Tag: Climate Change
The Climate Election: How climate change impacts maternal health and pregnancy
For those who are pregnant, extreme heat isn't just uncomfortable. Studies show it can lead to serious complications for them and their unborn child, including pre-term births, miscarriages and stillbirths, and even increase the likelihood of one of the l...
African nations lose up to 5% of GDP annually due to climate change: report
The World Meteorological Organization said many African nations are spending up to nine per cent of their budgets for climate adaptation policies.
Companies are crafting new ways to grow cocoa, and chocolate alternatives, to keep up with demand
Scientists and entrepreneurs are working on ways to make more cocoa that stretch well beyond the tropics, from Northern California to Israel.
The Climate Election: Grocery inflation explained
$15 for a pound of coffee? Groceries have been particularly expensive lately with inflation helping drive up the cost of nutritional staples 25% since 2019. But there's a root problem with the surge in grocery costs that's attacking food right at the sour...
The Earth set a record for hottest day ever – then broke it 1 day later
On Monday, the daily global average temperature reached a new record high at 17.15 C, beating the previous record of 17.09 C, set just the day before.
UN head warns of ‘climate hell’ as May sets temperature record
The UN's secretary general warned of "climate hell" on Wednesday as two new reports show that the planet may warm above the 1.5 C threshold once hoped to be kept at or under.
Panama island will soon be forced to evacuate amid rising sea levels
Generations of Gunas who have grown up on Gardi Sugdub in a life dedicated to the sea and tourism will trade that next week for the mainland’s solid ground.
Switzerland’s climate inaction violated human rights, historic court ruling says
The European Court of Human Rights's ruling is expected to resonate across Europe and beyond, and to embolden more communities to bring climate cases against governments.
March broke global heat record for 10 month in a row, data shows
March 2024 averaged 14.14 degrees Celsius (57.9 degrees Fahrenheit), exceeding the previous record from 2016 by a tenth of a degree, according to Copernicus data.
Ocean temperatures hit record high in February, data shows
Ocean temperatures hit a record high in February, with the average global sea surface temperature at 21.06 degrees Celsius (69.91 degrees Fahrenheit).
World just experienced its hottest January on record: EU climate agency
Last month surpassed the previous warmest January, which occurred in 2020, according to the European Union's Copernicus Climate Change Service's records going back to 1950.
Caribbean cruises as rewards for top workers: Pinnacle of employee recognition or ‘carbon bomb’?
Bank ‘carbon bomb’ cruises may signal need for mindset shift about employee recognition trips in corporate Canada, to better align corporate values with corporate actions.
Category 6 hurricanes? Storms becoming so strong we might need new category
Climate change is making hurricanes so powerful and destructive that some scientists believe we need a new category to classify these worst-of-the-worst storms.
China landslide leaves dozens missing as rescuers battle snow, frigid cold
Survivors and rescuers struggled with snow, icy roads and freezing temperatures that were forecast to persist for at least the next three days.
UAE says it will allow climate activists to assemble ‘peacefully’ at COP28
The United Arab Emirates said Tuesday it would allow environmental activists to "assemble peacefully" at this year's UN climate talks, despite a prohibition on unauthorised protests in the Gulf state.