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A recent study conducted by researchers at the School of International Development at the University of East Anglia challenges the common assumption that most migration is due to international factors such as climate change. The research reveals that the majority of people move short distances within their own country in response to economic, social and … Read more
Natural disasters are, unfortunately, more and more frequent in our time. Many of the cities most at risk are in coastal areas, making them more vulnerable to floods, tsunamis and earthquakes. These types of catastrophes are devastating both for human life and for infrastructure development and the economy. The following cities around the world have … Read more
The UN Secretary-General, António Guterres, addressed the UN Security Council this week noting that the continued rise in sea level will generate “a mass exodus of entire populations on a biblical scale”, for which he insisted that it is necessary to reduce carbon emissions and address factors such as poverty, which have an impact on … Read more
The UK Weather Service projects the global temperature by 2023 to be between 1.08°C and 1.32°C above the pre-industrial average. It would be the tenth consecutive year in which temperatures reached at least 1 °C from the baseline, which would leave the planet “very close to the goal of the maximum of 1.5 °C set by … Read more
Until now, projections of climate impact on river flows were typically calculated using physical models, such as those reported by the IPCC (Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change). A study published in the journal Nature Water analyzed data from more than 9,500 river basins around the world, finding that climate change could lead to much more serious local water crises than … Read more
It is known that “ExxonMobil knew” half a century ago about the threats of global warming (there are even various initiatives to denounce and investigate it). Still, now researchers from Harvard University (USA) and the Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research (Germany) put numbers to that statement. ExxonMobil knew about global warming In the first systematic evaluation … Read more
One of the smallest countries located somewhere between Hawaii and Australia is the island nation of Tuvalu. It is also one of the most vulnerable to climate change given the threat of ever-rising sea levels. So much so, that it is uploading itself on the metaverse just to ensure their existence! That is the level … Read more
A report by the Christian Aid organization has identified the most destructive weather disasters of 2022, including Cyclone Eunice or Hurricane Ian, which have caused costly financial damage. The paper, titled Counting the cost 2022: a year of climate crisis, notes that some of the disasters cost $3 billion each, but most of these estimates are based on insured losses, … Read more
Extreme weather events, such as the floods in Pakistan, which displaced more than 30 million people in that country and killed more than 1,300, or the prolonged drought in the Horn of Africa, among others, marked this year and They reminded us, once again, that the effects of climate change are already being felt in … Read more
A recent report by the UN Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change warns that if the increase in global warming is not halted, by 2050 there will be 1.2 billion climate refugees. Global warming is causing devastating effects at the environmental level and many of its effects are already irreparable. One of the great current problems is … Read more
