Davos 2023: Big Oil in sights of climate activist protests
Young Socialists Switzerland (JUSO) activists take part in a protest against the World Economic Forum (WEF), calling for a climate tax on the rich, on the eve of the WEF...
EU scientists: 2022 was Europe’s second-warmest year on record
Firefighters tackle a wildfire at the village of Asseiceira Pequena in Mafra on July 31, 2022. (PATRICIA DE MELO MOREIRA / AFP) BRUSSELS - Europe experienced its second-warmest year on...
Warm winter breaks temperature records in Europe
Ski centre on mountain Jahorina is seen in Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina Jan 4, 2023. (KIRSTEN DONOVAN / REUTERS) LONDON/BRUSSELS — Record-high winter temperatures swept across parts of Europe over...
Extreme weather events in Europe sound alarm on climate change
A goose looks for water in the dried bed of Lake Velence in Velence, Hungary, on Aug 11, 2022. (ANNA SZILAGYI / AP) LONDON - From scorching sun and drying...
Climate change exacts heavy toll on Africa
Chinese clean energy expertise seen as helping mitigate damage The China-aided Sakai photovoltaic power plant in Bimbo, near Bangui, Central African Republic, helps to ease Bangui's lack of electricity. (TIANJIN...
Rising climate costs to challenge countries, companies in 2023
In this picture taken on Sept 27, 2022, internally displaced flood-affected people wade through a flooded area in Dadu district of Sindh province. (RIZWAN TABASSUM / AFP) In a year...
Study: climate change will fuel humanitarian crises in 2023
Pollution rises from the BASF chemical plant in Ludwigshafen, Germany, Nov 7, 2022. (MICHAEL PROBST / AP) MEXICO CITY - Climate change will accelerate humanitarian crises around the world in...
Hitachi High-Tech Achieves CDP’s Highest Score of “A List” in Climate Change for the First Time
TOKYO, Dec 13, 2022 - (JCN Newswire via SEAPRWire.com) - Hitachi High-Tech Corporation today was selected for the 2022 "A List" by CDP(1), a non-governmental organization that conducts environmental research...
NEC named to the CDP “A List” for advanced Climate Change and Water Security initiatives four years in a row
TOKYO, Dec 13, 2022 - (JCN Newswire via SEAPRWire.com) - NEC Corporation (TSE: 6701) has been recognized for leadership in corporate sustainability by global environmental non-profit CDP(1), securing a place...
Fujitsu Earns Top Rating from CDP in Climate Change, Water Security Categories
TOKYO, Dec 13, 2022 - (JCN Newswire via SEAPRWire.com) - Fujitsu Limited today announced that the Fujitsu Group has been selected for the CDP's A List for both climate change...
Biodiversity link to climate highlighted
Before China-led talks to save species, experts stress related nature of threats Despite efforts to mitigate biodiversity losses, the extinction of species around the globe is accelerating at unprecedented rates,...
COP27 summit ‘missed chance’ on fossil fuels, critics say
Sameh Shoukry, president of the COP27 climate summit (right) speaks during a closing plenary session at the UN Climate Summit, Nov 20, 2022, in Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt. (PETER DEJONG /...
Polish climate minister says EU gas cap proposal is a ‘joke’
Polish Minister of Climate and Environment Anna Moskwa speaks as she takes part in an extraordinary meeting of European Union energy ministers in Brussels, Belgium July 26, 2022. (JOHANNA GERON...
‘Loss and damage’ fund okayed at COP27
Participants arrive at the Sharm el-Sheikh International Convention Centre, during the COP27 climate conference in Egypt's Red Sea resort city of the same name, on Nov 17, 2022. (MOHAMMED ABED...
COP27 deal delivers landmark on ‘loss and damage’, but little else
The flags of United Nations member states (left to right) Lithuania, Liechtenstein, Libya, Liberia, Lesotho, Lebanon, Latvia, Laos, Kyrgyzstan, Kuwait, Kiribati, Kenya, Kazakhstan, Jordan, Japan, Jamaica, Italy, Israel, Ireland, Iraq,...
Countries adopt COP27 deal with ‘loss and damage’ fund
The flags of United Nations member states (L to R) Lithuania, Liechtenstein, Libya, Liberia, Lesotho, Lebanon, Latvia, Laos, Kyrgyzstan, Kuwait, Kiribati, Kenya, Kazakhstan, Jordan, Japan, Jamaica, Italy, Israel, Ireland, Iraq,...
COP27 negotiators to push for deal in overtime climate talks
Egyptian Foreign Minister and Egypt's COP27 President Sameh Shoukry attends an informal stocktaking session during the COP27 climate summit, in Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt, Nov 18, 2022. (MOHAMED ABD EL GHANY...
COP27 draft deal keeps 1.5C limit, but many issues unresolved
Participants arrive at the Sharm el-Sheikh International Convention Centre, during the COP27 climate conference in Egypt's Red Sea resort city of the same name, on Nov17, 2022. (MOHAMMED ABED /...
Global water crisis sparks calls for more action
A woman fills up water containers at a tap in a camp for internally displaced people in Baidoa, Somalia, on Nov 9. (GUY PETERSON / AFP) Experts, leaders and social...
EU tells COP27 it will increase climate ambition
EU climate chief Frans Timmermans speaks at the COP27 UN Climate Summit on Nov 15, 2022, in Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt. (PETER DEJONG / AP) SHARM EL SHEIKH, Egypt - The...