(2024-12-28). 26 climate-fueled extreme weather events killed at least 3,700 people in 2024: Report. mronline.org 
"This exceptional year of extreme weather shows how dangerous life has already become… and highlights the urgency of moving away from planet-heating fossil fuels as quickly as possible."
(2024-12-28). Report: Climate Crisis Is Causing 3 Quarters of the World's Land to Dry Out. truthout.org As Earth grows warmer, its ground is becoming drier and saltier, with profound consequences for the planet's 8 billion inhabitants — nearly a third of whom already live in places where water is increasingly scarce and the ability to raise crops and livestock is increasingly difficult. Climate change is accelerating this trend. New research has found global warming has made 77 percent of the… |
(2024-12-28). Insights | China to inject strong impetus into global climate governance in 2025: Janos Pasztor. ecns.cn The year 2024 has been marked by escalating global warming, frequent extreme climate events and natural disasters, underscoring climate change as one of the most pressing global challenges.
(2024-12-28). 'Dangerous new era': How climate change spurred disaster in 2024. newarab.com 
From tiny and impoverished Mayotte to oil-rich behemoth Saudi Arabia, prosperous European cities to overcrowded slums in Africa nowhere was spared the devastating impact of supercharged climate disasters in 2024. | This year is the hottest in history, with record-breaking atmospheric temperatures and oceans acting like fuel for extreme weather worldwide. | World Weather Attribution, experts on how global warming influences extreme events, said nearly every disaster they analysed over the past 12 months was intensified by climate change. | "The impacts of fossil fuel warming have never been clearer or more deva…
(2024-12-28). Biden Moves to Protect Climate Progress From Trump, But Advocates Want More. truthout.org Even before Election Day, environmental groups were suggesting ways that the Biden administration could protect the president's climate agenda from an incoming president who has vowed to increase fossil fuel production and repeal major climate initiatives. Since then, Biden has taken many of those steps — backing a proposal to curtail public financing for oil and gas projects around the… |
(2024-12-28). 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…
(2024-12-28). The Leading Edge of Global Heat — Arabian Peninsula. pressenza.com Major portions of the Arabian Peninsula are already exceeding 2 ∞C above pre-industrial and likely headed for a staggering temperature rise over the coming decades. This disturbing news comes via a major new study by Saudi Arabia's most prestigious university. | The epicenter of world oil and gas production is in the direct line of fire of unnerving acceleration of global warming. This news comes from King Abdullah University of Science and Technology, Saudi Arabia, ranked in the top 1.2% of best global universities and published as a peer-reviewed study: Abdul Malik, et al, Staggering Temperature Rise Pred…
(2024-12-27). The End Days? World War, Tech Takeover, and Global Warming. counterpunch.org 
One can be excused for worrying over what tomorrow might bring as expanded battle lines are redrawn across the globe, the world's wealthiest nation ever consumes itself in a cataclysm of partisan hate amid a growing digital reformation, and unchecked carbon emissions continue to cause more environmental disaster by the day. Will nuclear conflict, machine control, or climate breakdown ultimately destroy our pale blue dot of a planet or is it all just more apocalyptic blather that never comes to pass?
(2024-12-27). Impoverished countries ask world court to rule on climate change disaster. wsws.org As the hearings closed for the largest ICJ case in history, the major capitalist powers displayed their indifference to the impact of climate change on impoverished countries.
(2024-12-27). What climate records were broken in 2024? aljazeera.com As global temperatures continue to climb, 2024 is poised to overtake 2023 as the hottest year in recorded history.
(2024-12-27). 'Dangerous new era': How climate change spurred disaster in 2024. newarab.com From tiny and impoverished Mayotte to oil-rich behemoth Saudi Arabia, prosperous European cities to overcrowded slums in Africa nowhere was spared the devastating impact of supercharged climate disasters in 2024. | This year is the hottest in history, with record-breaking atmospheric temperatures and oceans acting like fuel for extreme weather worldwide. | World Weather Attribution, experts on how global warming influences extreme events, said nearly every disaster they analysed over the past 12 months was intensified by climate change. | "The impacts of fossil fuel warming have never been clearer or more deva…
(2024-12-27). Gas Exports and AI Boom Poised to Spike Energy Prices for Consumers Under Trump. truthout.org As the Biden administration scrambles to shield President Joe Biden's climate legacy from Donald Trump in its waning days, the president-elect is staring down serious political dilemmas over the future of energy. Two remarkable trends — a rush to lock-in major fracked gas exports for decades to come, and Big Tech's growing thirst for energy to run supercomputers at artificial intelligence… |
(2024-12-27). Should Climate Policy Take a Holiday? wattsupwiththat.com
(2024-12-27). IDPs want to stay rather than go home, says report. independent.co.ug 
New solutions needed as 60% wish to stay in their displacement location ANALYSIS | RONALD MUSOKE | For every 10 people internally displaced by conflict or disaster, six of them would rather remain in their current locations than return to their communities of origin, according to newly released findings from the second edition of the UN's …