Posts Tagged ‘Climate’
Nestle bows out of initiative to reduce dairy’s climate impact
[DUBAI] Less than two years ago, a group of the world’s biggest food companies, including Nestle, Danone and Kraft Heinz, announced a major alliance to cut methane emissions from their hundreds of thousands of dairy suppliers. Last month, however, Nestle’s logo vanished from the initiative’s website. Officials at the Swiss food giant confirmed that they…
Read MoreClimate Change Is Driving Billions of Birds to Vanish
A silent crisis is unfolding across the skies of North America. Once-crowded dawn choruses are fading as billions of birds vanish, their ancient migratory patterns unravelled by climate disruption, habitat loss, and shifting seasonal cues. Scientists warn this collapse may be an omen for the planet itself. Since 1970, the continent has lost nearly 3…
Read MoreUN-backed Climate Banking Alliance Ceases Operations
The Net-Zero Banking Alliance, a UN-backed initiative seeking carbon neutral investments by banks, announced Friday its immediate shutdown — at a time of faltering climate commitments in the United States and Europe. Launched in 2021 under the UN Environment Programme’s Finance Initiative, the NZBA aimed to get banks to slash the carbon footprint of their…
Read MorePope, Schwarzenegger To Rally Catholics To ‘Terminate’ Climate Change
Pope Leo XIV joins environmental experts and campaigners from around the world for a climate conference near Rome Wednesday featuring “Terminator” star Arnold Schwarzenegger. The three-day event marks the 10th anniversary of late Pope Francis’s landmark climate manifesto “Laudato Si”, an appeal for action on human-caused global warming. US-born Pope Leo, elected in May following…
Read MoreCon Job? Climate Change Is My Job, Says Island Nation Leader
US President Donald Trump may dismiss climate change as a “con job” — but for the leader of tiny St. Kitts and Nevis, its toll is unmistakable: land swallowed, homes battered, and livelihoods threatened. Prime Minister Terrance Drew, responding to Trump’s blistering attack at the United Nations on the science of planet-warming fossil fuels, said:…
Read MoreChina Steps Into Spotlight At UN Climate Talks
China’s emissions-cutting pledge is poised to take center stage at a United Nations climate meeting Wednesday, after US President Donald Trump unleashed a blistering — if predictable — broadside against the science surrounding planet-warming fossil fuels. Some 118 nations will outline plans to curb global warming, which is driving disasters worldwide — from catastrophic floods…
Read More‘Greatest Con Job Ever’: Trump Trashes Climate Science At UN
He mocked renewables as a “joke,” praised “clean, beautiful coal” and declared climate change the “greatest con job ever.” President Donald Trump used his UN comeback address Tuesday to champion fossil fuels and deride green technologies on the eve of a climate summit called by Secretary-General Antonio Guterres to galvanize countries into issuing updated emission-reduction…
Read MoreChina May Strengthen Climate Role Amid US Fossil Fuel Push
All eyes are on China this week, as the world’s biggest polluter readies a new emissions-cutting plan — reinforcing its role as a steadfast defender of global climate diplomacy while Europe stalls and the United States doubles down on fossil fuels. United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has convened a mini climate summit on Wednesday during…
Read MoreClimate Goals And Fossil Fuel Plans Don’t Add Up, Experts Say
Countries are still planning to increase production of fossil fuels to levels incompatible with global commitments on climate change, according to new research published on Monday. The report compiled by more than 50 international researchers compares fossil fuel expansion against the goals of the Paris climate accord, and found a chasm between promises and reality.…
Read MoreYoung Plaintiffs Stand Tall After Taking On Trump Climate Agenda In Court
Young Americans challenging President Donald Trump’s fossil fuel agenda say they were proud to have their day in court — even if it meant fielding tough, sometimes perplexing questions from government lawyers. “I don’t think the gravity of that situation has permeated through my brain yet,” 19-year-old Joseph Lee told AFP at the close of…
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