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 […]
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 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 […]
The Central Bank of Bahrain (CBB) expressed keenness to raise awareness within the financial and banking institutions in Bahrain about climate-related risks and include them in the institutions’ annual training plans, BNA reports. CBB Governor Rasheed Mohammed Al Maraj said the moves would be within a drive to develop directives related to the environment and […]
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 […]
On the island of Tasmania in 2022, NGO will install a “black box” of the Earth, which will record data on the last years of humanity in case of its death. The metal unit will perform the same function as the “black boxes” of aircraft that collect flight data, ABC reports. A 10x4x3 m monolith […]
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 […]
Volunteers in Mosul on November 25 planted the first trees in a campaign to green the war-ravaged city in northern Iraq. With funding from the French government, the climate project is an initiative of the Mosul Eye collective and has the support of local authorities, Rudaw states. “Such a beautiful day to inaugurate #GreenMosul at […]
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: […]
Trying to attract investors and retain customers, the United Arab Emirates says it will step up its efforts to cut emissions. Let’s read more in the NY Times article. *** He is the chief executive of a major polluter, but Sultan Al Jaber is likely to be well received and maybe even congratulated when he […]
