A critical section of the Amazon rainforest, a key climate regulator and a precious reserve of biodiversity, is at risk of crossing a “tipping point” by 2050 due to drought, fires, and deforestation. The study, published February 14 in Nature by an international group of 20 researchers, suggests that “between 10 and 47 percent” of Read more
Posts Tagged ‘Climate crisis’
Environmental activists face deadly threats, Colombia tops grim list
Monday, September 18th, 2023
In a shocking revelation, at least 177 environmental activists were killed across the world last year according to a report by the non-governmental organisation Global Witness. Disturbingly, a fifth of these homicides occurred within the vast expanse of the Amazon rainforest, making it a perilous battleground for defenders of nature. Colombia emerged as the deadliest Read more
Tiny Pacific islands wants an international court opinion on responsibility for the climate crisis
Monday, November 7th, 2022
Small island states are losing their patience with big polluting nations as they suffer the devastating impacts of climate change. Without significant movement at the forthcoming COP27 climate talks in Egypt, a pivotal vote at the next UN general assembly meeting, brought by the tiny Pacific islands of Vanuatu, could open the floodgates to international Read more
One in three Catholics want more from Gov’t on climate emergency
Monday, November 7th, 2022
As COP27 opens, one in three Catholics in the UK says the Government is doing too little to support poorer countries to tackle climate change. A YouGov poll commissioned by the Catholic Agency for Overseas Development (Cafod) shows nearly six out of ten Catholics feel the Government has done too little to tackle climate change Read more
Climate crisis, not China, is biggest threat to Pacific
Monday, May 9th, 2022
Former leaders of Pacific nations have warned that the climate crisis is the biggest threat to the region, not rising military tensions. In a statement on Friday, the Pacific Elders Voice group, which includes former leaders of the Marshall Islands, Palau, Kiribati and Tuvalu, said that “the primary security threat to the Pacific is climate Read more
Mammoth pastoral letter urges Catholics to tackle ‘climate catastrophe’
Monday, September 6th, 2021
In a 64-page letter, Dublin’s Catholic archbishop urges Catholics to tackle the planet’s unfolding climate catastrophe. This will require ecological conversion, he says. The pastoral letter is the first one Archbishop Dermot Farrell (pictured) has released since he was installed in February. Pope Francis had announced his appointment last December. “The purpose of this pastoral Read more
The climate apocalypse is real, and it is coming
Thursday, August 12th, 2021
Scientists are warning us that because of global warming, civilization is headed toward the worst catastrophe in human history. Unlike a war, a pandemic or a depression, this is not a disaster we can recover from in a few decades. This is a calamity that will take centuries, if not millennia, to recover from, if Read more
Climate crisis cancelled: Greens agree
Monday, July 12th, 2021
Climate change is a serious matter, one which we need to get practical resolve on, National MP, Gerry Brownlee said Thursday in a conversation with Green MP, Golriz Ghahraman. He made the comments on a new podcast, “The Backroom of Politics”. However, while taking climate change seriously, Brownlee says he does not use the term Read more
Pope to climate activist, ‘Pray for me at the North Pole’
Thursday, June 3rd, 2021
Pope Francis met with a paralyzed man who plans to travel to the Arctic Circle and asked the adventurer to ‘pray for me at the North Pole.’ Michael Haddad was paralyzed from the chest down in a jet ski accident when he was six years old. He was told that he would never walk again Read more
Population control isn’t the answer to climate crisis
Thursday, October 3rd, 2019
“If we can get rid of enough people,” the El Paso terrorist wrote in his grotesque manifesto, “then our way of life can be more sustainable.” His bigoted rampage left little doubt who he meant by “we” and “our way of life.” The eco-fascism of the far-right couches its racist intent as concern for the Read more