current rise in Earth's average temperature and related large-scale shifts in weather patterns
Tick-borne illness babesiosis is spreading in the US, CDC report shows: The number of new cases of babesiosis greatly increased between 2011 and 2019.
abcnews.go.com/Health/tick-borne-illness-babesiosis-spreading-us-cdc-report/story
Europe is the fastest-warming continent, report says: Europe is the fastest-warming continent and its temperatures are rising at roughly twice the global average ...
nbcnews.com/science/environment/europe-fastest-warming-continent-twice-global-average-report-rcna148829
Quick Glance: Europe Leads in Climate Change, Urgent Need for Renewable Energy
- Europe is the fastest-warming continent, with temperatures rising about twice as fast as the global average, according to a joint report by top climate monitoring organizations.
- The continent generated 43% of its electricity from renewables last year, surpassing fossil fuels for the second consecutive year, highlighting the need for targeted strategies to transition to renewable resources.
- Temperatures in Europe are now 2.3 degrees Celsius above pre-industrial levels, nearing the goals of the Paris climate accord to limit global warming to 1.5 degrees Celsius, impacting human health with increased deaths related to extreme climate events.
- The report emphasizes the urgent need for action as heatwaves, wildfires, and other extreme weather events have led to significant economic losses and human casualties across the continent.
Biden is marking Earth Day by announcing $7 billion in federal solar power grants
apnews.com/article/biden-earth-day-solar-grants-epa-climate-5bece7e419e9141241287575abb0fefc
Quick Glance: Joe Biden Announces Support for Young People in Climate Sector
- On Earth Day, US President Joe Biden announced the opening of a new portal where job seekers can apply for positions in the Climate Corps to offer young people green jobs and work towards a green economy, as reported by Digital Journal.
- In his announcement on X, Biden emphasized, “Today, we are mobilizing the next generation of workers in clean energy, conservation, and climate resilience.”
- According to Biden, the new program will train over 20,000 young individuals to secure “well-paying jobs” after completing their paid training.
- Biden launched the climate service program last fall, and within weeks, the White House received more than 42,000 expressions of interest from Americans, mostly aged between 18 and 35.
Analysis: Coming up with new ways to blunt climate migration: Climate change is unleashing a litany of extremes forcing people to relocate.
axios.com/2024/04/23/climate-change-migration-policy
Europe is the world's fastest-warming continent, report says: Its temps are rising roughly twice as fast as the global average because of climate change.
axios.com/2024/04/23/europe-fastest-warming-continent-climate-change
Just 10 percent in new poll have heard a lot about Biden climate action : Despite President Biden making climate change a central issue of his administration ...
thehill.com/policy/energy-environment/4614746-just-10-percent-in-new-poll-have-heard-a-lot-about-biden-climate-action/
The Chinese gov't has issued its highest-level rainstorm warning and evacuated more than 100,000 people as heavy rain continues to lash the south of the ... Show more www.aljazeera.com/gallery/2024/4/23/highest-level-rainstorm-warning-issued-in-south-chinas-guangdong
Farmers reduce methane emissions by changing how they grow rice in Vietnam: Vietnam aims to transform its rice sector, making it more resilient to climate change ...
apnews.com/article/vietnam-rice-methane-climate-mekong-e82d9101bcd440751a9d0db060b10c0f
What is Earth Day, when is it and what has it achieved?: The worldwide event aims to raise awareness about the need to protect the environment.
bbc.com/news/science-environment-68610073
HAPPENING NOW: Pres. Biden delivers remarks to commemorate Earth Day. abcnews.go.com/Politics/wireStory/biden-marking-earth-day-announcing-7-billion-federal-109486667
UN labor agency report warns of rising threat of excess heat, climate change on world's workers
apnews.com/article/ilo-labor-un-heat-health-report-bf6b0f8d25b82c23c7fed339aaac63fb
Record-breaking heat and humidity predicted for tropics this summer: A new statistical analysis of the interaction between El Niño and rising global temperatures ...
phys.org/news/2024-04-humidity-tropics-summer.html
Europe is warming up faster than any other continent, and the heat is deadly: The number of heat-related deaths in Europe increased 30% in the last 20 years ...
npr.org/2024/04/22/1244791280/europe-is-warming-up-faster-than-any-other-continent-and-the-heat-is-deadly
Experts say election brings new stakes to Earth Day: This fall’s election has major implications for America’s role in the fight against climate change ...
thehill.com/policy/energy-environment/4606456-election-earth-day-climate-change-global-warming/
How do you build without over polluting? That's the challenge of new Catan board game
npr.org/2024/04/22/1245096795/catan-board-game-climate-change-pollution
Grown-ups are not taking climate change seriously: Grown-ups are needed in these troubled times but must do a better job on the problem of our changing climate
irishtimes.com/business/work/2024/04/22/grown-ups-are-not-taking-climate-change-seriously/
Global plastic treaty talks are happening. What do stakeholders want?: Global leaders will gather in Canada's capital this week to discuss progress in drafting a ...
reuters.com/sustainability/climate-energy/what-do-countries-companies-want-global-plastic-treaty-talks-2024-04-22/
Earth Day 2024: 8 ways to live more sustainably: Climate change calls for long-term, systemic solutions, but that doesn't mean we can't all strive to live more ...
npr.org/2022/04/18/1093387207/earth-day-live-sustainably-tips
China can't quit coal by 2040, researchers say, despite global climate goals: China's coal consumption will fall by just one-third by 2040, according to a report ...
reuters.com/world/china/china-cant-quit-coal-by-2040-researchers-say-despite-global-climate-goals-2024-04-23/
Biden to mark Earth Day with new solar energy funds and climate corps actions: The solar energy funding could create around 200,000 jobs, according to the White ...
axios.com/2024/04/22/biden-earth-day-climate-corps
For Earth Day 2024, experts are spreading optimism – not doom. Here's why.: Hope can fuel the action needed to keep tackling the climate crisis ...
usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2024/04/22/earth-day-2024-celebrate-climate-change-optimism/72863462007/
RFK Jr. wants to poach climate voters from Biden, skeptics from Trump: The independent presidential candidate called for an LNG export ban in an interview with ...
politico.com/news/2024/04/19/biden-trump-climate-voters-rfk-jr-00153471
Asia hit hardest by climate, weather disasters in 2023:UN: GENEVA: Asia was the world’s most disaster-hit region from climate and weather hazards in 2023 ...
arabnews.com/node/2497616/world
How climate change causes physical and spiritual displacement: As disasters displace more people around the world, our connection to place becomes more tenuous.
vox.com/climate/24133013/climate-change-displacement-migration-disruption-home
As plastic treaty talks open, countries more divided than ever: Countries are under pressure to make progress on a first-ever global plastics treaty this week ...
reuters.com/business/environment/plastic-treaty-talks-open-countries-more-divided-than-ever-2024-04-23/
Pollen comes around each year. But in Florida, something is always growing. Are warming temperatures making it worse?
Here's a look at our pollen season: www.tampabay.com/news/environment/2024/04/22/pollen-allergy-symptoms-season-florida-climate-change/
G7 climate policy will not reach targets, says report: Ahead of the meeting in Turin of the G7 environment and energy ministers, experts say the group's climate ...
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WATCH: On top of cutting down on emissions, solar geoengineering is being touted as an alternative approach to slow global warming ... Show more globalnews.ca/news/10442146/2021-heat-dome-climate-change-study/
3 carbon capture technologies you’ve probably never heard of: We will all face the consequences of runaway climate change. Unless, maybe, you live in one of Elon ...
thenextweb.com/news/carbon-capture-technology-examples-earth-day
Climate Change Could Cost $500K Per Person In The Near Future: A recent report from 'Consumer Reports' predicts that rising temperatures could deeply ...
essence.com/news/money-career/climate-change-costs/
Stay Safe in the Summer Sun: CDC Launches Free Heat Forecast Tool : The CDC has launched an online heat forecaster, HeatRisk Forecast Tool, to help prepare for ...
techtimes.com/articles/303911/20240423/stay-safe-summer-sun-cdc-launches-free-heat-forecast-tool.htm
Practical changes you can make to help the planet, says geologist: 'Start with the thing that makes you the maddest'
cnbc.com/2024/04/22/earth-day-practical-changes-you-can-make-to-help-the-planet.html
In today's s+b newsletter:
✔️ How can we go further, faster, in the fight against climate change?
✔️ The reconfiguration imperative
✔️ What percentage of ... Show more www.strategy-business.com/NL20240423
Iwi, business lay down the wero for climate minister: Tangata whenua has laid down the wero for the climate minister, while business is urging Govt to step in ...
newsroom.co.nz/2024/04/22/iwi-business-lay-down-the-wero-for-climate-minister/
How Climate Change Could Disrupt the Future of Travel, According to a New Study: A new study found that by 2100, certain countries will have more or less ...
robbreport.com/travel/destinations/climate-change-change-where-we-travel-in-1235590731/
Heatwave deaths increased across almost all Europe in 2023, says UN weather agency
saudigazette.com.sa/article/642296
Ghana's Cocoa Farmers Are Losing, Despite Record Prices: The price of cocoa on the global market soared to a record high in April, but African farmers are ...
allafrica.com/stories/202404230009.html
Here’s the truth: energy transition is hard. Not everyone gets a pony: Jobs will change, communities will be affected, but we have a shot at rising to the ...
theguardian.com/commentisfree/2024/apr/23/renewable-energy-transition-australia-labor-government-net-zero
Saudi Arabia is ‘committed to environment’s conservation’: RIYADH: Saudi Arabia is committed to the environment’s conservation and working to transform the ...
arabnews.com/node/2497256/saudi-arabia
Cold phase at the end of April: Is this normal or is everything really upside down?
tageblatt.lu/headlines/kaeltephase-ende-april-ist-das-normal-oder-steht-wirklich-alles-kopf/
How to raise children during the climate (and social media) apocalypse: The sort of childhood my older children experienced is slipping away ...
vox.com/climate/24126579/generation-alpha-technology-social-media-climate-change-global-warming-mental-health
It’s not the climate, it’s us: We pass on many things to our children — property, genes, traits, et al. But we are also the generation that passes on a ...
indianexpress.com/article/opinion/columns/its-not-the-climate-its-us-9285202/
Climate advocates want to solve their 'biggest problem' in the US: Turning out voters
abcnews.go.com/US/climate-advocates-solve-biggest-problem-us-turning-voters/story
Climate crisis to slash world incomes by nearly a fifth, some $38 trillion a year, by 2049, study warns
richmond.com/news/nation-world/business/economy/climate-change-damage-economy-income-costly/article_cf605cb0-1c26-5087-a7ad-bd9da9e8fcb1.html
Startups want to cool Earth by reflecting sunlight. There are few rules and big risks
npr.org/2024/04/21/1244357506/earth-day-solar-geoengineering-climate-make-sunsets-stardust
Over 70% of workers around the world are exposed to excessive heat each year, UN body finds
axios.com/2024/04/22/workers-excessive-heat-united-nations-labor
Climate change latest incident of SNP under Humza Yousaf promising hope then taking it away - Alexander Brown
scotsman.com/news/opinion/climate-change-latest-incident-of-snp-under-humza-yousaf-promising-hope-then-taking-it-away-alexander-brown-4598405
World's top private firms fail to commit to net-zero emissions: report: Only 40 of the world's 100 largest private firms have set net-zero carbon emissions ...
rfi.fr/en/environment/20240422-world-s-top-private-firms-fail-to-commit-to-net-zero-emissions-report
22 things everyone can do in everyday life to combat climate change: Extreme weather conditions are becoming more frequent, scientists are sounding the alarm ...
nw.de/nachrichten/thema/22210710_22-Dinge-die-jeder-im-Alltag-gegen-den-Klimawandel-tun-kann.html
New interventions will fight climate change. How much can they help?: Giant sun shades, 40-foot-tall air filters, stratospheric sulfur injections: Here are some ...
latimes.com/environment/story/2024-04-22/new-scientific-interventions-are-here-to-fight-climate-change-but-they-arent-silver-bullets
Climate crisis cooks up costly meals: Why your 'thaali' could be on fire: Climate change: As the climate blows cold and hot, it puts wheat, milk, coffee ...
business-standard.com/economy/news/your-thaali-is-on-fire-climate-change-to-exacerbate-rising-food-prices-124042100379_1.html
Real Estate: The Next Catastrophe - Climate change costs trillions: The markets are still largely ignoring climate change. If they recognize the risks ...
solothurnerzeitung.ch/wirtschaft/immobilien-klimawandel-kostet-hausbesitzer-weltweit-tausende-von-milliarden-das-sind-die-groessten-gefahren-fuer-die-schweiz-ld.2608614
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Selwyn residents fighting for homes after being told they need to leave them by 2039
rnz.co.nz/news/national/514963/selwyn-residents-fighting-for-homes-after-being-told-they-need-to-leave-them-by-2039
Heat-related deaths rise by 30% in Europe due to extreme weather: report: Data published by two leading climate monitors this Monday says that Europe endured a ...
rfi.fr/en/international/20240422-heat-related-deaths-rise-by-30-in-europe-due-to-extreme-heat-report
Scots are UK’s most ‘personally motivated’ on green action but want to know who will pay for national moves
scotsman.com/news/environment/climate-change-scots-are-uks-most-personally-motivated-on-green-action-but-want-to-know-who-will-pay-for-national-moves-poll-shows-4599247
'Staggering' number of workers facing health hazards linked to climate change: UN
channelnewsasia.com/sustainability/staggering-workers-health-hazards-climate-change-un-4283101
This Earth Day, America’s national parks need all of us to step up: Climate change, millions of visitors and a slim federal budget have all left our national ...
sfchronicle.com/opinion/openforum/article/earth-day-national-parks-19409050.php
Record UAE rain a drop in the ocean as region plans for climate change: Middle East and East Mediterranean heating faster than global averages ...
thenationalnews.com/business/energy/2024/04/22/uae-rain-climate-change/
Happy Earth Day! Let’s celebrate our amazing planet by taking action in things we can control. Looking for inspiration? Download your FREE copy of Make: 71 ... Show more www.makershed.com/products/make-magazine-volume-71-pdf
Atlantic hurricane season forecast has limited utility, some say: "Prepare for this season as they do each and every year."
axios.com/2024/04/22/atlantic-hurricane-season-forecast-preparation
How to Overcome Polarization on Climate Action: A new study explores ways to overcome the partisan gap on climate policy.
time.com/6969545/polarization-on-climate-action/
Hospital emissions reporting proposal is a "game changer": Hospitals could soon give the federal health department a closer look at their emissions.
axios.com/2024/04/22/hospitals-climate-change-emissions-medicare
Flooding in the United Arab Emirates’ city of Dubai last week illustrates a simple climate change problem the modern world has not fixed: lack of drainage ... Show more www.greenmetrics.ai/ www.greenmetrics.ai/ www.cnbc.com/2024/04/21/dubai-flooding-and-a-climate-change-drain-test-the-world-is-failing.html
Climate change: Record melting of global glaciers sounds alarm for Middle East : Copernicus Climate Change Service's latest report paints bleak picture of ...
thenationalnews.com/climate/2024/04/22/record-global-glacier-melting-sparks-alarm-for-middle-east/
Health-harming heat stress rising in Europe, report says: Europe is increasingly facing bouts of heat so intense that the human body cannot cope ...
theglobeandmail.com/world/video-health-harming-heat-stress-rising-in-europe-report-says/
Commentary: Climate change is less a partisan issue than a generational divide: When it comes to climate change, some older Americans yearn to return to ...
postandcourier.com/opinion/commentary/climate-change/article_27bb0c18-fe6e-11ee-b1cf-d3f824164e5c.html
Pope Francis invites Gov. Maura Healey, Mayor Michelle Wu and other Bay State leaders to speak at Vatican Climate Summit
bostonherald.com/2024/04/22/pope-francis-invites-gov-maura-healey-mayor-michelle-wu-and-other-bay-state-leaders-to-speak-at-vatican-climate-summit/
Earth Day 2024 report card: Experts address America’s climate change action: Experts on decarbonizing, subsidizing and depoliticizing the climate crisis.
abcnews.go.com/US/earth-day-2024-report-card-experts-address-americas/story
Eurpe Is the Fastest-Warming Continent in the World, New Report Reveals: Disturbingly, its temperatures are rising at roughly twice the global average.
thedailybeast.com/eurpe-is-the-fastest-warming-continent-in-the-world-new-report-reveals
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East Africa's 'soda lakes' are rising, threatening their iconic flamingos
standardmedia.co.ke/environment-climate/article/2001493645/east-africas-soda-lakes-are-rising-threatening-their-iconic-flamingos
Climate protesters wrap Swedish parliament in giant red scarf: Several hundred women surrounded Sweden's parliament with a giant knitted red scarf to protest ...
thelocal.se/20240422/climate-protesters-wrap-swedish-parliament-in-giant-red-scarf
Study: Climate change supercharged heat dome and worsened 2021 wildfires: North America's 2021 fire season, including massive Northern California blazes ...
latimes.com/environment/story/2024-04-22/climate-change-heat-dome-study
Deadly African Heat Wave Would Not Have Been Possible without Climate Change: Scientists say extreme temperatures that reached 119 degrees Fahrenheit and killed ...
subscriber.politicopro.com/article/eenews/2024/04/18/deadly-african-heat-wave-not-possible-without-climate-change-00152812
Annette Schlemm's book “Climate Engineering”: And in the end it's all about criticism of capitalism: Annette Schlemm subjects the processes of "climate ...
faz.net/aktuell/feuilleton/buecher/rezensionen/sachbuch/annette-schlemms-buch-climate-engineering-19657781.html
April weather: How long will the cold wave with night frost last?: After summer temperatures, icy temperatures with severe night frost prevail in large parts of ...
de.euronews.com/2024/04/22/april-april-wie-lange-dauert-die-kaltewelle-mit-nachtfrost-noch
Climate change may cost $38 trillion a year by 2049, study says: It could also cut 19% off per capita national incomes through 2049, the study finds.
axios.com/2024/04/18/climate-change-damages-38-trillion
Are Human Rights Universal?: More and more, the universality of human rights is being challenged. But groups such as the Taliban, who claim to stand for specific ...
foreignaffairs.com/articles/afghanistan/are-human-rights-universal
Paid articlePaid Startups want to cool Earth by reflecting sunlight. There are few rules and big risks
npr.org/2024/04/21/1244357506/earth-day-solar-geoengineering-climate-make-sunsets-stardust
Coral reefs can't keep up with climate change. So scientists are speeding up evolution
npr.org/2024/04/17/1245085914/coral-reefs-bleaching-climate-change-algae
10 Surprising Facts About Earth Day: For Earth Day on April 22, interesting facts including who invented it, why it's on that date, and how it turned into a ...
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Quick Glance: Insights into Earth Day Revealed
- Over 8 billion people populate Earth, awaiting a spring holiday to underscore the importance of caring for their abode.
- Originating in 1970, Earth Day on April 22 aimed to raise awareness about environmental degradation, expanding to over 190 countries since.
- This year's theme 'Planet vs. Plastics' urges leaders, businesses, and individuals to cut plastic production by 60% by 2040, striving for complete single-use plastic elimination by decade's end.
- Since its inception in 1970, Earth Day has engaged 20 million, leading to the Environmental Protection Agency's establishment and global expansion in 1990.
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