Heatwaves during pregnancy could be making babies smaller

[ad_1] Exposure to extreme temperatures could be impacting babies’ birth weights, a new study has found. ADVERTISEMENT Climate change could be impacting babies’ birth weights, a new study reveals. Exposure…

Peter Bakker: The perfect is the enemy of the good

[ad_1] The president of the World Council for Sustainable Business Development explains that although our information on climate change is imperfect, we possess enough data to act. Companies may play…

Largest ever great ape went extinct due to climate change, study finds

[ad_1] The great apes stood 3 metres tall and weighed up to 295 kg. ADVERTISEMENT An ancient species of great ape was likely driven to extinction hundreds of thousands of…

COP28 Deal Shows Annual Festival Is a Serious Business

[ad_1] The day I started my role as a climate columnist was the day that Sultan Al Jaber was announced as the president-designate of COP28. I couldn’t have asked for…

Winters warmer than -8C could lead to water shortages in Europe and US

[ad_1] Europe’s snowpack is disappearing as winters warm. What is it and why is it important? ADVERTISEMENT River basins around the world that were once regularly snowbound are increasingly seeing…

Davos 2024: What the theme “rebuilding trust” is all about

[ad_1] As we face an increasingly fractured and polarised world, this year’s World Economic Forum summit will look at ways of rebuilding and strengthening trust amongst global stakeholders. ADVERTISEMENT The…

European asset managers greener than Americans, study finds

[ad_1] The green-finance gulf between EU investors and US rivals such as BlackRock is widening, a campaign group says ADVERTISEMENT European asset managers are following a greener path as their…

Balancing Economic and Climate Ambitions in Indonesia

[ad_1] In the heart of Southeast Asia, Indonesia is gearing up to become the world’s fourth-largest economy[1] by 2045. The nation’s growth story is fueled by a burgeoning population, rising…

French tourism businesses are wary of customers drying up as droughts worsen

[ad_1] SAINTE-CROIX du VERDON, France (AP) — At the pristine southern French lake of Sainte-Croix-du-Verdon, tourists in pedal boats and on white water rafts — and the businesses that welcome…

EU urged to adopt absolute, not ‘net’, target for emissions cuts

[ad_1] Scientists, civil society groups and businesses have warned EU climate commissioner Wopke Hoekstra that combining greenhouse gas emissions cuts and removals using nature-based and industrial processes in a single…