Adaptation

by Climate Spotlight Staff “Droughts, floods, and heatwaves – record melting of Antarctic Sea Ice and glaciers – the World Meteorological Organization’s 2022 State of the Global Climate report presents planetary-scale changes being driven by human action. Impacts on land and ocean ecosystems are fueled by greenhouse gasses which trap heat in our atmosphere. The […]

Climate Spotlight Staff

April 28, 2023

Key procedural milestones were set out by the Transitional Committee established to operationalize the Loss and Damage Fund (L&D Fund) in its first meeting held in Luxor, Egypt from March 27 – 29, 2023. The body concluded its first engagement with the adoption of a work plan leading up to COP28, outlining the steps to […]

Climate Spotlight Staff

March 29, 2023

By Marco Lopez Put simply, climate change is about long-lasting changes in average weather conditions that can be noticed all over the globe. These alterations include shifts in temperature, precipitation, and wind patterns and persist for an extended period, usually decades or even longer. This reality makes the topic of climate change incredibly crucial to […]

Climate Spotlight Staff

January 31, 2023

But all hope is not lost if decisive action is taken Not to guilt trip anyone – but we should be ashamed of ourselves for the food we waste. I say so because, while many of us are living within intrinsically oppressed societies, yes, very hard lives of constant drudgery, stress, and worry. We partake […]

Climate Spotlight Staff

January 17, 2023

A study published this week by Science looks at how half of the world’s glaciers will lose mass from rapid melting even if the 1.5ºC Paris Agreement goals are met. The study explains their calculation exceeds what was previously projected in the IPCC report. This spells more uncertainty for nations living in those most vulnerable […]

Climate Spotlight Staff

January 6, 2023

How big oil shift global focus on CO2 emission from fossil fuel producers to Jane and John Public by Marco Lopez The carbon footprint of a homeless person in the United States is on average 8.5 tons of CO2 per year, a 2008 study from a research class at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) […]

Climate Spotlight Staff

January 3, 2023

According to a group of climate scientists from the World Weather Attribution, the record heatwave that hit Argentina at around this time last year was made 60 times more likely by climate change. Computer model simulation comparing the climate of today, after approximately 1.2ºC of global warming since the late 1800s, to that of the […]

Climate Spotlight Staff

December 31, 2022

By Ana Posas, FAO Agricultural Officer for Latin American and Caribbean. A few days ago, the United Nations Conference on Biodiversity (COP15) concluded with a historic pact: dozens of countries pledged to protect 30% of the land and sea surface by 2030 to preserve biodiversity, which represents an unprecedented achievement for our forests, our fauna, […]

Climate Spotlight Staff

December 31, 2022

By Marco Lopez The Aztec city of Tenochtitlan was said to be built by its forefathers in the middle of a lake. The famous floating city – which was plundered by Hernan Cortes in the 16th Century was still floating at the time. Its population, vast and wealthy, was fed by a floating farming technique […]

Climate Spotlight Staff

December 31, 2022