A new study found that climate change affects the readiness of the US military. But the problem is not yet adequately addressed in military planning. According to a recently published study by the RAND Corporation, an influential think tank that advises the US armed forces.The operational readiness of the military depends on the training and […]
Health risks could increase sharply in the future as a result of climate change:These are the findings of the first part of the report on climate change and health, recently published in German in the Journal of Health Monitoring. The report was coordinated by the Robert Koch Institute (RKI). The authors urge that public health […]
In the first three months of the current year, energy consumption in Germany was down 6.8 percent compared to the first quarter of 2022, according to preliminary calculations by the Arbeitsgemeinschaft (AG) Energiebilanzen, which includes industry associations and energy industry research institutes. “This is one of the largest intra-year changes since the oil price crises […]
Heavy rains, like those that hit Italy’s Emilia-Romagna region in recent weeks, have not become more likely in this region due to climate change. However, urbanization and land-use changes have increased the risk of flooding.That is the key finding of a recent international research group World Weather Attribution (WWA) study. Using weather data and computer […]
Emissions from cement production could be cut by around half if new standards and stricter regulations were introduced. This is the conclusion of a recent study by the recently founded Alliance for Low-Carbon Cement & Concrete (ALCCC), an association of design and engineering firms, tech startups and material suppliers from the construction industry. The NGO […]
In France, certain domestic flights over short distances are no longer permitted. This applies to distances that can be traveled by train in a maximum of two and a half hours – in practice, this means flights between Paris-Orly and the cities of Nantes, Bordeaux and Lyon. A decree to this effect officially came into […]
According to a Reuters report, the Brazilian government plans to tighten its Nationally Determined Contribution (NDC) climate target filed with the United Nations before the end of the year. However, the decision has not been officially confirmed. Reuters cites two anonymous sources “with direct knowledge of the matter.”The background: The former government under Jair Bolsonaro […]
Saudi Aramco, ExxonMobil, Shell and BP would have to pay the highest reparations for climate damage – because, measured by their emissions, they bear the most responsibility for climate change. This is the conclusion reached by the two authors, Marco Grasso and Richard Heede, in a commentary for the trade journal One Earth.“The climate crisis […]
An “agricultural drought” in the Horn of Africa has become about 100 times more likely due to human-induced climate change – and the current drought would not have occurred in the first place without the impact of greenhouse gas emissions. That’s the conclusion of an analysis published this Thursday by researchers under the World Weather […]
No country currently emits as much greenhouse gases per year as China, the world’s second-largest economy. Global climate action can only succeed with China. But China is using the climate and energy transition to serve its own interests. And in certain areas, it is now the more powerful partner. This is one of the conclusions […]