The world’s lead energy advisory body says a path to net zero remains open,but only if governments increase ambition and co-operation.
Following similar declarations by other global meteorological organisations,an El Nino has been declared,setting Australia up for a long,hot,dry and dangerous summer.
Greater Sydney’s population will grow to 8.3 million people by 2056,with an estimated increase in annual water demand of 50 to 65 per cent,or up to 360 gigalitres per year – that’s 144,000 Olympic-sized swimming pools.
The Bureau of Meteorology says there’s not enough evidence to declare an El Nino,but experts say there is significant risk of heatwaves and drought this summer.
The cradle of civilisation,the land between rivers where the wheel was invented,irrigation flourished and writing emerged,is turning to dust.
Authorities of the Panama Canal expect income from the waterway to drop after they were forced to limit the number of ships passing through it.
The warmest temperatures for tens of thousands of years are prompting yet more calls from experts for urgent action on climate.
The environment minister said the plan would not meet its July 2024 plan to restore the basin as she warned of looming environmental disaster.
Australia’s Bureau of Meteorology is an outlier among global weather agencies because of the specific conditions it requires for an El Nino declaration.
Signs of catastrophic weather events have been brewing in oceans around the globe for months.
Where you won’t find a dry Kombi.