United Nations secretary-general, Antonio Guterres has warned that climate disasters are economic disasters and called on developed countries to deliver on their finance promises.“Climate disasters are economic disasters. As finance ministers, you know that all too well. Storms, floods, fires and droughts are decimating economies around the world. Funds that should be building roads, educating children, and curing the sick, are being swallowed up by the climate crisis,” Guterres warned at the...
What's So Great About The Great Reset, Great Taking, Great Replacement, Great Deflation, & Next Great Depression? Authored by Jim Quinn via The Burning Platform blog, “At the point where the illusion becomes too expensive to maintain they will just take down the scenery, they will pull back the curtains, they will move all the tables and chairs out of the way, and you will see the brick wall at the back of the theatre.” – Frank Zappa “In the past few years, you have been...
Activists demanded Harris stop funding 'genocide' in Israel and declare a national emergency on climate change. Six activists were arrested by police after blocking a street near her home. They criticized President Biden and Harris for allowing record production of fossil fuels
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Michael RaineyApril 11, 2024The effort to rebuild Baltimore’s Francis Scott Key Bridge could overwhelm a key federal emergency fund that is
The Milwaukee Bucks reportedly are preparing to begin their first-round series against the Indiana Pacers without Giannis Antetokounmpo as he recovers from a calf injury.
"Because of the conditions we are seeing going into the spring, we have brought our air crews and ground crews on two weeks earlier than we did this time last year,"
Mayor Adams has faced mounting criticism from parents and officials who say his funding cuts are starving popular early childhood education programs. Adams said his administration had restored a half-billion dollars in funding to the education budget. But the department still faces a remaining fiscal cliff of $500 million. [ more › ]
Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass implored wealthy residents of the city to donate money to purchase property that can be used to house the city's homeless population, which has continued to grow.
Pressure piles on World Bank and IMF to steer countries to low-carbon transition at spring summitGovernments of wealthy countries must pledge hundreds of billions more in overseas aid payments channelled through the World Bank to avert the worst effects of the climate crisis, civil society experts and economists have said.The International Development Association fund, the arm of the World Bank that disburses loans and grants to poor countries, is worth about $93bn (£b75n) but that figure must...
As part of a team of ecologists, I've been studying aspects of great tit biology at Wytham Woods near Oxford. One aspect of our research is how climate change affects their breeding behavior. So far, our research suggests that these great tits have been able to deal with climate change effects.
London mayor expected to criticise Susan Hall in speech launching panels on school roofsSadiq Khan will accuse his Conservative rival in the race to be London’s next mayor of being “Trumpian” over the climate crisis, as he announces plans for solar panels on schools.Khan is expected to acknowledge resistance to his expansion of the ultra-low emission zone (Ulez) in a speech on Friday but insist that he still intends to “go further”. Continue reading