Cyclone Freddy Destroys Areas of Southeast Africa
Cyclone Freddy has caused massive amounts of destruction and flooding across parts of Southeast Africa leaving hundreds dead and houses damaged.
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Climate Change
Flooding Devastates Nigeria
Recent flooding in Nigeria has killed more than 600 people and displaced roughly 1.4 million. The flooding this year is the worst in at least a decade, and has destroyed hundreds of thousands of homes and farms, devastating the West African country of 225 million people.
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South Africa Flood Leaves Hundreds Dead and Many Homeless
Severe floods caused by massive amounts of rain have struck South Africa, killing over 400 and leaving hundreds more homeless.
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Mega-Drought Continues to Ravage Western U.S.
The western United States has been locked in a mega-drought for the past 22 years and has developed into the worst one in at least 1,200 years, according to a study published February 14.
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Biden’s Promise on Climate Change: What to Expect?
President Joe Biden said last year the country was confronting four “historic crises simultaneously.” The crises include the pandemic, financial instabilities, the requirement for racial equity, and the “undeniable realities and accelerating threats of climate change.”
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The Implication of Robotics on the Future of Business
While the business sector has long been using robotics to make production more cost-efficient and effective, the future of robotics in business will expand far beyond automation robots. There are a few central trends where robots in business will be geared towards—these trends are lowering costs, decreasing contributions to climate change, creating efficiency, developing the harmony between humans and the use of robotics, and implementing quality checking standards.
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Hurricane Ida Devastates Louisiana and the Northeast
Hurricane Ida brought heavy rains, strong tornadoes, and major flooding across Louisiana and the Northeastern United States as it swept through the Gulf Coast and the East Coast from August 29 to September 2. Ida made landfall near Port Fourchon, Louisiana with Category 4 winds, and was the most damaging hurricane to hit Louisiana since Hurricane Katrina in 2005, the costliest storm in the Northeast since Hurricane Sandy in 2012, and the deadliest storm in the country in four years.
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World Bank and IMF Talk Debt Reduction for Poorer Countries
The World Bank and International Monetary Fund (IMF) are currently working on ways to incorporate a climate change agenda into talks of debt reduction for poorer countries. In fact, the World Bank and IMF have already invested in fossil fuels back in 2019.
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Preem Drops Out Of Controversial Expansion Plan
In 2016, a large oil company, Preem, applied for a permit in order to expand their Lysekil refinery on the west coast of Sweden.
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Newsom Signs Executive Order to Ban Sales of Gas-Powered Vehicles in California
By 2035, California will ban the sales of gas-powered cars statewide. This executive order was signed by Californian Governor Gavin Newsom on Wednesday, September 23rd as an effort to curb the ongoing climate crisis.
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