Fundația9, an NGO in Bucharest recently launched ‘One Minute Older’, a campaign to raise awareness of the impact plastic has on our lives, through art. One minute older is the winner of a grant from the ‘Climate of Change’ program, a European program run by a consortium that brings together 23 countries and 26 partner organizations and financed by the European Commission's Development Education and Awareness Program (DEAR).
Throughout history, Egyptian monarchs, citizens, and tourists have been drawn to Alexandria's beautiful Qaitbay Citadel, but rising sea levels threaten to flood it and cause it to vanish by the year 2100.
Following a comment made by British Prime Minister Boris Johnson while attending the COP26 in Glasgow, Scotland, a feeling of unease pervaded Egypt. He said, “When the temperature rises only 4 degrees, we will say goodbye to entire cities, which are Miami, Alexandria, and Shanghai, they will all sink underwater.”
In a world projected to be devastated due to climate change if we do not do enough about it, cycling has found renewed importance. Studies have shown that switching from car in cities to cycling even just one day a week can reduce your carbon footprint by about half a ton of CO₂ over a year.
The 8th Session of the Meeting of the Parties (MOP8) to the Agreement on the Conservation of African-Eurasian Migratory Waterbirds (AEWA) was held between 26-30 September 2022 in Budapest, Hungary under the theme “Strengthening Flyway Conservation in a Changing World”.
As per the data released by the officials, the death toll in Florida, USA from Cyclone Ian has risen to 47. Heavy destruction is being seen everywhere due to Hurricane Ian in Florida. Hurricane Ian also remains at risk for parts of eastern North Carolina and southeast Virginia. People's homes have been completely destroyed due to the huge devastation caused by Hurricane Ian. On Pine Island, the largest barrier island on Florida's Gulf Coast, houses have all been torn apart and boats are seen on the streets.
In an attempt to lower carbon emissions in the aviation industry, an all-electric aircraft successfully completes its first flight. Eviation aircraft manufactured the world’s first electric aeroplane, Alice which has zero carbon emissions and a lot less noise than regular aircraft.
In a unique attempt to spread climate change awareness among students, Kerala has decided to set up weather stations in schools. And by doing so, the state will become the first state in the country to implement an innovative education program.
Indian Union Environment Minister, Bhupender Yadav, asserted that hastening the low-carbon transition in various economic sectors is urgently needed. The statement came during the Ministerial Roundtable for the Green Economy on Wednesday at the World Green Economy Summit in Dubai.
Scientists in Germany have removed the southern Schneferner from its status as a glacier in the Alps, accelerating its demise this summer after extreme heat.