Crucial talks on climate finance still “risk falling short”, the Cop29 presidency has said. Cop29 president-designate Mukhtar Babayev said some progress has been made but countries need to put aside rigid negotiating positions and compromise. Finance is expected to dominate Cop29 in Azerbaijan from November 11 to 22, with countries still deadlocked on how to deliver more funds to […]
A sweeping global research review of the links between climate and agriculture reveals the likelihood of an emergent feedback loop whereby, as climate change puts more pressure on the global food supply, agriculture will, by necessity, adopt practices that may exacerbate its environmental impact. This research, published in Science, includes an extensive evaluation of experts, including […]
The world has not hit the brakes on methane emissions, a powerful driver of climate change. More than 150 nations have pledged to slash by 30% this decade under a global methane pledge, but new research shows global methane emissions over the past five years have risen faster than ever. The trend “cannot continue if […]
The UN’s climate chief has told politicians in Africa there is a “gold mine of human and economic benefits” awaiting them if they deliver on what was agreed at Cop28 in the UAE. Simon Stiell said more jobs, better education, cheaper energy and healthier cooking could result from Africa’s “greatest opportunity” to lift people out of poverty. He blamed an “epidemic of […]
A new study from the University shines a light on the enormous scale of uncollected rubbish and open burning of plastic waste in the first ever global plastics pollution inventory. University of Leeds researchers used A.I. to model waste management in more than 50,000 municipalities around the world. This model allowed the team to predict […]
Summer 2024 was the hottest on record, according to the European Union’s climate change monitoring service. A season of heatwaves, intensified by human-driven climate change, saw June to August surpass the previous record set last year, with an average temperature of 16.8°C, the Copernicus Climate Change Service (C3S) said in its monthly bulletin. The exceptional heat increases the likelihood that 2024 […]
The Gulf could be a “sweet spot” for climate-friendly products made with technology that captures carbon dioxide emissions from the air, the Abu Dhabi National Oil Company believes. Hernan Silva, an Adnoc vice president responsible for carbon capture and storage, said the region had the potential to use its wells and reservoirs as a “storage hub” for carbon […]
A “vicious cycle” of climate change, pollution and wildfires is putting the world’s health and food supplies at risk, weather forecasters have warned. Intense heat and droughts in the first eight months of 2024 have increased the risk of fires and air pollution, the World Meteorological Organisation says. Air pollution can slash crop yields as much […]
Corals across the southern Arabian Gulf have been affected by a major bleaching event, raising concern among environmental experts. It is believed there is near “total bleaching” of corals from Abu Dhabi to Umm Al Quwain, with about 40 per cent of reefs bleached in Ras Al Khaimah and off Khor Fakkan. It took place when winds that have cooling capacity […]
I can barely hear Esther Ngumbi over the roar of greenhouse fans as she shows me around her rooftop laboratory in Morrill Hall. The benches are full of tomato plants, and the tomatoes don’t look good. Half of the plants are submerged in bins of water. Their leaves are yellow and withering. Some of the […]
