South Africa in the news: ‘Wake up’: Climate activist Nakate challenges world leaders: Ugandan activist Vanessa Nakate has challenged world leaders to “wake up” and recognize climate change as a crisis …: “South Africa” – BingNews Heart-stopping moment surfer dodges shark attack by inches as 8ft beast lunges at his feet: THIS is the heart-stopping …
South Africa in the news: The fight against Covid-19 and climate change are a united battle: History has taught us that the advent of a global pandemic is correlated to climatic change. And in the case of COVID-19, it has been a human-induced change.: “South Africa” – BingNews South Africa set to send its four …
South Africa in the news: Climate Week: World split on urgency of tackling rising temperatures, global poll shows: Big majorities in poorer countries strongly agreed with tackling climate change with the same vigour as Covid-19. However in richer nations, the support for rapid action was far more muted. The poll, …: “South Africa” – BingNews …
Citizens’ assembly: what we’ve learned about the kind of climate action the public wants to see: The climate crisis is a place where politicians fear to tread. Many of them worry that introducing measures that will affect our daily lives will invite electoral retribution. Most find themselves buffeted by special interests defending their privileged positions. …
Climate crisis: news outlets still giving a platform to dangerous and outdated views: John Gomez For years, scientists have been stressing the need to act quickly and effectively on climate change. And as part of my work as a media psychology academic, I’ve seen the way media outlets along with readers have discussed climate change …
Chimpanzees in volatile habitats evolved to behave more flexibly – it could help them weather climate change: CherylRamalho/Shutterstock One of the reasons humans are so resilient is our ability to mould our behaviour to ever changing situations. It wasn’t so long ago that many of us hugged when we met. In the middle of a …
One of Earth’s most biodiverse habitats lies off the Scottish coast – but climate change could wipe it out: Natural England/Flickr, CC BY-NC-ND Maerl beds stud the ocean floor like underwater brambles. They’re pastel pink and, despite their knobbly appearance, made up of a red seaweed. This algae has a limestone skeleton which gives it …
Why clouds are the missing piece in the climate change puzzle: Sam Schooler/Unsplash, CC BY-SA How much our world will warm this century depends on the actions we take in coming decades. In order to keep global temperature rise below 1.5°C and avoid dangerous levels of warming, governments need to know how much carbon they …
Extinction Rebellion: why disavowing politics is a dead end for climate action: Since emerging in 2018, the same year that the IPCC warned humanity had 12 years to avoid climate catastrophe, Extinction Rebellion’s disruptive campaigns have helped push the UK government to declare a “climate emergency”. Governments and local councils in over 30 countries have …
Nobel prize-winning economics of climate change is misleading and dangerous – here’s why: John O'Nolan/Unsplash, FAL While climate scientists warn that climate change could be catastrophic, economists such as 2018 Nobel prize winner William Nordhaus assert that it will be nowhere near as damaging. In a 2018 paper published after he was awarded the prize, …
The new UK Climate and Ecological Emergency Bill is exactly what we need – here’s why: Matthew Dixon / shutterstock While there is debate about whether or not a second wave of the COVID-19 crisis is rolling in, the far bigger waves of the climate and ecological crisis are looming large on the horizon. For …
Mammoth task: the Russian family on a resurrection quest to tackle the climate crisis: The Zimovs take some permafrost depth readings. © Charlotte Wrigley, Author provided On the banks of the River Kolyma, deep into the Arctic circle in north-east Siberia, lies a gently rusting Soviet-era tank. It doesn’t look out of place here. After …
Top 1% of EU households have carbon footprints 22 times larger than climate targets allow: Denis Belitsky / shutterstock To keep global warming below 1.5°C, we need to reduce greenhouse gas emissions equivalent to 2.5 tonnes of CO? per person per year by 2030. But we recently analysed more than 275,000 household budget surveys from …
Fridays for Future: how the young climate movement has grown since Greta Thunberg’s lone protest: 1000 Words/Shutterstock At the end of her first week on strike in August 2018, Greta Thunberg handed out flyers that said: “You grownups don’t give a shit about my future.” Her appearance at the 2019 UN Climate Summit capped a …
IPCC: the dirty tricks climate scientists faced in three decades since first report: Thirty years ago, in a small Swedish city called Sundsvall, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) released its first major report. Even then, the major dilemmas facing those who sought rapid action were clear. An account by Jeremy Leggett, who had …
South Africa in the news: Climate Activists Gain Seats on Harvard Oversight Board: The candidates were the first ones elected through a petition campaign since 1989, when anti-apartheid activists put Archbishop Desmond Tutu on the panel.: “South Africa” – BingNews Never Trust a Person Who Says ‘the Bible Says So’: The Bible says so.” It …
These African World Heritage Sites are under threat from climate change: Restoring the mosque of Djenné in Mali. MICHELE CATTANI/AFP via Getty Images Very few academics or policy makers are talking about the impact of climate change on heritage. Yet heritage is essential for social wellbeing, for identity creation, for safeguarding traditional knowledge and livelihoods …
Coronavirus lockdown will have ‘negligible’ impact on the climate – new study: Here in the UK, with traffic noise back to drowning out birdsong, and foreign holidays back on the cards, it is easy to forget the weeks of cleaner air. If we do not seize the opportunity to pause, reflect and plan transformative change, …