Agriculture and climate change
An article written for the ‘United Nations Academic Impact’ (UNAI), by John Roy Porter, a professor of agriculture and climate…
If there is climate change why are we having cold snowy winters?
Carbon dioxide, methane and other gases are released into the world’s atmosphere when fossil fuels like oil, gas and coal…
5 sectors that are major contributors to climate change
Sectors such as Transportation, Electricity, Industry, Residential and Commercial properties and Agriculture are among the main greenhouse gas emitters. For…
Climate change impacts on the Oceans
A large portion of the world’s greenhouse gas emissions and heat is absorbed by the ocean. Therefore, the ocean plays…
The financial cost of climate change adaptation.
Climate change effects like heatwaves, floods, wildfires, sea level rise, and others, put additional financial burdens on countries. They bring…
Ecosystems
In plain terms, an ecosystem is the combined diverse elements or systems that sustain the life of a living biological…
The logic and significance of biodiversity
In general terms, biodiversity refers to human beings and the variety of other living things or species that collectively live…
Climate change mitigation and adaptation
Climate change mitigation means the employment of various methods to reduce the greenhouse gases in the atmosphere, mainly carbon dioxide….
Water and climate change
Lack of water causes droughts, and droughts are known to be responsible for wildfires. On the other hand, too much…
Politics may be hampering efforts to adequately address climate change
The United Nations (UN) and others have been proclaiming loudly for many years, that carbon dioxide emissions into the atmosphere,…
Glaciers and the fresh water they provide are threatened by climate change
The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) in courier.unesco.org, advised in January 2025 that “glaciers are melting at…
Climate change and home insurance
Home insurance gives confidence to the homeowner that if the house is damaged or destroyed by events outside the homeowner’s…
Some big banks leaving the United Nations climate lending initiatives
On 21 April 2021 in Glasgow, Scotland, a United Nations financial program called the Glasgow Financial Alliance for Net-Zero (GFANZ)…
What is climate change?
The United Nations (UN) was formed after World War 11 in 1945 by 50countries initially, today membership has grown to 193 countries, so basically all countries of the world are now members of the UN.
Celebrities are playing an important role in combating climate change
Many celebrities are putting pressure on governments to do more to address the climate crisis, including demanding more legislative action…
Countries that sign the Paris Agreement are required to work together
By ratifying the Paris Agreement, individual countries have acknowledged that climate change is real and is primarily caused by humanity’s…
What is the Paris Agreement?
The Paris Agreement comes up in most conversations about climate change. For those who are just being introduced to climate…
UNFCCC and COP: The United Nations response to climate change
The United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) is a treaty formulated by the United Nations (UN) and ratified…
Climate change: NGOs and the private sector
Non-Governmental Organizations (NGOs) and the private sector are playing a significant role in spreading climate change awareness, lobbying governments and…
The work of the IPCC is enough evidence that climate change is real
The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) was formed in 1988, it’s the agency within the United Nations (UN) that…
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