Climate Change

"Banks With ‘Net-Zero’ Pledges Are Top Funders of Fossil Fuels"

"Fossil fuel projects require money — and that money is coming from the world’s top private banks, including many with net-zero climate pledges. That’s according to a new report from the Rainforest Action Network, which looked at the major financial institutions funding oil and gas infrastructure since the 2015 Paris Agreement."

Source: Grist, 04/19/2023

Historic Asia Heat Breaks Records, With Extremes In Thailand And China

"Numerous heat records have been broken across Southeast Asia, China and other parts of the continent in recent days as the region remains in the grip of a dangerously scorching heat wave, with Thailand in particular experiencing unusually extreme conditions."

Source: Washington Post, 04/19/2023

"Greenland's Melting Ice Could Be Changing Our Oceans. Just Ask The Whales"

"When North Atlantic right whales went missing from waters in the Gulf of Maine, it was a red flag. With only about 340 animals left, the species is at risk of extinction. ... Now, scientists are linking that to deeper shifts in the ocean, brought on by climate change."

Source: NPR, 04/18/2023

"Slow Start On World Bank Reform Angers Climate-Hit Countries"

"The World Bank meetings were supposed to be a first step in a new era of affordable loans for developing nations hard hit by climate change like Prime Minister Mia Mottley’s Barbados, one of many Caribbean islands battered by worsening hurricanes."

Source: AP, 04/18/2023

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