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Climate adaptation on future changes to UK rainfall intensities
Published today (22 July), are data and user guidance from FUTURE-DRAINAGE, a Newcastle University-led consortium involving the Met Office, JBA Consulting and Loughborough University, funded by the NERC (UKRI) UK Climate Resilience…
100 days until COP26 summit begins in Scotland
Marking the 100 day countdown to the start of the COP26 UN climate change conference in Glasgow, Scottish Secretary Alister Jack said:
We are now just 100 days from the crucial COP26 event in Glasgow, where world leaders must commit to…
Nationwide search for climate leaders launched
People from across the country will have the chance to showcase their stories at the major climate summit COP26 in Glasgow, as a search for everyday climate leaders gets underway today (Saturday 24 July).
In the lead up to COP26 with…
COP26 President-Designate welcomes agreement from G20 to limit warming to 1.5C but urges further…
The COP26 President-Designate, Alok Sharma, has welcomed the agreement by the G20 but called for further action to keep the 1.5C temperature limit within reach following the Climate and Energy Ministers meeting in Naples.…
G20 Environment Ministers commit to action at the G20 in Naples
Commitments to tackle climate change and halt biodiversity loss by 2030 were reaffirmed by the UK Government yesterday (Thursday 22 July) at the G20 Environment Ministerial held in Naples, Italy.
Under Italy’s Presidency, members of the…
Sweden joins the International Solar Alliance
New Delhi: Sweden has ratified and deposited the framework agreement of the International Solar Alliance (ISA), and its Membership of the International Solar Alliance entered into force on 17 July 2021
Speaking about Sweden’s…
$1M NASA grant to improve carbon monitoring in East Africa
Cornell researchers will develop the first high-resolution carbon monitoring system for East Africa that combines “bottom up” ecological modeling with “top down” satellite data, thanks to a three-year, $1 million NASA grant.
The…
Human-wildlife conflict one of the greatest threats to wildlife species – WWF and UNEP report
Gland – Conflict between people and animals, from China’s famed wandering elephants raiding farms for food and water to wolves preying on cattle in Idaho is one of the main threats to the long-term survival of some of the world’s most…
Western Indian Ocean region has declared 550,000 square kilometers as protected, a 63% jump since…
Nairobi — The Western Indian Ocean region has declared 143* marine and coastal areas as protected – an area covering 553,163 square kilometers, representing 7 percent of the total Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ) for the region – according to…
UNESCO to address landslides disaster risk reduction under its initiative on Comprehensive…
As part of the implementation of the Comprehensive Resilience Building in Chimanimani and Chipinge project, UNESCO in partnership with the Catholic University of Leuven and the University of Zimbabwe embarked on a field trip on landslides…