Greenpeace opens office in Portugal and brings the icebreaker Artic Sunrise. The organization’s focus will be on fighting fires and protecting biodiversity, especially the oceans. Greenpeace is physically established in Portugal for the first time, with a permanent team. The organization has had an occasional presence in the country for more than 15 years, through […]
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Since the beginning of the year, Portugal has had its first fully dedicated climate agency. The Climate Agency will be responsible for adapting the country to climate change, coordinating the decarbonization efforts of various sectors and managing climate policies and funds more effectively. The government recently created the Climate Agency, the first in the country […]
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Five major oil and chemical companies that are part of the alliance – Shell, ExxonMobil, TotalEnergies, ChevronPhillips and Dow – produce more plastic in two days than the initiative has managed to clean up in the last five years. In 2019, a group of around 30 oil and chemical companies from around the world formed […]
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A team of researchers from the University of Birmingham has concluded that systematically integrating climate resilience into all aspects of the Sustainable Development Goals is the only way to secure the future of the planet. Climate change is the biggest threat to the global environment and socio-economic development and calls for an urgent review and […]
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According to a new study, the average TikTok user produces 48.49 kg of carbon dioxide equivalent per year – that’s the same as Greece’s footprint or 197 kilometers more per year in a petrol car. TikTok’s annual carbon footprint is probably larger than Greece’s, according to a new analysis by Greenly, a carbon accounting consultancy. […]
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The researchers used an innovative artificial intelligence approach to measure the impact of 1,500 measures implemented by governments in 41 countries over two decades. Only 63 were found to be effective. A recent study led by climate economists analyzed the effectiveness of 1500 climate policies from sectors including energy, transport and construction, implemented between 1998 […]
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From holding marathons at night to moving events to different seasons, “adapt” has become the buzzword for sports organizations looking to tackle climate change. As climate change leads to a rise in average temperatures and extreme weather events become more frequent and intense, the likelihood of these events overlapping with sporting events around the world […]
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The aim is to raise at least a billion dollars from companies and countries that produce fossil fuels to fight global warming. COP29 host Azerbaijan has announced a new international climate action fund to mobilize one billion dollars to support new national climate targets in climate-vulnerable countries, helping them to cope with the effects of […]
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If Sunday was already hot, Monday was even hotter. Temperature records are being broken and the outlook for the future is not positive. World temperatures reached the hottest levels ever measured on Monday, July 29, beating the record set just a day earlier. Provisional data published on Wednesday by the Copernicus Climate Change Monitoring Service, […]
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Researchers estimate that around 730,000 elderly Americans lose their ability to live independently due to air pollution every year. Reducing air pollution can help older people live independently for longer, according to a study from the University of Michigan, USA. The results suggest that higher levels of traffic-related air pollutants are associated with the need […]
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