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AI Improves Monsoon Rainfall Predictions

Eviatar Bach, the Foster and Coco Stanback Postdoctoral Scholar Research Associate in Environmental Science and Engineering led the research Every year, the South Asian monsoon season brings heavy rain to over a billion people in the Indian subcontinent between June and September. The rain falls in oscillations: Some weeks see 1 to 4 inches of water, while…

Out key steps for managing climate risks to protect people and prosperity

It further presents how they can prepare and implement policies that save lives, cut costs, and protect prosperity across the EU The European Commission has published a Communication on managing climate risks in Europe. It sets out how the EU and its Member States can better anticipate, understand, and address growing climate risks. It further presents how…

Companies with emissions reduction targets are more aligned with the EU Taxonomy, new study shows

With the introduction of CapEx alignment data, the market can now evaluate if companies are shifting investments to achieve their targets As climate finance takes center stage at COP28 this week, a joint analysis released today by CDP and Clarity AI reveals how the EU Taxonomy can be used by companies as a tool for…

Just stop oil is easy to shout but it cannot just happen – and not ‘justly’

This opinion article by Miles Allen, professor at Oxford of Geosystem Science, first appeared in The Independent on Saturday, 2 December After all the “last chances” to keep 1.5 alive, you would be forgiven for thinking the Paris aspiration must surely be dead by now. But the reality is, as COP28 takes place, the end of fossil-fuel-driven global…

Saudi Arabia announces 300% increase in installed renewables capacity, and 43.9 million trees planted since launch of Saudi Green Initiative

It is a whole-of-society initiative to oversee and unite the Kingdom’s efforts to combat climate change, drive sustainable innovation and accelerate the green transition The third edition of the Saudi Green Initiative (SGI) Forum took place today in conjunction with the twenty-eighth session of the Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention…

EnOcean’s products help our customers save 1.4 million tons of CO2 every year

Equivalent to taking approximately 304,348 cars off the road for a year in terms of carbon emissions reduction EnOcean, the pioneer of energy-harvesting IoT devices and sensor-to-cloud solutions, is making a significant impact in the fight against climate change. Through its innovative energy-harvesting wireless technology, EnOcean is saving over 1.4 million tons of CO2 emissions…

Rainwater in cities causes more troubles than wet feet

Researchers are looking at how to tackle pollutants in urban runoff and overflowing sewers Near the medieval Belgian city of Ghent, in the municipality of Wetteren, researchers are trying to reduce pollutants in rainwater using seashells. Millions of shells from the nearby North Sea collect and filter water that flows during rainfall from a shopping…

Seeking climate justice at the ‘world court’

How a Cambridge professor worked with law students from the South Pacific to help the climate-embattled nation of Vanuatu put the question of global warming to the International Court of Justice for the first time in history Just days after 105 countries backed Vanuatu’s historic bid to take climate change before the International Court of Justice (ICJ), this small…

Millions of carbon credits are generated by overestimating forest preservation

The study analyses major carbon offset projects, and finds that – of a potential 89 million credits – only 5.4 million (6%) were linked to additional carbon reductions through tree conservation The majority of carbon offset schemes are significantly overestimating the levels of deforestation they are preventing, according to a study published in Science. This means that many of…

Climate action requires less-biased AI, Cambridge researchers say

University of Cambridge researchers have found that harmful climate action can be avoided with less-biased Artificial Intelligence and human help The team found that bias in the collection of data on which Artificial Intelligence (AI) computer programmes depend can limit the usefulness of this tool for scientists guiding global climate action. The new paper, ‘Harnessing…