Young Socialists Switzerland (JUSO) activists take part in a protest against the World Economic Forum (WEF), calling for a climate tax on the rich, on the eve of the WEF annual meeting in Davos, on Jan 15, 2023. (FABRICE COFFRINI / AFP) DAVOS, Switzerland – Big oil firms came under pressure at the start of […]
Firefighters tackle a wildfire at the village of Asseiceira Pequena in Mafra on July 31, 2022. (PATRICIA DE MELO MOREIRA / AFP) BRUSSELS – Europe experienced its second-warmest year on record in 2022, European Union scientists said on Tuesday, as climate change unleashed record-breaking weather extremes that slashed crop yields, dried up rivers and led […]
Ski centre on mountain Jahorina is seen in Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina Jan 4, 2023. (KIRSTEN DONOVAN / REUTERS) LONDON/BRUSSELS — Record-high winter temperatures swept across parts of Europe over the new year, bringing calls from activists for faster action against climate change while offering short-term respite to governments struggling with high gas prices. Hundreds […]
A goose looks for water in the dried bed of Lake Velence in Velence, Hungary, on Aug 11, 2022. (ANNA SZILAGYI / AP) LONDON – From scorching sun and drying rivers to devastating floods, another year of extreme weather gripped Europe in 2022, warning about the impact of climate change and sending a cautionary note […]
Chinese clean energy expertise seen as helping mitigate damage The China-aided Sakai photovoltaic power plant in Bimbo, near Bangui, Central African Republic, helps to ease Bangui's lack of electricity. (TIANJIN ELECTRIC POWER CONSTRUCTION / HANDOUT VIA XINHUA) Seraphine Mutindi, a villager in Makueni county, southern Kenya, used to rely on farming to support her family […]
In this picture taken on Sept 27, 2022, internally displaced flood-affected people wade through a flooded area in Dadu district of Sindh province. (RIZWAN TABASSUM / AFP) In a year marked by yet more climate-linked floods, hurricanes and droughts, governments and companies were forced to look more closely at the financial risks and their exposure […]
Pollution rises from the BASF chemical plant in Ludwigshafen, Germany, Nov 7, 2022. (MICHAEL PROBST / AP) MEXICO CITY – Climate change will accelerate humanitarian crises around the world in 2023, adding to the issues created by armed conflict and economic downturns, according to a study by the NGO International Rescue Committee (IRC). The agency, […]
TOKYO, Dec 13, 2022 – (JCN Newswire via SEAPRWire.com) – Hitachi High-Tech Corporation today was selected for the 2022 “A List” by CDP(1), a non-governmental organization that conducts environmental research and information disclosure globally, out of more than 10,000 companies that were evaluated for their climate change initiatives and transparency in information disclosure. In 2010, […]
TOKYO, Dec 13, 2022 – (JCN Newswire via SEAPRWire.com) – NEC Corporation (TSE: 6701) has been recognized for leadership in corporate sustainability by global environmental non-profit CDP(1), securing a place on its prestigious “A List” four years in a row for tackling climate change, as well as acting to protect water security. NEC has set […]
TOKYO, Dec 13, 2022 – (JCN Newswire via SEAPRWire.com) – Fujitsu Limited today announced that the Fujitsu Group has been selected for the CDP’s A List for both climate change for the sixth year in a row and water security for the fourth year in a row, earning the highest rating in the CDP’s evaluation […]
Before China-led talks to save species, experts stress related nature of threats Despite efforts to mitigate biodiversity losses, the extinction of species around the globe is accelerating at unprecedented rates, climate experts have warned ahead of the largest global gathering of environmental ministers on biodiversity. "The biggest challenge to biodiversity, of course, is climate change, […]
Sameh Shoukry, president of the COP27 climate summit (right) speaks during a closing plenary session at the UN Climate Summit, Nov 20, 2022, in Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt. (PETER DEJONG / AP) Fossil fuel producers benefited from sympathetic treatment in Egypt at the COP27 climate talks, government officials said, bringing their influence to bear in rushed […]
Polish Minister of Climate and Environment Anna Moskwa speaks as she takes part in an extraordinary meeting of European Union energy ministers in Brussels, Belgium July 26, 2022. (JOHANNA GERON / REUTERS) WARSAW — The European Union's gas price cap proposal is a 'joke', Polish climate minister Anna Moskwa said on Thursday. Moskwa's criticism followed […]
Participants arrive at the Sharm el-Sheikh International Convention Centre, during the COP27 climate conference in Egypt's Red Sea resort city of the same name, on Nov 17, 2022. (MOHAMMED ABED / AFP) The 27th Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change, or COP27, concluded on Sunday with the reaching […]
The flags of United Nations member states (L to R) Lithuania, Liechtenstein, Libya, Liberia, Lesotho, Lebanon, Latvia, Laos, Kyrgyzstan, Kuwait, Kiribati, Kenya, Kazakhstan, Jordan, Japan, Jamaica, Italy, Israel, Ireland, Iraq, Iran, Indonesia, India, and others fly in alphabetical order during the COP27 climate conference at the Sharm el-Sheikh International Convention Centre, in Egypt's Red Sea […]
Egyptian Foreign Minister and Egypt's COP27 President Sameh Shoukry attends an informal stocktaking session during the COP27 climate summit, in Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt, Nov 18, 2022. (MOHAMED ABD EL GHANY / REUTERS) SHARM EL-SHEIKH, Egypt – Negotiators were poised to make a final push for a deal at the COP27 climate talks in Egypt on […]
Participants arrive at the Sharm el-Sheikh International Convention Centre, during the COP27 climate conference in Egypt's Red Sea resort city of the same name, on Nov17, 2022. (MOHAMMED ABED / AFP) SHARM EL-SHEIKH, Egypt – The first draft of a deal being hashed out at the COP27 climate summit in Egypt would keep a target […]
A woman fills up water containers at a tap in a camp for internally displaced people in Baidoa, Somalia, on Nov 9. (GUY PETERSON / AFP) Experts, leaders and social groups at the ongoing United Nations Climate Change Conference, or COP27, have called for action on water adaptation and resilience in the fight against climate […]
EU climate chief Frans Timmermans speaks at the COP27 UN Climate Summit on Nov 15, 2022, in Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt. (PETER DEJONG / AP) SHARM EL SHEIKH, Egypt – The European Union plans to update its emissions-cutting target under the Paris climate accord, the EU climate policy chief told the COP27 summit on Tuesday, with […]
A participant walks at the Sharm el-Sheikh International Convention Centre, in Egypt's Red Sea resort city of the same name, during the COP27 climate conference, on Nov 14, 2022. (FAYEZ NURELDINE / AFP) SHARM EL-SHEIKH, Egypt – Government ministers and negotiators from nearly 200 countries on Tuesday began the hard slog of finding common ground […]