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After three consecutive years of almost no rain, the East African country of Somalia is in the grips of its worst drought in more than 40 years. Experts say conditions are so dire for the nation ...
Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has cast a harsh light on Europe’s dependence on Russian fossil fuels, but how Europe acts to wean itself from Russian gas, coal and oil could either help or harm ...
War also hurt international cooperation, crucial for climate action. [103] The head of the UN António Guterres said that the impact of tne war on the energy transition, can lead to destruction from climate change. According to Guterres: “Countries could become so consumed by the immediate fossil fuel supply gap that they neglect or knee-cap ...
Germany remains committed to phasing out coal as a source of power by 2030 even as it reactivates coal-fired power plants, the country's climate envoy said Monday. Germany says it took the step to ...
The scientific community has been investigating the causes of climate change for decades. After thousands of studies, the scientific consensus is that it is "unequivocal that human influence has warmed the atmosphere, ocean and land since pre-industrial times."
Due to climate change temperatures rose in Europe and heat mortality increased. From 2003–12 to 2013–22 alone, it increased by 17 deaths per 100,000 people, while women are more vulnerable than men. [54] In the absence of climate change, extreme heat waves in Europe would be expected to occur only once every several hundred years. In ...
The world’s support of the Ukrainians shows a new spirit of collaboration that may finally bring us together to end the climate crisis. Climate change demands same kind of attention ...
Climate change can also be used more broadly to include changes to the climate that have happened throughout Earth's history. [32] Global warming—used as early as 1975 [33] —became the more popular term after NASA climate scientist James Hansen used it in his 1988 testimony in the U.S. Senate. [34] Since the 2000s, climate change has ...