Climate Protection: EVs stop global warming pollution

Image of the back of a delivery truck on 5th Avenue in Edmonds. (Photo courtesy Nick Maxwel) At the end of October 2024, 12 inches of rain fell in one day on Valencia, Spain. Twenty inches fell in eight hours on the town of Chiva, 20 miles uphill....

Global Dialogue Center Changes 

St. Lawrence University plans to move Global Dialogue Center to a new building, raising concerns from Global Studies faculty and students. Dr. Sandhya Ganapathy, chair of the Global Studies Department, said that many valuable aspects of the...

National Unity Day observed

PASIGHAT, 2 Nov: The 5th India Reserve Battalion (IRBn), in collaboration with the district police, observed the National Unity Day at the battalion’s headquarters here in East Siang district on Friday to commemorate the 150th birth anniversary of...

Prince William brings climate mission to Brazil ahead of COP30

Prince William brings climate mission to Brazil ahead of COP30 RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil, Nov 2, 2025 (BSS/AFP) - Britain's Prince William arrives Monday in Rio de Janeiro for a visit focused on ideas to protect the planet, before flying to the...

More could die from air pollution in S-E Asia even if climate action is taken: Study

SINGAPORE – Even in a world committed to tackling climate change, premature deaths associated with air pollution could still rise in South-east Asia, new research has found. Premature deaths are considered as such when they happen before the...

Libya launches national climate adaptation plan ahead of COP30

Foreign Minister, Taher Al-Baour, on Sunday attended the launch ceremony of the country’s National Adaptation Plan aligned with its national strategies and nationally determined contributions (NDCs) on climate change, as part of Libya’s first...

Courts are shaping climate action

Amid rising geopolitical tensions, pressure to comply with climate obligations increasingly comes from courts. Earlier this year, both the International Court of Justice (ICJ) and the Inter-American Court of Human Rights (IACtHR) issued landmark...

ST Explains: Why are renewables not easy to talk about at UN climate summits?

SINGAPORE – When the 2035 climate targets of countries are scrutinised at the upcoming United Nations climate change conference COP30 in Brazil, the spotlight will be on whether the nations have done enough to meet a collective goal to ramp up...

Bank of England must better address climate risk to tackle inflation, WWF says

The Bank of England must better address environmental risks to manage inflation and ensure the UK’s long-term financial stability, campaigners have said. The central bank is being urged to take a series of actions, including developing more...

Sewing climate action into everyday choices

At 22, Panpittra Phutorn is more than a recent university graduate. She's becoming a changemaker, seeking a way to help young Thais see everyday fashion as a climate issue. Featured in Unicef Thailand's #CountMeIn campaign, Panpittra speaks not...

NGOs warn inaction on food waste is ‘feeding climate change’

Inaction on food waste and loss by many nations is "seriously risking food security, whilst feeding climate change", a group of non-governmental organisations (NGOs) have warned. They have highlighted that global food loss and waste is estimated...

Experts Warn of Major Risks in Sun-Dimming Climate Geoengineering

The Perils of Playing with Planetary Temperatures In the escalating battle against climate change, a once-fringe idea is gaining traction: deliberately dimming the sun to cool the Earth. Known as stratospheric aerosol injection (SAI), this...

Asia accounts for more than half of the global deaths due to high temperature

South Asia and Southeast Asia contributed more than half of the global deaths attributed to high temperature. In 2021, South Asia recorded 209,537 deaths and Southeast Asia recorded 32,230 deaths due to high temperatures. A new report Disease...

STEVE MILLOY: Bill Gates Recants Climate Doomsday

Bill Gates’ renunciation this week of his past climate doomsaying has drawn a lot of attention and a wide range of responses. President Trump posted on social media: “I (WE) just won the War on the Climate Change Hoax.” A prominent climate...

Ireland ‘steadfast’ on climate pledges, says Taoiseach ahead of Cop30 talks in Brazil

The Republic’s carbon emissions are falling but “we need to do more and do it quicker”, Taoiseach Micheál Martin has said in advance of the Cop30 climate summit in Brazil. On Tuesday, the Fianna Fáil leader will leave Ireland to attend a gathering...

[Jenna Nicholas] The critical value of Indigenous climate stewardship

In August, I traveled by bus, small plane and canoe to the sacred headwaters of the Amazon, in Ecuador. It’s a place with very few roads, yet like many areas in the rainforest, foreign business interests have made contact with its peoples and in...

Bolt: Stupid doesn’t last — the climate clowns are in retreat

Bolt: Stupid doesn’t last — the climate clowns are in retreat Climate guru Greta Thunberg now spends her time protesting Israel while Bill Gates has been forced to admit global warming “will not lead to humanity’s demise”. The signs are clear — we...

Leading scientist to set the climate record straight at Cattle Connect

JBS’s Global Chief Livestock Scientist, Dr Sarah Klopatek, will tackle the question of how to correctly measure the impact of cattle and climate, as part of a power-packed lineup of speakers at Cattle Connect. Cattle Connect, to be held at the...

Purapipe Launches USD 60 Million Global Testing and Assembly Hub in Bahrain to Advance Smart Pipeline Infrastructure

Purapipe, a Switzerland-headquartered technology development company pioneering smart and sustainable pipeline systems, has announced the establishment of its Global Test Facility and Assembly Hub for Mobile Pipeline Production Units (MPPU) in the...

EU considers weakening 2040 climate goal over forest CO2 absorption, draft shows

By Kate Abnett BRUSSELS (Reuters) -The European Union is considering a brake clause to weaken its 2040 climate target in the future, if it becomes clear countries’ forests are not absorbing enough CO2 emissions to meet the goal, a draft EU...