Pope Leo XIV has warned that climate change is accelerating faster than political will, urging world leaders at COP30 to take “concrete actions” before the window to keep warming below 1.5C closes.
A new report estimates that Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has generated emissions equivalent to 236.8 million tonnes of CO2, prompting Ukraine to pursue what could become the world’s first climate-related reparations claim for wartime damage.
Gov. Josh Shapiro has withdrawn Pennsylvania from the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative, abandoning the state’s signature climate policy in a move that stunned environmental advocates.
Most of the people expected to suffer these temperature-related deaths live in poor countries in Africa and South Asia that are least prepared to cope with the increasing heat from climate change.
A Texas Southern University analysis shows that the vast majority of proposed and expanding petrochemical facilities in Texas are sited in counties with high demographic vulnerability, disproportionately affecting low-income residents and communities of color.
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