
Australia bushfires: 5 things to know about the crisis
2020年1月8日 · The devastation of Australian bushfires in pictures Fuelled by a warming, drying climate , this season’s fires are more intense and widespread than in Australia’s past. The threat is also far from over, with exhausted firefighters – huge numbers of them volunteers – expecting to continue battling blazes in coming weeks and months.
5 global efforts to tackle Australian bushfires - The World …
2020年1月13日 · The devastation of Australian bushfires in pictures Australian bushfires are so huge they're creating thunderstorms that start more fires As the bushfires continue to rage, here are some of the ways people and governments around the world are helping Australia – from volunteers joining the fight on the ground to celebrities holding fundraisers.
Australian wildfires pushed koalas to the brink, say …
2020年3月10日 · Australian broadcaster ABC quoted a spokesperson from the WWF saying as many as 10,000 may have been killed, out of a total population of approximately 36,000. Not a bear The koala is often mistakenly referred to as the koala bear.
Australia’s bushfires have pumped out half a year's CO2 emissions
2019年12月17日 · Australian CO2 emissions have surged by 250 million tonnes as a result of bushfires in New South Wales and Queensland. Vegetation vital for absorbing CO2 is being destroyed by the blazes. Experts say climate change is …
How many animals did the Australian bushfires affect?
2020年8月4日 · A new report has shown that 3 billion animals were either killed or displaced during Australian bushfires this year. The findings are 3 times higher than earlier estimates released in January. WWF-Australia's CEO has warned that with climate change making bushfires more likely, the threat on wildlife has been put into perspective.
Mining's next chapter: innovation, sustainability and progress
2025年1月30日 · The mining and metals industry hasn’t traditionally been recognized as innovative. The industry’s technological innovation has been marginal, process-oriented, usually motivated by cost reduction, and, more recently, aimed at enhanced environmental performance – though not radically transformative.
COP26: Here are 7 of the world's greenest buildings and best …
2021年11月2日 · The butterfly effect: Scottish Highlands meets Australian biodiversity The Natural Capital Laboratory, Scotland, United Kingdom The Natural Capital Laboratory is a high-tech rewilding project, restoring native forest and peatlands and reintroducing locally extinct species to 100 acres of land in the Scottish Highlands.
World Economic Forum Annual Meeting 2024
2024年1月19日 · The 54th Annual Meeting of The World Economic Forum will take place at Davos-Klosters from 15th to 19th January 2024.
These charts show what forest loss looks like across the globe
2020年6月11日 · Primary forest loss was 2.8% higher in 2019 than the year before and has remained stubbornly high for the last two decades despite efforts to halt deforestation. At least 1.8 gigatonnes of carbon dioxide emissions are associated with 2019 primary forest loss, equivalent to the annual emissions of 400 million cars. Though the rate of primary ...
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