A new survey of climate experts reveals that a majority believes the Earth to be headed for a rise in global temperatures far higher than the 2015 Paris Agreement targets of 1.5 to well-below 2°C. The study was published in the Nature journal Communications Earth & Environment. It also shows that two-thirds of respondents — all […]
More than 2.7 billion people globally live in areas vulnerable to coastal or inland flooding, research by risk analysis group Moody’s has found. The proportion of people exposed to flood risk has also steadily increased since 1975, driven in part by climate change and urbanisation, the research said. The Middle East and South Asia, researched together […]
The Middle East will experience more frequent “extreme rainfall events” due to climate change, researchers say. A report into the regional impact of global warming has predicted increasingly intense monsoons, stronger storms and ever more extreme temperatures this century. By comparing results from a number of recent studies, researchers have built a picture of how climate change […]
Britain will become the first country in the G7 to scrap coal production on Monday, in a move that coincides with the closure of the last blast furnace at one of the world’s biggest steelworks in Wales. The coal plant at Uniper’s Ratcliffe-on-Soar in England’s Midlands will cease operating, ending 140 years of coal production in Britain, as […]
The UAE and Ghana have announced a $30 million partnership for nature-based community development and climate solutions. The agreement sets out six areas for investment including biodiversity, reforestation and agroecology – a type of sustainable farming – that can deliver climate and community benefits. State news agency Wam reported on Sunday the partnership also seeks to focus on gender equality and […]
Flying planes consistently higher or lower than current altitudes could help the aviation industry reach net zero faster, a report has found. The suggestion is among four goals the industry could adopt to help the sector – a major contributor to climate change – achieve net-zero emissions globally by 2050. “Aviation stands at a pivotal moment, much like the automotive industry […]
A Cop28 goal to vastly expand the world’s clean energy firepower is “within reach” but significant changes in electric car sales, cooking habits and coal use will be needed to achieve the wider aims of the UAE climate summit, a report has said. The International Energy Agency on Tuesday said a mixture of “favourable economics, ample manufacturing potential and […]
Stakeholders in Alterra, the UAE’s $30 billion climate fund, are actively investing and attracting additional investors to support renewable energy projects totalling more than 40 gigawatts, said Dr Sultan Al Jaber, Minister of Industry and Advanced Technology and the fund’s chairman. Dr Al Jaber, who was also Cop28 President, was speaking at a high-level discussion during New York Climate Week, […]
An envoy for an Arab development bank has been named the first head of a climate fund set up at the Cop28 summit in the UAE. Ibrahima Cheikh Diong will run the politically sensitive “loss and damage” fund that pays out to countries hit by climate disasters such as floods and rising sea levels. About $800 million has been pledged […]
The melting of Antarctica’s vast Thwaites Glacier will increase “inexorably” this century, potentially destabilising the entire West Antarctic Ice Sheet, leading to its eventual collapse, scientists have warned. Thwaites, which is roughly the size of Britain and more than 2km thick in places, is nicknamed the Doomsday Glacier because it represents more than half a metre of global […]
