Climate Change

Are chocolate, coffee and bananas now endangered? Climate change threaten plants that produce household staples - meaning they could disappear from supermarket shelves in less than 30 years

Are chocolate, coffee and bananas now endangered? Climate change threaten plants that produce household staples – meaning they could disappear from supermarket shelves in less than 30 years

Chocolate, coffee and bananas could disappear from supermarket shelves in less than 30 years because of climate change . Hotter temperatures threaten the plants that produce chocolate, coffee and bananas and could lead to them becoming scarce, according to the Fairtrade Foundation. A new report, titled ‘Endangered Aisle’, has […] Click here to view original […]

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Europe has second-warmest winter on record as climate change worsens, say EU scientists

Europe has second-warmest winter on record as climate change worsens, say EU scientists

Europe is emerging from its second-warmest winter on record, European Union scientists said on Wednesday, as climate change continues to intensify . The average temperature in Europe from December to February was 1.4 degrees Celsius above the 1991-2020 average for the Boreal winter season, according to data published by […] Click here to view original

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Canada issues final guidelines for banks to manage climate-change risks

Canada issues final guidelines for banks to manage climate-change risks

March 7 (Reuters) – A Canadian banking regulator on Tuesday published final guidelines to support the country’s financial institutions in mitigating the risks of climate change as they prepare for mandatory disclosures starting in 2024. Last year, Canada had said banks and insurance companies would need to disclose more […] Click here to view original

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Yellen warns climate change could trigger asset value losses, harming US economy

Yellen warns climate change could trigger asset value losses, harming US economy

U.S. outgoing Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen holds a news conference after a two-day Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) meeting in Washington, U.S. December 13, 2017. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst WASHINGTON, March 6 (Reuters) – Climate change is already having a major economic and financial impact on the United States and […] Click here to view original

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Climate change could cost Latin America 16% of GDP this century, says Moody's

Climate change could cost Latin America 16% of GDP this century, says Moody’s

FILE PHOTO: Coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic in Sao Paulo MEXICO CITY (Reuters) – Climate change could cost Latin America nearly a fifth of its gross domestic product (GDP) by the end of the century without new policies to curb its impact, according to a Moody’s Analytics report published Monday. […] Click here to view original

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Climate change: Warming to increase UK flood damage bill by 20%

Climate change: Warming to increase UK flood damage bill by 20%

Flood damage costs the UK an estimated £700m annually Researchers have produced a detailed "future flood map" of Britain – simulating the impact of flooding as climate change takes its toll. It has revealed that annual damage caused by flooding could increase by more than a fifth over the […] Click here to view original

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