Climate Change

Climate related stressors like heat, wildfires, floods, droughts, diseases and rising sea levels affect education outcomes and threaten to undo educational gains of recent decade, according to the Global Education Monitoring Report (GEM).…
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As the climate crisis continues to accelerate, new research reveals that the melting of the polar ice caps is causing the Earth to spin more slowly, extending the length of days at an ‘unprecedented’ rate. The study, published in the…
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The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) and the Government of Azerbaijan organized a discussion on the priorities of the upcoming COP29 and the need to scale up action to limit global warming to 1.5 degrees Celsius. The UN Climate…
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Climate stressors like heat, wildfires, floods, and rising sea levels are undermining education and could reverse recent gains, per the Global Education Monitoring Report. Compiled by UNESCO, the MECCE project, and the University of…
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Increased heating due to climate change is leading to more thunderstorm activity and consequently, more lightning strikes worldwide, senior scientists said on Saturday. At least 43 people were killed due to lightning strikes in Uttar…
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The European Union will pressure other countries at this year's COP29 climate summit to follow through on their pledge to transition away from fossil fuels, a draft of the bloc's negotiating position seen by Reuters showed. This year's…
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Tiny organisms that are present in salt and freshwater — account for about half of the photosynthesis on the planet. But what scientists have assumed for many years to be plant plankton (phytoplankton) may actually be voracious predators.…
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When Hurricane Beryl hit the Grenadine Islands on July 1, its 150-mph winds and awesome storm surge made it the earliest category 5 storm (the most destructive grade on the Saffir-Simpson hurricane wind scale) the tropical Atlantic has…
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NATO released the Secretary General’s annual Climate Change and Security Impact Assessment on Tuesday (9 July 2024). It notes that accelerating climate change has “a profound impact on Allied security,” and stresses the need for NATO to…
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Earth has broken temperature records for 13 consecutive months — with every month registering temperatures 1.5 degrees Celsius (2.7 degrees Fahrenheit) higher than pre-industrial averages, according to a new report. Every month since June…
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