A mystery in Finnish Lapland, and what it means for the climate crisis – podcast | Finland
Finland has one of the most ambitious carbon neutrality targets in the world. The goal is to reach net zero by 2035. If this feels like a bold pledge, there's a good reason why. Two-thirds of the country is covered by forests; Over the decades, we absorbed more carbon dioxide than we emitted. But recently, […]
Climate Doomers Slam $300+ Billion a Year Funds Transfer from West as ‘Paltry’
Environmental negotiators at the United Nations' COP29 climate change alarm summit on Sunday issued their last ever demand for $300 billion a year from rich countries to poor countries between now and 2035. Climate destroyers quickly lamented that it wasn't enough and demanded much, much more to bring the total to at least $400 billion. […]
Cop29 agrees $1.3tn climate finance deal but campaigners brand it a ‘betrayal’ | Cop29
Rich and poor countries struck a multitrillion-dollar deal on the climate crisis early Sunday morning after marathon negotiations and days of intense criticism that ended in what activists called a “betrayal.” Developing countries will receive at least $1.3tn (£1tn) a year by 2035 to help them transition to low-carbon economies and deal with the impacts […]
Uproar at U.N. Climate Summit as Envoys Say Proposed $250 Billion a Year from West Not Enough
draft text released On Friday, environmental negotiators at the United Nations' COP29 climate change alert summit will ask rich countries to commit to giving $250 billion a year to poorer countries between now and 2035. Climate change activists were furious at the proposed donation, calling the amount “insignificant” and a “joke”. COP29, officially the United […]
Cop 29 live: Poor countries may have to compromise on climate funding, says former UN envoy | Cop29
main events Show only major events Please turn on JavaScript to use this feature Poor countries face compromise on climate finance, former special envoy says fiona harvey Mary Robinson. Photo: Maxim Shemetov/Reuters Poor countries may have to compromise on demands for cash to fight global warming, a former UN climate envoy has said, as UN […]
Climate Doomer Harrison Ford Seen Disembarking Private Jet in LA After Promoting Climate Change Activism
Hollywood star Harrison Ford, who has been a vocal advocate of climate change activism, was reportedly recently spotted exiting a private jet on his way to celebrate his wife, actress Calista Flockhart's birthday. According to the Daily Mail, Harrison Ford was photographed exiting a jet in Los Angeles on Monday, the day after Flockhart's 60th […]
Head HHS ‘Climate Change’ Officer Vows to Resist Trump’s Reforms
John Barbas, director of the Office of Climate Change and Health Equity, said he is folding the agency's work into the agency to resist President-elect Donald Trump's promised reforms to the Department of Health and Human Services. Barbas' action plan calls for creating a “training module” on global warming for senior management employees, who are […]
Trump's Energy Department pick has history of downplaying climate change impacts
Chris Wright, President-elect Trump's nominee to head the Department of Energy, has rejected the established link between climate change and extreme weather events, insisting that the storms are not intensifying. “Despite endless fear-mongering by the media, politicians and activists, we are not seeing an increase in the frequency or intensity of hurricanes, tornadoes, droughts or […]
Biden touts six-fold climate funding increase under his administration
President Biden boasted of meeting his goal of providing $11 billion a year in climate funding, a six-fold increase starting in 2021. Biden's comments came during a historic trip to South America's Amazon rainforest over the weekend, during which he declared that “no one” can reverse the “clean energy revolution” underway in the United States. […]
Climate crisis to blame for dozens of ‘impossible’ heatwaves, studies reveal | Climate crisis
At least 24 previously unprecedented heatwaves have hit communities around the globe, a new assessment shows, in a clear sign of how severely human-induced global warming is causing extreme weather events. It became proof. Impossible heatwaves have claimed lives across North America, Europe and Asia, with evidence that the chances of them occurring would have […]