EU Overshoot Day: 7% of world’s population uses nearly 20% of Earth’s biocapacity
If everybody in the world lived like EU residents, the world would have exhausted the Earth’s annual budget by May 10, which was the European Union’s Earth Overshoot Day 2019. Nature’s annual budget consists of food, fiber, timber, carbon absorption, and land to build infrastructure, the World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF) Central and Eastern […]
“Transformative change” urged to tackle nature decline as one million species face extinction
The Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (IPBES) has urged “transformative change” to tackle “unprecedented” rates of nature decline and species extinction, which are now likely to have grave impacts on people around the world. A landmark report by IPBES, which examines the relationship between economic development pathways and their impacts on nature, […]
Serbia’s first Fridays for Future climate protest held in Belgrade
Serbia’s first Fridays for Future climate change protest was held in Belgrade on April 5. The global Fridays for Future protests were inspired by the now 16-year-old Greta Thunberg, who in 2018 held what she called a school strike for climate for three weeks outside the Swedish parliament, demanding CO2 emission cuts in accordance with […]
Serbia’s first Fridays for Future climate protest scheduled for April 5
Serbia will this week join the Fridays for Future global climate protests, inspired by now 16-year-old Greta Thunberg from Sweden. The protest will begin at 4 pm this Friday, April 5, at Belgrade’s Pionirski Park, the organizers have announced. The Fridays for Future protest is planned to be attended by elementary and secondary schoolchildren from […]
Finland again picks climate change song for Eurovision
Finland has again chosen a song with a powerful message about climate change to represent it at Eurovision. The song “Look Away” was selected by Finnish voters and a panel of international judges to be performed by EDM star Darude and Sebastian Rejman at the upcoming 64th Eurovision Song Contest first semifinal, to be held […]
International Day of Forests: Deforestation is global, regional problem contributing to climate change
Forests filter out dust and other particles from air and have a positive impact on precipitation and the quality and availability of water. They prevent soil erosion and landslides, lower surface and air temperatures, and safeguard biodiversity. Today is International Day of Forests, which the United Nations General Assembly proclaimed in 2012 to raise awareness […]
Apply for Climate-KIC Pioneers into Practice and get paid placement in one of 18 European states
EIT Climate-KIC, a Knowledge and Innovation Community (KIC), has invited students, postgraduates, and professionals to apply for Pioneers into Practice, the leading professional mobility programme focused on climate change. The scope of the Pioneers into Practice is the biggest so far. The programme, in its ninth year running, involves 17 EU member states and Serbia […]
Scientists find way to turn CO2 back into coal at room temperature
A team of scientists at RMIT University in Melbourne, Australia have found a way to use liquid metals to turn CO2 back into coal at room temperature, a process claimed to be affordable and scalable. Most other carbon capture technologies are thought to be costly without subsidies, as they enable compressing gaseous CO2 into a […]