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Swiss glaciers melted sharply after light snowfall and heatwave, scientists say 2/10/2025
Swiss glaciers melted sharply after light snowfall and heatwave, scientists say Switzerland's glaciers melted considerably over the past 12 months to log their fourth-largest reduction in ice volume on record, monitoring body GLAMOS said on Wednesday. ...more
New IUCN report highlights urgent need for more sustainable blue tourism in the Mediterranean 2/10/2025
New IUCN report highlights urgent need for more sustainable blue tourism in the Mediterranean Mediterranean Blue Tourism at a crossroads: €171 billion sector faces climate and environmental pressures. ...more
EU will have new climate targets by COP30 summit, von der Leyen says 1/10/2025
EU will have new climate targets by COP30 summit, von der Leyen says The European Union will set emissions-cutting targets for 2035 and 2040 in time for the COP30 climate summit in November, the European Commission president said on Tuesday, after the bloc missed a U.N. deadline to approve the goals this month. ...more
Developing countries accuse rich of broken climate promises at UN 1/10/2025
Developing countries accuse rich of broken climate promises at UN Leaders of developing countries threatened by climate change told rich nations at the United Nations General Assembly that they are falling far short of promises to fund measures to combat rising sea levels, droughts and deforestation. ...more
Green energy pact has curbed fossil fuel funding 1/10/2025
Green energy pact has curbed fossil fuel funding Public funding for international fossil fuel deals fell by up to 78% last year across a coalition of 35 countries, though members of the group, including Germany and the United States, approved new projects, research by a group of NGOs showed on Tuesday. ...more
World’s major cities hit by 25% leap in extremely hot days since the 1990s 1/10/2025
World’s major cities hit by 25% leap in extremely hot days since the 1990s Capitals from London to Tokyo need urgent action to protect people from deadly high temperatures, analysts say. ...more
Disasters like wildfires and floods are multiplying. US schools are training students to combat them 1/10/2025
Disasters like wildfires and floods are multiplying. US schools are training students to combat them From California to North Carolina, high schools and colleges are offering classes in fire science, search and rescue, and ecological sustainability. ...more
Where ‘day-zero droughts’ could happen as soon as this decade 30/9/2025
Where ‘day-zero droughts’ could happen as soon as this decade Many parts of the world are predicted to endure “day-zero droughts,” periods of extreme and unprecedented water scarcity, which could happen as soon as this decade in certain hotspots including parts of North America, the Mediterranean and southern Africa, according to a new study. ...more
Climate change and pollution threaten Europe's resources, EU warns 30/9/2025
Climate change and pollution threaten Europe's resources, EU warns Climate change and environmental degradation pose a direct threat to the natural resources that Europe needs for its economic security, the EU's environmental agency said on Monday. ...more
Germany provides nearly $14 billion for climate financing in 2024 30/9/2025
Germany provides nearly $14 billion for climate financing in 2024 Germany provided a record 11.8 billion euros ($13.81 billion) for international climate financing in 2024, Germany's ministries for environment and international development said on Monday in a joint statement. ...more
 
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