Four peaceful activists from Norway, Sweden, Denmark and Germany have climbed the oil rig West Hercules, located near Rypefjord village in the north of Norway, to protest against drilling for oil in the Arctic.
Extreme weather, driven by climate change, hit every populated continent in 2018, killing, injuring and displacing millions and causing major economic damage costing billions of dollars, according to a report by Christian Aid.
HSBC has been accused of greenwashing by Christian Aid as the charity publishes a new report highlighting the bank’s refusal to rule out coal financing in Vietnam, Bangladesh and Indonesia.
he Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change’s report released on 8 October 2018 is a damning assessment of weak national efforts to contain climate chaos, says Friends of the Earth.
Limiting global warming to 1.5°C will require “far-reaching and unprecedented changes”, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change says, launching a special report that finds some of the actions needed are already under way, but the world must move faster.