Earlier this week, the Sustainable Development Goals Summit (SDG Summit) took place at the United Nations in New York. It was a mid-term assessment of how nations are progressing towards achieving their sustainability goals. The conclusion was that these goals are still far from being met. This also presents a challenge for climate action, as […]
According to a data analysis by the Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service (CAMS), global wildfires have caused more than 1,500 megatons of carbon emissions (around 5,500 megatons of CO2) this year. The largest share of emissions by far, 410 megatons (about 1500 megatons of CO2), and 27 percent of that is due to wildfires in Canada. […]
According to recent reports, 5,200 people have died in floods in northeastern Libya, and at least 10,000 others are missing. Discussions have now flared up about the extent to which the extreme weather events and the Mediterranean hurricane Daniel have been affected by climate change: Climate researchers believe that climate change makes such hurricanes less […]
During the United Nations General Assembly in New York, several high-level meetings particularly relevant to climate issues will be held:In parallel with the UN General Assembly, Climate Week NYC will be held from September 17 to 24. The motto is “We Can. We Will.” Civil society is organizing a “March to End Fossil Fuels” on […]
Fridays for Future (FFF) and other parts of the climate movement are mobilizing again for protests and actions around the world tomorrow, Friday, September 15. Activists of the Last Generation want to bring the German capital to a standstill starting Monday. Protests are also planned in other countries and at the UN General Assembly in […]
The past couple of weeks should actually have been a summer break, a little time to take a breather before the hot climate autumn. But with all the reports of wildfires and record temperatures, there was not much of a summer slump around the climate. Now that September is here, any chance to take a […]