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Only 18% of Asia Pacific net zero targets verified by SBTi: report

Of the Asia Pacific companies that have set net zero targets, only 18 per cent are achieving these goals by Science-Based Target initiative (SBTi) verification, underscoring a gap in robust and credible target-setting practices, as per the Sustainability Counts III: Sustainability Reporting in Asia Pacific

As other nations, including Germany's neighbors, invest in nuclear energy, there is growing pressure for Germany to reconsider its stance.

Im just waiting to start hearing methane explosions like they do in Russia, says Bethel, Alaska, City Council Member Mark Springer. Until recently he & his wife would pick summer berries on a trail through the tundra outside their river town in southwest Alaska, but now that part of the tundra is too dangerous to traverse since water-filled sinkholes have formed with surface slicks of volatile methane

Christmas tree farms face new perils from climate change. All agricultural industry along with Christmas tree farms, rely on the labor of immigrants to harvest and transport. Workers come in from Mexico through temporary agricultural work visas.

Climate Diplomacy: Fostering Unity or Deepening Global Divides

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We must remember that about 80% of Australias gas is exported as liquefied natural gas (LNG) & a majority of that is royalty-free. We are giving it away to big multinational companies... But while gas will be part of the energy mix over the next few years, imported or not, residential & commercial gas consumption is forecast to decline due to the rapid rollout of electrification backed by cheaper renewable energy and storage.

When It Comes To Climate Action, COP28 Set The Standard Now COP30 Must Deliver The Future .SultanAlJaber

IPBES nexus report: Five takeaways for biodiversity, food, water, health and climate NEWS

Researchers race to climate-proof Christmas tree production: Were up to the task US news

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This is an excellent publication to use to start a discussion with people that are NOT Apologists (FFA)

FFA are generally not interested in the facts, the harm caused.. E.g., average folk that say "but he loves his diesel car" as an excuse

John Wheeler: Climate change is much more obvious in some locations around the world InForum

Three-quarters of the world's land is drying out, 'redefining life on Earth' Grist

> has made great swaths of the planet's land drier and saltier, jeopardizing food production and water access for billions.

It is too FRIGGING hot.

Waking up to the MCG test match, surprised more people aren't talking about the weather. It's/been a scorcher 37,38 C (100F) it's got to take a lot out your bowling attack. How long before we can't play boxing day test matches

Green Humour by Rohan Chakravarty on the effects of climate change in 2024

2024 shaping up to be one of Irelands warmest years on record despite unusually cool summer 'Doherty

2024 shaping up to be one of Irelands warmest years on record despite unusually cool summer 'Doherty

I'm not comfortable with cold temps. Those nights and days near freezing mean I have lots to do to keep warm.

Summer, on the other hand, just means I swap night for day where I can.

Not happy about the things we are not doing to address

Govt. will spare no effort in combating impact of climate change

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Victoria fires live updates: emergency bushfire warnings and road closures in Grampians, Vic dangerous fire conditions in South Australia and NSW is real

Will AI save the planet Why the evidence is flawed

Lucia et al investigate the strength of the Central American monsoon system over the past 140,000 years, using speleothem O records from caves in Guatemala. The combined proxy record shows that the strength of the monsoon is correlated with the strength of the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation (AMOC). It is also likely there is an influence from the size of the Northern Hemisphere ice sheets and tropical Atlantic sea surface temperature. The relationship with the AMOC is demonstrated by the close timing of a strengthening of the monsoon during the Blling-Allerd, and a weakening during the Younger Dryas. However, the record lacks an impact from DansgaardOeschger events, so this differentiates it from the climate in other North Atlantic regions.

The interesting part of this is that most other monsoon systems respond closely to Northern Hemisphere summer insolation, which changes due to Milankovitch Cycles. This makes sense, since the position of global wind patterns that drive the monsoon is related to the temperature gradient between the tropical regions and the poles. That the Central American monsoon responds more to AMOC means that if the predictions of a global warming induced shutdown in the AMOC come true, that will make Central America drier.

is reducing the nutritional value of plants, potentially affecting one-third of all animals on Earth that rely on plant-based dietsfrom beetles and cows to pandas. An ecologist explains:

I regret to inform you that our first attempt to save the planet failed rather miserably. We will do better next time.

How Leaders Map their way to Climate Resilience Financial Times

How Leaders Map their way to Climate Resilience Financial Times

Sustain Greenery: Meagre Rise In Forest Cover

The biennial India State of Forest Report 2023 (ISFR 2023), has just been released. The SFR, a biennial issue being brought since 1987, has drawn flak from general public, activists and analysts alike

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Arctic is changing dramatically, and 2024 report card shows worrying trends Opinion

Arctic is changing dramatically, and 2024 report card shows worrying trends Opinion

As natural catastrophes become more frequent and more severe, insurance is expected to become less affordable and the already sizeable insurance protection gap is likely to widen further, the watchdogs said.

EU watchdogs call for disaster-relief fund in wake of Valencia floods

increasing frequency of , leaving more of their multibillion-euro costs uninsured, says report*

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Intense flooding this year in Europe, in particular Spain, resulted in the second-highest ever insured losses from water damage in the region Jose Jordan/AFP/Getty Images

The EU should create a taxpayer-funded fund and a publicly-backed scheme to fill the growing gap for insuring against natural such as and , regulators have said.

change is increasing the frequency of natural disasters with more of their multibillion euro costs being left uncovered by , the European Central Bank and European Insurance and Occupational Pensions Authority said in a report published on Wednesday.

Only about a quarter of the 900bn of losses caused by EU natural catastrophes in the past 22 years were insured and the level of cover has been falling in recent years, the financial watchdogs said.

They called for the EU to set up a new fund to cover reconstruction costs of major natural disasters, financed with contributions from the blocs 27 member states, to bolster current resources that are too small.

Intense this year in , in particular , resulted in the second-highest ever insured losses from water damage in the region, according to Swiss Re estimates.

Floods in the Spanish region of in October left more than 200 people dead, forced thousands of companies to close and damaged vast areas of farmland, which rating agency Moodys estimated would trigger 3.8bn of insurance losses.

The and Eiopa called on to follow the lead of several countries by setting up a bloc-wide public-private partnership to provide reinsurance of the highest-risk natural disasters backed by public guarantees.

As natural catastrophes become more frequent and more severe, insurance is expected to become less affordable and the already sizeable insurance protection gap is likely to widen further, the watchdogs said.

While the regulators lack the power to implement their proposals, they hope to prompt the EU to introduce legislation in line with their recommendations.  

The proposals presented are meant to spark a discussion on possible ways to reduce the insurance protection gap through an EU-level solution, while preserving the integrity of national insurance schemes, said Eiopa chair Petra Hielkema.

Hielkema told the FT recently there was growing support among politicians in Europe the worlds fastest-warming continent for national risk-sharing schemes to cover natural catastrophes.

The EU already has a Solidarity and Aid Reserve to provide funding to countries hit by severe natural disasters and this year Brussels said its maximum annual budget would be increased from 1.2bn to 2.7bn.

However, the ECB and Eiopa said the reserves resources were still too small to make a significant contribution to reconstruction efforts. They gave the example of last years flooding in , , , and , which caused 23bn of damage of which only about 1bn has been covered by commitments from the EU fund.

The regulators recommended incentivising countries to do more to tackle the risks of natural disasters by adjusting national contributions to a new EU fund to reflect their risk profiles and making payouts contingent on suitable risk-mitigation.

There are 12 EU countries that have set up national public-private partnerships to provide reinsurance for natural catastrophes, which the regulators said help improve insurance coverage and reduce the insurance protection gap. 

Recommending the EU set up a similar bloc-wide scheme, they said it could cover a wider range of perils and assets across several member states, thus allowing for greater risk pooling and risk diversification benefits than at a national level.

ECB vice-president Luis de Guindos said: We need to get prepared for the rising climate risks. He described the proposals as one possible way to mitigate the macroeconomic and financial stability risks from natural catastrophes, while also reducing moral hazard.