Tens of thousands of people representing governments around the world, companies, and environmental and human rights groups are gathering in Azerbaijan to discuss ways to address the threat of climate change. The UN’s annual climate summit, called the 29th Conference of the Parties, or Cop29, will be held in the capital Baku from November 11 to 22. The […]
Tree planting has been widely touted as a cost-effective way of reducing global warming, due to trees’ ability to store large quantities of carbon from the atmosphere. But, writing in the journal Nature Geoscience, an international group of scientists argue that tree planting at high latitudes will accelerate, rather than decelerate, global warming. As the climate […]
This year is “virtually certain” to be the warmest year on record, as the world continues its unprecedented temperature streak, the European Union’s climate change monitoring service has said. Last month was the second-hottest October on record after October 2023, with an average surface air temperature for the month of 15.25°C, 0.80°C above the 1991-2020 average. The figure also represented […]
Bio-based materials may pose a greater health risk to some of the planet’s most important species than the conventional plastics they are designed to replace, a new study has shown. Such materials are increasingly being advocated as environmentally friendly alternatives to plastics, and used in textiles and products including clothing, wet wipes and period products. […]
A 13 per cent reduction in meat production in wealthy countries would remove three years’ worth of global carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions from the atmosphere, a study has found. Using remote sensors to calculate the amount of gas produced by livestock, researchers discovered that returning even a small portion of pastureland to forest would result in the removal of […]
Despite ongoing efforts to curb CO2 emissions with electric and hybrid vehicles, other forms of transportation remain significant contributors of greenhouse gases. To address this issue, old technologies are being revamped to make them greener, such as the reintroduction of sailing vessels in shipping and new uses for hydrogen in aviation. Now, researchers reporting in ACS Sustainable […]
Prince William will travel to South Africa on Monday to begin the fourth annual award celebrating environmental innovation. The prize is awarded to ideas and initiatives that will help save the planet and will be held alongside a week of events. More than 400 nominations from across the African continent were made for the prize, which […]
Sustainable lifestyles, green-tech innovation, and government-led transformation each offer promising routes to make significant progress towards the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and the Paris Agreement, according to a new study by the Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research (PIK). The team of researchers examined how these strategies could transform consumption and production across different […]
Climate change is posing record threats to human health, including a rise in sand and dust storms and changing rain patterns that put more people at risk of deadly mosquito-borne diseases like dengue. Every country now faces threats to health and survival due to global warming, according to an annual stocktake study in The Lancet, which found 10 of 15 […]
The UAE wants to see no let-up in global climate ambitions at Cop29, a senior official has said, as leaders, government officials and environmental activists from around the world prepare to meet for the UN talks in Azerbaijan from November 11 to 22. Abdulla Balalaa, Assistant Minister of Foreign Affairs for Energy and Sustainability, told The National in an exclusive interview that the world […]
