G20 environment ministers to meet amid record heat. Can Canada lead the way?
The meeting comes just days after Canada became the first G20 country to roll out a plan to phase out ‘inefficient’ fossil fuel subsidies.
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July 2023 set to be world’s hottest month ever record: scientists
July is traditionally the hottest month of the year, and the EU said it did not project August would surpass the record set this month.
The U.S. Should Ditch AC and Use Middle Eastern Techniques to Cool its Cities
Cities in the Middle East and Asia have kept cool for centuries without air conditioning, using traditional techniques.
Dozens killed as wildfires, heat wave sweep through the Mediterranean
Without human-induced climate change, the events this month would have been ‘extremely rare,’ according to a study by World Weather Attribution.
July heat waves in U.S., Europe ‘virtually impossible’ without climate change: experts
Several climate scientists say this month’s heat is likely the hottest Earth has been in about 120,000 years, easily the hottest of human civilization.
The Complex Dance of US-China Climate Cooperation
The question looms large of whether the US and China can lead on tacking climate change while also navigating the geopolitical tensions caused by their geopolitical rivalry.
The world is scorching. Here are the tourist hotspots facing the most heat
Destinations in Europe such as parts of Greece, eastern Spain, Sardinia, Sicily and southern Italy are currently experiencing the peak of their heat waves.
Extreme heatwaves will continue through August, WMO adviser says
Extreme weather has also disrupted the lives of millions of Americans, with dangerous heat stretching from Southern California to the Deep South.
It’s a New Era of Climate Geopolitics. And It’s Not Just For Policy Wonks
As international climate politics have grown in importance, they’re now key to a wide swathe of leaders—not just a small group of insiders.
South America Will Pledge to End Amazon Deforestation by 2030
The pledge, to be signed in August, would amount to the most ambitious government effort yet to protect the world’s largest rainforest.