Tag: climate
WindEurope: New EU wind capacity is less than half of that needed to reach climate goals
(Finance) – In 2024, wind energy provided 20% of the electricity consumed in Europe, but the capacity developed during the year was less than half of that needed to meet…
Climate: the world has exceeded the threshold of 1.5°C of warming in 2024
With a global average of 15.10°C over one year, the year 2024 is the hottest year ever recorded since data began in 1850, beating the record of 2023, the European…
The world’s average temperature exceeded the critical 1.5 degrees for the first time in measurement history, and it showed in floods and hurricanes | Science
The world’s average temperature exceeded the critical limit of 1.5 degrees for the first time last year. The year 2024 was the warmest in recorded history on most of the…
luxury neighborhood in Los Angeles evacuated due to intense fire
An impressive fire forced thousands of people to evacuate this Tuesday, January 7, 2025, from the hills overlooking Los Angeles, which was experiencing violent winds spreading the flames and posing…
With the return of Trump, American banks withdraw from a climate alliance initiated in 2021
The major American banks are withdrawing one after the other from the Net Zero Banking Alliance, a global alliance of banks for the climate set up during COP26 in Glasgow…
Faced with soaring insurance, a mayor “bans” natural disasters
The town of Breil-sur-Roya (Alpes-Maritimes) has just banned natural disasters. A way for the mayor LR, Sébastien Olharan, to attract the attention of the public authorities and to protest against…
Climate risk: 73,000 Italian companies at risk
(Finance) – According to an analysis by Cervedin Italy they are 73,000 companies are most vulnerable to climate riskwith particular concentration in the sectors of‘oil&gas (extraction, production, refining and trade),…
In India, last year was the hottest in more than 120 years | News in brief
The Indian Meteorological Institute announced on Wednesday that 2024 was the hottest year in more than 120 years. The last time the average temperature was higher was in 1901. The…
The most destructive hurricanes have clearly increased in recent years | News in brief
The numbers of hurricanes and cyclones have remained stable. The number of tropical cyclones has not increased due to climate change, but the power of the most severe storms has…
Have you offset your carbon footprint with money? A Chinese company cheated out of a billion euros by selling refunds | Foreign countries
The German TV channels ZDF and DW revealed a scam worth about one billion euros that got through the surveillance of the German authorities. 30.12. 20:41•Updated 30.12. 21:04 German authorities…