Tag: climate change

    Opec member urges oil producers to focus more on renewable energy
    02 Sep 2021

    The finance minister of Iraq, one of the founding members of the global oil cartel Opec, has made an unprecedented call to fellow oil producers to move away from fossil fuel dependency and into renewable energy, ahead of a key Opec meeting. Ali Allawi, who is also the deputy prime minister of Iraq, has written […]

    Pandemic joins climate change, big business as biodiversity threat
    02 Sep 2021

    Let’s check Ranvir S. Nayar story, written for Arab News. He’s managing editor of Media India Group. *** There should be a lot of cheer and laughter when conservationists and scientists from across the world gather at Marseille next week to attend the IUCN World Conservation Congress, 2020, the first hybrid global environmental event since […]

    Greater unity key to tackle global challenges: Survey

    The world needs greater unity and collaboration and must share innovations and expertise if humankind is to tackle its most pressing challenges, according to an overwhelming majority of respondents in a global study by Expo 2020 Dubai. As Arab News reports, Reem Al-Hashimy, UAE minister of state for international cooperation and director general of Expo […]

    The forest doesn’t “present” us anything. We use the forest and subdue pet animals

    Let’s get acquainted with the story by Nasta Zakharevich about terms and human attitude to wildlife. Sounds familiar to the biocentrism point of view, which we described in our author’s article previously. The French philosopher Rene Descartes became famous among the broad masses thanks to the idea “I think, therefore I am.” Today, many intellectuals […]

    Mubadala Petroleum achieves 25pc emission reduction
    01 Sep 2021

    Mubadala Petroleum has recorded a 25% reduction in Greenhouse Gas emissions over the last three years due to a targeted strategy that embeds its footprint as a responsible, affordable, and long-term energy provider. Publishing its 2020 Annual Sustainability Report, which details the company’s approach and impact on crucial Environment, Social, and Governance (ESG) parameters across […]

    Iraq’s environment, food security very fragile: deputy minister

    Iraq’s fields and orchards are drying up. Mismanagement of water resources has left the country’s environment vulnerable to climate change, the deputy minister for the environment told Rudaw, resulting in fragile food and national security, Rudaw states. “Diyala used to be a food basket for all Iraq, from fruits to dates. Baqubah is famous for […]

    In 80 years, up to 95% of the ocean surface may become uninhabitable, scientists say
    31 Aug 2021

    A team of scientists from the American Northwestern University found in a study that global climate change by 2100 will irreversibly change up to 95% of the world’s oceans, making them uninhabitable. They stated it in a scientific article on the Nature portal. The climate of the ocean surface has a characteristic temperature, acidity, and […]

    Tigris, Euphrates water levels drop more than 50%: Iraqi water ministry

    An Iraqi delegation will visit Turkey early next month as water levels in the Tigris and Euphrates rivers have decreased by more than 50%, a spokesperson for Iraq’s water ministry told state media on August 22. “This year is a water-scarce one, and there is a clear decrease in water levels in the Tigris and […]

    How Saudi Arabia is aiding global action on climate change
    28 Aug 2021

    It is now indisputable: the planet is getting hotter, and unless governments take immediate action to cut greenhouse gas emissions, dramatic changes to the climate will become irreversible. That was the verdict of the world’s foremost climate scientists in a report published earlier in August. Dubbed “code red for humanity” by UN chief Antonio Guterres, […]

    Climate crisis made deadly German floods ‘up to nine times more likely’
    26 Aug 2021

    The record-shattering rainfall that caused deadly flooding across Germany and Belgium in July was made up to nine times more likely by the climate crisis, according to research cited by The Guardian. The study reinforces the hard evidence that carbon emissions are the leading cause of worsening extreme weather. The study also showed that human-caused […]