Topic: Climate change
Air quality improvements from COVID lockdowns confirmed: Report
Coronavirus lockdowns brought rapid and “unprecedented” improvements in air quality in some parts of the globe - but not enough to halt climate change caused by global warming, UN weather experts said on Friday.
Global warming ‘unequivocally’ human driven: UN’s climate change report
Climate change is widespread, rapid, and intensifying, and some trends are now irreversible, at least during the present time frame, according to the latest much-anticipated Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) report, released on Monday.
World’s biggest iceberg broke off
A massive iceberg has broken off the Ronne Ice Shelf instigating a heated debate on its causes and repercussions.
The colossal iceberg was a part...
Climate experts pledge to scale up high-altitude fight against mountain melt
Changes across the world’s peaks are altering the cryosphere, and impacting the flow of freshwater, which meets the needs of more than half of humanity – they are, in effect, “water towers of the world”.
Rising heat to cost India 34mn full-time jobs by 2030
India, owing to its large population and dependence on the agriculture and construction sectors, is expected to witness a productivity loss equivalent to 34 million full-time jobs or 5.8 percent of total working hours by 2030, according to the report.
Climate change is already affecting global food production—unequally
impacts of climate change on global food production are mostly negative in Europe, Southern Africa, and Australia, generally positive in Latin America, and mixed in Asia and Northern and Central America
