Tag: climate change
In Pakistan, school start delayed due to heat
In Pakistan, students are due to return to school in early August, except in the south of the country. School holidays are being extended by two weeks due to the…
Swampy terrain and heat: events must adapt to extreme weather
Furthermore, it is important that organizers prepare for extreme weather with a disaster plan, Van Ekris believes. “I don’t think there is a clear protocol for every event, which states,…
Marshier terrain and extreme heat: events must adapt to extreme weather
Furthermore, it is important that organizers prepare for extreme weather with a disaster plan, Van Ekris believes. “I don’t think there is a clear protocol for every event, which states,…
Just ordered a beer and then a downpour follows: how should events deal with extreme weather?
Furthermore, it is important that organizers prepare for extreme weather with a disaster plan, Van Ekris believes. “I don’t think there is a clear protocol for every event, which states,…
In prisons, inmates suffer a “double punishment” with climate change
The environmental NGO Notre affaire à tous published a study on Thursday, July 11, called ” Double punishment: climate and environmental risks in French prisons “For two years, this association…
June 2024 even warmer than previous record of June 2023
New heat record reported by Copernicus, the European Union’s Earth observation programme. June was the hottest month on record, beating a recent record set in 2024. The last twelve months…
With global warming, fungal infections could increase
This is another consequence of global warming: the emergence of new diseases. And it is fungi that are worrying. Until now relatively harmless to humans, this could change. This is…
Wout and Luc’s hemp helps Utrecht’s climate approach: ‘This is fantastic’
The Netherlands wants to no longer emit greenhouse gases by 2050. That still seems far away, but a lot still needs to be done. To achieve the climate goals, Utrecht…
Intensifying wildfires: a global climate catastrophe
Extreme forest fires have doubled over the past twenty years. This is what a study in the journal reveals Nature, which appears while the fire season is just starting in…
Province has ‘unique approach’ to achieve climate goals: ‘Measuring is knowing’
Just outside the province, near Culemborg, there is a field full of fiber hemp. Not the kind that broadens the mind, you can build houses with these plants. “Ultimately, a…