Climate Change

Spain to help Greta travel to Madrid for UN climate summit

The Spanish government has offered to help 16-year-old Swedish environmental activist Greta Thunberg travel to Madrid for a UN climate summit. The venue of the conference, known as COP25, was…

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Juncker warns of difficulties implementing activists’ climate demands

European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker said on Friday that no matter how hard climate activists fight, implementing their demands is not necessarily feasible. In an interview with German magazine Der…

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UN says COP25 climate talks will take place in Spain in December

The United Nations global climate meeting next month, known as COP25, will take place in Madrid after previous host Chile canceled at short notice. UN climate chief Patricia Espinosa said…

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Farmer sue German government over failure to tackle climate change

Climate activists hold a demonstration prior to a court session in which three farmer families, along with the environmental protection organization Greenpeace, sue the German government over climate policy, at…

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Lucerne city parliament declares climate emergency

Lucerne has become the latest Swiss city to approve proposals urging the government to implement climate-related regulations. On Thursday it adopted a petition by the Young Green Party and declared…

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Photo Story: Youth For Climate demonstration in Brussels

Protesters march during a student strike action organized by 'Youth For Climate', urging pupils to skip classes to protest against a lack of climate awareness in Brussels, Belgium, on Thursday…

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Mediterranean is warming up faster than the rest of the planet, report warns

The Mediterranean basin is one of the hot spots of this global crisis, and in some ways it is being “hit harder than other parts of the world,” according to…

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Launch of Climate Diplomacy Week in Malta with an exhibition inauguration

The launch of Climate Diplomacy Week 2019 kicked off with the inauguration of a photo exhibition by Minister for Justice, Culture and Local Government Owen Bonnici in the presence of…

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Over 90 per cent of Maltese worried about climate change – Eurobarometer report

More than nine in ten in Malta think climate change is a serious problem, and over a third think climate change is the biggest problem facing the world today, a…

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Globalism & climate change makes its mark at UN General Assembly – Matthew Bugeja

This article appeared first in The Corporate Dispatch Week New Yorkers are a tough crowd. If you ask them, they will say that nothing scares them - at least, not until the…

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Global Strike for Climate in Pictures

Millions of people across the world are taking part in demonstrations demanding action on climate issues on Friday. The Global Climate Strike Week is held from 20 September to 27…

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“You have stolen my dreams and my childhood with your empty words” – Greta Thunberg

Greta Thunberg has excoriated world leaders for their “betrayal” of young people through their inertia over the climate crisis at a United Nations summit that failed to deliver ambitious new commitments…

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Big companies commit to slash emissions ahead of U.N. climate summit

Almost 90 big companies in sectors from food to cement to telecommunications are pledging to slash their greenhouse gas emissions in a new campaign to steer multi-nationals towards a low-carbon…

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Germany introduces new climate-rescue package

Angela Merkel and her Social Democrat vice-chancellor Olaf Scholz delivered what is meant to supposed climate-rescue measures aimed at halving Germany's carbon emissions by 2030 to avoid defaulting on its…

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U.N. climate footprint larger than Malta’s

More than 1,000 United Nations employees have called for the global body to reduce its carbon footprint, including through curbs on their own diplomatic perks like business-class flights and travel…

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Some of the climate change protests around the world in photos

Hundreds of thousands of people around the world are joining demonstrations calling for action to tackle climate change. Here are some of the latest protests from the global climate strike:…

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Australian students kick off global climate strike

Thousands of school students walked out of their classrooms and onto Australian streets on Friday to kick off a global strike demanding world leaders gathering for a UN Climate Action…

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EU warns climate change could wipe out crop production in Europe

Crop and livestock production is projected to decrease and may even have to be abandoned in parts of Europe’s southern and Mediterranean regions due to the increased negative impacts of…

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Activist Greta Thunberg arrives in New York

After a 15-day sail that was obsessively tracked by European news media, cheered by fellow climate activists, mocked by critics and rocked by rough waves off Nova Scotia, Greta Thunberg…

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Iceland unveils memorial plaque for lost glacier

Iceland has been commemorating the country's first glacier lost to climate change, with a memorial plaque warning of the effects of global warming being installed at the site. Icelandic officials, activists…

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Fighting climate change through food

The UN's scientific body on climate change highlights in a new report the strong connection between land use and climate change. A radical change in the food system is key…

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UN chief warns “these extreme weather events are just the tip of the iceberg. And that iceberg is also rapidly melting.”

Global warming and rising political tensions are dangerous and avoidable, Secretary-General António Guterres told reporters on Thursday, previewing the UN’s upcoming Climate Action Summit, and spotlighting geopolitical hotspots. Briefing the press…

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BoE’s Carney warns of bankruptcy for firms that ignore climate change

Businesses that fail to adapt to climate change will go bust, warned Bank of England Governor Mark Carney. “Companies that don’t adapt - including companies in the financial system -…

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Think the heatwave was bad? Climate already hitting key tipping points

As Europe just went through one of the worst heatwaves on record and other parts of the world are suffering adverse effects of the climate, Reuters correspondent Matthew Green writes…

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Thunberg points finger at companies and politicians for ignoring the climate change problem

Swedish environmental activist Greta Thunberg, 16, spoke before France's lower house of parliament Tuesday as she continues her campaign for action on climate change. French conservative parties denounced her appearance…

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Brazil’s Vice President says that it is impossible for his country to leave Paris climate change Agreement

Brazil’s Vice President Hamilton Mourao said on Monday he considers it “impossible” for Brazil to leave the Paris Agreement on climate change. French President Emmanuel Macron had said prior to…

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June was the hottest month ever recorded on Earth

June was the hottest month ever recorded on Earth, the EU's satellite agency has announced. Data provided by the Copernicus Climate Change Service (C3S), implemented by the European Centre for…

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G20 agree on reaffirming commitment towards 2016 climate change deal

At the G20 meeting in Buenos Aires, most countries reaffirmed their commitment to the landmark 2016 Paris Agreement on tackling climate change. They declared the accord "irreversible" and committed to its "full…

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Midday Corporate Dispatch – Corporate and Financial News

The Baltic Container Terminal (BCT), operated by a Maltese company since the 1990s, is investing €30 million over the next three years to consolidate its position as the main recipient…

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UPDATED: Foreign office minister suspended after assaulting protester

Mark Field, a foreign office minister and Conservative Party frontbencher, was suspended from office after he was filmed forcefully grabbing a climate change protester, who was in a group…

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The changing climate threatening Spain’s tourism industry

Though one might assume that hotter weather favours the tourism industry in certain countries, experts warned that such a situation is causing more harm than good to the Spanish tourism…

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Mediterranean European leaders seek common ground for EU priorities for the next 5 years

Key European Union leadership jobs, migration issues and climate change were at the top of the agenda in Valletta, where the meeting included the leaders of France, Italy, Spain, Portugal,…

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Brian May wants a Live Aid Concert on Climate Change

Queen's Brian May indicated the issue of climate change is "so enormous" that a benefit concert akin to 1985's Live Aid is perhaps needed to adequately confront the ongoing environmental concern. But…

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The Malta Independent on Sunday Headlines – Sunday 12th May 2019

These are the headlines from the Malta Independent on Sunday for today. The Independent on Sunday speaks to Midwives and Nurses Union president Paul Pace who insists that plans were…

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Eight European countries with ambitious strategy to tackle climate change

Eight European countries - France, Belgium, Denmark, Luxemburg, Netherlands, Portugal, Spain, and Sweden - have called for an ambitious strategy to tackle climate change – and to spend a…

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Climate activist Greta Thunberg meets Pope Francis

Swedish teenage climate activist Greta Thunberg on Wednesday met Pope Francis at the end of his weekly general audience in St Peter's Square. Thunberg shook hands and briefly spoke to…

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Forget Brexit. Let’s talk about the threats of climate change

The teenage climate activist Greta Thunberg has chided EU leaders for holding three emergency summits on Brexit and none on the threat posed by climate change. In a clarion call…

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122 arrested in Extinction Rebellion climate change protest in London

More than 100 people have been arrested for taking part in ongoing climate change protests in London. The number surged to 122 after a police order came into force restricting…

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Photostory: Students take to the streets of London demanding action on climate change

Hundreds of students on Friday took to the streets of London as part of an international youth campaign demanding action on climate change. Organisers behind the Youth Strike 4 Climate…

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China wants to work with EU on trade and climate change

As China and the EU gears up for this week's summit, Chinese Prime Minister Li Keqiang wrote in a German newspaper saying China wants to work with the European Union…

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First global commitment to curb single-use plastics

Nations have agreed to significantly curb items such as plastic bags and straws by 2030. But environmental groups warned that the measures do not go far enough, with the US…

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Photo Story – Our Future in Your Hands #FridayForFuture

A young boy takes part in a demonstration against climate change during a Friday Global Climate Strike in Parliament Square in London, Britain, 15 March 2019. Students across the world…

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Children around the world to skip school to demand action on climate change

Today, Friday 15th March, tens of thousands of students worldwide will be leaving class and taking to the streets to demand that elected officials act about climate change. The…

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Greta Thunberg, the Swedish teen climate activist, nominated for the Nobel

The 16-year-old Swedish environmental activist Greta Thunberg has been nominated for a Nobel Peace Prize in recognition of her work leading a youth campaign to halt climate change. Her name…

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Photo Story – Al Gore’s efforts on Climate Change

Former US Vice President and 2007 Nobel Peace Prize winner Al Gore delivers a speech during the 'Climate Change Leadership Porto' in Porto, Portugal, 07 March 2019. EPA-EFE/JOSE COELHO

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The climate change and the Mediterranean means collapse in Italian olive harvest

Extreme weather events have been the “main driver” of an olive harvest collapse that could leave Italy dependent on imports from April, a leading climate scientist has warned. The Guardian reports…

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Monday Morning Briefing

Good morning, Your morning briefing with the daily newspaper review and a roundup of the main headlines from around the world. Start your day informed The Malta Independent carries a…

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UN talks on climate change underway in Polish city of Katowice

Days after the UN sounded the alarm on the unprecedented levels of greenhouse gas concentrations in the atmosphere, the world is gathering to define how the 2015 Paris Agreement will be implemented…

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Eu Council Roundup

BREXIT, might have taken up most of the European Council media Agenda, however it was not the only item to be discussed. The EU leaders also discussed the issue of…

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Monday Morning Briefing

Good morning, AFM's rescue of migrants distressed in the Mediterranean, the warning about the climate change, the elections in Brazil, the smuggling of fuel from Libya to Italy via Malta…

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