World
Here we will post all the news regarding carbon prices and climate change.
The world’s richest man Jeff Bezos pledged $10bn to help fight climate change, as reported by the BBC. What will the money go for? The money would finance work by scientists, activists and other groups. Writing on his Instagram account, Mr Bezos said the fund would begin distributing money this summer. “I want to work […]
The world’s ocean temperatures reached a new record level in 2019, showing “irrefutable and accelerating” heating of the planet, states The Guardian. “The oceans are really what tells you how fast the Earth is warming. Using the oceans, we see a continued, uninterrupted and accelerating warming rate of planet Earth. This is dire news.” Prof […]
Microsoft has made a ‘carbon negative’ pledge, which means to remove “all the carbon” that it has released into the environment since the company was founded in 1975, as reported by the BBC. What happened? Chief executive Satya Nadella said that he wanted to achieve the goal by 2050. To do so, the company aims […]
Governments are gathered in Madrid just two months after more than 8.7 million people took to the streets for this September’s global climate strikes, marking one of the largest mobilizations in world history. What happened next? Over 500,000 people took to the streets of Madrid last night to strike for climate action. The event was […]
According to the United Nations World Meteorological Organization (WMO), as of the end of October, the average world temperature was 1.1 degrees Celsius higher than at the end of the pre-industrial era and at the end of the 18th century. Therefore, 2019 will be the second or third year ever since records of the world […]
At the 2019 Climate Action Summit, UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has identified clear objectives to save the planet. “As the scientific community has told us again and again, we need to cut greenhouse emissions by 45% by 2030; reach carbon neutrality by 2050; and limit temperature rise to 1.5 rise by the end of the […]
Last week powerful swells averaging 5m (16ft) washed across the capital of the Marshall Islands, Majuro. The eighth President of the Republic of the Marshall Islands President Hilda Heine commented: “Water covers much of our land at one or other point of the year as we fight rising tides. As we speak hundreds of people […]
On the 1st December, the updated European Commission became operational, reports their press service. What happened? On November 27th, The European Parliament approved the composition of the European Commission, headed by Germany’s defence ex-minister Ursula von der Leyen. “Europe is not just a treasure we inherit. Europe is a promise. Europe is the future. Europe […]
Next year’s EU budget will focus on supporting the economic growth and competitiveness of the European economy, as well as on achieving other EU priorities. In particular, in areas such as security and climate change migration management. What are the total budget? Total commitments are set at €168.7 billion. This is an increase of 1.5% […]
What happened? The resolution, approved by 429 votes to 225 in the European Parliament, calls on the European Commission to develop appropriate legislative and budgetary proposals in order to limit global warming to below 1.5 °C. MEP Pascal Canfin, who initiated the move, said it made Europe “the first continent to declare a climate and […]
- 1
- 2