Climate change
Climate change will fuel terrorism recruitment, report for German foreign office says
Climate change will fuel acts of terrorism and strengthen recruiting efforts by terrorist groups such as Islamic State and Boko Haram, a report commissioned by the German foreign office has found. Terrorist groups will exploit the natural disasters and water and food shortages expected to result from climate change and allow them to recruit more easily, operate more freely and control civilian populations, argues the report by Berlin thinktank Adelphi. (altro…)
European Energy Producers Commit to No New Coal Plants after 2020
Europe’s leading energy companies have announced that they will build no new coal-fired power plants in the European Union after 2020, in support of the goals agreed by international community under the 2015 Paris Climate Change Agreement. The central goal of the Paris Agreement is to keep the maximum global average temperature rise as close as possible to 1.5 degrees Celsius. (altro…)
Climate change impacts are already hitting us, say Europeans
The citizens of four major European countries think the impacts of climate change such as severe floods and storms are already affecting them, according to a major new polling study. (altro…)
Shell’s 1991 warning: climate changing ‘at faster rate than at any time since end of ice age’
Climate change “at a rate faster than at any time since the end of the ice age – change too fast perhaps for life to adapt, without severe dislocation”. That was the startling warning issued by the oil giant Shell more than a quarter of a century ago. The company’s farsighted 1991 film, titled Climate of Concern, set out with crystal clarity how the world was warming and that serious consequences could well result. (altro…)
EEA Report – Climate change, impacts and vulnerability in Europe 2016
This report is an indicator-based assessment of past and projected climate change and its impacts on ecosystems and society. It also looks at society’s vulnerability to these impacts and at the development of adaptation policies and the underlying knowledge base. This is the fourth ‘Climate change, impacts and vulnerability in Europe’ report, which is published every four years. (altro…)
2016 hottest year ever recorded – and scientists say human activity to blame
2016 was the hottest year on record, setting a new high for the third year in a row, with scientists firmly putting the blame on human activities that drive climate change. The final data for 2016 was released on Wednesday by the three key agencies – the UK Met Office and Nasa and Noaa in the US – and showed 16 of the 17 hottest years on record have been this century. (altro…)
Cambiamenti climatici, diseguaglianze, emarginazione: i rischi più grandi del prossimo decennio
Un mondo che va “sotto”: schiacciato da minacce costanti, sotto-occupazione e bassa inclusione sociale. E’ la fotografia del nostro pianeta, o meglio la radiografia per l’abbondanza di dati che fornisce, scattata dal Global Risks Report 2017, il rapporto annuale sui rischio globali, giunto alla dodicesima edizione e realizzato come sempre dal World Economic Forum in collaborazione con il gruppo Marsh & McLennan Companies e altri partner strategici. (altro…)
Climate change in 2016: the good, the bad, and the ugly
This past year had so many stories involving human-caused climate change – it will be forever in our memories. Here is a summary of some of the high points, from my perspective. When I say “high points” I don’t necessarily mean good. Some of these high points are bad and some are downright ugly. Let’s do the good first. (altro…)
Climate Scientists Fear Trump May Fatally Undermine Their Work
Donald Trump’s victory in the presidential election shocked climate scientists and policymakers after a campaign in which Trump had suggested—falsely—that climate change was a hoax and vowed to largely undo federal and international measures aimed at addressing global warming. (altro…)
India Has Ratified the Paris Climate Change Agreement
The Paris climate change agreement to curb rising global temperatures moved closer to coming into force on Sunday, after India, the world’s fourth-largest emitter of greenhouse gases, formally signed on to the pact. (altro…)