Norwegian police temporarily detain Greta during a protest demonstration | Reuters
The Swedish environmental activist, Greta Thunberg, was detained twice by the police during a protest in favor of indigenous human rights in the capital of Norway, Oslo on the 1st. FILE PHOTO: Oslo, 2023. REUTERS/Alf Simensen/NTB/via REUTERS OSLO (Reuters) – Swedish environmental activist Greta Thunberg was detained twice by police on Wednesday during a protest […]
Angle: “Sunlight blocking” research in developing countries, new NGO funding | Reuters
Oslo (8th Thomson Reuters Foundation) – Scientists in developing countries recently received new funding to study potentially dangerous ways to slow global warming. The method is “solar geoengineering,” which means artificially blocking sunlight by releasing reflective chemicals into the atmosphere, such as sulfur particles, similar to volcanic plumes. I’m trying to cool the earth. Also […]
Greta meets IEA secretary general Davos, meeting organizer revealed | Reuters
Swedish environmental activist Greta Thunberg meets International Energy Agency (IEA) Executive Director Birol in Davos, Switzerland on the 19th. FILE PHOTO: Cayenneberg, Germany, January 14, 2023. REUTERS/Christian Mang DAVOS, Switzerland (Reuters) – Swedish environmental activist Greta Thunberg will meet International Energy Agency (IEA) Director General Birol on Thursday in Davos, Switzerland. Organizers of the World […]
Angle: Abnormal weather on melting icebergs, climate change learned through games | Reuters
LONDON (14th Thomson Reuters Foundation) – Icebergs have melted and continents have shrunk to a handful of islands. Survivors are trying to rebuild the “floodplain”. On December 14th, the iceberg melted and the continent shrank to a handful of islands. The picture is a polar bear. Taken in Greenland in September 2016. Photo provided (2022 […]
India becomes G20 chair country, Prime Minister Modi ‘collaborates to solve problems’ | Reuters
On December 1, Prime Minister Narendra Modi (pictured) of India, as he assumed the presidency of the Group of 20 countries and regions (G20), pledged to bring the world together to tackle the greatest challenges of change in the climate, terrorism and pandemics. He said they must cooperate. Representative photo taken at the G20 summit […]
Angle: More migration due to climate change, support for rich countries is essential for a global response | Reuters
SHARM EL SHEIKH, EGYPT (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – Marshall Islands Climate Change Ambassador Tina Stege lives on an atoll 2 meters above sea level and close to the sea. With “the ocean visible on both sides of the island almost everywhere”, there is no escaping sea level rise. Climate change is warming the oceans and […]
Focus: ‘It’s too hot to work’, European and American labor standards changing with extreme heat | Reuters
BRUSSELS/WASHINGTON (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – Ismael Garcia, 42, has spent the last 24 years cleaning the streets of Madrid, the capital of Spain, under the scorching sun. But this summer, something was different. His family was always looking for Garcia when he left to work in Madrid. Europe this summer was hit by a hotter […]
Info Box: Q&A on Possibilities of Nuclear Use by Russia | Reuters
LONDON (Reuters) – Russian President Vladimir Putin has repeatedly warned Western powers that any attack on Russia could trigger a nuclear response. Will Putin use nukes? How many nuclear weapons does Putin really have? How will the United States and the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) react if Russia uses nuclear weapons? These questions and […]
The White House of the United States condemns the comments of the president of the World Bank on climate change | Reuters
White House spokesman Jean-Pierre said on September 23 that the United States condemned World Bank President Malpass’s recent comments on global warming. Activists in front of the World Bank holding banners protesting the president. (Reuters/Kevin Lamarque) [ワシントン／ピッツバーグ ２３日 ロイター] – White House spokesman Jean-Pierre said on Wednesday that the United States condemns the recent comments […]
Angle: Pakistan floods, rebuilding hardships force residences and work opportunities | Reuters
CHALSADA, Pakistan (Thomson Reuters Basis) – At the conclude of August, the swollen Swat River in the northwestern Pakistani province of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa turned and rushed into the village of Naeem Ullah, 40, plunging into Ula. 14 properties of Mr and his relatives ended up swept absent. In Pakistan, months of rain and unusually scorching […]
