
Now we all agree, on the climate
With Joe Biden as US president, the entire international community will be aligned on the climate crisis. We can’t let this chance slip away.
Climate change is the defining issue of our time. Many have identified the consequences of global warming as the gravest threat that countries, the international community and planet Earth face over the course of this century. Global warming, i.e. the rise in global average temperatures, is caused by greenhouse gases released into the atmosphere – such as carbon dioxide (CO2) and methane (CH4) – produced by a number of human activities: deforestation, the burning of fossil fuels like oil and coal, and intensive farming. The consequences of this process are known as climate change. Due to the ongoing climate crisis we’re witnessing the melting of ice sheets and glaciers, sea levels rising, desertification and biodiversity loss. In order to face all these challenges, over 170 countries adopted the Paris Agreement at the COP21 climate change conference held in the French capital in 2015. Follow the latest updates, information and news about international efforts to slow down global warming and its devastating effects.
With Joe Biden as US president, the entire international community will be aligned on the climate crisis. We can’t let this chance slip away.
A new study raises the alarm on the Great Barrier Reef: in 25 years half of its corals have been lost, mainly due to climate change.
Typhoons will become more intense as a result of global warming, but Japan has to do more to prepare itself for this perfect storm.
President Xi Jinping surprised the international community with China’s pledge to achieve carbon neutrality by 2060. How this will occur is yet to be seen.
The latest updates on the strikes and events being held around the world for the global day of climate action on 25 September.
Wildfires in the US have caused over 30 deaths and destroyed 2 million hectares so far. The tragedy became political when Trump visited California.
The 4000-year-old Milne Ice Shelf, Canada’s last one, has collapsed due to temperatures 5 degrees higher than the 30-year average.
Greta Thunberg asks leaders to do more for our climate in a podcast written during lockdown: the pandemic has taught us how to face a global emergency, she says.
If we don’t turn the tide on global warming, cities like Venice and Miami will disappear under rising sea levels.
Not much snow, peaks of 19 degrees Celsius in Norway and even 28 degrees in France: official data confirms the anomalously high temperatures of this past winter.