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By Carbon Brief A voluntary plan to curb fossil fuels, a goal to triple adaptation finance and new efforts to “strengthen” climate targets have been launched at the COP30 climate summit in Brazil. After all-night negotiations in the Amazonian city of BelĂ©m, the Brazilian presidency released a final package termed the “global mutirĂŁo” – a […]
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By Marco Lopez CARICOM is calling for renewed action on global climate goals on the heels of COP30, and as it celebrates the 10th anniversary of the Paris Agreement. In a release by the Heads of Government of the Caribbean Community, they shared their disappointment that the nationally determined contributions (NDCs) announced do not align […]
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“The first tipping of widespread dieback of warm-water coral reefs is already underway,” said Prof. Tim Lenton from the University of Exeter’s Global Systems Institute, one of the authors of the report. By Marco Lopez Warm-water coral across the world is facing long-term decline as the fourth global coral bleaching event persists. The Global Tipping […]
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By Climate Spotlight Brazil’s President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, during his speech at the United Nations General Assembly 80th meeting in September 2025, said the COP30 would be known and remembered as the “COP of Truth.” Time will tell. What is true is that this COP will be an opportunity for multilateralism to shine […]
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By Marco Lopez – Editor-in-Chief, Climate Spotlight Every additional fraction of a degree of global warming drives up the impact of heat waves, extreme rainfall events, floods, droughts, melting ice sheets, sea ice, and glaciers. It heats the oceans and raises sea levels, wreaking havoc on organisms and ecosystems. Last year, 2024, was recorded as […]
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The World Meteorological Organization confirms: 2024 may have likely been the first calendar year with global mean temperature more than 1.5°C above the 1850 to 1900 average. By Climate Spotlight Staff BELMOPAN, Jan. 10, 2025 – The coordinated release of six datasets, all confirming that 2024 was the warmest year on record, underlines the unprecedented […]
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By Marco Lopez, Editor-in-Chief – Climate Spotlight Global warming and its impacts are unfolding at unprecedented rates as our planet continues to experience record-breaking temperatures driven by greenhouse gas emissions. 2024 was no exception. As urgency for policymakers to step up efforts to curb climate change continues to rise, so is the frequency of the […]
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By Marco Lopez BELMOPAN, Wed. Oct. 9, 2024 – Hurricane Milton is expected to bring a large destructive storm surge along portions of the west coast of the Florida Peninsula as it makes landfall on Wednesday night. “If you are in the Storm Surge Warning area, this is an extermely life-Threathening situation. The time to […]
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By Marco Lopez The World Meteorological Organization (WMO) is reporting a 60% chance of a turn to La Nina conditions as we near the end of 2024. A release by the organization earlier this month highlighted the relatively short-term cooling period that is likely to come from the shift. A much-needed reprieve considering the scorching […]
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By Marco Lopez A new study published by the Global Carbon Project signals a significant increase in anthropogenetic methane sources over the past two decades. Methane emissions produced by human activities have risen by 20% – with the largest spike observed over the last five years. The Global Methane Budget 2024 published in the Earth […]
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By Marco Lopez The Copernicus Climate Change Service (C3S) out of Europe has reported Summer 2024 as the hottest on record. In fact, according to Deputy Director of C3S, Samantha Burgess, “the globe has experienced the hottest June and August, the hottest day on record, and the hottest boreal summer on record” within the past […]
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