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The Stream, October 7, 2021: Global Water Stress Will Rise, WMO Report Finds

Circle of Blue

A new report finds tidal marshes in New Jersey are not elevating fast enough to keep up with rising sea levels. The report, titled The State of Climate Services 2021: Water , said that overall, the world is not on track to meet the UN Sustainable Development Goal No.

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Climate Change, Danger Seasons and the Need for Global Action

Union of Concerned Scientists

Wildfires have broken out in Siberia , which is one of the fastest warming parts of the world and where hotter, drier conditions have fueled record-breaking fire seasons including in 2021. Danger season, together with ongoing slow-moving disasters like sea level rise, is pushing people and ecosystems to their limits in many places.

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??DEP Announces Local Climate Action Training Provided To 121 More Municipalities; Apply Now For Training

PA Environment Daily

Climate change is often discussed in terms of global temperature increase, sea level rise, and hundreds of millions of tons of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere,” said Secretary McDonnell. Video and photos of the event will be available later today at PAcast.

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How Tackling Ghost Gear Can Help Mitigate the Impacts of Climate Change

Ocean Conservancy

In October 2021, I had the honor of joining world leaders, activists and other representatives from non-governmental organizations in Glasgow for the United Nations Climate Change Conference (also known as COP26). The central message of the conference was abundantly clear: the impacts of climate change are all around us.

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Observations from COP28 on the Loss and Damage Fund

Law Columbia

For developing countries and small island states, the consequences of stronger storms, rising sea levels, increasing temperatures and other climate-related phenomena will be difficult to endure, and the countries who will likely suffer the most are often the least responsible for climate change.

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Is there any Climate Justice or is it Just-us? A focus on the Caribbean

HumanNature

Most SIDS have made a very small contribution to the overall global emissions that cause climate change, contributing less than 1% of global carbon emissions (Mead, 2021) yet are the most vulnerable to the impacts of climate change. As such, there is a need for climate financing, and this should be the topic of discussion at COP27.

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Rachel Schattman – Sustainable management & community engagement are the keys

Frontiers

In this blog post, we will discuss accessibility to clean water and sanitation as part of the United Nations Sustainable Development Goal 6 through the lens of Rachel’s research expertise and perspectives on sustainable agriculture and climate change. And of course, local action is of great importance as well.