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New leader of the IPCC

The IPCC has a new Chair: Jim Skea of the United Kingdom is the newly elected Chair of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC). With nearly forty years of climate science experience and expertise, Jim Skea will lead the IPCC through its seventh assessment cycle ( every 5 to 7 years ) IPCC is…. The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change is an intergovernmental body of the United Nations. Its job is to advance scientific knowledge about climate change caused...

Climate change reaches top of the world. Yes – Everest!

From MOUNTAIN RESEARCH INITIATIVE / university of Maine Human-Induced Climate Change Impacts the Highest Reaches of the Planet—Mount Everest Melting and sublimation on Mount Everest’s highest glacier due to human-induced climate change have reached the point that several decades of accumulation are being lost annually now that ice has been exposed, according to a University of Maine-led international research team that analyzed data from the world’s highest ice core and highest automatic weather stations. The extreme sensitivity of the high-altitude...

Mountain snow and ice disappearing – FAST!

From Mountain Research Initiative Decline in Mountain Snow and Ice May Be Faster Than Anticipated  “Enhanced mountain warming coupled with reduced elevation dependency of precipitation may deplete stores of mountain snow and ice more rapidly than previously thought, new research conducted by the MRI’s Elevation-Dependent Climate Change Working Group has found. Mountains hold most of the world’s snow and ice outside of polar regions and play an essential role in supplying water to meet the needs of both fragile ecosystems...

Cop26 : YOUNG PEOPLE DEMAND ACTION

    COP President Alok Sharma urges ministers to consider youth priorities in COP negotiations and national climate action Young climate leaders join ministers and senior figures in Glasgow 23 countries make national climate education pledges including net-zero schools and putting climate at the heart of national curriculums Views of over 40,000 young climate leaders presented to ministers, negotiators and officials Young climate leaders came together in Glasgow today with negotiators, officials and ministers from across the world, making their...

COP26 – how does climate change impact upon invertebrates?

COP26 – how does climate change impact upon invertebrates?   As the world’s leaders focus their minds on tackling climate change at COP26 this month, Buglife  Conservation Director, Craig Macadam looks at how invertebrates are already feeling the effects of a changing climate. This expands on the climate change focus in Buglife’s NoInsectinction Campaign Climate change is widely recognised as being one of the major long term threats to biodiversity. Most recent predictions are that our climate will become warmer, patterns...

COP26 climate change summit – day 2

What Happened on Day 2 of the COP26 Climate Change Summit President Biden headed home from Glasgow with agreements to cut methane emissions and deforestation, but he rebuked the leaders of China and Russia for not attending.   key points: Biden hails two big agreements at COP26 and scolds Russia and China. As Biden leaves Glasgow with progress on climate change, the most important goals remain elusive. The U.S. says $100 billion a year in climate aid for developing nations...