Monday, November 1, 2021

Sewage and informal settlements are choking Brazil's Amazonian waterways


There are 148 small rivers that criss-cross the city of Manaus in the heart of the Amazon rainforest. The majority of them are struggling for breath right now, due to pollution. https://ift.tt/2Y9jlHe

'Code red for the earth': Greta Thunberg demands world leaders 'face up to climate emergency'


Four youth climate change activists including Greta Thunberg have penned an open letter to world leaders on the morning of the COP26 climate summit in Glasgow. https://ift.tt/3bumeFJ

India has given a distant net-zero target and is now asking the world for cash


2070. It's the most distant net-zero target of any G20 nation, but, as one climate activist in Kolkata, India, told Sky News: "At least it's a start, although I'll be dead by then." https://ift.tt/3pXwcYv

Tracking the international delegations arriving in Glasgow for COP26


Delegates from all over the world flew to Glasgow on Sunday night and Monday morning as the 2021 United Nations Climate Change Conference got under way. https://ift.tt/3CAD0yL

Why India is the worst polluter of sulphur dioxide


India is kicking the can down the road on sulphur dioxide emissions despite being the world's biggest emitter of the pollutant, according to an expert. https://ift.tt/3BAuu1o

Madagascar is on the brink of famine caused by climate change, with children most at risk


Madagascar is on a frontline where there are no bullets being fired, no mortars being launched and no bombs being dropped. But its people are helplessly trapped in the centre of a war where the results are just as devastating. https://ift.tt/3bvV80Y

Disneyland Shanghai shut as thousands 'locked in' for COVID tests after one positive case


Disneyland in Shanghai has closed after police and health workers in hazmat suits swarmed the park to test tens of thousands of visitors. https://ift.tt/3GzpAW2

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