Circle of Blue
AUGUST 11, 2021
Heat waves aren’t just uncomfortable, they’re also deadly to humans, and to animals.” – Nerilie Abram, a climate scientists at Australian National University. The move comes amid India’s push to reduce their own carbon emissions. Livestock are dying off in Kazakhstan amid historic drought.
Union of Concerned Scientists
MARCH 30, 2022
Fossil fuels are the root cause of climate change, of long-standing environmental injustices, and are also frequently connected to geopolitical strife and violent conflicts. Right now, there is no funding, no governance framework, no international agreement to help people displaced by climate impacts and protect their human rights.
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Law Columbia
SEPTEMBER 7, 2023
In 2021, the CRC dismissed the complaints since the petitioners had failed to exhaust domestic legal remedies at the national level. Still, the decision holds significant implications for safeguarding children’s rights within the climate change context and set a foundation for future climate-related cases centered on children.
Physics World
OCTOBER 6, 2021
Up in flames After recording Canada’s highest ever temperature on 29 June 2021, Lytton in British Columbia had to be evacuated as wildfires engulfed the town and destroyed most of its buildings. Overall, cement accounts for 3% of the world’s carbon emissions. Courtesy: Canadian Press/Shutterstock). Wood you believe?
A Greener Life
FEBRUARY 17, 2022
Chile’s president-elect Gabriel Boric speaks in Santiago, the day after his election victory in December 2021. One of the strongest names is that of Maisa Rojas, a renowned climate scientist who will take over as the new Minister for the Environment. “My Photo credit: ZUMA Press / Alamy.
Physics World
MARCH 16, 2022
As the world grapples with the consequences of climate change, many scientists have begun to face up to the realities of their carbon emissions. It turns out, for example, that climate-change researchers fly more frequently than scientists in other fields. According to a 2020 study ( Glob. Courtesy: CERN).
Union of Concerned Scientists
JULY 5, 2023
Wildfires in 2021 temporarily closed Sequoia National Park and a popular part of Big Bend National Park in Texas. Without major reductions in the carbon emissions fueling global warming, the impacts on the parks would be endless. An unsettling haze in Yosemite Valley. Photo is the author’s own.
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