climate change

Scientists explain what made deadly Dubai downpours heavier

Scientists explain what made deadly Dubai downpours heavier

Circumstantial evidence points to climate change as worsening the deadly deluge that just flooded Dubai and other parts of the Persian Gulf, but scientists didn't discover the definitive fingerprints of greenhouse gas-triggered warming they …

Baku hosts first COP29 event

Baku hosts first COP29 event

Baku held the first press conference today regarding the COP29 Conference to be held in Azerbaijan. Minister of Ecology and Natural Resources of Azerbaijan and COP29 President Mukhtar Babayev revealed that consultations and …

Earth Hour to be observed worldwide on 23 March

Earth Hour to be observed worldwide on 23 March

Earth Hour, the world’s largest grassroots environmental campaign, will once again bring together millions of people around the world to shine an unmissable spotlight on the nature loss and …

Ilham Aliyev: Azerbaijan transforms oil into development

Ilham Aliyev: Azerbaijan transforms oil into development

Azerbaijan managed to avoid the oil curse and transformed oil into development, President of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev told the Euronews TV channel. He emphasized that the republic’s authorities reduced poverty and improved the …

WMO: colder February does not negate climate change

WMO: colder February does not negate climate change

Although February 2021 has been colder than the average of the same months in the last two decades, "none of that negated climate change or reversed the long-term rise in temperatures," the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) …

Сlimate change is a global emergency, UN poll finds

Сlimate change is a global emergency, UN poll finds

Nearly two-thirds of respondents believe that climate change is a "global emergency," according to a survey of 1.2 million people in dozens of countries around the globe - and many want urgent action to tackle the problem. …

The Caucasus without a Cap

The Caucasus without a Cap

Global warming has caused the total area of more than 600 Greater Caucasus glaciers to drop by approximately 16%, according to an international research team that includes Stanislav Kutuzov, geographer from HSE University. …

Banks have some way to go in disclosing climate risk: Lagarde

Banks have some way to go in disclosing climate risk: Lagarde

Climate change poses a risk to the financial sector and central banks need to pay closer attention as banks have some way to go in assessing and disclosing their exposure, European Central Bank President Christine Lagarde said on Thursday, CNA …