Rhoda Wilson (2024-12-31). BBC, Energy and Climate Intelligence Unit and Bank of England fail fact check on statements made about climate change. expose-news.com As we see out the year, Paul Homewood fact-checked the BBC, the Energy and Climate Intelligence Unitand the Bank of England on statements made about climate change. All three failed. Paul Homewood …

Guest Blogger (2024-12-31). Climate change will devastate value of homes, warns Bank of England. wattsupwiththat.com Certainly there is a problem with uninsurable properties, but this is due to them being built on flood plains, not climate change. | Surely the Bank should be more concerned about the economic catastrophe coming our way thanks to Net Zero?>

Kester Kenn Klomegah (2024-12-30). South Africa's G20 Chairmanship: Unique Opportunity for Optimizing Economic Partnership With Africa. pressenza.com The Group of 20 (G20) is an intergovernmental forum comprising 19 sovereign countries, the European Union (EU), and the African Union (AU). It works to address major issues related to the global economy, such as international financial stability, climate change mitigation, and sustainable development, through annual meetings of Heads of State and Heads of Government. The G20 was created in 1999 in response to several world economic crises, and South Africa has been the only African member in the Group. However, in September 2023, at the 18th G20 Summit, Indian PM Narendra Modi announced that the African Union (AU…

Jake Johnson (2024-12-30). Billionaire Wealth Soared in 2024. So Did Child Hunger. truthout.org An analysis published Monday by the humanitarian group Save the Children estimates that roughly 35 kids across the globe were born into hunger every minute in 2024 — a year in which the world's billionaires saw their combined wealth surge to a record high. At least 18.2 million children were born into hunger this year, according to the new analysis, as war and climate-fueled extreme weather… |

Guest Blogger (2024-12-30). Weekly Climate and Energy News Roundup #624. wattsupwiththat.com In wartime, truth is so precious that she should always be attended by a bodyguard of lies…

Ruth Milka (2024-12-30). Climate change is depleting plant nutrition, threatening herbivores from grasshoppers to giant pandas. nationofchange.org Rising CO2 levels are driving faster plant growth but reducing nutrient density, with alarming impacts across ecosystems.gian…

Staff (2024-12-30). Talk World Radio: U.S. Government Funds Other Nations' Militaries More Than It Funds Climate Protection. davidswanson.org AUDIO: Talk World Radio is recorded on Zoom. Here is this week's video and all the videos on Youtube. VIDEO: This week on Talk World Radio, a new analysis finds that over the past decade the U.S. government has given to foreign nations' militaries 40 times the money it has paid into the Green Climate …

WSWS (2024-12-30). Homelessness in US has doubled under Biden. wsws.org The latest report shows an 18 percent rise in 2024, with only a trickle of federal aid compared to the hundreds of billions wasted on war.

EcoWaste Coalition (2024-12-30). EcoWaste Coalition Enjoins Families to Go "Iwas Paputoxic" for a Safer New Year's Eve Revelry. pressenza.com 30 December 2024, Quezon City. As the clock ticks down to a brand new year, the environmental and health advocacy group EcoWaste Coalition led a community meeting and caravan enjoining the public to go "Iwas Paputoxic." | Organized in collaboration with the leadership of Barangay Bagong Silangan in Quezon City, the event urged residents to avoid the use of "paputoxic" (a term introduced by the EcoWaste Coalition to emphasize the toxic effects of "paputok" or firecrackers) in welcoming 2025. | Bagong Silangan, a highly populated area of some 152,000 citizens, is a partner community of the EcoWaste Coalition for it…

Staff (2024-12-29). Crisis climática expuso a las personas a seis semanas adicionales de calor peligroso en 2024, según estudio. cubadebate.cu La crisis climática provocó seis semanas adicionales de días peligrosamente calurosos en 2024 para la persona promedio, potenciando el efecto nocivo de las olas de calor en todo el mundo. Los efectos del calentamiento global fueron mucho peores para algunas personas, según un análisis de World Weather Attribution y Climate Central.

Paige Bennett, EcoWatch. (2024-12-29). New York To Charge Biggest Emitters For Climate Damages Under New Law. popularresistance.org New York Governor Kathy Hochul has signed the Climate Change Superfund Act, which requires major emitters, such as fossil fuel companies, to compensate for damages by helping to fund climate-resilient infrastructure projects. | "By signing the Climate Change Superfund Act, Gov. Hochul is addressing the financial burden placed on New Yorkers by the fossil fuel companies," Richard Schrader, director of New York Government Affairs at Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC), said in a statement. "It's a key example of what putting fiscal fairness and environmental justice front and center looks like.

CADTM International (2024-12-29). The CADTM International network condemns the cowardice of Northern governments in response to the climate emergency. cadtm.org

Kevin A. Young (2024-12-29). 12 Ways We Can Exploit Fossil Fuel Industry Vulnerabilities — Even Under Trump. truthout.org Already widespread before, climate despair has likely reached new levels following former President Donald Trump's reelection. With good reason: Trump is committed to policies that are projected to kill tens of millions of people and unleash unprecedented chaos everywhere. But the climate war isn't an all-or-nothing affair. Each fraction of a degree of heating that we can prevent will save… |

newarab (2024-12-29). Expert reveals how 'end times' sign will turn Saudi Arabia green. newarab.com The In a recent interview, Al-Misnad, a former professor at Qassim University and vice president of the Saudi Weather and Climate Society, outlined four potential scenarios that could bring about this Al-M…