Climate Change

Venice is to ban loudspeakers and tourist groups of more than 25 people, in a bid to ease the impact of mass tourism on the Italian city. The new rules will come into effect from June, the city said in a statement. The use of loudspeakers…
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Anton Bodner was relieved when it snowed heavily in Kitzbühel, Austria, just in time for the start of the ski season. "This has taken a lot of pressure off," said the CEO of Bergbahn AG Kitzbühel, which operates 57 lifts around the small…
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The past year hasn't generally been a cheerful one for those hoping the world will get a grip on climate change. We're now around the middle of the 2020s, a decade when carbon dioxide emissions need to decline by about half if we're to…
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The India Meteorological Department (IMD) is testing artificial intelligence (AI) to build climate models to improve weather forecasting as torrential rains, floods and droughts proliferate across the vast country, a top weather official…
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If Republican frontrunner Donald Trump wins the 2024 US election it could harm the global effort to fight climate change, Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said in an interview aired on Friday. Trump, who denies the science of climate…
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Scientists investigating how Antarctica's ice sheets retreated in the deep past have turned to an innovative approach: studying the genes of octopuses that live in its chilly waters. A new analysis published Thursday in Science finds that…
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Naysayers have once again got their predictions wrong on Gulf countries playing host to international events. Like neighbouring Qatar did during the FIFA World Cup in 2022, the UAE hosted with elan the UN’s Climate Change Conference summit…
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Scientists in the United Kingdom have published new research that claims that humans are exhaling global warming-causing gases when they breathe. The study has been published in the journal PLOS One. Experts explained that methane and…
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Nearly 200 countries agreed Wednesday to move away from planet-warming fossil fuels — the first time they’ve made. That crucial pledge in decades of U.N. climate talks though many warned the deal still had significant shortcomings. The…
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Representatives from nearly 200 countries agreed at the COP28 climate summit on Wednesday to begin reducing global consumption of fossil fuels to avert. The worst impacts of climate change, a first of its kind deal signaling the eventual…
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