Taxes on the profits of oil and gas, maritime and aviation industries, additional levies on leisure travel, and the cancellation of subsidies for any fossil fuel could offer the world enough financial resources to help vulnerable countries deal with climate impacts and developing economies transition to greener energy, an independent high-level expert group said in … Read more
President-Designate Dr. Sultan Al Jaber (Photo by Bryan Bedder/Getty Images for Bloomberg Philanthropies) Getty Images for Bloomberg Philanthropies COP28, the 2023 United Nations Climate Change Conference, takes place in Dubai November 28 – December 10. While the public schedule focuses an array of climate related topics and initiatives, the private meetings of global leaders will … Read more
The summer of 2023 has been a season of weather extremes. In June, uncontrolled wildfires ripped through parts of Canada, sending smoke into the U.S. and setting off air quality alerts in dozens of downwind states. In July, the world set the hottest global temperature on record, which it held for three days in a … Read more