Researchers tracking the link between climate change and health say the adverse impacts are far-reaching

A new report in the Lancet has found that warming temperatures in Europe have far reaching impacts on health. Verity Bowman discusses the report in an article on the Telegraph website. ‘Climate change is here and it kills’: Heat-related deaths rise by 30pc in Europe, says Lancet New diseases are spreading, the hayfever season … Continue reading Researchers tracking the link between climate change and health say the adverse impacts are far-reaching →

Comment on new report showing global economy is consuming ever more natural resources, while the world is not on track to meet the Sustainable Development Goals

The International Resource Panel (IRP) of UNEP has just published a report Global Resources Outlook 2024. One of the authors Anders Wijkman, a member of the IRP, an honorary president of the Club of Rome and a friend of EiD has written this commentary on the report in an article on the Reuters website. What … Continue reading Comment on new report showing global economy is consuming ever more natural resources, while the world is not on track to meet the Sustainable Development Goals →

New report by EEA on water-related impacts of climate change on health and well-being that are already felt across Europe

Climate change is worsening floods, droughts and is reducing water quality, posing an increasing threat to our health, according to a European Environment Agency (EEA) report published this week. Fast-tracking implementation and better coordination of efforts by governments, water authorities and healthcare providers are urgently needed to prevent and reduce health impacts. Climate health … Continue reading New report by EEA on water-related impacts of climate change on health and well-being that are already felt across Europe →

UN’s outgoing leading environment and human rights expert says that states failing to take meaningful climate action and regulating polluting industries could soon face a slew of lawsuits

Outgoing special rapporteur David Boyd says ‘there’s something wrong with our brains that we can’t understand how grave this is’. Nina Lakhani explains in an article on the Guardian website. UN expert attacks ‘exploitative’ world economy in fight to save planet The race to save the planet is being impeded by a global economy … Continue reading UN’s outgoing leading environment and human rights expert says that states failing to take meaningful climate action and regulating polluting industries could soon face a slew of lawsuits →

Megacities in Africa face adaptation challenge

Cities cover just 3% of the planet. But they emit 78% of all global greenhouse gas emissions, absorb 80% of final global energy (what consumers use) and consume 60% of clean drinking water. African megacities like Lagos, Nigeria (with 21 million residents) and Cairo, Egypt (with 10 million residents) are experiencing significant temperature increases due … Continue reading Megacities in Africa face adaptation challenge →

Lessons from the Cold War to address environmental sustainability

The British academic, Peter Sutoris, whose work bridges anthropology with education, development studies and environmental studies, writes on the National Observer website linking the lessons learned from the Cold War. Peter argues that the Cold War shows that environmental sustainability, like peace, cannot be achieved solely by focusing on technology. Can a net-zero world … Continue reading Lessons from the Cold War to address environmental sustainability →

AI can make a significant contribution to tackling climate change

In an article on The Conversation website, Kirk Chang, Professor of Management and Technology, University of East London and Alina Vaduva, Director of the Business Advice Centre for Post Graduate Students at UEL, Ambassador of the Centre for Innovation, Management and Enterprise, University of East London, discuss the potential of AI to help address climate … Continue reading AI can make a significant contribution to tackling climate change →

Carbon Majors Update: Just 57 fossil fuel and cement producers linked to 80% of global fossil CO2 emissions produced since the Paris Agreement

On April 4th InfluenceMap published the new digital home for The Carbon Majors Database - the key international source of data on attribution of historical GHG emissions to the worlds' largest fossil fuel producers together with releasing a new report analysing the emissions data for these producers since the Paris Agreement. Matthew Carl Ives, Senior … Continue reading Carbon Majors Update: Just 57 fossil fuel and cement producers linked to 80% of global fossil CO2 emissions produced since the Paris Agreement →

How the climate crisis affects our brains

Clayton Page Aldern writes on the Guardian website about how climate change affects our brains. Note that his book The Weight of Nature, on the effects of climate change on brain health, is published by Allen Lane on 4 April. ‘Everybody has a breaking point’: how the climate crisis affects our brains Are growing rates of … Continue reading How the climate crisis affects our brains →

Polish court overturns approval for controversial open-cast coal mine that had negative impact on Czech neighbours

Aneta Zachová and Barbora Pištorová write on the Euractiv website about a Polish court decision that defended Czech citizens who were negatively impacted on controversial Polish coal mine. One wonders how the mine was approved in the first place. Polish court sides with Czechs, cancels environmental assessment of controversial mine A Polish court has … Continue reading Polish court overturns approval for controversial open-cast coal mine that had negative impact on Czech neighbours →