CLIMATE

World at risk of hitting temperature limit in next five years

Published on: May 28, 2021
07:23

Geneva, May 28 (Prensa Latina) The World Meteorological Organization (WMO) on Thursday warned about the possibility that the odds of the world experiencing global annual temperatures that are 1.5C above pre-industrial levels in one of the next five years are increasing with time.

FAO advocates for differentiated treatment for climate change

Published on: May 28, 2021
07:19

Rome, May 28 (Prensa Latina) Participants in a high-level virtual Seminar organized by FAO on Thursday advocated for a differentiated treatment of indigenous, Afro-descendant and migrant populations regarding climate change.

FAO to review on climate change and plant health

Published on: May 28, 2021
00:30

Rome, May 28 (Prensa Latina) The International Year of Plant Health (IYPH) will close sessions with the presentation of a scientific review about the impacts of climate change on plant pests, the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) reported in Rome.

Effects of extreme climate increase population displacement

Published on: May 28, 2021
00:15

London, May 28 (Prensa Latina) The number of people who had to move within their own countries due to the effects of extreme climate conditions increased in 2020, AlertaGeo.com reported.

Women’s Summit in Bolivia focusses on climate change, survival

Published on: May 27, 2021
09:39

La Paz, (Prensa Latina) The first Summit of Indigenous Women of Abya Yala (Latin America), organized in Bolivia, debates as of this Thursday issues on climate change and guarantees for survival and nutrition of humanity.

European leaders meet in person to debate global agenda

Published on: May 24, 2021
11:33

Brussels, May 24 (Prensa Latina) European Union leaders are meeting in Brussels on Monday to analyze migration issues, the fight against the Covid-19 pandemic and climate change, at the first face-to-face summit of the community bloc this year.

Glaciers in central Chile endangered by climate change

Published on: May 22, 2021
00:15

Santiago, Chile, May 22 (Prensa Latina) The glaciers in central Chile are increasingly losing mass due to the darkening of the ice and its effect on the absorption of solar radiation, a study revealed recently.

Joint force role for Sahel highlighted at UN

Published on: May 19, 2021
09:20

United Nations, May 19 (Prensa Latina) UN Under-Secretary-General for Peace Operations, Jean-Pierre Lacroix, highlighted the role of the Joint Force of the Group of Five for the Sahel (G5 Sahel) in the fight against violent extremism.

Panama’s hotels to implement use of solar thermal energy

Published on: May 15, 2021
00:15

Panama, May 15 (Prensa Latina) Panama will install one million square meters of solar thermal technology in its hotels by 2050, in order to reduce Carbon Dioxide (C02) emissions into the atmosphere, it was revealed on Friday.

UNESCO cautions about oceans losing their ability to absorb carbon

Published on: April 29, 2021
00:30

Paris, Apr 29 (Prensa Latina) The Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) on Tuesday called on member States to promote the study on the role of the oceans in CO2 uptake, which it described as pivotal in confronting climate change.

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