The impact of forestry on climate change has been “largely overlooked” by scientists and policymakers, a research group from the US think tank World Resources Institute reports.In a study recently published in the journal Nature, researchers estimate that global wood harvesting will release between 3.5 and 4.2 billion metric tons of greenhouse gases (measured in […]
Due to the unusually high temperatures in many marine regions around the world, scientists warn that large-scale coral bleaching could occur in the coming months. The risk is particularly acute in the Gulf of Mexico. The temperature of the surface water there is currently well over 30 degrees Celsius. Typically, the temperature would be two […]
Many countries where women have limited access to education, medical care and economic independence are particularly ill-equipped to deal with the climate crisis. This is the conclusion of a new report by the NGO Population Institute. Based in Washington, D.C., it advocates for gender equality and universal access to sexual and reproductive health care.According to […]
Even in times of the Ukraine war and inflation, climate action remains an important issue for Germans. This is shown by new data from the Social Sustainability Barometer, which has been measuring public sentiment toward the energy and transport transition since the beginning of 2021.According to the latest survey, 46 percent cite war, combined with […]
Last year, 41 million hectares of rainforests were destroyed in the tropics. That is roughly equivalent to the area of Switzerland. This means that ten percent more tropical primeval forests were lost in 2022 than in the previous year. Deforestation released 2.7 gigatons of CO2 emissions, as much as India emits annually by burning fossil […]
It was the largest debt-for-nature swap ever agreed: The “debt-for-nature swap” announced by Ecuador in early May is expected to bring the country several million Dollars a year in the future. The money is to be used for the protection of the Galapagos Islands, the natural paradise that once inspired Charles Darwin’s theory on the […]
The Bonn Climate Change Conference SB58 ended late Thursday with minimal progress toward COP28. Sidetracked by a lengthy dispute over the conference agenda, delegates concluded by sorting out what needed to be done and shelving disputed items.Thus, the third technical dialogue of the global stocktake (GST) was concluded and issues related to adaptation, loss and […]
Lerber Dimas Vázquez is no longer safe in his home country of Colombia. That’s why the anthropologist currently lives in Germany. His research focuses on violence in his home region: The Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta, a mountain range bordering Colombia’s Caribbean coast and the neighboring departments.The results of his research are also relevant to […]
A team from the Data for Action Foundation has published an online dashboard that provides an overview of key climate change indicators. The indicators are to be updated annually.The idea behind it: The IPCC’s Assessment Reports are published at fairly long intervals of several years. But given the rate at which the global climate system […]
The CO2 budget still available to the world if global warming is to be limited to 1.5 degrees with a 50 percent probability has probably halved in the past three years. This is the conclusion of a recent study by an international research network. It was recently published in Earth System Science Data and presented […]