Even the Arctic, previously all but immune, faces rising wildfire risk, experts say ahead of the UN Environment Assembly in Nairobi Wildfires and climate change are “mutually exacerbating” Governments are called to radically shift their investments in wildfires to focus on prevention and preparedness Nairobi, 23 February, 2022 – Climate change and land-use change are projected to […]
Month: February 2022
WORLD WARMER IN THE 80’s & 90’s
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) breached its own rules on scientific integrity when it published the sensational but flawed report, aimed at making the maximum possible impact on world leaders including Barack Obama and David Cameron at the UN conference in Paris in 2015. It claimed that the ‘pause’ or ‘slowdown’ in global […]
WORLD’S FORESTS UNDER THREAT
Since 2009, the EU’s Renewable Energy Directive (RED) has allowed Member States to subsidise energy from burning biomass. The aim was to cut emissions, but it didn’t take into account the many disadvantages of bioenergy: Member States have transformed coal power stations to burn woody biomass, cut their own forests for fuel, and even imported trees […]