Top news of the week: 15.09.2021.
Climate
‘Cake’ mentioned 10 times more than ‘climate change’ on UK TV – report
Exclusive: study also shows ‘banana bread’ heard more in 2020 than ‘wind power’ and ‘solar power’ combined
Why climate change is still the greatest threat to human health
Polluted air and steadily rising temperatures are linked to health effects ranging from increased heart attacks and strokes to the spread of infectious diseases and psychological trauma.
Harvard University will divest its $42bn endowment from all fossil fuels
University president cites need to decarbonize economy as student campaigners say: ‘Activism works, plain and simple’
US will help India with its target of achieving 450 GW of renewable energy by 2030: John Kerry
John Kerry, along with Union Minister for Environment, Forests and Climate Change, Bhupender Yadav, on Monday launched the Climate Action and Finance Mobilisation Dialogue between the two ...
What Is Climate Change?
Burning fossil fuels generates greenhouse gas emissions that act like a blanket wrapped around the Earth, trapping the sun’s heat and raising temperatures. Examples of greenhouse …
The Rate of Global Warming During Next 25 Years Could Be Double What it Was In The Previous 50, a Renowned Climate Scientist Warns
James Hansen, a climate scientist who shook Washington when he told Congress 33 years ago that human emissions of greenhouse gases were cooking the planet, is now warning that he expects ...
‘We will have a really long, long memory’: Greens calling businesses’ bluff on climate change
Activists want the companies that have called for federal climate action to get behind the $3.5 trillion package: "We will have a really long, long memory."
How Congress can ensure the US meets the moment on climate change
September will be a critical month for climate action — perhaps the best chance this decade to pass legislation.