultural diversity. A letter published in Nature Ecology & Evolution highlights the alarm in a study co-authored by researchers at the University of East Anglia...
The impending water crisis is a global issue, affecting an estimated two-thirds of the world's population by 2025 due to population growth and climate change. Nearly 1.8 billion people lack access to safe drinking water, and 2.4 billion lack adequate...
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