Australia is preparing to burn – more fossil fuels | Climate Crisis News

Australia is preparing to burn – more fossil fuels | Climate Crisis News

Australians are used to seeing messages with advice on preparing for bushfires and other extreme weather at this time of year. “Amid the Christmas promotions, [we’re] seeing increased warnings about extreme heat and fires and how to cope and stay safe,” Belinda Noble, the founder of climate advocacy organisation Comms…

COP28 climate talks go into overtime amid standoff over fossil fuels | Climate Crisis News

COP28 climate talks go into overtime amid standoff over fossil fuels | Climate Crisis News

A flurry of shuttle diplomacy is under way at the UN-led negotiations in the UAE as countries fight over the wording of a potential deal. The COP28 climate talks have gone into overtime as countries grapple over the wording of a potential agreement on the issue of fossil fuels. There…

Communities on US LNG front line ask Biden to reject export terminal | Business and Economy

Communities on US LNG front line ask Biden to reject export terminal | Business and Economy

Travis Dardar, a fisherman and member of the Isle de Jean Charles Tribal Community off the coast of Louisiana, has twice been displaced by fossil fuels. Rising sea levels forced him and his tribal nation to move in 2016 from the island where they had settled in the 1830s to…

COP28 draft deal slammed for dropping call to phase out fossil fuels | Climate Crisis News

COP28 draft deal slammed for dropping call to phase out fossil fuels | Climate Crisis News

Oil-rich countries have pushed back against proposed language that underscores need to move away from fossil fuels. A draft deal at the COP28 climate talks in Dubai stops short of calling on nations to gradually phase out fossil fuels, whose use is the primary driver of climate change and increasingly…

COP28 pledges so far not enough to limit warming to 1.5C, warns IEA | Climate Crisis News

COP28 pledges so far not enough to limit warming to 1.5C, warns IEA | Climate Crisis News

The International Energy Agency warns against lack of progress in limiting the global warming as climate talks headed into the final phase. A raft of new pledges announced at the COP28 climate summit will not be enough on their own to limit global warming to 1.5 degrees Celsius (2.7 degrees…

Can traditional architecture help build a ‘more resilient future’? | Climate Crisis News

Can traditional architecture help build a ‘more resilient future’? | Climate Crisis News

Suva, Fiji – From the Arctic to the Pacific, Indigenous communities have used unique design and building techniques for millennia to help them survive in some of the most challenging environments on Earth. Now, as the UN World Meteorological Organization confirms that 2023 is ‘almost certain’ to be the hottest…

‘We are resilient’: Mauritius slowly consolidates ecotourism gains | Environment

‘We are resilient’: Mauritius slowly consolidates ecotourism gains | Environment

Île d’Ambre, Mauritius – It is said to be the place where the last dodo was sighted. Yet, today, Île d’Ambre, an islet off the northeastern coast of Mauritius fringed by bright green mangroves, stands as a symbol, not of extinction, but of survival. As guide Patrick Haberland explains, vast…

Death toll rises as Tanzania reels from flooding, landslides | Floods News

Death toll rises as Tanzania reels from flooding, landslides | Floods News

Prime Minister Kassim Majaliwa says at least 63 people have been killed in flooding unleashed by heavy rainfall over the weekend. The death toll from floods in northern Tanzania following torrential rains this weekend has risen to 63, officials have said. Prime Minister Kassim Majaliwa said in comments broadcast on…

Cyclone Michaung nears southern Indian states, water enters Chennai airport | Weather News

Cyclone Michaung nears southern Indian states, water enters Chennai airport | Weather News

At least four people have died, factories have closed and the runway of one of India’s busiest airports lies submerged due to torrential rain, as two southern Indian states brace for the impact of a severe cyclone. Cyclone Michaung was expected to make landfall on the coast of the southern…