Climate Change

MANILA, Philippines – The Philippines submitted to the United Nations on Thursday its initial commitments to address climate change including a 70-percent reduction of carbon emissions by 2030.

Climate negotiations and the 2°C target The climate negotiations in December in Paris will be the funeral of the 2°C target (Doyle and Wallace 2015). It will be an expensive funeral, with tens of thousands of mourners in attendance. The Paris proceedings will re-open the question: How bad is it if the world would warm…

‘The impacts of climate change are more than just numbers. The 6,000 people who died in Haiyan were 6,000 hopes and dreams, and 6,000 futures cut short’

But there is bad news, the researchers report in the journal Nature BONN, Germany – There are about 3 trillion trees on Earth, roughly 422 for every person and 8 times more than previously estimated, researchers said Wednesday, September 2, admitting surprise.

Analysis of a global survey finds that more than a third of the world’s adults have never heard of climate change. For some countries, such as South Africa, Bangladesh and Nigeria, this rises to more than two-thirds of the adult population. The study says that education is the “single strongest predictor” of public awareness of…

Harmful impacts of global warming such as heat waves and sea level rise are mounting and show a need for a “radical transition” to a greener economy, a study presented at U.N. climate talks said on Tuesday.

PARIS – Global warming-induced food and water shortages may cause mass migration, competition for resources and state failure, providing fertile ground for conflict and terrorism, analysts warned Monday.

Last Thursday the Human Rights Council sent a strong signal to the ongoing climate negotiations by adopting by consensus a new resolution on climate change and human rights.

Originally posted on November 23, 2014 The new “Turn Down the Heat” report explores the risks worsening climate change poses to lives and livelihoods across three regions: Latin America and the Caribbean, Eastern Europe and Central Asia, and the Middle East and North Africa.

In the wake of the Group of 7 (G-7) industrialized nations’ announcement to limit global warming to 2 degrees, United Nations climate negotiators from the most vulnerable nations have questioned whether 2 degrees is too dangerous. Unfortunately, their call to focus efforts on limiting global warming to 1.5 degrees were blocked by some of the…

It had been thought that temperatures in the 21st century plateaued MIAMI, USA – Using updated data on the Earth’s surface temperatures worldwide, US government scientists have found no evidence of a pause in global warming in recent years, according to research published on Thursday, June 4.

Peter Poschen, Director of the ILO Enterprises Department, argues that the world of work has a central role to play in tackling climate change and ensuring a just transition to a green economy.

Harmful impacts of global warming such as heat waves and sea level rise are mounting and show a need for a “radical transition” to a greener economy, a study presented at U.N. climate talks said on Tuesday.

New ITUC Climate Justice Frontline’s briefing sets out union demands for a just transition to zero carbon economy Brussels 18 May 2015 (ITUC Online): Political commitments for a just transition to a low carbon economy will be on the line as governments review the draft text for a global agreement on climate by early June.

Tue 02 June 201513h45 – 15h15 Blue Amphitheatre Parallel session OECD work on Climate change The international community has agreed to limit the average global temperature increase to no more than 2ºC above pre-industrial levels. There is precious little time before we hit that mark. Effective climate action means having policies pointing in the same…

MANILA, Philippines – Manila and several other key cities in Asia are highly vulnerable to rising sea levels, floods and other effects of climate change, according to the Asian Development Bank (ADB). On the “at risk list” of the ADB are Bangkok, Dhaka, Guangzhou, Ho Chi Minh City, Kolkata, Mumbai, Shanghai and Yangon. ADB Climate…

THE Trade Union Congress of the Philippines (TUCP) is targeting workers in a program to be held in partnership with government’s Climate Change Commission (CCC). TUCP President Ernesto F. Herrera said they aim to bring awareness to the organization’s 850,000 members “about the extent of the disastrous effects of climate change, the ways to reduce…

Climate change is real, and it’s coming. But we’re all going to be affected in different ways. How will your country fare? The folks at Eco Experts put together a great infographic based on data from the Notre Dame Global Adaptation (ND-Gain) Index, an annual ranking of which countries are best poised to adapt to…

The Philippines welcomed the New Year in the wake of Seniang (Jangmi), which claimed more than 50 lives and caused flashfloods and landslides in Visayas and Mindanao during the last days of 2014.

WASHINGTON – In the more than two decades since world leaders first got together to try to solve global warming, life on Earth has changed in stark ways.

MANILA, Philippines – The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has warned that catastrophic events brought about by climate change could stall economic growth in Southeast Asia, especially the Philippines.

BAGUIO CITY, Philippines—The Supreme Court decision declaring the reproductive health law constitutional came at the right moment, in light of evidence that managing the country’s population is vital in coping with the impact of climate change, speakers at a health and environment conference here said on Wednesday.

MANILA – President Aquino on Monday sounded the alarm on possible loss of Philippine beaches due to the effects of climate change.

MANILA, Philippines – Metro Manila’s temperature soared to 36.6 degrees Celsius yesterday. It is the hottest recorded so far this year, according to the Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration (PAGASA).

WASHINGTON—The government’s newest national assessment of climate change declares that increased global warming is affecting every part of the United States. The report released on Tuesday cites wide and severe impacts: more sea-level rise, flooding, storm surges, precipitation and heat waves in the Northeast; frequent water shortages and hurricanes in the Southeast and the Caribbean;…

Washington, May 5 (ANI): Researchers have found that the world is indeed getting warmer, but historical records show that it hasn’t happened everywhere at the same rate.

Air pollution in China and other Asian countries is having far-reaching impacts on weather patterns across the Northern Hemisphere, a study suggests.

BERLIN – The main points from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) Working Group III, Summary for Policy Makers report issued Sunday on options for mitigating carbon emissions:

A comprehensive UN study whose results are yet to be disclosed warn that vehicles have emerged as the biggest source of threat to global climate change. Citing a “leaked” draft of the report, Bloomberg said the huge demand of consumer goods from countries like China, Brazil and India – which have to be delivered by…