Drought, Famine & Wildfires
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Biodiversity & HabitatCanadaClimate Impacts & AdaptationDrought, Famine & WildfiresForests & DeforestationHealth & SafetySevere Storms & FloodingSub-National Governments
B.C. Dramatically Overestimates Old Growth Forest, Faces Climate Impacts Without Better Protection
British Columbia is dramatically overestimating the size of productive old growth forests that have all but vanished across the province, according to an independent ... -
Arctic & AntarcticaBiodiversity & HabitatDrive to 1.5Drought, Famine & WildfiresEuropeHeat & Temperature
Extreme Arctic Temperatures, Siberian Wildfires Driving Up CO2 Emissions
Last week’s 30°C temperatures in the Arctic Circle have observers fearing a repeat of 2019’s devastating summer of apocalyptic wildfires. -
Drought, Famine & WildfiresElectricity GridHealth & SafetyLegal & RegulatorySub-National GovernmentsUnited States
PG&E Pleads Guilty to 84 Deaths in 2018 Camp Fire
Mammoth California utility PG&E pleaded guilty yesterday to 84 charges of involuntary manslaughter, and was expected to acknowledge each victim by name, after sparks ... -
Locust-Driven Famine Threatens Millions as COVID-19 Rages
Experts are urging policy-makers in Africa and Asia to fight the escalating locust plague at the same time as they combat the COVID-19 pandemic, ... -
‘Patchwork’ Wildfire Safety Protocols Increase COVID-19 Outbreak Risk
In the face of another hot, dry season, western U.S. wildfire fighters are worried that unwieldy pandemic protocols for fire camps—paired with the hard ... -
AfricaAsiaBiodiversity & HabitatBrazilCarbon Levels & MeasurementDrought, Famine & WildfiresForests & DeforestationInternational Agencies & StudiesSouth & Central America
New Study Shows Forests Growing Shorter, Dying Younger, Storing Less Carbon
The world’s forests are growing shorter, dying younger, and storing drastically less carbon due to the combined effects of climate change and illegal logging, ... -
CanadaDrive to 1.5Drought, Famine & WildfiresFood SecurityInternationalInternational Agencies & StudiesWater
New Study Reveals Shrinking Snow Mass Across North America
Across all the non-alpine regions of North America, more than 46 billion tonnes of snow has “gone missing” this decade—and the same has happened ... -
Biodiversity & HabitatCitiesClimate Impacts & AdaptationDrought, Famine & WildfiresHealth & SafetyIce Loss & Sea Level RiseLegal & RegulatoryOil & GasUnited States
Courts Rule Against Fossils in California Climate Disclosure Case, Reject Montana Oil and Gas Leases Over Sage Grouse Protection
Five of the world’s most colossal fossils will have to face a pair of lawsuits from California cities and counties in state court, rather ... -
Arctic & AntarcticaBiodiversity & HabitatCanadaCarbon Levels & MeasurementClimate Policy/Meetings/NegotiationsDrought, Famine & WildfiresEnergy/Carbon Pricing & EconomicsFirst PeoplesHydropowerSoil & Natural SequestrationUnited States
Canada’s ‘Rich Carbon Sink’ Peatlands Need Urgent Protection, Story Map Shows
Northern peatlands—the richest carbon sinks on the planet and epicentres of biodiversity—are in urgent need of protection from human development, the Wildlife Conservation Society ... -
Drought, Famine & WildfiresHealth & SafetyInternational Agencies & StudiesJobs & TrainingUnited States
Wildfire Crews Must Change Tactics, Rethink Camp Hygiene to Prevent COVID-19 Spread
With wildfire smoke putting firefighters at greater risk of dangerous complications from coronavirus infection, experts are urging multiple changes in firefighting procedures, including improved ... -
Biodiversity & HabitatBrazilDrought, Famine & WildfiresFirst PeoplesForests & DeforestationHealth & SafetyUnited States
Brazilian Deforestation Plants the Seeds for Future Pandemics
As Brazil’s current leader continues to champion the deforestation of the Amazon, experts are warning that such destruction is planting the seeds for the ... -
CanadaCarbon-Free TransitionCitiesClimate Impacts & AdaptationDrought, Famine & WildfiresHealth & SafetyJobs & TrainingSevere Storms & FloodingSub-National Governments
In Conversation: Pandemic Experience Puts Spotlight on Local Resilience, Self-Sufficiency, Logtenberg Says
Rik Logtenberg is a city councillor in Nelson, British Columbia, founder of Climate Caucus, a national network of mayors and councillors, and the developer ... -
Ukraine Wildfire Burns to Within Three Kilometres of Chernobyl Nuclear Disaster Site
A wildfire in Ukraine has burned to within three kilometres of the containment structure that covers the remains of the Chernobyl nuclear reactor, site ... -
CanadaDrive to 1.5Drought, Famine & WildfiresHealth & SafetySevere Storms & FloodingSouth & Central AmericaUnited States
COVID-19 May Deliver ‘One-Two Punch’ to Flood, Wildfire Response
The potential for a one-two punch—natural disaster plus COVID-19—has emergency preparedness teams across Canada working feverishly to be ready for complex battles that could ... -
Saxifrage: Canada Uses ‘Creative Accounting’ to Push Forest Emissions Off the Books
Canada is scrambling to push its managed forests off the climate accounting books as the climate crisis itself transforms the country’s vast resource from ...
