There is a particularly high probability in developing and emerging countries that carbon pricing reduces social inequality, and thus may be more easily communicated politically. This also applies to carbon pricing in the transport sector in general.
In winter, daily solar irradiation is not sufficient to reach a level of sterilization of the SARS-CoV-2 virus that causes COVID-19. This enables the virus to survive long enough outdoors to stay infective for several hours or even over whole days.
A study shows that increased heat from Arctic rivers is melting sea ice in the Arctic Ocean and warming the atmosphere.
Europe is to become the first climate-neutral continent. Scientists show that the EU’s ‘Green Deal’ might be a bad deal for the planet, as the EU will outsource environmental damage by high imports of agricultural products.
Warm, moist rivers of air in Antarctica play a key role in creating massive holes in sea ice in the Weddell Sea and may influence ocean conditions around the vast continent as well as climate change, according to new research.
Scientists have found that what are known as epigenetic biomarkers could be used to detect long-term exposure to stress in commercially raised chickens. This may lead to improved conditions in animal rearing.
Environmental destruction may make pandemics more likely and less manageable, research suggests.
Countries across the globe have been struggling to deal with the impact of COVID-19 and the accompanying economic slowdown. As economies “build back better”, it may be an opportune time to introduce carbon pricing to tackle climate change while generating socioeconomic benefits, according to new policy research.
Annual global temperature is likely to be at least 1°C warmer than pre-industrial levels in each of the coming five years, putting globally agreed climate change targets in jeopardy, new data from the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) reveals.
Rising nitrous oxide emissions are jeopardizing the climate goals of the Paris Agreement, according to a major study. The growing use of nitrogen fertilizers in the production of food worldwide is increasing atmospheric concentrations of nitrous oxide – a greenhouse gas 300 times more potent than carbon dioxide that remains in the atmosphere for more than 100 years.