Climate

    Two climate activists halted operations at the world’s largest coal port
    13 Dec 2021

    Let’s read the story that first appeared in Common Dreams. The described method to stop a coal port does highlight the fact that this port exports 158 million tonnes of coal a year. This action also shows how vulnerable the industrial system is. It can be stopped when two people have the courage to throw […]

    Masdar – Protecting the environment, limiting effects of climate change prioritized by UAE
    12 Dec 2021

    Protecting the environment and limiting the effects of climate change are prioritized by the UAE and its leadership, WAM states. Since the formation of the UAE, it has been keen to adopt leading initiatives and projects benefitting future generations and contributing to sustainable development. The establishment of the Abu Dhabi Future Energy Company (Masdar) in […]

    COP26 Climate Summit less successful than expected – Financial Times
    09 Dec 2021

    The COP26 climate conference tried to live up to the world’s expectations. However, the climate summit did not force the world to firmly move on a path that will save from the worst impacts of climate change. Nonetheless, COP26 gave up hope that countries would heed the call to return a year later with more […]

    The current climate change turned out to be more dramatic than the fall of asteroids and comets – scientists
    09 Dec 2021

    American scientists have summarized data on the ratio of isotopes of various elements in marine sediments over the past 24 thousand years. As a result, they concluded that modern climate warming had become its fastest change in several tens of thousands of years, Naked science states, citing Nature. But the new work ignores several others […]

    Foreign Minister stresses Bahrain’s drive to tackle climate change
    08 Dec 2021

    Foreign Minister Dr. Abdullatif bin Rashid Al-Zayani, participated virtually in the “Environmental and Climate Diplomacy for the Kingdom of Bahrain” lecture, BNA reports. The lecture was delivered by the Special Envoy for Climate Affairs and CEO of the Supreme Council for the Environment Dr. Mohammad bin Mubarak bin Dayna, hosted by the Mohammed bin Mubarak […]

    Climate justice and decoloniality
    08 Dec 2021

    It is high time for the former colonial powers of the world to take responsibility for the climate emergency they created, states Hamid Dabashi. He’s the Hagop Kevorkian Professor of Iranian Studies and Comparative Literature at Columbia University. Let’s get through his article published by Al Jazzera. *** In November this year, the Scottish port […]

    Parts of Oman receive heavy rainfall
    07 Dec 2021

    Khasab and nearby areas in Musandam have been receiving steady rainfall since November 29, Oman News reports. A weather bulletin issued by Oman today said rain accompanied by thunderstorms is likely over the governorates of Musandam, Muscat, North and South Batinah, Sharqiya region and Al Hajar mountains. Oman’s Meteorological Authority has been issuing periodic bulletins […]

    QF discussion examines potential solutions to the planet’s worsening environmental challenges
    06 Dec 2021

    Consumers, big businesses, and governments must take action to lighten the burden that food production and consumption take on the world’s troubled environment, experts told Qatar Foundation’s Doha Debates’ #DearWorldLive program, The Peninsula Qatar reports. Before the United Nations (UN) Climate Change Conference (COP26), the UN said 34% of the world’s greenhouse gas emissions come […]

    Thanks to COP26, states, and businesses will become “greener”

    What are the prospects for the commitments of countries after the CPC26? Let’s get to know. Due to the active interest of the participants in the COP26, there is a sense of risk this year – something must happen soon with business and our homes. But there is a second feeling – of opportunities. There […]

    The penguin from Antarctica travelled to New Zealand – scientists explain it by the climate crisis
    04 Dec 2021

    A rare Adélie penguin swam to New Zealand, overcoming three thousand kilometers from its habitat – Antarctica. He was found on one of the beaches. These waterfowl nest exclusively off the coast of Antarctica, so it is almost impossible to see them anywhere else. Colonies of Adélie penguins were discovered in 1840. Scientists are concerned: […]