During Black History Month, Admiral Richard “Rachel” Levine, the Transgender Assistant Secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) appointed by Joe Biden, made a ridiculous claim linking climate change to racial disparities in health. In a video statement, Levine highlighted the impact of climate change on the physical and mental well-being of…
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Climate Change Is Taking a Major Toll on Agriculture. Here’s How to Support Farmers
Home Development & Aid Economy & Trade Environment Human Rights Global Governance South-South Civil Society Gender Friday, January 26, 2024 Asif Saleh , Executive Director, BRAC DHAKA, Bangladesh, Jan 19 2024 (IPS) – Half the world eats rice. In Bangladesh, everyone eats it. The small, densely-populated nation is the third-highest rice-producing country in the world….
Climate change the cause of mass deaths of African elephants: study | CTV News
The cause of mysterious mass deaths of African elephants has finally been unravelled — and scientists who authored a new report say that the outbreaks could be more likely to occur amid conditions created by the ongoing climate crisis. Thirty-five African elephants in northwestern Zimbabwe dropped dead under baffling circumstances between late August and November…
Brazil sinks aircraft carrier in Atlantic despite pollution risk | Environment News | Al Jazeera
Brazil has sunk a decommissioned aircraft carrier in the Atlantic Ocean despite concerns expressed by environmental groups that the ageing warship was packed with toxic materials. The “planned and controlled sinking occurred late in the afternoon” on Friday, some 350 km (220 miles) off the Brazilian coast in the Atlantic Ocean, in an area with…
Computer modelling predicts climate change causing cascading animal ‘co-extinctions’ – ABC News
Computer modelling has shown the variety of vertebrate animal species found in locations across the globe could be cut by 27 per cent by the end of the century. Key points: The simulation conducted on one of Europe’s most powerful supercomputers also found that one extinction caused a cascade of extinctions that have been coined “co-extinctions”….
Computer modelling predicts climate change causing cascading animal ‘co-extinctions’ – ABC News
Computer modelling has shown the variety of vertebrate animal species found in locations across the globe could be cut by 27 per cent by the end of the century. Key points: The simulation conducted on one of Europe’s most powerful supercomputers also found that one extinction caused a cascade of extinctions that have been coined “co-extinctions”….
Opinion | Muhammadu Buhari: How not to talk with Africa about climate change – The Washington Post
First, rich countries should direct a greater share of funding to developing nation’s adaptation to the effects of climate change. Most financing currently flows toward mitigation projects, such as renewable energy projects, that reduce emissions. While such projects have their uses, far more money needs to go to helping Africa adapt to the effects of…
Zimbabwe moves 2,500 wild animals due to climate change
HARARE, Zimbabwe — A helicopter herds thousands of impalas into an enclosure. A crane hoists sedated upside-down elephants into trailers. Hordes of rangers drive other animals into metal cages and a convoy of trucks starts a journey of about 700 kilometers (435 miles) to take the animals to their new home. Zimbabwe has begun moving…
Akufo-Addo appointed chairperson of Climate Change Vulnerable Forum
President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, on Wednesday, 25th May 2022, has been selected to chair the Climate Vulnerable Forum (CVF), an international partnership of countries highly vulnerable to a warming planet. President Akufo-Addo takes over as Chair, following the end of Bangladesh’s two-year term as Chair of the Forum, which serves as a South-South co-operation…
At least 306 killed in catastrophic flooding in Durban, South Africa’s President calls it a climate change disaster – ABC News
Flooding in South Africa’s Durban area has killed at least 306 people and is a “catastrophe of enormous proportions,” President Cyril Ramaphosa says. Key points: “This disaster is part of climate change. It is telling us that climate change is serious, it is here,” Mr Ramaphosa said as he visited flooded areas of Durban and the surrounding…
