| By Linyi Zheng | On November 8th the WMO announced that the El Niño weather pattern is expected to have a 90% chance to persist throughout the Northern Hemisphere winter until April 2024, contributing to the possible hottest year on record.
Climate Energy Environment Global Warming Sustainability UN
November 3, 2023
COP28 Urges Tripling of Renewable Energy By 2030
| By Linyi Zheng | The COP28 UN group will meet in Dubai November 30th to December 12th to discuss tripling renewable energy usage.
Climate Environment G20 Sustainability
September 14, 2023
G20 Leaders Agree on Climate Action Goals
| By Emma Kuruppacherry | For the first time, G20 countries agreed on how much action is needed to reach their clean energy goals and to triple renewable energy efforts by 2030.
Climate Environment Global Warming
August 16, 2023
July Temperatures Break Heat Records
| By Emma Kuruppacherry | This July was the hottest month in documented history. With a global temperature high of 17.08°C (62.74°F), July broke records from all previous hottest months.
Africa Climate Environment
May 11, 2023
Global Warming Exacerbates Africa Drought
| by Emma Kuruppacherry |
This year East Africa saw its worst drought in 40 years. After over 2 years of insufficient rainfall, famine and water shortages cost many their livelihoods and forced them to leave their homes.
The World Food Program stated that by the end of 2022, around 23 million people in Kenya, Somalia, and Ethiopia were “severely food insecure” which means they had run out of food entirely and went at least a day without eating. However, a new study from a group of extreme-weather scientists revealed that this drought wasn’t a chance accident but a result of intensifying climate change.
Climate Environment ESG Sustainability
April 21, 2023
Shortfalls of Environment, Social, and Governance Portfolios
| By Alexander Haidar | Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) focused policies are intended to promote sustainable and socially responsible practices among businesses and organizations. These policies aim to achieve certain goals, such as reducing carbon emissions, promoting social equality, or increasing government transparency and accountability. While the rise of Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) ...