Posts Tagged ‘Climate’
EU Seeks ‘Face-saving’ Deal On UN Climate Target
EU countries will seek Thursday to settle on an emissions-cutting plan to bring to a key UN conference in Brazil, as divisions on the bloc’s green agenda threaten its global leadership on climate. Environment ministers for the 27-nation bloc are gathering in Brussels with the clock ticking down on a United Nations deadline to produce…
Read MoreJudge Weighs Court’s Powers In Trump Climate Case
A federal judge overseeing a closely watched climate case on Wednesday pressed the lawyer representing young Americans suing President Donald Trump on whether courts have constitutional authority to rein in his fossil-fuel agenda. On the second and last day of hearings in Missoula, Montana, attorneys delivered final arguments in Lighthiser v. Trump, part of a…
Read MoreEx-US Climate Envoy: Trump Threatening ‘Consensus Science’ Worldwide
President Donald Trump is leading the world “in the wrong direction” on climate and weaponizing clean energy as a culture-war issue, according to John Podesta, a longtime advisor to Democratic presidents. Until January, Podesta was President Joe Biden’s senior point person on international climate policy. He took the stand Tuesday in Missoula, Montana, as an…
Read MoreEstimated 16,500 Climate Change Deaths During Europe Summer: Study
Scientists estimated Wednesday that rising temperatures from human-caused climate change were responsible for roughly 16,500 deaths in European cities this summer, using modelling to project the toll before official data is released. The rapidly-produced study is the latest effort by climate and health researchers to quickly link the death toll during heatwaves to global warming…
Read MoreTrump’s Fossil Fuel Agenda Challenged In Youth Climate Suit
Life, liberty and the right to a stable climate? A group of young Americans say President Donald Trump is trampling their inalienable rights through an aggressive push for fossil fuels and a crusade against federal climate science — and on Tuesday, a rural courtroom in Missoula, Montana will be their stage in a closely watched…
Read MoreMaking sense of the shifting ESG regulatory climate
LAST month, Singapore Exchange Regulation and the Accounting and Corporate Regulatory Authority decided to delay the introduction of elements of the climate reporting requirements they had announced in September 2024, most notably extending the timeline for small and medium-sized listed companies by up to five years. While reporting requirements for the 30 largest companies on…
Read MoreIndonesian Islanders Take On Swiss Cement Group In Climate Case
A Swiss court on Wednesday weighed whether to hear a landmark climate case pitting residents of a tiny Indonesian island being swallowed by rising sea levels against cement giant Holcim. The case is part of a wider international movement seeking to assign to major companies responsibility for the climate damage hurting the livelihoods of millions…
Read More‘Mockery Of Science’: US Experts Blast Trump Climate Report
A report commissioned by the Trump administration that disputes the scientific consensus on human-caused climate change mimics tactics once used by the tobacco industry to manufacture doubt, leading US experts said Tuesday. In a sweeping 440-page rebuttal, 85 scientists accused the government of relying on a small group of handpicked contrarians who drew on discredited…
Read MoreIndonesian Islanders Taking Swiss Concrete Giant To Court Over Climate
Residents of the tiny Indonesian island of Pari, threatened with disappearance by rising sea levels driven by climate change, have come to Switzerland to demand compensation from cement giant Holcim. The case is part of a wider international movement seeking to assign responsibility to major companies for the climate damage hurting the livelihoods of millions…
Read MoreGlobal Chaos Looms as Antarctica’s Climate Rapidly Changes, Reveal Scientists
Scientists warn that abrupt and possibly irreversible climate change-driven changes in Antarctica could cause the world’s oceans to rise by meters and have “catastrophic consequences for generations.” According to a study published in Nature, a state-of-knowledge review conducted by a number of leading experts revealed accelerating changes throughout the region that are frequently both a…
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