Top news of the week: 12.05.2022.
Climate
SBTi Progress Report 2021
The SBTi's third progress report finds the initiative in a period of exponential growth, with SBTi companies representing over a third of global market capitalization.
Earth Has a 50-50 Chance of Hitting a Grim Global Warming Milestone in the Next Five Years
As likely as not, the Earth’s average annual temperature will soon have its first spike above the 1.5 degree Celsius cap set for post-Industrial Revolution warming by the 2015 Paris ...
Religious leaders, UNEP appeal for climate-responsible finance as a moral imperative towards children
The The World Council of Churches (WCC), United Nations Environment Programme, Muslim Council of Elders, and NY Board of Rabbis have signed a landmark joint appeal, “Climate-Responsible ...
The Transition Pathway Initiative (TPI)
REF 2021 impact case study featuring research by Simon Dietz, which has supported a global investment initiative to act against climate change.
May 10, 2022 Gen Z Has a Fast Fashion Problem. That’s Bad for the Climate and Equity
Whether it’s walking out of school by the millions, forcing powerful institutions to divest from fossil fuels or boycotting major brands over diversity issues, members of Generation Z have ...
New Research Shows Aerosol Emissions May Have Masked Global Warming’s Supercharging of Tropical Storms
Ample research shows how surging greenhouse gas concentrations intensify deadly storms, droughts and heat waves, but cutting them, along with other industrial pollution emissions, will also ...
Every heatwave enhanced by climate change: experts
All heatwaves today bear the unmistakable and measurable fingerprint of global warming, top experts on quantifying the impact of climate change on extreme weather said Wednesday.
Can we detect a change in Atlantic hurricanes today due to human-caused climate change?
Two NOAA hurricane experts explain why it’s still so hard to say whether global warming to date has affected the number or intensity of Atlantic hurricanes.