134 stories covering the global climate crisis
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 […]
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Net Zero is the Economic opportunity of the 21st Century, UK Mission Zero Repot states Technological advancement has always been the backbone of innovation. When new tech-charged products are created and rolled out in society mankind typically reach new heights. So it was with the steam engine and its usage within the industrial revolution â […]
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But all hope is not lost if decisive action is taken Not to guilt trip anyone â 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 […]
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A study published this week by Science looks at how half of the worldâs glaciers will lose mass from rapid melting even if the 1.5ÂșC 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 […]
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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) […]
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A study published on Science.com entitled âFairness considerations in global mitigation investmentsâ, found that climate finance flows from the global north to the global south must be between $250bn to $570bn to meet the target net zero goal outlined in the Paris Agreement. This estimate is a far cry from the current reality since developed […]
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At midnight on January 1, 2023, www.climatespotlight.com was launched. It is said that climate change is the greatest threat to human existence, and it has been scientifically proven the pervasive fallout is mainly human-caused. Our behavior and relationships, or lack thereof, with our world, have effectively laid the foundation for the sixth mass extinction. The […]
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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 1.2ÂșC of global warming since the late 1800s, to that of the […]
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(City of Belmopan, Belize) At the Annual Meeting of the Board of Governors of the Caribbean Community Climate Change Centre (CCCCC) on December 8-9, 2022, following the conclusion of the United Nations Climate Change Conference (UNFCCC) twenty-seventh Conference of the Parties (COP27), the Board, inter alia, discussed the implications of the outcome of the COP27 for […]
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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, […]
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The wealthiest people in the UK burn through more energy flying than the poorest burn in every aspect of their lives, according to new research. The analysis of data from 2019 highlights âsignificant inequalitiesâ in energy use across the country. Those in the top 10% of incomes used nearly three times as much energy in […]
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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 â 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 […]
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