Net Zero Stocktake 2023 | The list of large companies with net zero targets has more than doubled in two years
Net Zero Stocktake 2023
https://zerotracker.net/analysis/net-zero-stocktake-2023
From intent through integrity to implementation. We analyse the quantity and quality of net zero targets across all nations, the 2000 largest publicly-traded companies, and the worlds's biggest regions and cities.
The EU wants to crack down on rogue efforts to alter the atmosphere
The EU wants to crack down on rogue efforts to alter the atmosphere
https://www.theverge.com/2023/6/28/23774540/geoengineering-european-commission-eu-climate-security-risks
The move comes after a startup sparked alarm with its geoengineering experiments.
Time is short for Tories and Labour to show leadership on the climate crisis
Time is short for Tories and Labour to show leadership on the climate crisis
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2023/jun/28/time-is-short-for-tories-and-labour-to-show-leadership-on-the-climate-crisis?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_Other
Neither party is showing much appetite for the hard policy decisions that are necessary to cut CO2 emissions – and time is running out
American bison reintroduced to northern Mexico helping to fight climate change
American bison reintroduced to northern Mexico helping to fight climate change
https://lighthouse-eco.co.za/b/2eP
The largest land mammal in America is rehabilitating a vast grassland in Coahuila, benefiting hundreds of species in a reserve that can theoretically store 6.3 million tons of carbon in its soil
A Grid Collapse Would Make a Heat Wave Far Deadlier
A Grid Collapse Would Make a Heat Wave Far Deadlier
https://www.wired.com/story/a-grid-collapse-would-make-a-heat-wave-far-deadlier/
Climate change is making summers hotter, blackouts more common, and heat-related illness more dangerous. The power system may be resilient—but it still has vulnerabilities.
Canada’s wildfire carbon emissions hit record high in first six months of 2023
Canada’s wildfire carbon emissions hit record high in first six months of 2023
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/jun/27/canada-wildfires-released-record-breaking-carbon
This year’s wildfire season is already worst on record as nearly 600m tonnes of carbon has been released since early May
Powerful tornado tears through neighborhood in Greenwood, Indiana
Powerful tornado tears through US city
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-66016584?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=KARANGA
An eyewitness has captured the moment a large funnel cloud tore through a neighbourhood in the US state of Indiana.
Lightning strikes in European eastern Alps doubled over the past 40 years
Lightning strikes in European eastern Alps doubled over the past 40 years
https://lighthouse-eco.co.za/b/2e7
A team of researchers from the Departments of Geosciences, Atmospheric Sciences, and Statistics at Innsbruck has reported a doubling in the number of detected lightning strikes in the high altitudes of the European Eastern Alps over the last 40 years.
Climate change causes a mountain peak frozen for thousands of years to collapse
Climate change causes a mountain peak frozen for thousands of years to collapse
https://www.livescience.com/planet-earth/climate-change/climate-change-causes-a-mountain-peak-frozen-for-thousands-of-years-to-collapse
Fluchthorn in the Silvretta Alps is now around 60 feet (19 m) shorter than it was before — and more mountains are expected to follow suit as temperatures thaw the permafrost holding them together.
About 6m across US at risk of extreme weather as over 700,000 without power
About 6m across US at risk of extreme weather as over 700,000 without power
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2023/jun/26/us-extreme-weather-report-national-weather-service-storms-torando-hail
Outages concentrated in south-eastern US, with severe thunderstorms in Ohio valley and suspected tornado in Indiana