CLIMATE SCIENCE - INDO DAILY

Climate activists escape jail over London Heathrow drone protest

Apr 05, 2024 (AFP)

Roger Hallam and other protesters wanted to shut down the busy aviation hub to publicise their opposition to the construction of a third runway, their trial at ...

Zambia says cuts to curb food insecurity amid drought

Mar 26, 2024 (AFP)

Last month the southern Africa nation declared the drought, exacerbated by climate change and the El Nino weather phenomenon, a national disaster. The crisis ha...

Alpine Ecosystems Face Major Biodiversity Shifts Due to Climate Change

Mar 22, 2024 (SPX)

Mountainous regions globally are experiencing accelerated warming rates, leading to drastic decreases in snow cover and the elevation migration of vegetation, w...

Worrying biodiversity loss in Finnish coastal waters: report

Mar 22, 2024 (AFP)

With its brackish, shallow waters and coastline covering over 46,000 kilometres (28,600 miles), Finland's Baltic Sea waters are home to organisms adapted to con...

Climate urgency takes back seat in Senegal election

Mar 21, 2024 (AFP)

Encroaching water levels caused by climate change drive fears that Kailo and surrounding islands in southern Senegal could disappear in a matter of years. Yet t...

'Weather forecasts' by kids warning about climate to hit TVs globally

Mar 21, 2024 (AFP)

From CNN to France 2, and in languages ranging from Spanish to Arabic to Hindi, the children are part of an effort conceived by the UN Development Program (UNDP...

Shell shakes up climate targets, sparking backlash

Mar 14, 2024 (AFP)

The London-listed group, which is investing heavily in renewables, revealed the news in an energy transition update published alongside its annual report. Shell...

New climate pledges will determine safety of world's people: UN

Mar 14, 2024 (AFP)

Simon Stiell, who leads the United Nations climate change organisation, said the new round of commitments, as well as upgrades to existing pledges for this deca...

EU must adapt to warming continent: officials

Mar 12, 2024 (AFP)

"Europe is the fastest warming continent since the 1980s -- the warming here was about twice the global rate," commission vice president Maros Sefcovic said. He...

Europe must do more against 'catastrophic' climate risks: EU

Mar 11, 2024 (AFP)

Areas in southern Europe are most at risk, the European Environment Agency (EEA) said in its first report on the risks the continent faces from climate change, ...

Warmest US winter on record

Mar 08, 2024 (AFP)

The average temperature in the so-called lower 48 US states from December 2023 to February 2024 was 37.6 degrees Fahrenheit (3.1 Celsius), the National Oceanic ...

Morocco winter breaks heat records: meteorologists

Mar 06, 2024 (AFP)

The North African kingdom, where temperatures recently approached 37 degrees Celsius (99 Fahrenheit), is facing a sixth consecutive year of drought. The lack of...

US-listed companies required to disclose climate emissions

Mar 06, 2024 (AFP)

The rule, which is expected to be challenged legally, aims to respond to investor demands to standardize reporting of climate-related risks and the corporate re...

Climate activists in Italy sentenced to jail for painting Senate

Mar 05, 2024 (AFP)

The three activists from the "Last Generation" group, all in their 20s, had been charged with criminal damage and risked up to five years behind bars. The group...

Years removed from war, Iraqis seek new desert escapades

Mar 03, 2024 (AFP)

Sheltering amidst the golden dunes, Ghadanfar Abdallah and his friends gather around a flickering campfire in the Samawah desert south of the capital, humming t...

Oranges wither, cows go hungry in drought-hit Sicily

Feb 29, 2024 (AFP)

Regional authorities in the southern Italian island declared a state of emergency earlier this month, after the winter rains hoped for following last year's pun...

Zambia declares national disaster over El Nino drought

Feb 29, 2024 (AFP)

The southern African country has gone without rain for five weeks at a time when farmers need it the most, Hichilema said. This compounded the effects of anothe...

China may miss all key climate targets for 2025: report

Feb 22, 2024 (AFP)

China has pledged to bring its emissions of carbon dioxide to a peak by 2030 and to net zero by 2060. Under the Paris climate agreement, Beijing has also commit...

Winter drought grips southern Europe, northern Africa

Feb 21, 2024 (AFP)

Just over 45 percent of southern Europe suffered from soil drought, with 2.8 percent reaching the highest "alert" level, over the first 10 days of February, acc...

Lack of rain leaves Italy gasping

Feb 20, 2024 (AFP)

Gas-guzzling cars were banned from roads on Tuesday in Milan and eight other cities across Lombardy after the northern Italian industrial region registered high...