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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) …

Global temperatures in 2020 among highest on record

Global temperatures in 2020 among highest on record

Global temperatures in 2020 were among the highest on record and rivaled 2016 as the hottest year ever, according to international data compiled by the World Meteorological Organization. The heat came even as a global economic slowdown …

Iran is running out of water

Iran is running out of water

What’s happening with Lake Urmia is just one example of water-environmental problems emerging right across Iran

2019 sets record for Europe's hottest year

2019 sets record for Europe's hottest year

Last year, 2019, was the hottest year in history across Europe, the European Union's satellite monitoring service announced. The EU's Copernicus Climate Change Service (CS3) said in a new report that 11 out of 12 of the …

When climate activism and nationalism collide

When climate activism and nationalism collide

Given the importance of the fight against global warming, the conflict between nationalist narratives and green internationalism could become the dominant political divide of the 2020s

"Something is happening with the globe's climate"

"Something is happening with the globe's climate"

A climate summit organized by UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres is opening in New York. Participants of the meeting should propose their plans to reduce carbon emissions. The World Meteorological Organization claims that the amount of …

Russia's Medvedev ratifies Paris Climate Accord

Russia's Medvedev ratifies Paris Climate Accord

Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev has signed a Cabinet resolution on ratifying the Paris climate agreement. "Let's start with an important document - I signed a government resolution, it concerns the …

China leads global climate change efforts to reduce emissions

China leads global climate change efforts to reduce emissions

China, with the aim to fulfill its commitment to the handling of global climate change, will gradually reduce and remove the subsidies to the development of new energy products by 2020 to enhance their competiveness in the market. "In …