A hundred billion dollars. It's a staggering amount of money, although there are in fact now 16 individuals with personal assets worth more than this amount. But at the ongoing UN climate talks it's also a highly loaded figure, especially for countries on the frontlines of climate change.
Several influential world leaders won't be attending an action summit this week at the center of climate talks in Azerbaijan. High on the agenda is a deal to boost climate funding for developing countries.
Is a âGreenâ Revolution Poisoning Indiaâs Capital?
India promised to burn its trash mountains and safely turn them into electricity. But a New York Times investigation found hazardous levels of toxic substances around homes, playgrounds and schools.
A landfill more than 200 feet tall towers over a neighborhood in Delhi, India.Credit...
A Dutch court has upheld Shell's appeal against a 2021 verdict forcing it to almost halve oil and gas emissions by 2030.
In a verdict issued this morning, a Dutch appeals court struck down a 2021 ruling ordering oil and gas giant Shell to cut emissions by 45% over 2019 levels by 2030.
Heat, air pollution, disease: How climate change affects health
AFP, Paris
Publish: Saturday, 09 November, 2024 09:44
Record-breaking heat, extreme weather events, air pollution and the spread of infectious disease: climate change poses an already vast yet rising threat to the health of humans around the world, experts warn.
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Foreword The climate crisis is a health crisis. Extreme weather events, record- breaking temperatures, storms and floods are causing disruption to health systems, water and sanitation infrastructure and supply chains, fuelling outbreaks of infectious diseases and contributing to higher rates of noncommunicable diseases.
